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dcrayne · Joined: 25 Nov 2004

Just wondering if you have ever had any idiot western neighbours in Korea. We just got a new neighbour across the hall. My wife was getting out of the elevator when she saw him standing right in front of the elevator. She said excuse me in Korean, he calmly replied thank you and gave her a dirty look.

Gorgias · Joined: 27 Aug 2005

That was me!

Sorry about that.

Small world isn't it!

I'll be more polite in the future, I remember now who you and her are.

No hard feelings.

Bulsajo · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

Sounds like it's time for the flamming bag of dog poo.

Red · Joined: 05 Jul 2004

My neighbours are all university students and bar girls.

Tiberious aka Sparkles · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: I'm one cool cat!

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

i was at a bday party last night in itaewon (the quietest neighbourhood in the world) and at 12:30 the downstairs neighbours came out and yelled at us and told us that "people have to work in the morning" and that we had to "turn that beat music off". it was hilarious. dude, if you're on this board (which i'm guessing you probably are) you're so lame you make my great grandmother look cool. there are polite ways to do things, like knocking on the door first and saying, "hey, you're music is really loud and i'm trying to sleep, could you turn it down a little?"

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

I had a Texan guy living on my floor. Pretty nice guy but he was blasting his music really loud one day and the guy in the officetel next to him wanted him to turn the volume down. The Texan guy turned really belligerent and told him to f off and stuff. It was quite embarrassing to see.

rapier · Joined: 16 Feb 2003

Tiberious aka Sparkles · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: I'm one cool cat!

SPINOZA · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Location: $eoul

My advice is give the guy a chance. I often think folks are giving me dirty looks and then the next time I see them they're really nice and probably didn't mean anything by it. He also might not have understood 'excuse me' in Korean. If you'd have said that to me when I first got here, I certainly wouldn't have given you a dirty look but I may well have given a "what did you say there?" look. Some people look at you funny without meaning anything by it.

Cedar · Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 4:59 am Post subject:

I have a new neighbor who is diagonally across the corner that both of our houses stand on. This is a very quiet neighborhood, even if it is in Itaewon2dong. Ever since he moved in, he has his friends over and he has a security system on his building and the friends and he yell up and down from the balcony (just about one floor above my window and across the tiny intersection) "hey DAWG how you open the door DAWG, DAWG c'mon this is like freaking pissing me off DAWG". I have now memorized the security code because he yells it so often. And then, of course they blast music and stand on the balcony and yell at each other over the music. I don't care if it's 9 or 10 pm, it's rude. I just hope this cold weather keeps them inside from now on. As local Korean speaking foreigner, it's only a matter of time before my neighbors ask me to go tell them to knock it off...

Zyzyfer · Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 5:18 am Post subject:

My landlady gave us the third degree about people smoking and talking (not yelling and hooting) at 7:45 p.m. Saturday night. I was just like "holy crap."

Tiberious aka Sparkles · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: I'm one cool cat!

Cedar · Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 6:02 am Post subject:

oops, double post, see next page...

--edit again--

damn it! I erased it, and then it wasn't a double, for some weird reason...

Okay:
In Korea people don't entertain in the home much unless
a. it's a very small group and not usually pre-planned
b. it's Chuseok or Seollal.