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Nester Noodlemon
Joined: 16 Jan 2009
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oh yeah! im at Emart today and t'was totally insane! sick, crazy, it was crazy! insane! i wanted to cop 4 items, microwave rice, kimchi, gim and dorangi. so, i walked down the check-out line with my four items in my green basket looking to pay and get away fast! i see the sign above the '5 items or less' check-out counter and bolt. right affront me handsome ass, theres a couple with a full metal carriage unloading their items, one by one, onto the conveyor belt...endlessly...had to be more than 50 items!!! i waited, patiently... laughed a little, then said, in Korean, 'hey, you have more than 5 items! this be a five items or less checkout counter!' the dude looks at me and replies, ...in Korean, 'sorry, cant wait!' 
WTF? took 20 minutes to be rung up and outta there!  |
This 5 Items or Less signs are there for looks. Another generic spin taken from the Western World. It means nothing. It's nothing more than decoration to appear westernized. You have to keep telling yourself, "I'm in Korea." |
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drcrazy
Joined: 19 Feb 2003
Location: Pusan. Yes, that's right. Pusan NOT Busan. I ain't never been to no place called Busan
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2014 7:08 am Post subject: Re: A new low - rant! |
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I'm in the fitness centre this morning, there are some communal scrubbing type-cloths for washing. Some guy hawks up one or three good ones, drops them in the middle of the shower room, then picks up one of the communal cloths, wipes it up, then replaces it back on the shower tap for the next patron.
why?
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Is this one of those posts where someone could say, "Pics or it did not happen."   |
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ricochet
Joined: 04 Sep 2011
Location: carpetbagging...
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2014 9:02 am Post subject: |
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| Nester Noodlemon wrote: |
| ricochet wrote: |
oh yeah! im at Emart today and t'was totally insane! sick, crazy, it was crazy! insane! i wanted to cop 4 items, microwave rice, kimchi, gim and dorangi. so, i walked down the check-out line with my four items in my green basket looking to pay and get away fast! i see the sign above the '5 items or less' check-out counter and bolt. right affront me handsome ass, theres a couple with a full metal carriage unloading their items, one by one, onto the conveyor belt...endlessly...had to be more than 50 items!!! i waited, patiently... laughed a little, then said, in Korean, 'hey, you have more than 5 items! this be a five items or less checkout counter!' the dude looks at me and replies, ...in Korean, 'sorry, cant wait!'
WTF? took 20 minutes to be rung up and outta there! |
This 5 Items or Less signs are there for looks. Another generic spin taken from the Western World. It means nothing. It's nothing more than decoration to appear westernized. You have to keep telling yourself, "I'm in Korea." |
...so claimz the Emart manager that doesnt have a clue! gee, you be a spy that discriminates gainst foreign handsome ass shoppers as I!! '5 items or less!' is the LAW!!! I wanna fight you in an Emart market face to face, knuckle to knuckle, cart to cart, and credit card to credit card! i got this. *beep* you. i be right. |
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Location: In Cognito
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2014 3:39 pm Post subject: |
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| WTF? took 20 minutes to be rung up and outta there! |
20 minutes, really?
I have also been witness to this shocking behavior of more than five items in the the five-item-or-less aisle. |
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le-paul
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
Location: dans la chambre
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2014 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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oh yeah! im at Emart today and t'was totally insane! sick, crazy, it was crazy! insane! i wanted to cop 4 items, microwave rice, kimchi, gim and dorangi. so, i walked down the check-out line with my four items in my green basket looking to pay and get away fast! i see the sign above the '5 items or less' check-out counter and bolt. right affront me handsome ass, theres a couple with a full metal carriage unloading their items, one by one, onto the conveyor belt...endlessly...had to be more than 50 items!!! i waited, patiently... laughed a little, then said, in Korean, 'hey, you have more than 5 items! this be a five items or less checkout counter!' the dude looks at me and replies, ...in Korean, 'sorry, cant wait!'
WTF? took 20 minutes to be rung up and outta there! |
I cant fathom why youd stand there for 20 minutes fuming though? Why not just move to another checkout? |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2014 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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| le-paul wrote: |
| ricochet wrote: |
oh yeah! im at Emart today and t'was totally insane! sick, crazy, it was crazy! insane! i wanted to cop 4 items, microwave rice, kimchi, gim and dorangi. so, i walked down the check-out line with my four items in my green basket looking to pay and get away fast! i see the sign above the '5 items or less' check-out counter and bolt. right affront me handsome ass, theres a couple with a full metal carriage unloading their items, one by one, onto the conveyor belt...endlessly...had to be more than 50 items!!! i waited, patiently... laughed a little, then said, in Korean, 'hey, you have more than 5 items! this be a five items or less checkout counter!' the dude looks at me and replies, ...in Korean, 'sorry, cant wait!'
