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Julius · Joined: 27 Jul 2006

So today I walked into Lotteria. In front of me was a korean. At least thats what I assumed, until she opened her mouth and ordered a burger set in english, in a perfect american accent.

The server struggled to understand, so she then repeated "burger, burger" etc and pointed until she got it.

Then me the obvious foreigner walks up and orders everything in perfect korean.

There was a moment of confusion on her face. Sort of like, "hold on, theres a korean person who only speaks english. But now heres a foreigner who speaks korean. Did I just land on another planet?? Laughing

Masta_Don · Joined: 17 Aug 2006 Location: Hyehwa-dong, Seoul

Asking for a girl to sit on your lap while you sing/grope, but no blowjobs.

sojourner1 · Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:20 am Post subject:

That's so funny how people's minds freeze up like a froze web browser when a situation falls outside the normal set of rules the culture gives people to live and think within. You then have to work on them to free the application hang to let the process of communication continue.

good one. That sure made em' think outside the box. Smile

Bibbitybop · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Location: Seoul

Direct, honest answers.

When foreigners eat anything spicy, especially kimchi.

When foreigners know who Admiral Yee is.

When Korean girls date a foreigner.

This could go on......

reactionary · Joined: 22 Oct 2006 Location: korreia

sitting on a bus and people get on. two empty seats: next to me and next to a clearly mentally handicapped man speaking aloud to himself.

they scan him..they scan me...they stand.

nice being able to stretch my legs!

gotte00 · Joined: 18 Jan 2003

I've seen this too many times to count, but it happened again over the weekend on my way back from Hong Kong.

Landed at Incheon and we're taxing on the runway, then come to a stop near the end of the runway. I assume to let other planes pass. So we come to a stop and the second we do, every Korean stands up to try to locate their luggage. Mind you, we're still on the runway and the gate is nowhere to be seen. Just prior to stopping the flight attendants made their announcements to stay seated until the captain, blah, blah, blah in both English and KOREAN. So the flight attendants run up and down the aisles to get everyone seated, but it's total chaos at this point. So now people are getting pissed off because we are sitting on the runway for about 10 minutes and I hear some people shouting at the flight attendants. All I could do was sit there and laugh. I've never laughed as hard on a flight until I started flying in and out of Seoul. Is it so difficult to listen to the announcements? I assume everyone on the flight was returning to Seoul, meaning they probably did the same thing on the way to their destination. For some reason Koreans are alway confused when a plane taxies on a runway.

Julius · Joined: 27 Jul 2006

JustJohn · Joined: 18 Oct 2007 Location: Your computer screen

indytrucks · Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Location: The Shelf

halfmanhalfbiscuit · Joined: 13 Oct 2007 Location: Seoul

They can count quite fine and are happy to have extra shrapnel for the till.

Troll_Bait · Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:22 pm Post subject:

mateomiguel · Joined: 16 May 2005

Would it be too cliche to say "everything" ? My girlfriend seems to live in a constant state of shock about life, the universe, and everything. If its not work or her family she's surprised.

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

My (adult) students come from all over the country to study at our school on the outskirts of town, so few are familiar with the area. There is a plan to eat dinner...everyone stands in the parking lot discussing what kind of food to eat...then does anyone know where that kind of restaurant is?

It always throws the group into stunned silence when I, the only visible foreigner for blocks and blocks knows where the restaurant is but the Koreans don't. This situation is always followed with, "Mr. Ya-ta, sir. You Korean." Very Happy

Fishead soup · Joined: 24 Jun 2007 Location: Korea

Going to a Korean restaurant
The foreigner orders a bowl of Boshintang and the Korean orders
Samgaytang

Going to a meat restaurant alone and ordering a single order and a bottle of soju.

Going to any a Makoli restaurant alone ordering no side dish and a bowl of makoli and drinking it alone.

Going to a hof and ordering a single mug of beer and drinking it alone without side dish.

Not using the fork someone has kindly given you.

Packing a brown bag lunch and taking it to your public school which has a cafeteria,

Going to your school cafeteria and asking for no rice.

Asking for Bibimbab without the Kim.

Being married for more than three years without children.

Making a hole in the sticky rice when you eat it.

jvalmer · Joined: 06 Jun 2003