Quote from: DLJL on July 14, 2016, 11:09:44 amI know I've done nothing but share my misfortunes in this thread lately, but here's another:Yesterday I was rear ended while at a dead stop at a red light. The driver got out and immediately started photographing his own car. No word of apology to me, no asking if I was ok, not a word to the car in front of mine which he shunted me into either. I called it before it even happened, something about his face and the fact that he looked about 21 but was driving an expensive SUV - this guy is going to lie and try to blame this on me. Sure enough the insurance guy shows up and speaks English. The piece of shit tells him that I stopped suddenly, hit the car in front of me and then he went into the back of me, due to my sudden stop. Both myself and the car in front had actually been at a dead stop for over a minute, he went into the back of me because he was speeding and on his phone. The insurance guy told me his version of events and asked if there was anything I wanted him to translate to the to other guy. I looked the piece of shit dead in the eye and told the translator to please tell him that if he doesn't tell the truth about what happened I will kill him - KILL HIM. Please make sure you tell him very clearly - I. WILL. KILL. HIM. Complete with strangulation and fist motions. The other guy went and hid out in his car while the insurance dude told me I should calm down.Anyway, the stupid **** had a black box in his car which clearly showed that it was entirely his fault. 'My customer was mistaken with his story'. 'No your customer is a piece of shit.'After driving away he still hadn't uttered a word of apology. This concludes today's woe is me yarn.Can't remember, but are you the same person who saw a Korean open your car and turn the lights on to drain the battery?
I know I've done nothing but share my misfortunes in this thread lately, but here's another:Yesterday I was rear ended while at a dead stop at a red light. The driver got out and immediately started photographing his own car. No word of apology to me, no asking if I was ok, not a word to the car in front of mine which he shunted me into either. I called it before it even happened, something about his face and the fact that he looked about 21 but was driving an expensive SUV - this guy is going to lie and try to blame this on me. Sure enough the insurance guy shows up and speaks English. The piece of shit tells him that I stopped suddenly, hit the car in front of me and then he went into the back of me, due to my sudden stop. Both myself and the car in front had actually been at a dead stop for over a minute, he went into the back of me because he was speeding and on his phone. The insurance guy told me his version of events and asked if there was anything I wanted him to translate to the to other guy. I looked the piece of shit dead in the eye and told the translator to please tell him that if he doesn't tell the truth about what happened I will kill him - KILL HIM. Please make sure you tell him very clearly - I. WILL. KILL. HIM. Complete with strangulation and fist motions. The other guy went and hid out in his car while the insurance dude told me I should calm down.Anyway, the stupid **** had a black box in his car which clearly showed that it was entirely his fault. 'My customer was mistaken with his story'. 'No your customer is a piece of shit.'After driving away he still hadn't uttered a word of apology. This concludes today's woe is me yarn.
Quote from: DLJL on July 14, 2016, 11:09:44 amI know I've done nothing but share my misfortunes in this thread lately, but here's another:Yesterday I was rear ended while at a dead stop at a red light. The driver got out and immediately started photographing his own car. No word of apology to me, no asking if I was ok, not a word to the car in front of mine which he shunted me into either. I called it before it even happened, something about his face and the fact that he looked about 21 but was driving an expensive SUV - this guy is going to lie and try to blame this on me. Sure enough the insurance guy shows up and speaks English. The piece of shit tells him that I stopped suddenly, hit the car in front of me and then he went into the back of me, due to my sudden stop. Both myself and the car in front had actually been at a dead stop for over a minute, he went into the back of me because he was speeding and on his phone. The insurance guy told me his version of events and asked if there was anything I wanted him to translate to the to other guy. I looked the piece of shit dead in the eye and told the translator to please tell him that if he doesn't tell the truth about what happened I will kill him - KILL HIM. Please make sure you tell him very clearly - I. WILL. KILL. HIM. Complete with strangulation and fist motions. The other guy went and hid out in his car while the insurance dude told me I should calm down.Anyway, the stupid **** had a black box in his car which clearly showed that it was entirely his fault. 'My customer was mistaken with his story'. 'No your customer is a piece of shit.'After driving away he still hadn't uttered a word of apology. This concludes today's woe is me yarn.I love the 'kill him' bit. I'm happy it worked out for you.
If he was willing to lie, claiming you were at fault, I'm almost certain you're incredibly lucky that he didn't sue you for threatening his safety, he has a witness. Either way, glad everything worked out. Incidentally, does anyone have a front as well as a rear black box?
Today they gave us sliced apples at lunch, but they'd been marinated in spicy vinegar stuff so it was like a nasty sweet kimchi or something. Why would you do that to apples? Why does every dish have to be spicy? Why couldn't they have just given us fresh sliced apples without ruining them like that.
I looked the piece of shit dead in the eye and told the translator to please tell him that if he doesn't tell the truth about what happened I will kill him - KILL HIM. Please make sure you tell him very clearly - I. WILL. KILL. HIM.
Quote from: chelseajk on July 14, 2016, 01:26:29 pmToday they gave us sliced apples at lunch, but they'd been marinated in spicy vinegar stuff so it was like a nasty sweet kimchi or something. Why would you do that to apples? Why does every dish have to be spicy? Why couldn't they have just given us fresh sliced apples without ruining them like that. Tbf the vinegar prevented browning.
So, just eat the vinegar apples and understand that the bad taste will go away, but you'll be running on the energy of those apples for a few hours, and that's pretty cool.
These aren't real obv, but we've all seen crap like this plastered all over the country. I'll handle the English slogans, you handle the Korean ones.
Ugh, the lack of personal space in this country is really starting to get to me. I have one co-teacher who insists that her face be inches away from mine when I'm talking to her. Like, DO YOU HEAR WITH YOUR EYES AND YOU'RE HARD OF HEARING!? It drives me crazy. I tried to talk to her as we were walking out of our classroom today and she literally bent in really close and walked around so she was in my face. It was so bizarre that I actually had to pause and take a step back before I could even continue. Her English isn't great so maybe that's it but please, get your face away from my face.
Quote from: reudibeat on July 15, 2016, 02:02:22 pmUgh, the lack of personal space in this country is really starting to get to me. I have one co-teacher who insists that her face be inches away from mine when I'm talking to her. Like, DO YOU HEAR WITH YOUR EYES AND YOU'RE HARD OF HEARING!? It drives me crazy. I tried to talk to her as we were walking out of our classroom today and she literally bent in really close and walked around so she was in my face. It was so bizarre that I actually had to pause and take a step back before I could even continue. Her English isn't great so maybe that's it but please, get your face away from my face.The Close Talker
I get it. None of the teachers in this office have camps to plan for. They have a few days of deskwarming left then they can go enjoy their long vacations. But is it really necessary to play games at the top of your voice while I'm trying to do work. Every 2 minutes 'HANA DEUL SET... *shout random korean word*. So unbelievably selfish. And I don't even have a right to be annoyed because if it was vice versa and there were other native speakers here maybe we would be chatting or playing games too but, there isn't. So I'm stuck sitting listening to their crap. I know, I know, I need noise cancelling headphones. For now my headphones turned up full volume will have to suffice.