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[jajdude]

Not really a competition of course.

Just pointing out, a few times before, and currently, there is that one person in a place you frequent that makes you like going there. Being a regular perhaps should mean you get friendly treatment, but some are better at this than others.

[Major Kong]

My house Hal-moni for the past 10 years. Up at the crack of dawn and in bed by 9:00 PM. No TV.

[Roch]

Popcorn Ajuma at Sinjeongnegeori Station, Exit Number 7, WAS the nicest lady in that hood for sure.

At least one poster on Dave's used to drink at her Chicken Hof: He's Good People.

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[bijjy]

My old street was filled with shops and I used to like every single shop owner a lot. The ladies at the convenience store gave me some slices of persimmon they happened to be munching on.. the ladies at the larger convenience store gave me flowers one day.. and sometimes small discounts. The lady at the tiny convenience store across the road was always doing little crafty macrame purse projects. I told her they were pretty and she was always trying to teach me to count in Korean. The meat store lady was super cheerful. I miss the ajumas!

[mindmetoo]

Damn this is too syrupy. I was hoping it would be harrowing tales of the local ajusshi that lords around his dong like Emperor Norton.

[Yu_Bum_suk]

The hof ajeoshi, the Paris Bageutte ajuma, and the local shop-round-the-corner ajuma. They're wonderful, helpful, polite, and make me feel like a normal adult and not a captive human on Planet of the Apes.

[Ilsanman]

The local ajummas and ajosshis here are not bad people. But they are certainly very nosy.

[brento1138]

[jcan]

When I lived in Ilsan there was the nicest ajosshi who worked at the dvd rental place. He would always greet me with "ah! Hello miss Jo-a-nah" (Janel ) and had a warm smile. I miss him.

[bijjy]

Yup.. the 'ajuma shop.'' That sure narrows it down in Korea!
That 'Abadashdi' word is neat.. who knew they had such a different sounding country dialect.

Remember when I got ambushed by the milk saleslady ajuma? She rang the doorbell and I opened the gate and she pushed by me and rushed into the house, and stood in the livingroom for 10 minutes yapping in Korean about ordering milk! And when I said I don't drink it she pointed to your door insinuating I get my roommate to order milk. And all this time my dad was on the other end of the phone, long-distance, listening as we yapped.

Ahh good times.
PS. She was still nice, if that helps relate this anecdote to the thread