NorthernGent -> RE: What pisses you off more than anything? (4/25/2011 10:08:51 AM)
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ORIGINAL: sunshinemiss LOL. Oh gosh if I did that in Korea, I'd be going crazy. People are on the cell EVERYWHERE here. I thought it was bad in the USA. No, it's nothing compared to here! Here - they are everywhere - the bathroom, the bus, the subway, the hallway, in my classroom (ok, so they text, but still....no, you can NOT text on your cell phone during class - please step outside. ), in the restaurant. The one that really gets me - IN THE ELEVATOR! What I have done a time or two in Korea was started speaking in English (or Spanish) REALLY LOUDLY BECAUSE I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THE PRIVATE CONVERSATION THAT SOMEONE IS .... kamsahamnida ajumma. (thank you, ma'am)... for going away with yoru private call. And the women who use the ONLY stall with a western toilet to have their conversations. Discreet knock. Pounding. Yelling in English - "Hey! I don't use the squatters, would you PLEASE stop hogging the ONLY bathroom I can use?!" I guess I could add that to the list of things that irritate me... Dear god, sounds like a battle just to get through the day :-) The Japanese have the right idea - no use of mobiles on trains. Fair play to 'em. It's frowned upon in England, but not enforced, unlike Japan where they have signs on trains telling people to put their mobiles on silent. On the downside, the Japanese have a serious problem with sex pests on crowded trains, so it ain't all good. Maybe that's the trade off - ban mobiles and the men turn into sex starved lunatics. Just put another sign up or something: "turn your phone on silent, but do watch some porn on it instead of touching up the girls for crying out loud".
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