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[eIn07912]

Got home today after doing stuff in town. Stopped at the mailbox to see if I had any bills. It's one of those "community" mail boxes, where everyone on the floor gets all their mail in the same box. You have to flip through everyones mail until you find your name or your apartment number. Most places are good about printing my name in English, or Korean, or they just leave it blank and put my apartment number. That's all well and good. Then I noticed a letter from Papa John's Pizza with my apartment number on it. I scroll down to see who it's addressed to and this is what I see...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/41550749@N03/

Now, true, I am the only one in the building. And I do love pizza (although I can only remember ordering one from Papa John's and that was months ago). But how in the world they remember one lived here is beyond me. I always order food in Korean and am able to say my address in Korean flawlessly (I am not bragging about my Korean ability by any means. Outside of food and taxi directions, I know almost nothing). But still, I ordered one pizza at least 6 months ago or more from them. Anyways, inside was a coupon for 20% off a one topping large and a free order of cheese sticks. Will certainly be cashing that in this weekend.

Any who, this gave me a rather hearty laugh. Thought others might get a kick out of it too.

[I'm no Picasso]

That's pretty classic.

The local Jehovah's Witnesses sent an English speaker to my door, without ever having visited before. Usually if I hear knocking followed by Korean, I save myself and whoever it is on the other side the trauma and don't answer it, unless I'm feeling cheeky. But they got me with this one -- I figured the "Hello?" meant it was someone who knew me. Guess I've just been reported.

[samcheokguy]

They wrote 'waygookin' over my doorbell so I don't get bothered by those church ladies anymore. I followed the advice I answering the doorbell topless. No more Korean visitors.

[I'm no Picasso]

I forgot to add that the same JV English speaker left a note in my mail box saying that many people suffer from a sickness called depression and I should call her if I need help, along with some English literature on how God could help me with that. Now that was offensive....

[Smee]

Yeah, that's kind of a shady move. If they don't know your name, why couldn't they just put the room number? Unlike the other residents, I guess---who are known by the numbers on their door---your most noteworthy characteristic is that you're 외국인.

I hate crap like that. Like if I'm at a restaurant and my order comes up, the server will ask who it's for and the other person will say "the foreigner." Instead of saying, like, the table number, or "the guy over there," or "the person standing right here waiting for it." They even wrote 외국인 on my receipt on one of my occassional trips to Lotteria, I guess to distinguish my order from . . . I dunno, can't just call out "customer who ordered the Hanwoo Bulgogi Burder" like they do everyone else?

No, certainly not the end of the world, but irritating.

[gaffe]

I think it's funny as hell.

[JMO]

Jehovas came to my apartment yesterday..guy gave me a prepared sheet of paper and an English 'Watchtower'. Dude brought his very young daughter and if my korean was better I would have asked her if she got presents for christmas. In school we used to make fun of the couple in our class because they didn't get any presents, wore really long skirts and they were technically prods. Hopefully they have a better time of it here.

[Captain Corea]

[samcheokguy]

I'm torn. I mean I'd say "the black dude" if there was only one of them. I mean if it is efficient it's hard to complain. I just love when there have MORE than 1 foreigner. Now that is one funny communication break down.

[ryoga013]

My gas bill was registered to one "Mr Foreigner" (but in Korean). It was my boss that paid the bills directly taken out of my account... Another way to say foreigners skip out on bills etc? maybe

[JMO]

[kirsi]

[bassexpander]

When asked what the two most important commandments were, Jesus said, "Love God with all of your heart..." and "Love your neighbor as yourself." Jesus said, if you keep those two commandments, you do well.

Although I respect what else is in the Bible, and understand its usefulness/importance, I know that man added a lot of personal interpretation along the way. You can look at the apostle Paul and see how his strict mental discipline and adherence to the Jewish faith was an influence on him after his enlightenment. You can look at various religious figures through history -- even figures from different faiths -- and notice similarities between their psychology and their interpretations of their scripture.

Take it all with a grain of salt.

Man would be far better off, in my opinion, if he just set everything else aside and put God first, and loved his neighbor as himself -- no matter who that neighbor may be. Get back to the bare essentials and stop pointing fingers at people. In the end, it's not our place to judge.

Christ made it perfectly clear how Christians should be. Unfortunately, thanks to man adding/re-adding/changing/ignoring the important stuff, Christians have murdered thousands, and in earlier days, were no better than the radical muslims of today -- cutting off heads, burning at the stake, etc... The church fell into that rut because they followed the teachings of man, not Christ.

[Oreovictim]

While growing up in America, I was never bothered by the Jehovah Witnesses. Okay, once they came to my house, but that was it. I've even worked with people for years, later realizing that they were Jehovah Witnesses. But it was always the Evangelicals and the Pentecostals with that in-your-face attitude. The last place that you want to be is in a break room with an Evangelical. Ugh, preachier than a Queensryche CD.

But in Korea, the Jehovah Witnesses are pretty aggressive. They would bug me at least twice a month. I just don't answer my door.

[TK421]