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maingman
Joined: 26 Jan 2008
Location: left Korea
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 Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:02 pm Post subject: What are they doing when walking!? |
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Why do mostly middle age woman seem( certainly to me).. to have thios thing with walking straight in the way of you- is it me?
Do you really agree with my view.
The last few days ( yesterday) I had to all but barge someone out the way
fairly near the local station ! and its fairly annoying when or if it is actually a few times in the day |
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sojourner1
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
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| I still don't understand people movement. Maybe they're trying to slow you down as to have more time to get a 2 second longer peek to see what you look like. I noticed that many people will just get in my way or go in a direction to collide with me. |
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mnhnhyouh
Joined: 21 Nov 2006
Location: The Middle Kingdom
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| Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:31 pm Post subject: |
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It seems to me that on a typical sidewalk Koreans indicate which way they are going to pass you at about 6 - 10 meters away, further than most Westerners do.
The younger person is meant to make more room than the older person.
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maingman
Joined: 26 Jan 2008
Location: left Korea
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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mnhnhyouh wrote :
It seems to me that on a typical sidewalk Koreans indicate which way they are going to pass you at about 6 - 10 meters away, further than most Westerners do.
-thanks for allowing to read IMO the most silly comment i've read
here on Daves |
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fruitcake
Joined: 18 Apr 2004
Location: shinchon
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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| choose your path, walk straight, don't look at them, and they'll all scurry out of your way. helps to look angry or determined, which is how they make me look when trying to walk down the street anyway. |
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okokok
Joined: 27 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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| maingman wrote: |
mnhnhyouh wrote :
It seems to me that on a typical sidewalk Koreans indicate which way they are going to pass you at about 6 - 10 meters away, further than most Westerners do.
-thanks for allowing to read IMO the most silly comment i've read
here on Daves |
Yeah, they are known for planning much further in advance than us westerners...........  |
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Rusty Shackleford
Joined: 08 May 2008
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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Why don't people keep right? That's the side of the road they drive on.
The other day an oldish guy was coming towards me and stepped into my path about 8 metres away. SO I held my line but he still made me move even though he stepped into my path! |
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Jandar
Joined: 11 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Wear sunglasses and lower your hat, they stay out of your way. |
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Rusty Shackleford
Joined: 08 May 2008
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Wear sunglasses and lower your hat, they stay out of your way. |
Haha. Good advice. I was actually jogging on this narrow path by a river near my house.So I was pretty alert to the people around me. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 12:32 am Post subject: |
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It takes a while to get used to, but once you adapt to not always feinting right, you'll be fine. Then you'll be really messed up when you go back to your home country.
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Why don't people keep right? That's the side of the road they drive on.
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Leftover from Japanese colonial times. |
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crusher_of_heads
Joined: 23 Feb 2007
Location: kimbop and kimchi for kimberly!!!!
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 3:44 am Post subject: |
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| Rusty Shackleford wrote: |
Why don't people keep right? That's the side of the road they drive on.
The other day an oldish guy was coming towards me and stepped into my path about 8 metres away. SO I held my line but he still made me move even though he stepped into my path! |
Help them out-put your elbows out instead of giving way, as it's for their own good. I do it every day and it's a win-win either way. I don't do it for them walking on the left side, just morons who think they are higher in the hierarchy, when in fact they are bottom feeders.
It's true, hypothetical apologist retards, they are that rude and they need the extra help; it's damn true. |
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maddog
Joined: 08 Dec 2005
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:48 am Post subject: Re: What are they doing when walking!? |
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| maingman wrote: |
Why do mostly middle age woman seem( certainly to me).. to have thios thing with walking straight in the way of you- is it me?
Do you really agree with my view.
The last few days ( yesterday) I had to all but barge someone out the way
fairly near the local station ! and its fairly annoying when or if it is actually a few times in the day |
100%.
Ajumas (sp) have some kind of radar that allows them to detect exactly where you are behind them. When you step to the right in an attempt to overtake them, they step to the right. They seem to know when a walkway is just wide enough that, if they walk right in the middle, no-one can pass. |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 6:19 am Post subject: |
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Anybody remember Grotto? He was rather rotund, and used to simply push people out of the way, kind of like he was swimming as he walked.
If ever there was a man ready to go home... Grotto had hit that point weeks prior.  |
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okokok
Joined: 27 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 6:34 am Post subject: Re: What are they doing when walking!? |
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| maddog wrote: |
| maingman wrote: |
Why do mostly middle age woman seem( certainly to me).. to have thios thing with walking straight in the way of you- is it me?
Do you really agree with my view.
The last few days ( yesterday) I had to all but barge someone out the way
fairly near the local station ! and its fairly annoying when or if it is actually a few times in the day |
100%.
Ajumas (sp) have some kind of radar that allows them to detect exactly where you are behind them. When you step to the right in an attempt to overtake them, they step to the right. They seem to know when a walkway is just wide enough that, if they walk right in the middle, no-one can pass. |
I really wish before I leave this place that someone would explain to me why this is. Whyyyyy???????????  |
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