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just because
Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964
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 Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 9:02 am Post subject: 5 years in Korea - only my 3rd bad experience... |
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Was in seoul today and was on the subway at Jongno 3-Ga...
I was reading the IHT when this crazy guy starting talking loudly at me....
I couldn't understand a thing he was saying(he was just basically making sounds that just ran into each other) but i knew it wasn't nice whatever was going through his head...
After 2 minutes of him berating me i told him sternly in Korean to hurry and and get off the subway because you are very annoying.
He went and hid up the other end of the subway car mumbling loudly some korean swear words for about 5 minutes while i held the newspaper up and blocked any view of him which annoyed him more but i think he got the point.....
Does anybody know who i am talking about....he looked pretty loopy and not with it so i didn't do anything stupid or rash....
Just having a bit of a rant...
Korea has been really good to me so i suppose i was due a loony tune.....
Funnily enough my first bad experience happened on the subway in Seoul as well which is wierd considering i live 400 km away and would visit twice a year on average....
Do people get a lot of heat on the subway in Seoul??/
-Experience nothing like what i have there in the past down here in the sunny south.... |
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merkurix
Joined: 21 Dec 2006
Location: Not far from the deep end.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 9:09 am Post subject: Re: 5 years in Korea - only my 3rd bad experience... |
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| just because wrote: |
Was in seoul today and was on the subway at Jongno 3-Ga...
I was reading the IHT when this crazy guy starting talking loudly at me....
I couldn't understand a thing he was saying(he was just basically making sounds that just ran into each other) but i knew it wasn't nice whatever was going through his head...
After 2 minutes of him berating me i told him sternly in Korean to hurry and and get off the subway because you are very annoying.
He went and hid up the other end of the subway car mumbling loudly some korean swear words for about 5 minutes while i held the newspaper up and blocked any view of him which annoyed him more but i think he got the point.....
Does anybody know who i am talking about....he looked pretty loopy and not with it so i didn't do anything stupid or rash....
Just having a bit of a rant...
Korea has been really good to me so i suppose i was due a loony tune.....
Funnily enough my first bad experience happened on the subway in Seoul as well which is wierd considering i live 400 km away and would visit twice a year on average....
Do people get a lot of heat on the subway in Seoul??/
-Experience nothing like what i have there in the past down here in the sunny south.... |
I can understand. I had a guy one time at the subway sit across from me and began yelling at me too (maybe the same guy?). I couldn't understand him; the only thing I could semi-understand was when he kept saying "Iraq! Iraq! Iraq!" Luckily,(though rather unfortunately) some attractive foreign blonde girl stepped in and he quickly ignored me to put a few ounces of Korean vitriol on her. I didn't stick around long to see the aftermath, but I feel for anyone on the receiving end of some random kooky/drunk ajjoshi's venting. |
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oneofthesarahs
Joined: 05 Nov 2006
Location: Sacheon City
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| Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 9:15 am Post subject: |
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| Crazy dudes are drawn to subways much as a salmon is drawn upstream. It is where they belong. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 9:18 am Post subject: |
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| I've met a lot of crazy people on the subway but they always want to be my friend. A couple months ago I was attacked by a gang of middle school girls who wanted to know my favourite band and if I had a girlfriend. I got off at the next stop and waited for the next train. |
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ipsofacto
Joined: 26 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 9:21 am Post subject: Re: 5 years in Korea - only my 3rd bad experience... |
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| just because wrote: |
| Does anybody know who i am talking about....he looked pretty loopy and not with it |
With a description such as that it must of been me ... |
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JongnoGuru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep
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| Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 9:28 am Post subject: Re: 5 years in Korea - only my 3rd bad experience... |
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| ipsofacto wrote: |
| just because wrote: |
| Does anybody know who i am talking about....he looked pretty loopy and not with it |
With a description such as that it must of been me ... |
Beat me to it, but I have the stronger claim because:
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| Was in seoul today and was on the subway at Jongno 3-Ga... |
This has NOTHING to do with nutters or nutters being drawn to subways yadda yadda. It's all about the Jongno and our high national pride. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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Worse things happen over five years in a big city back home: I've had someone threaten me with a gun in Vancouver, chase me yelling and screaming for no reason on the streets of San Francisco and hit me with a chair in Detroit.
Funny though that when we go overseas we start tallying experiences and judging accordingly.
Life is life, and if one's gonna start keeping score, then Korea's ahead of the game in some ways. |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
Worse things happen over five years in a big city back home: I've had someone threaten me with a gun in Vancouver, chase me yelling and screaming for no reason on the streets of San Francisco and hit me with a chair in Detroit.
Funny though that when we go overseas we start tallying experiences and judging accordingly.
Life is life, and if one's gonna start keeping score, then Korea's ahead of the game in some ways. |
When I was in Vancouver with a couple Japanese friends, we were assaulted by a homeless guy wanting money who kept saying that he had AIDS and would infect us if we didn't give him money. He followed us for quite awhile, scared the hell out of my Japanese friends who had never have anything like that happen before. |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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Had that happen this week. But the guy was focusing on a number of people on the train before he got to me.
I looked at him, smiled, and he went away.
I'm guessing a different guy than yours. |
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 3:31 pm Post subject: |
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| laogaiguk wrote: |
| scared the hell out of my Japanese friends who had never have anything like that happen before. |
Not surprised they were scared if they hadn't had AIDS/HIV before. |
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