I've never experienced so much "No, it can't be done" as I have in Korea. I don't get this much anymore, but I used to often ask for a smaller cup when I ordered an Americano because I like it short and strong (i.e., a long black). The conversation would often go like this:Me: Can I have a small cup?Server: *Silence*Me: *Pointing at smaller cappuccino cup* Like this? This cup? Server: *Lifts giant mug* This is Americano cup.Me: Yes, can I have a smaller one? Server: No. Me: Really? I want a smaller coffee. Server: No. I should point out that some places would do it for me without complaint, so I'm not sure that I was asking for anything egregious.
2018: Asked to run a class in local workshop, goes down a treat. Everyone happy.2019: Asked to run same workshop as participants loved it. Discover 3 participants attended last year. They ask to switch to 'B' class (same topic). I say no problem.Me: Hello workshop operator, these 3 participants would like to move to 'B' class to learn new perspective on the subject.Operator: Sorry, thats not possible.Me: They would just be moving to the next classroom along the hallway, 302 instead of 303. I can take 3 from that class no problem.Operator: Again, thats not possible.Me: Why?Operator: Thats not possible.Me: It is possible, they just sit in the other class instead of mine.Operator: Not possible.9 1/2 months then I'm out.
Got told off for walking over to vacant teachers desk and flipping her iphone to silent. Apparently KAKAO KAKAO KAKAO is the good guy here.
Quote from: Ronnie Omelettes on October 22, 2019, 07:07:37 amQuote from: Kayos on October 21, 2019, 03:39:22 pmQuoteQuote from: Ronnie Omelettes on October 21, 2019, 12:11:08 pmQuote from: CO2 on October 21, 2019, 11:52:54 amQuote from: nightninja on October 21, 2019, 11:44:15 ameven though I see others leaving early all the time.....Too bad you're not a DayNinja, you could sneak out. What would a DayNinja wear?Oh, me, me, me!! It's a popular misconception that ninjas always wear black. At night maybe, but their main aim is to blend in, so they wear normal clothes so as not to look conspicuous. Ninja also wore red. Red in battle can/has a psychological effect, which can cause hesitation in battle.Learnt that in ninja training in Japan. I've done ninja weapons training in Japan. :D (Although. I'm not very good )A New Zealand Ninja? Get out of here!Dressed as a sheep, I bet!
Quote from: Kayos on October 21, 2019, 03:39:22 pmQuoteQuote from: Ronnie Omelettes on October 21, 2019, 12:11:08 pmQuote from: CO2 on October 21, 2019, 11:52:54 amQuote from: nightninja on October 21, 2019, 11:44:15 ameven though I see others leaving early all the time.....Too bad you're not a DayNinja, you could sneak out. What would a DayNinja wear?Oh, me, me, me!! It's a popular misconception that ninjas always wear black. At night maybe, but their main aim is to blend in, so they wear normal clothes so as not to look conspicuous. Ninja also wore red. Red in battle can/has a psychological effect, which can cause hesitation in battle.Learnt that in ninja training in Japan. I've done ninja weapons training in Japan. :D (Although. I'm not very good )A New Zealand Ninja? Get out of here!
QuoteQuote from: Ronnie Omelettes on October 21, 2019, 12:11:08 pmQuote from: CO2 on October 21, 2019, 11:52:54 amQuote from: nightninja on October 21, 2019, 11:44:15 ameven though I see others leaving early all the time.....Too bad you're not a DayNinja, you could sneak out. What would a DayNinja wear?Oh, me, me, me!! It's a popular misconception that ninjas always wear black. At night maybe, but their main aim is to blend in, so they wear normal clothes so as not to look conspicuous. Ninja also wore red. Red in battle can/has a psychological effect, which can cause hesitation in battle.Learnt that in ninja training in Japan. I've done ninja weapons training in Japan. :D (Although. I'm not very good )
Quote from: Ronnie Omelettes on October 21, 2019, 12:11:08 pmQuote from: CO2 on October 21, 2019, 11:52:54 amQuote from: nightninja on October 21, 2019, 11:44:15 ameven though I see others leaving early all the time.....Too bad you're not a DayNinja, you could sneak out. What would a DayNinja wear?Oh, me, me, me!! It's a popular misconception that ninjas always wear black. At night maybe, but their main aim is to blend in, so they wear normal clothes so as not to look conspicuous.
Quote from: CO2 on October 21, 2019, 11:52:54 amQuote from: nightninja on October 21, 2019, 11:44:15 ameven though I see others leaving early all the time.....Too bad you're not a DayNinja, you could sneak out. What would a DayNinja wear?
Quote from: nightninja on October 21, 2019, 11:44:15 ameven though I see others leaving early all the time.....Too bad you're not a DayNinja, you could sneak out.
even though I see others leaving early all the time.....
Quote from: Savant on October 22, 2019, 07:22:29 amQuote from: Ronnie Omelettes on October 22, 2019, 07:07:37 amQuote from: Kayos on October 21, 2019, 03:39:22 pmQuoteQuote from: Ronnie Omelettes on October 21, 2019, 12:11:08 pmQuote from: CO2 on October 21, 2019, 11:52:54 amQuote from: nightninja on October 21, 2019, 11:44:15 ameven though I see others leaving early all the time.....Too bad you're not a DayNinja, you could sneak out. What would a DayNinja wear?Oh, me, me, me!! It's a popular misconception that ninjas always wear black. At night maybe, but their main aim is to blend in, so they wear normal clothes so as not to look conspicuous. Ninja also wore red. Red in battle can/has a psychological effect, which can cause hesitation in battle.Learnt that in ninja training in Japan. I've done ninja weapons training in Japan. :D (Although. I'm not very good )A New Zealand Ninja? Get out of here!Dressed as a sheep, I bet!Yeap! NZ Sheep ninja. It's a thing NO ONE would see coming.
