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[Homer]

natey,

[Gwangjuboy]

Although the store's policy is very questionable, I don't think an assault is the best way to show your displeasure with it. I agree with others, that a visit to the store manager's office would have been more appropriate. If the store manager couldn't speak English, maybe a Korean friend could acompany you at a later date. Korean classes might be a good investment too. Learn the basics for that situation and you would find it a lot more empowering than throwing things at cashiers. I will teach you a useful phrase, "dam dang Ja hante bul pyong ha go ship a yo" It means, "I want to complain to the person in charge". Or "bul byong hal ga a yo." It means "I will complain". I find that situations such as this are more than enough motivation for me to learn Korean.

[coolsage]

A 'considerate Korean': now there's an oxymoron. Not that they're all obtuse, by any means, but in the course of an average day here, one can encounter any number of situations that validate the image of Koreans as rude and thoughtless. The lack of peripheral vision and the equal lack of a sense as to where their body ends and someone else's begins is thoroughly frustrating for a Westerner. They can get away with bashing into each other in this land, but when they try to take their lack of manners overseas, they are reviled for that behavior.

[ThisCharmingMan]

Ok, I'm switching sides-Koreans suck!*



*Disclaimer:not all, but the vast majority.

[Homer]

[Harin]

Oh man....I just wanted to let everyone know that similar thing happened to me on numerous occasions at Goodwill, Walmart, ValueVillage, etc. Of course, they were not Koreans, but low-wage workers who were fed up with being underpaid and undervalued. Shit happens everywhere, but it does not mean that you also have to be rude/obnoxious to people.

[TheUrbanMyth]