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[Qinella]

I went shopping before work this morning and got on a semi-crowded subway car on the way back home. I took the last remaining seat, between an ajumma and a frail ajeoshi who was on the end seat. As he saw me sit down, he spread his legs out in a weak attempt to block me. He then puffed out his shoulders so I wouldn't be able to sit back, but like I said, he was frail. Thus, I easily outpowered both his knees and shoulders, so he resorted to stabbing my ribs with his left elbow. I looked at him with a look of horror, like wtf is this maniac doing? Now he started pointing violently with his left arm for me to leave. (I took that opportunity to return him a stiff jab to the ribs, which dropped his arm.)

There were no more seats left in the car, and anyway I would never kowtow to an assjacket like that. I had 12 stops to go, and damnit I was gonna sit it out.

Okay, I told you he was unable to outpower me with his knees, so his next offensive tactic was to cross his legs such that his dirty shoe sole would be on my pant leg. At first I tried to slap his foot off his leg, and this part was really funny because I felt like a teacher talking to a little child. hajima! <slap> hajima! <slap> hajimaragu! <slap>

But he persisted, so I decided to cross my leg, which resulted in my left sole being pressed flush against his right sole. I really wanted to crack up, but kept my look of disgust anyway. He was visibly pissed about my evasive tactic. Well, that position was unnervingly intimate, so what I did next was angle my right kneecap behind the heel of his foot, and kept sort of bouncing my leg nervously to make his foot jiggle. This continued until the ride stopped.

Now, for almost the entire time I was staring at him and making comments, but here is another weird thing: he had his head tilted back and eyes closed, pretending to be asleep. So, I loudly made several comments to him in Korean, chiding him for being either drunk or stupid, acting like a child, being shameful and silly, etc. He didn't respond to anything, so I called him out on pretending to sleep -- still no response.

Whatever. Made for a more interesting ride. But when my stop came I decided to give him one last smack before exiting. I did tell you I was elbowing him periodically throughout the ride, right? Right, so as I stood up I dug my elbow full force into his chest, then lined up in front of the door. At this point he decided to 'wake up', and had a sh*t-eating grin on his face. He tried to hit me (remember, he was on the aisle seat), but I dodged it and told him to stop. He tried hitting again, so again I dodged but this time gave him a good slap in the face. He just smiled.

What a guy.

[eamo]

Weird.

Who knows if he had a hate on for foreigners or just resented anyone sitting next to him. These big-balled ajeossi's need space for their massive potatoes!!

But childish selfishness from our dear old folk is nothing new on public transport. The ajumma who decides her handbag needs a seat for itself is a common one.

[endo]

What a fantastic story! Classic. I laughed out loud on that one.

[DaeguKid]

and your feeling proud of yourself...? Playing foots-see and elbowing Abe Simpson in the ribs. Other people may pat you on the back, but I am not. That is not cool.
I agree it's not cool that some old folks in this country think that they are the kings and queens of Korea because of their age, but getting physical with someone who you know you can over power and is twice, maybe even three times your age is mentally weak.
Yes he started it, but be the better man and deal with it. Go ahead, throw back your reasons on why it was ok to do what you did, but after that read, I got enough from your post.
DK

[English_Ocean]

why didn't you just stand up, fart in his face and walk away?

[butlerian]

[Pak Yu Man]

Same sort of crap happened to me the other day.
Got on a bus(the outer city kind) and immediately made my way to the back(the only lace you can open the window.

There are 5 seats in the back and an ajuma is sitting next to one window, I take the other window seat and open the window.

Immediately she looks at me and says "cold' in Korean. I ignore her. She says it a few more times so I say "I'm hot" in Korean.

She's upset. About 5 mins later I'm reading and in her ninja quietness she sneaked over, reached across and closed my window.

I was like WTF grannie? She went back to her seat and I open the window again. She then called me rude and swore at me in Korean.

As if the 3 cm crack in the window was affecting her in any way. Sometimes I hate old people.

[jdog2050]

[butlerian]

[nautilus]

Good on ya.

[riley]

I think the OP is pulling our leg. This is the type of post that he normally enjoys ripping apart. I mean, getting in a fight with an old man? It seems a little against character.

[RACETRAITOR]

It was worth it for "assjacket." Capital job.

[Ginormousaurus]

Awesome, Qinella!

[Captain Corea]

hehehe, that had my belly a jigglin'

And I could totally picture somethig like that happening to me too.


Thanks for sharing man.

[captain kirk]

Was this seat the end of the subway car where there's a sign indicating the seat is for elderly people only?