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FMPJ
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 Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:55 am Post subject: Re: What would you have done? |
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| My2Cents wrote: |
| She was talking frantically in Hangeul |
FYI Hangeul is the writing system. The language is "Korean" (in English) or "Hankuk-mal/Hankuk-eo" in Korean. |
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PatrickGHBusan
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: Busan (1997-2008) Canada 2008 -
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| Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 6:26 am Post subject: Re: What would you have done? |
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| FMPJ wrote: |
| My2Cents wrote: |
| She was talking frantically in Hangeul |
FYI Hangeul is the writing system. The language is "Korean" (in English) or "Hankuk-mal/Hankuk-eo" in Korean. |
Scary isn't it? Especially when the OP screams murder about missunderstandings  |
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Highwayman
Joined: 22 May 2011
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| Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 6:30 am Post subject: Re: What would you have done? |
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| My2Cents wrote: |
| She was talking frantically in Hangeul |
Is that anything like Korean? |
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roybetis1
Joined: 13 Jun 2005
Location: Not near a beach like my recruiter promised.
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| Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 2:54 pm Post subject: |
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To all these people criticizing the OP for not having the language skills to handle the situation, how many of YOU can say "you are mistaken, I did not steal these pants" in Korean?
And if you can, do you think you could get an irate ajumma to understand you?
5 years of studying this language, I doubt I could have handled that situation any better than the OP. |
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sml7285
Joined: 26 Apr 2012
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| Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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| roybetis1 wrote: |
To all these people criticizing the OP for not having the language skills to handle the situation, how many of YOU can say "you are mistaken, I did not steal these pants" in Korean?
And if you can, do you think you could get an irate ajumma to understand you?
5 years of studying this language, I doubt I could have handled that situation any better than the OP. |
Easy - 아줌마 - 아닙니다. 이 바지 내꺼에요. 훔치지는 안았어요. |
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ThingsComeAround
Joined: 07 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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Bringing an old pair of pants to 'check' the other merchandise... pretty unusual.
Most people:
try pants on
bring a tape measure
I've shopped in Korea enough to know they don't carry my size, unless I get it custom. How long have you lived/shopped here?  |
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NYC_Gal 2.0
Joined: 10 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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| roybetis1 wrote: |
To all these people criticizing the OP for not having the language skills to handle the situation, how many of YOU can say "you are mistaken, I did not steal these pants" in Korean?
And if you can, do you think you could get an irate ajumma to understand you?
5 years of studying this language, I doubt I could have handled that situation any better than the OP. |
No, but I could have said "I didn't do. These pants are mine. I didn't steal. Look at this. These pants are old. Your pants are new. No same pants in this store."
I'd have brought a tape measure or just tried them on. If that wasn't possible, I'd have either gone elsewhere or risked getting the wrong size. That kind of shop doesn't charge a whole lot for pants. I've gotten some pants that were too big, had them tailored for about 3 dollars, and worn them. |
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jpe
Joined: 15 Aug 2011
Location: Seoul, SK
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| Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 6:57 pm Post subject: Re: What would you have done? |
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| Julius wrote: |
People don't just accuse other people for no reason.
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Clearly the last week or so has been enough to prove that this statement is 100% true all of the time in Korea. |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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| roybetis1 wrote: |
To all these people criticizing the OP for not having the language skills to handle the situation, how many of YOU can say "you are mistaken, I did not steal these pants" in Korean?
And if you can, do you think you could get an irate ajumma to understand you?
5 years of studying this language, I doubt I could have handled that situation any better than the OP. |
I dunno, but I sure as heck don't walk into stores with a backpack and carry around other clothes to try on and compare.
Not only that, pant sizes here are one of the few things in Imperial sizes or the ol S/M/L. Almost all western-style clothing is also made with export in mind.
Between the backpack and the odd behavior, I have to wonder if the dude was also dressed like a bum. |
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madoka
Joined: 27 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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Between the backpack and the odd behavior, I have to wonder if the dude was also dressed like a bum. |
Perhaps he was. But I'd bet a chunner that the adjumma asked to see the contents of his backpack and he refused by citing some sort of privacy concern. Those shopkeepers generally won't call the police without really good suspicion, so she would have made some effort to confirm that there was stolen merchandise in his bag. |
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always learning
Joined: 10 Apr 2011
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lol! on the nutzo comments from the posters above bashing the op ...now they're having a "CSI" discussion over the ops appearance and backpack and whether he should have brought his own tape measure with him when he went shopping.
Where do they get these people from? It's like a bad Seinfeld episode.
Too funny! ...and too many posters on here with too much time on their hands and really freaky imaginations.
No wonder so many teachers get a rep for being loco.
If the ops situation hadn't been scary this would really be laughable.
Now that probably lit a fuse under the next poster with a napoleon complex who can't wait to bash the op.
Almost can't wait to see what someone writes next (apologies op). |
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NYC_Gal 2.0
Joined: 10 Dec 2010
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| What's wrong with bringing a tape measure? When sizes are different and there's nowhere to try on clothing, it makes sense. Whenever I travel in a different country and want to buy clothing, I (or a tailor) use a tape measure. It's common sense. |
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madoka
Joined: 27 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:34 pm Post subject: |
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| always learning wrote: |
If the ops situation hadn't been scary this would really be laughable. |
It's the utter lack of common sense that led him to his troubles. The fact that you can't see that says volumes about you as well. |
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thunderbird
Joined: 18 Aug 2009
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| Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 1:23 am Post subject: |
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| madoka wrote: |
| always learning wrote: |
If the ops situation hadn't been scary this would really be laughable. |
It's the utter lack of common sense that led him to his troubles. The fact that you can't see that says volumes about you as well. |
yep
why not just get a cell if u dont got a korean friend u still got a dictionary |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2012 10:55 pm Post subject: |
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| madoka wrote: |
| always learning wrote: |
If the ops situation hadn't been scary this would really be laughable. |
It's the utter lack of common sense that led him to his troubles. The fact that you can't see that says volumes about you as well. |
Agreed. What's wrong with trying pants on??? Questionable call, and questionable behavior that lead to questions being asked. The shop owner's reaction is justifiable. |
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