Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Toby]

It is my pet hate here in Korea. The one thing that drives me crazy.

Why are Koreans so bad with handling a simple everyday item such as an umbrella?

They put their heads down and WALK. They don't look where they are going or who they are going to walk into.

As their umbrella hits you, even if you have been trying to avaoid it, all the water on the surface flies off and hits you, even more so as the ends of the 'arms' prod your eyes out.

I find myself avoiding so many people as I walk down the street when it is raining and lifting my umbrella up that I may as well not bother having an umbrella in the first place.

And then they stand all across the entrance of the subway, making it impossible to get in or out.

My peeve for the day.

[sparkx]

Real men don't use umbrellas

[Toby]

[Juggertha]

real men have bad hairlines.

all the acid rain ya know

[Yesterday]

yah.. its true - I don't use an umbrella - Because i know at the end of the day - I am going home to a nice hot shower and the clothes will be put through the laundry......

however as for Koreans and their umbrella ettiquette - be tough! when you see those Moran Koreans walking into you with their umbrellas as weapons - ""accidentally"" hit them/knock them/try to break them... if the idiot holding them can't be courteous enough to take too paces around you then do whatever you have to - to show them some ettiquette

sometimes - in Korea - I think the "umbrella" is more of a "fashion item" to be proudly held and pranced around than actually what it is designed for......

[Toby]

[katydid]

My friend will tell you I am hopeless with an umbrella.

[peppermint]

Does anyone besides me see more people with eye injuries after a rainy day?

[katydid]

Glasses might be a good thing after all.

[VanIslander]

I prefer the rain myself. Today I was walking in a mere drizzle with the umbrella under my arm and every Korean I saw was holding theirs up like it was a downpour, or scurrying for cover.

[katydid]

[Kwangjuchicken]

[ZiggyStardust]

[justagirl]

It seems like 3/4 of the Korean population is at the "perfect" height that allows the umbrella spikes to be at my eye level. Know what I mean? If I were 4 inches taller or shorter, no problemo. As is, I'm always nervous when it's a rainy day and I have to go out.

That said, why don't Korean umbrellas have the little plastic bumper things that are just a wee bit safer than the uncovered metal wires poking out?

justagirl

[Ilsanman]

It feels like sword fighting with umbrellas. I hit other people's umbrellas with my own. It's that, or give them an inch. I knw not to give anyone an inch in this country.