WTF? took 20 minutes to be rung up and outta there! |
I cant fathom why youd stand there for 20 minutes fuming though? Why not just move to another checkout? |
You're wondering why someone who writes in Christmas colors didnt engage in a rational response? |
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le-paul
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
Location: dans la chambre
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2014 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Steelrails wrote: |
| le-paul wrote: |
| ricochet wrote: |
oh yeah! im at Emart today and t'was totally insane! sick, crazy, it was crazy! insane! i wanted to cop 4 items, microwave rice, kimchi, gim and dorangi. so, i walked down the check-out line with my four items in my green basket looking to pay and get away fast! i see the sign above the '5 items or less' check-out counter and bolt. right affront me handsome ass, theres a couple with a full metal carriage unloading their items, one by one, onto the conveyor belt...endlessly...had to be more than 50 items!!! i waited, patiently... laughed a little, then said, in Korean, 'hey, you have more than 5 items! this be a five items or less checkout counter!' the dude looks at me and replies, ...in Korean, 'sorry, cant wait!'
WTF? took 20 minutes to be rung up and outta there! |
I cant fathom why youd stand there for 20 minutes fuming though? Why not just move to another checkout? |
You're wondering why someone who writes in Christmas colors didnt engage in a rational response? |
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Stan Rogers
Joined: 20 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2014 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Ok Stan's contrubution to the thread. Why do so many ajumas at the grocery store love gazing into my shopping cart to see what I've got? |
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le-paul
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
Location: dans la chambre
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2014 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Stan Rogers wrote: |
| Ok Stan's contrubution to the thread. Why do so many ajumas at the grocery store love gazing into my shopping cart to see what I've got? |
I knew a korean woman a while ago, who admitted to me that once before we'd been introduced, she'd followed me around the supermarket looking to see what I bought, and then buying the same things.
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BigBuds
Joined: 15 Sep 2005
Location: Changwon
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 2:25 am Post subject: |
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I actually got told I couldn't use the 5 items or less lines by the checkout chick because I had six items even though the ajumma who was in front of me had at least 15 items.
I just pointed to the ajumma's things and started to count in Korean. Got up to 15 and stopped. She still had a few things I hadn't counted. |
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Squire
Joined: 26 Sep 2010
Location: Jeollanam-do
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 3:19 am Post subject: |
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I actually got told I couldn't use the 5 items or less lines by the checkout chick because I had six items even though the ajumma who was in front of me had at least 15 items.
I just pointed to the ajumma's things and started to count in Korean. Got up to 15 and stopped. She still had a few things I hadn't counted. |
You should have reached into your basket for something (preferably a jar or something else that will shatter loudly) and, without breaking eye contact with the checkout woman, tossed it over your shoulder as far as possible though with minimal apparent effort. |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 7:18 am Post subject: |
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| BigBuds wrote: |
I actually got told I couldn't use the 5 items or less lines by the checkout chick because I had six items even though the ajumma who was in front of me had at least 15 items.
I just pointed to the ajumma's things and started to count in Korean. Got up to 15 and stopped. She still had a few things I hadn't counted. |
You should have reached into your basket for something (preferably a jar or something else that will shatter loudly) and, without breaking eye contact with the checkout woman, tossed it over your shoulder as far as possible though with minimal apparent effort. |
The Adam Sandler french fries in 'Big Daddy'? |
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ricochet
Joined: 04 Sep 2011
Location: carpetbagging...
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 8:54 am Post subject: |
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| le-paul wrote: |
| ricochet wrote: |
oh yeah! im at Emart today and t'was totally insane! sick, crazy, it was crazy! insane! i wanted to cop 4 items, microwave rice, kimchi, gim and dorangi. so, i walked down the check-out line with my four items in my green basket looking to pay and get away fast! i see the sign above the '5 items or less' check-out counter and bolt. right affront me handsome ass, theres a couple with a full metal carriage unloading their items, one by one, onto the conveyor belt...endlessly...had to be more than 50 items!!! i waited, patiently... laughed a little, then said, in Korean, 'hey, you have more than 5 items! this be a five items or less checkout counter!' the dude looks at me and replies, ...in Korean, 'sorry, cant wait!'
WTF? took 20 minutes to be rung up and outta there! |
I cant fathom why youd stand there for 20 minutes fuming though? Why not just move to another checkout? |
crazy sick! insane line-ups at the cashiers! lines there cudve taken longer! done! over! im so HomePlus bound! |
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ricochet
Joined: 04 Sep 2011
Location: carpetbagging...
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 9:04 am Post subject: |
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| Underwaterbob wrote: |
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| WTF? took 20 minutes to be rung up and outta there! |
20 minutes, really?
I have also been witness to this shocking behavior of more than five items in the the five-item-or-less aisle. |
yeah, 20 minutes but it felt like an eternity...!
indeed, UWB! sometimes, ive seen people whove shopped in the electronic sectors as well as in the clothing sector be4 doing their grocery shopping in the 'five items or less' aisle of the food sector!
this cant stand! |
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