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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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 Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 10:35 pm Post subject: Good Ideas in Korea |
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What are some good ideas you've noticed here? Big or small.
For example, I like the recycling they have at fast food restaurants. One almost feels dirty when you go home just chucking all your fast food waste into one big trash can.
I like how most doors swing both ways. You can push or pull them.
I like the all tile bathrooms with the drain in the floor. I like I can rapidly clean my bathroom by just soaping and hosing it down.
Any other little anti-pet peeves you have about Korea? |
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periwinkle
Joined: 08 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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I like how they put that tightly woven straw around tree trunks in the fall so that the bugs will nest in the straw. Then they remove the woven straw in the spring and burn the nasty critters and their eggs.  |
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zappadelta
Joined: 31 Aug 2004
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flotsam
Joined: 28 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 11:38 pm Post subject: |
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Dude, I could go on and on. For now, two words:
Yogurt delivery. |
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Dev
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 12:33 am Post subject: |
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I agree with you about the drain in the floor of the bathroom. At first I thought it was idiotic because I have to put on rubber slippers when I re-enter the bathroom, but I sure do like being able to clean my bathroom in just 10 minutes.
One Idea I wish they'd part with is sitting on the floor to eat dinner. This kills my back and my legs go numb. What's wrong with tables and chairs? |
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The Hammer
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Ullungdo 37.5 N, 130.9 E, altitude : 223 m
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| Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 12:41 am Post subject: |
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Assigned seating at movie theaters is the best!
True dat!
Double true! |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 12:46 am Post subject: |
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| The Hammer wrote: |
Assigned seating at movie theaters is the best!
True dat!
Double true! |
Agreed. I went back home for X3 and was shaking my head and the insanity of it all.
I also like the whole "cell phone number in the window" thing. |
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The Hammer
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Ullungdo 37.5 N, 130.9 E, altitude : 223 m
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| Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 12:59 am Post subject: |
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The airport limo rocks.
Driver: Where to?
Hammer: Incheon Airport... Step on it suckah!
Driver: Adasol!
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SPINOZA
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul
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| Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 1:10 am Post subject: |
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| Booze that's cheaper than water. |
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Son Deureo!
Joined: 30 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 1:18 am Post subject: |
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No one is mentioning the obvious:
Table top barbecue restaurants
Free takeout delivery service, plus they even pick up your dishes for you
No closing time for bars
Cheap, reliable public transport
KTX
Mountain parks with hiking trails everywhere
Ondol heating
Cheap DSL service
1330
Constantly available jobs for English speakers with college degrees! (OK, maybe this is actually a really stupid idea, but it's still one I happen to like  )
Sure, they have lots of bad ideas too, but there are some things that keep me sticking around. |
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desultude
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Dangling my toes in the Persian Gulf
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| Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 2:50 am Post subject: |
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| Dev wrote: |
I agree with you about the drain in the floor of the bathroom. At first I thought it was idiotic because I have to put on rubber slippers when I re-enter the bathroom, but I sure do like being able to clean my bathroom in just 10 minutes.
One Idea I wish they'd part with is sitting on the floor to eat dinner. This kills my back and my legs go numb. What's wrong with tables and chairs? |
I use a squeegie on the bathroom floor- a few swishes and it is nearly dry!
I love the double seats at the movies- especially when there are few people- it's like having the sofa to myself!
One of the best things here is "service". I had gotten used to all of the freebees at the supermarket, but I was not ready for the mechanic to top off my oil, change my faulty tail light bulbs, and then decline payment- saying "service"! |
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Billy Pilgrim
Joined: 08 Sep 2004
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| Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 3:11 am Post subject: |
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| Plugs built into the sink. |
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cypher
Joined: 08 Nov 2003
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| Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 3:16 am Post subject: |
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Korean saunas, how I love thee.
Numbers at banks, instead of lining up. Though judging how line-ups are dealt with elsewhere, it would be chaos without. Still, I like the numbers. |
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endofthewor1d
Joined: 01 Apr 2003
Location: the end of the wor1d.
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| Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 3:49 am Post subject: |
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| scissors as a kitchen utensil. |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 3:58 am Post subject: |
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How about simply the fact that they fly us here & house us & pay us more than we need just to nudge the national english project forward?
Interesting initiative & I'm seeing some astounding results. We're just a part of it but I predict an effectively bilingual country within the next 10 years.
Credit to this small crowded intriguing country. |
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