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paperbag princess · Joined: 07 Mar 2004 Location: veggie hell

then why am i the fastest person in the subway transfers every morning? Evil or Very Mad

matthews_world · Joined: 15 Feb 2003

paperbag princess · Joined: 07 Mar 2004 Location: veggie hell

i'm serious, if one more korean tells me that korea society is so much faster than western society, i think i may very well puke on them. anyway, i was thinking about it this morning, as i was stuck the VERY slow moving morning transfer from the green line to the brown line. i spend an amazing amount of time trying to get around large masses of slow moving koreans. if they're so bballi bbali then why am i faster? it's not only me, i know tons of people who have the same problem.

junkmail · Joined: 08 Jan 2005

I second that.

Southern Drawl · Joined: 13 Mar 2005

Maybe you should try driving. You will definitely notice the difference!

kprrok · Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Location: KC

Of course large groups in small, confied spaces will be slower than individual people would be. That's a given. Individually, they do seem to be faster than most Western people that I know.

KPRROK

uber1024 · Joined: 28 Jul 2003 Location: New York City

I went from New York City to Seoul (and back), and when I got to Seoul I felt like I was tripping over these people moving at (what seemed to me) a glacial pace. My Korean friends had all told me to expect everything to move fast in Seoul, but it really didn't. It just seems like Koreans are moving fast because they're not looking where they're going so they're constantly bumping into each other.

4 months left · Joined: 07 Feb 2003

Only reason Koreans are in a hurry is because they like to sleep so much so they are always late to wherever they are going.

OiGirl · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: Hoke-y-gun

Maybe mass transport is an excuse to be late in a society that expects everyone to be in a hurry?

matthewwoodford · Joined: 01 Oct 2003 Location: Location, location, location.

Homer · Guest

Wow..some people really need to lift their heads up and look around... Laughing

You do realize you are debating the speed that Koreans move at and being aggravated by something you have zero control over?

Good lord... Laughing

What next?

Complaining about population density and crowds?

paperbag princess · Joined: 07 Mar 2004 Location: veggie hell

well, if koreans wouldn't constantly brag about how fast they are, then i wouldn't have to point it out.

Homer · Guest

Same difference paperbag...your getting aggravated (or appear to be) about something you have zero control over.

Also, I have not met very many Koreans who brag they are fast....but thats just me.

Ilsanman · Joined: 15 Aug 2003 Location: Bucheon, Korea

It's because they all try to move so fast, and end up slowing other people down.

Koreans: the fastest slow people I know.

periwinkle · Joined: 08 Feb 2003

I say it's the crappy shoes. If I wore some of the shoes that (especially) Korean girls wore, I would walk slowly, too. I have a really ill-fitting pair of shoes, and I swear they are going to saw -off my baby toe if I wear them for an extended length of time. They are crippling.