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Tiberious aka Sparkles · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: I'm one cool cat!

Korea might have it locked like they do archery.

Seriously, how hard is it to close a door quietly?

This is something that should be taught to children before their motor skills are functioning at full capacity: "don't slam the door."

Here, not that big a deal.

I liken it with horking and spitting as a cultural thing where the person committing the heinous act doesn't consider anyone else when he/she does it. Both aren't purposefully meant to offend (in most cases), but, God, does it ever piss me off.

It's almost as annoying as the phbb error.

Almost.

Sparkles*_*

JongnoGuru · Joined: 25 May 2004 Location: peeing on your doorstep

Slamming doors? I suppose so. Most doors in my world have pneumatic closers, so people really can't slam them. Gates, that's another thing. Had two gates at two houses that Koreans just loved to slam. They weren't angry ... they just like slamming them. Constantly had to repair them.

Rather than slamming doors, how about opening doors without knocking? Or knocking and opening before you have a chance to answer?

Tiberious aka Sparkles · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: I'm one cool cat!

Mills · Joined: 07 Jan 2006 Location: Incheon

General stairway ruckus is a Korean dominated event; it, of course, consists of stomping, annoyingly loud conversation, and the all important door slam.

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

I whole-heartedly agree Koreans are perpetual gold medal contenders in general stairway ruckus.

My personal pet peeve: I live smack in the center of a small apartment complex. Dead center. Therefore, ALL the young ajummas congregate right outside my window with their squealling, screaming, crying pre-schoolers every warm day. Arg! But the clincher: they don't pay any attention to their kids, so the kids climb all over the cars.

I nominate Korean 4 year olds in the Car Climbing Sprint. How a 4 year old can be 10 feet from his mom and scream, "Omma!" over and over again at 52 dBs while stomping his little feet on the roof of my car and still be ignored is beyond me.

lawyertood · Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 3:24 pm Post subject:

Make it the noise decathalon and add things like

talking loudly on cell phones
Mr. Microphone in the supermarket
students in the hallway during exams
expressing oneself after drinking water on a hot day on the mountain
gas tank delivery
door-to-door truck goods sales
etc...

peppermint · Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 5:29 pm Post subject:

Mills · Joined: 07 Jan 2006 Location: Incheon

igotthisguitar · Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 6:44 pm Post subject:

Slamming doors, chomping with their gums flapping, coughing without covering ... etc ... yah, KOREAN GOLD in all.

What did i miss here?

JongnoGuru · Joined: 25 May 2004 Location: peeing on your doorstep

ajgeddes · Joined: 28 Apr 2004 Location: Yongsan

rapier · Joined: 16 Feb 2003

koreans love noise. A simple conversation is a shouting match, and people only feel comfortable sleeping at night if the air is filled with the sound of construction and pneumatic drills. Morning calm my a$$

weatherman · Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Location: Korea

Got a door slammer in my building. Sometimes it gets to me, sometimes it doesn't. But when it gets to me, mate, does it ever piss me off. My wife gets upset at me for being upset at the noise. I can't win.

peppermint · Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 4:38 am Post subject:

I blame the door slamming on the doors, something about the design maybe? I live in the "waygookin villa" ( you really can order pizza, with that and an apartment number here) and theres still lots of slamming.

Mills · Joined: 07 Jan 2006 Location: Incheon

Granted... the doors, though pneumatic, are heavier than most of us are used to and have a tendency to slam if left to close freely. The 1st night I was here the door slammed, thought to myself "Better ease the door closed."