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Junior
Joined: 18 Nov 2005
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 Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 3:29 am Post subject: Would you prefer them to sit by you, or leave you alone? |
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Every time on the subway or in the PC bang its the same. Grown men walk over to the vacant seat beside me, then hesitate when they notice a waygook is there. Trembling and stressed, they then make some excuse to whoever they're with and go elsewhere.
A minute ago I was just about to tell the guy to have a seat and relax. Its going to be ok, foreigners do not bite and there was nothing to be afraid of.
then suddnly i realised..its actually much more prefereable that these juveniles sit somewhere else away from me. |
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Big_Bird
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: Sometimes here sometimes there...
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| Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 3:33 am Post subject: |
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Maybe you have the wild fanatical stare and appearance of an Islamic extremist?!  |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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| Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 3:35 am Post subject: Re: Would you prefer them to sit by you, or leave you alone? |
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| Junior wrote: |
Every time on the subway or in the PC bang its the same. Grown men walk over to the vacant seat beside me, then hesitate when they notice a waygook is there. Trembling and stressed, they then make some excuse to whoever they're with and go elsewhere.
A minute ago I was just about to tell the guy to have a seat and relax. Its going to be ok, foreigners do not bite and there was nothing to be afraid of.
then suddnly i realised..its actually much more prefereable that these juveniles sit somewhere else away from me. |
there's wireless internet on the subway? |
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Junior
Joined: 18 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 3:36 am Post subject: |
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| Maybe you have the wild fanatical stare and appearance of an Islamic extremist?! |
Thats true, I should leave my assault rifle at home sometimes. |
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Big_Bird
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 3:37 am Post subject: |
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Or maybe you look like this?
Or maybe you look like a wild and hungry gay man on the prowl?
Or maybe you simply need to use more deodorant.
No one has a problem sitting next to me!  |
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Big_Bird
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: Sometimes here sometimes there...
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| Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 3:39 am Post subject: |
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| Junior wrote: |
| Big_Bird wrote: |
| Maybe you have the wild fanatical stare and appearance of an Islamic extremist?! |
Thats true, I should leave my assault rifle at home sometimes. |
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Satori
Joined: 09 Dec 2005
Location: Above it all
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| Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 3:41 am Post subject: |
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| On the immediate level its neither here nor there if they sit down or not. But it would be better for life in Korea for westerners if the thinking behind why they chose not to sit down did not exist... |
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Junior
Joined: 18 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 3:44 am Post subject: |
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| Big_Bird wrote: |
No one has a problem sitting next to me! |
I suppose it would be hard to see if you're a waygook or not.
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Big_Bird
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 3:50 am Post subject: |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 3:54 am Post subject: Re: Would you prefer them to sit by you, or leave you alone? |
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| Junior wrote: |
Every time on the subway or in the PC bang its the same. Grown men walk over to the vacant seat beside me, then hesitate when they notice a waygook is there. Trembling and stressed, they then make some excuse to whoever they're with and go elsewhere.
A minute ago I was just about to tell the guy to have a seat and relax. Its going to be ok, foreigners do not bite and there was nothing to be afraid of.
then suddnly i realised..its actually much more prefereable that these juveniles sit somewhere else away from me. |
I never have that.. where do you live anyways?
Unfortunately people always grab seats next to me without hesitation.
Hate to say it.. but maybe its the way you present yourself. There are certain Korean people (or even foreigners) I just don't want to sit next to for whatever reasons regardless of ethnicity. Same when I lived in NYC, etc. |
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Junior
Joined: 18 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 4:09 am Post subject: Re: Would you prefer them to sit by you, or leave you alone? |
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| Tiger Beer wrote: |
| Hate to say it.. but maybe its the way you present yourself. |
I usually wave a knife in their faces and shout "sit next to me please".
Seriously..never experienced this same level of paranoia in any other country- and I've been in 25.
Their immediate nervousness projects on to me. they look like they're about to propose or something. |
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Big_Bird
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 4:21 am Post subject: Re: Would you prefer them to sit by you, or leave you alone? |
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| Junior wrote: |
Seriously..never experienced this same level of paranoia in any other country- and I've been in 25.
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Yeah, but that was before you started to dress like this:
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
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| Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 4:26 am Post subject: |
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Probably thought you were some left-wing liberal and didn't feel like being tranquilized to death w/ some bleating suburban rant about Bush or the war against the free Iraqi people.. 
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Junior
Joined: 18 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 4:34 am Post subject: |
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They're probably attracted to your smell. Reminds them of the water buffalos back in isaarn.
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twg
Joined: 02 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 6:41 am Post subject: |
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I prefer it because I'm a leg-splayer when I sit.
I like my boys to have lots of breathing space. I cant do that when I'm sitting cheek to cheek with someone on the train.
This does not make me a bad man. |
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