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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 9:14 am Post subject: Ajosshi takes me to police station (for no reason) |
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This is funny and sad. I was drunk, and cannot remember too much. For some reason a Korean guy 40 or 50 years old took me to a cop station. Then he tried to explain why to the cop. But there was no explanation! The cop looked at him, looked at me, drunk and forlorn, and we all laughed, except this ajosshi was a bit embarrassed, perhaps from his own xenophobia or something. Weird. So I went out and got a cab home. And this is probably the third time this has happened to me.
I have a friend who has been in Korea a long time! It happened to him back when foreigners were real scarce. This must be the residue of that old fear of foreigners that still persists. Honestly, I did nothing to bother this older dude, other than being a white drunk guy I guess. |
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Hyalucent
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: British North America
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| Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 12:21 pm Post subject: |
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Kind of like taking a lost kitten to an animal shelter, I guess.  |
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired
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| Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 12:38 pm Post subject: Re: Ajosshi takes me to police station (for no reason) |
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This is funny and sad. I was drunk, and cannot remember too much. For some reason a Korean guy 40 or 50 years old took me to a cop station. Then he tried to explain why to the cop. But there was no explanation! The cop looked at him, looked at me, drunk and forlorn, and we all laughed, except this ajosshi was a bit embarrassed, perhaps from his own xenophobia or something. Weird. So I went out and got a cab home. And this is probably the third time this has happened to me.
I have a friend who has been in Korea a long time! It happened to him back when foreigners were real scarce. This must be the residue of that old fear of foreigners that still persists. Honestly, I did nothing to bother this older dude, other than being a white drunk guy I guess. |
For all you know, he could have thought you were lost and decided to do you a nice turn. I wonder how many foreigners have misinterpreted such acts of kindness. One would think that if he had taken you to the police to be malicious, he would have a prepared story by the time you got there.
And what do you mean took you? He forcibly dragged you there or something? |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 3:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Were you by any chance sitting in a drunken stupor in front of some shop at 2 am, looking lost and forlorn? |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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| And this is probably the third time this has happened to me. |
Well, now.....
This has never happened to me or anyone else I know in Korea. Perhaps something you are doing is leading to the repetition of this event. |
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joe_doufu
Joined: 09 May 2005
Location: Elsewhere
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| Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 4:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Do you mean he walked you by the arm there? Or took you in a car, or what? |
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shakuhachi
Joined: 08 Feb 2003
Location: Sydney
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| Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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| And this is probably the third time this has happened to me. |
Well, now.....
This has never happened to me or anyone else I know in Korea. Perhaps something you are doing is leading to the repetition of this event. |
Have to agree with this. I also wonder at jajdudes extreme timidity. I can almost imagine him jumping on the boxcarts to Auschwitz. |
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dogbert
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: Killbox 90210
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| Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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| And this is probably the third time this has happened to me. |
Well, now.....
This has never happened to me or anyone else I know in Korea. Perhaps something you are doing is leading to the repetition of this event. |
Have to agree with this. I also wonder at jajdudes extreme timidity. I can almost imagine him jumping on the boxcarts to Auschwitz. |
Better to spend time with a girl in one's room than be drunk in public and led around by ajusshis, however well-intentioned. |
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adventureman
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 6:37 pm Post subject: Re: Ajosshi takes me to police station (for no reason) |
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| jajdude wrote: |
This is funny and sad. I was drunk, and cannot remember too much. For some reason a Korean guy 40 or 50 years old took me to a cop station. Then he tried to explain why to the cop. But there was no explanation! The cop looked at him, looked at me, drunk and forlorn, and we all laughed, except this ajosshi was a bit embarrassed, perhaps from his own xenophobia or something. Weird. So I went out and got a cab home. And this is probably the third time this has happened to me.
I have a friend who has been in Korea a long time! It happened to him back when foreigners were real scarce. This must be the residue of that old fear of foreigners that still persists. Honestly, I did nothing to bother this older dude, other than being a white drunk guy I guess. |
You really need to get off the bottle. |
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inkoreaforgood
Joined: 15 Dec 2003
Location: Inchon
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| Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 6:46 pm Post subject: |
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Wow, what if the guy had tried to take you home?? 
And that's another story..... with a hamster and everything!!  |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah maybe I had it wrong. He was probably just concerned about my condition. It was weird, that's all. |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 12:48 am Post subject: |
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| Yeah maybe I had it wrong. He was probably just concerned about my condition. It was weird, that's all. |
I'd really like to know what you were doing at the time and how he compelled you to go. |
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buddy bradley
Joined: 24 Aug 2003
Location: The Beyond
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| Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 12:54 am Post subject: Re: Ajosshi takes me to police station (for no reason) |
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| jajdude wrote: |
This is funny and sad. I was drunk, and cannot remember too much. For some reason a Korean guy 40 or 50 years old took me to a cop station. Then he tried to explain why to the cop. But there was no explanation! The cop looked at him, looked at me, drunk and forlorn, and we all laughed, except this ajosshi was a bit embarrassed, perhaps from his own xenophobia or something. Weird. So I went out and got a cab home. And this is probably the third time this has happened to me.
I have a friend who has been in Korea a long time! It happened to him back when foreigners were real scarce. This must be the residue of that old fear of foreigners that still persists. Honestly, I did nothing to bother this older dude, other than being a white drunk guy I guess. |
This story sounds suspicious. Why would a Korean harass a foreigner for no particular reason? You must have been doing something wrong, like urinating in public. |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 2:29 am Post subject: |
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| I simply don't remember the details. |
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ilovebdt
Joined: 03 Jun 2005
Location: Nr Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 2:55 am Post subject: |
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| I think the guy was just trying to help you out cos you were very drunk and he was worried about you. |
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