Quote from: AvecPommesFrites on October 22, 2019, 08:29:41 amGot told off for walking over to vacant teachers desk and flipping her iphone to silent. Apparently KAKAO KAKAO KAKAO is the good guy here. I mean, that's annoying, but that doesn't give you the right to touch other people's stuff. If someone came and touched anything on my desk, I'd tell them off, too. Especially my phone.
He didn't go through her personal photos, just flipped it over. I always feel it's not okay to call others out in this country. For example, some dickhead kept checking his phone in the cinema, so I told him to stop it. Everyone looked at me like i was the one in the wrong and my wife called me rude after the film ended. Same with escalators, etc. If someone blocks the walking side, no one ever says anything
Quote from: #basedcowboyshirt on October 22, 2019, 08:47:43 amQuote from: AvecPommesFrites on October 22, 2019, 08:29:41 amGot told off for walking over to vacant teachers desk and flipping her iphone to silent. Apparently KAKAO KAKAO KAKAO is the good guy here. I mean, that's annoying, but that doesn't give you the right to touch other people's stuff. If someone came and touched anything on my desk, I'd tell them off, too. Especially my phone. Why? It was nothing intrusive. It was simply like turning off the TV or radio.
It really is ridiculous how much that happens....it's like logic and reasoning or critical/creative thinking are scary things
Everyone looked at me like i was the one in the wrong and my wife called me rude after the film ended. Same with escalators, etc. If someone blocks the walking side, no one ever says anything.
Quote from: Kayos on October 22, 2019, 08:58:18 amQuote from: Savant on October 22, 2019, 07:22:29 amQuote from: Ronnie Omelettes on October 22, 2019, 07:07:37 amQuote from: Kayos on October 21, 2019, 03:39:22 pmQuoteQuote from: Ronnie Omelettes on October 21, 2019, 12:11:08 pmQuote from: CO2 on October 21, 2019, 11:52:54 amQuote from: nightninja on October 21, 2019, 11:44:15 ameven though I see others leaving early all the time.....Too bad you're not a DayNinja, you could sneak out. What would a DayNinja wear?Oh, me, me, me!! It's a popular misconception that ninjas always wear black. At night maybe, but their main aim is to blend in, so they wear normal clothes so as not to look conspicuous. Ninja also wore red. Red in battle can/has a psychological effect, which can cause hesitation in battle.Learnt that in ninja training in Japan. I've done ninja weapons training in Japan. :D (Although. I'm not very good )A New Zealand Ninja? Get out of here!Dressed as a sheep, I bet!Yeap! NZ Sheep ninja. It's a thing NO ONE would see coming. To the untrained eye, there is no danger. But I can count at least 5 New Zealand ninjas there.Fraught with danger.
Quote from: oglop on October 22, 2019, 09:09:05 amHe didn't go through her personal photos, just flipped it over. I always feel it's not okay to call others out in this country. For example, some dickhead kept checking his phone in the cinema, so I told him to stop it. Everyone looked at me like i was the one in the wrong and my wife called me rude after the film ended. Same with escalators, etc. If someone blocks the walking side, no one ever says anythingWell as for the phone thing, I'm not one to go against Avec's judgment here as I don't know the school dynamics and culture, but I can easily imagine someone ranting about how one of the Korean staff just walked over in a huff and touched their phone to put it on silent. I mean, this is kind of easy to imagine a rant with the situations reversed.I've seen Koreans tell others off. Rarely but it does. As for escalators there are two ways- you can politely ask them to move. I've done that. However if it's dipshit punk kids I'll either just growl "MOVE" or just straight up walk through them.The lack of calling people out is the negative side effect of the same mentality that sees generally lower street crime here. Or I guess you could say the lower street crime rate is one positive effect of the negative mentality of not Calling anything out.
Quote from: oglop on October 22, 2019, 09:09:05 amEveryone looked at me like i was the one in the wrong and my wife called me rude after the film ended. Same with escalators, etc. If someone blocks the walking side, no one ever says anything.Actually, from what I understand, this is where cultural differences come into play. In Korea, people walking up and down the escalators is strongly discouraged. I've seen posters in the subway with little pictures showing that one shouldn't be walking as it's a "safety hazard". Most people don't think to stand to the side because local etiquette doesn't require them to. They're not being inconsiderate or ignorant, they just have a slightly different idea of what is polite escalator behaviour.
That being said, there was a study done in England (or was it Japan?) where depending on how long they were and how many people were using them, it was actually more efficient overall for people to stand on both sides. Something about how the two disparate groups of lines would result in a riding line that would stretch some distance. But this only works in specific circumstances.
QuoteThat being said, there was a study done in England (or was it Japan?) where depending on how long they were and how many people were using them, it was actually more efficient overall for people to stand on both sides. Something about how the two disparate groups of lines would result in a riding line that would stretch some distance. But this only works in specific circumstances.I saw a documentary about the London underground where one of the stewards(?) tried to get people to stand on both sides during the rush hour instead of one side walking. the theory was more people could move up the escalator at any given time, as the side for walking was often empty. Anyway the experiment failed as people continued to walk.
yeah, i'm sure *in therory* it works, but people who want to stand don't care if it takes longer, and people who walk get to where they're going quicker. so, let people do whichever they want. but don't block the way for people who want to walk ffs