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Gwangjuboy
Joined: 08 Jul 2003
Location: England
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 Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 5:37 am Post subject: Korean things that should be brought to the west |
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Bank books - 통장 - should definitely be introduced in the UK. It is nice to have a continuous bank statement which you can update at anytime, rather than mini statements which are never accepted by official organisations like local government or banks (bank statements can be tricky to get hold of if you lose them). It would also be nice to have more options at the ATM. Unfortunately, everytime you want to make a cash deposit, or send money to a friend you have to go into the bank and do it at the counter (in case of the latter you can use internet banking but it is less convenient).
Any other things you can think of? |
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ajgeddes
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 5:44 am Post subject: |
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| We have bank books in Canada, but only children really use them. They also aren't the official style bank books, with your info coded into them like here. |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 5:54 am Post subject: |
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| ajgeddes wrote: |
| We have bank books in Canada, but only children really use them. They also aren't the official style bank books, with your info coded into them like here. |
I had one in the US as a child. So maybe it's a thing to bring BACK. |
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Stormy
Joined: 10 Jan 2008
Location: Here & there
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 5:58 am Post subject: |
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| I personally love having a washing machine that plays a little song when the washing is done, and displays exactly how much longer the wash has to go. I'd love to have one of those back home. |
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goo_stewart
Joined: 08 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 6:23 am Post subject: |
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ATMs where you can transfer funds
Them big 'pitcher' beers in stores |
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agentX
Joined: 12 Oct 2007
Location: Jeolla province
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 6:24 am Post subject: |
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High speed internet in all apartments and homes. That would really be great to bring back home.
Yeah, to bring T3 to the wilds of Montana is a little 'Manhattan-Project'-ish but bringing down prices for satellite internet would be a wiser alternative.
I also like the little kimbap stalls. And selling cheapo clothes and bootleg DVDs next to your house. In the states, you have to go to a Wal-Mart parking lot to get cheap porn out of someone's trunk. |
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michael5799042
Joined: 16 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 7:18 am Post subject: |
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| Those cool car juke-box things |
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caniff
Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Location: All over the map
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 7:24 am Post subject: |
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| My wife (along with me - I've been going through my annual Springtime in Korea minor bout of homesickness). |
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oskinny1
Joined: 10 Nov 2006
Location: Right behind you!
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 9:10 am Post subject: |
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| Stormy wrote: |
| I personally love having a washing machine that plays a little song when the washing is done, and displays exactly how much longer the wash has to go. I'd love to have one of those back home. |
My parents' washer and dryer sing a little tune. Just be sure to buy an LG. |
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caniff
Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Location: All over the map
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 9:52 am Post subject: |
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| oskinny1 wrote: |
| Stormy wrote: |
| I personally love having a washing machine that plays a little song when the washing is done, and displays exactly how much longer the wash has to go. I'd love to have one of those back home. |
My parents' washer and dryer sing a little tune. Just be sure to buy an LG. |
My washer doesn't know when to shut up. The fucking tinny little sounds coming out of it seemingly go on forever. Very annoying.
But I love her anyway. |
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bobbyhanlon
Joined: 09 Nov 2003
Location: 서울
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 10:36 am Post subject: |
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dry-ice beer
yangnyom chicken
dvd-bang
cheap online stock brokerage (costs about 1000W per trade in korea)
carne station! |
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SirFink
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 10:51 am Post subject: |
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| $2.50/pack cigarettes. And the freedom to smoke them in bars. |
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Vancouver
Joined: 12 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 10:59 am Post subject: |
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nene chicken
cheap food stalls
7k kb/s downloading speed
cheap and good transit
yuja (how hard can it be to grow it in Canada?) |
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crsandus
Joined: 05 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 11:17 am Post subject: |
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| Open container laws... and Lee Hyori... but mostly Hyori. |
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danby_ll
Joined: 06 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 11:57 am Post subject: |
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| The function in elevators where you push a button again to cancel the selection. |
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