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BigBlackEquus
Joined: 05 Jul 2005
Location: Lotte controls Asia with bad chocolate!
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 Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 5:01 pm Post subject: Throwing out does not equal a freebie |
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So my Korean neighbor threw out his bed and base unit. It was sitting in the garbage area. Stuff like that sits there until either the garbage guys come, or some recycle place nabs it.
I have a mattress, but no base unit, and it was decent, so I snagged it. Now the neighbor has complained to the building owner, and wants me to pay him for it.
Me via translation: But he threw it in the garbage. He didnt want it. So I took it. If he wants it, why put it there?
Guy via translation: Its his. He wants you to pay him for it.
Me: Thats stupid. Why did he throw it away?
Guy: Pay me for it, or I will call the police.
Me: Here. Keep it. I dont want it.
Building manager gives me a long, cold look as if Ive stolen something, and am an evil person.
Bed frame goes back in the garbage. |
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bundangbum
Joined: 23 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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| it could be that they've already paid for it to be removed or paid for it to be recycled. |
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BigBlackEquus
Joined: 05 Jul 2005
Location: Lotte controls Asia with bad chocolate!
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| Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 5:06 pm Post subject: |
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In either case, he could have told me that. I thought about that very thing. If that were the case, they are still carrying away the mattress anyway, and hed be paying for that.
Whether or not he pays for it, the outcome is the same. The materials are gone and out of his site. |
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bundangbum
Joined: 23 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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yes but if you pay for something and someone is to take it away for free you'd want some money out of it.
Like if you pay for a fridge but find out you have been given one free by a friend. you have two fridges. If someone offers to take the one you bought off them you'd want some money for it. |
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sheba
Joined: 16 May 2005
Location: Here there and everywhere!
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| Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 5:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Im with BBE on this one... |
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djsmnc
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Dave's ESL Cafe
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| Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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| If he takes it, then eventually he is going to have to pay for its removal anyway. The ajoshi is an idiot. Out of sight, out of mind. |
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bundangbum
Joined: 23 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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| you are failing to see the point. this is korea. is someone thinks they can get money out of you they try to. |
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crazykiwi
Joined: 07 Jun 2003
Location: new zealand via daejeon
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| Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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| you are failing to see the point. this is korea. is someone thinks they can get money out of you they try to. |
so what if "this is korea"! The guy is being a jerkoff, plain and simple. The security guys down in my apartment complex have taken it upon themselvesw to destroy anything that is put into the recycling area, just so us waegooks and ajummas cant get some free stuff. I say let him call the cops, maybe you'll get a resonable one who'll tell the guy to get a life! |
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Freezer Burn
Joined: 11 Apr 2005
Location: Busan
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| Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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| If it was a Korean picking it up, there would be a cigarette and a few laughs, a pat on the back and a hand-shake. |
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dulouz
Joined: 04 Feb 2003
Location: Uranus
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| Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Ya gotta do that pick up stuff at night. |
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bundangbum
Joined: 23 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Freezer Burn wrote: |
| If it was a Korean picking it up, there would be a cigarette and a few laughs, a pat on the back and a hand-shake. |
yes like i said. if a korean person sees a way of making money they will try. |
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Dan The Chainsawman
Joined: 05 May 2005
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| Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:08 pm Post subject: |
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That is why its called a "midnight requisition" ........  |
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bundangbum
Joined: 23 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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| SO this guy complains that some korean guy is doing something to make money and he hasnt gone at night to steal it??? |
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jaganath69
Joined: 17 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Tell him to Fook off, its just another case of someone in this country being a pain in the butt. Honestly, the day that people here cease to care about what others are doing will be a milestone for humanity. |
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Gopher
Joined: 04 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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| bundangbum wrote: |
| this is korea. i[f] someone thinks they can get money out of you [then] they try. |
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a Bingo. |
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