Korean Job Discussion Forums

[sunboy]

What is the deal with Rocky Mountain Tavern. The guys who work there are such jerks sometimes. I mean, wow, it's great that you are over 30 and working in bar in Korea, but does that really make you so much better than everyone else? Okay, so I know like 50 people, who hang out there all the time are gonna come down on me, but I'd like to clarify. The little bald dude that owns the place is cool. But, that guy, the one that is balding, J something, is so fake nice. His meathead light haired counterpart is a real ass too. I don't want to get into what happened, but has anyone else had problems at this place, or think it's weird sometimes? Just asking.

[keithinkorea]

[Bunnymonster]

[Yu_Bum_suk]

I've walked by there with very little curiosity indeed. I know scores of Canadians here already, and if I wanted to go to places like that I would have stayed in Canada. Maybe I'll go there for the playoffs this year if they happen and there's no where else to watch them, but that's about it.

[sunboy]

Right, I get that is it isn't the ONLY bar, but it is a bar where my friends like to go often, thus the slight problem. It does seem like a place where Canada folk go to fel good about beings Canucks. Not to be an ass, but it also where I have seen the highest concentration of "larger boned" ladies, many without bras![/quote]

[Pyongshin Sangja]

Fight Club is on the second floor at the RMT. Bring it.

[chiaa]

I like the place and I am not a Canuck. Clean place, good prices, and you don't have to say Cassu to get a drink.

Do you have any idea what this place (country/Itaewon) would be like with out guys like the RMT, the French guy that owns the Italian and French restaurants across from KB bank, the Korean/American woman that owns Susies, and of course me? You would be eating frozen chicken wings from Costco, Ziti in ketchup, Pomme Frits passed off as roasted potatoes, Blugogi shaped like a Meatloaf, paying 1,000 won less than the new price for a used book.

I am not saying bow down to the foreigners that own businesses, but at least judge the business not the person. People have bad days and are not always in a good mood. Shit, I am an as*hole but I think I am pretty fair in my store. The foreign business owners in Itaewon really make the Koreans up the bar a bit in their business practices and service. The RMT guys do a straight up job and I applaude them. As a matter of fact here is a little story that happened just this past Tuesday.

Had some drinks and wings at the Tavern and it got a bit loud so we headed someplace else (were not in that kind of mood). We decided upon Helios and ordered a pitcher of beer. The pitcher came and it tasted like absolute ass. Called the waiter over and explained that it did not taste good and asked him to bring a couple of bottles over instead--taking the pitcher away. The rat bastard said, "No". I about blew a fuse. Told him to bring the manager over. After a group dicussion of about six of them, he came back and took the pitcher away. Freaking amazing.

[sunboy]

Okay, I never said the place had poorly priced drinks etc. I simply asked if anyone had problems there ever. I take it your answer would be no. There was really no need for an all out "waygook buisness owners" unite diatribe. How would my life be without RMT, or even "What the Book?" Well, exactly the same. Oddly enough, my life does not revolve around Itaewon, sorry to let you down.

[uberscheisse]

(for vancouver folks) RMT=ivanhoe.

[billybrobby]

[chiaa]

I should have figured that you guys would miss the point and use this as an opportunity to take a few jabs. I am saying the overall idea of what foreign business owners do in Korea, not the particular business that they run and how that particular place affects your life exactly. I am far from condoning the idea that you should shop at a place because a whitie owns it. That is just plain stupid. You just have not been here long enough to see how monopolistic Korean business owners can be (and as a group).

But, is it a stretch that the foreigner owners in Itaewon have put the Korean owners on watch? Think about:

When did nicer restaurants start showing up in Itaewon?

Besides Geckos, which by the way a long time ago had a foreign "investor", when did bars start being a bit better than the average hole in the wall?

[Col.Brandon]

They do a good feed of bacon and eggs for 7,000 won on the weekend; a decent helping and strong coffee without a hint of that evil hazelnut. One time I was there there was this David Lee Roth-wannabe poncing around with his shirt off. On a Sunday afternoon. What an ass-clown. That could happen anywhere, though.

[Pyongshin Sangja]

[periwinkle]

I don't know if these places are stll around, but does anyone know the chain "The Ground Round"? Been to one in Vermont. They had popcorn all over the floor. I thought it was fun.

[keithinkorea]