RANTING/VENTING MEGATHREAD 3.0

Left my first bad review for a Kakao Taxi driver.

**** that guy.

What'd he do?

I think basedcowboy knows most people don't have a naver account.  It's just his passive aggressive way of trying to be condescending.  I've been here years and don't have one, don't know a single person that has one, and have no intention of getting one.  I get along just fine.  And don't give him an in to start going off on his various credit card points and benefits.  People can just search the topic instead of listening to him try and gloat about saving 30k a month whenever he can sashay the topic over to his cc benefits scheming. 

agree 100% and have thought this about him for a long time.

he takes takes passive aggressive shots at people and tries to disguise it as advice and a majority of the time he comes off as extremely condescending.

and the whole #based garbage and trying too hard to be funny/quirky #lifehacks and #sugar #is #literally #poison stuff is just so..autistic? i'm 34 and I've been here the same amount of time as him, so i assume we're similar in age. It is beyond my DNA to act that cringy. maybe i don't understand the art of trolling or shit-posting, but cowboy is the online embodiment of why a lot of people think english teachers are weirdos or neckbeards.

Left my first bad review for a Kakao Taxi driver.

**** that guy.

What'd he do?

So after I put in the request, he calls me about a minute later, wanting to know where I want to go. It's, like, right there on the map. But okay, I think maybe he has a problem seeing small print or whatever, so I tell him the closest well-known landmark to my school. Then he asks me where I'm at, so I tell him, and he gets confused, even after I refer to a well-known landmark near my home, and he starts getting frustrated and short with me. So I start getting pissy with him, too, and tell him to use the ****** GPS he has right in front of him, and he backs down and says he'll pick me up soon, like he suddenly understands where I'm located and it isn't a problem anymore.

So he arrives in less than a minute, and this ****** starts driving as slowly as possible, but he speeds up a little when he notices me looking to see if there was anything in his way.

Then he started changing lanes into slower traffic. This was the last straw for me and I told him to stop. He refuses to do so at first, and it wasn't until I ****** raised my voice at him that he finally pulls over. Then he waited for the meter to run up another 100 won before he charged my card. Like he was literally moving slow motion while keeping his eyes on the meter, just waiting for it to roll over.

I didn't say anything but once he gave me my card back I threw a 100 won coin at him and told him I didn't need it as badly as he did, then found myself another cab.

I ended up around ten minutes late to work because of this guy.

I should have just canceled the request after I got that phone call but I was running late. Ended up just wasting even more time because the guy was an absolute dick.

Left my first bad review for a Kakao Taxi driver.

**** that guy.

What'd he do?

So after I put in the request, he calls me about a minute later, wanting to know where I want to go. It's, like, right there on the map. But okay, I think maybe he has a problem seeing small print or whatever, so I tell him the closest well-known landmark to my school. Then he asks me where I'm at, so I tell him, and he gets confused, even after I refer to a well-known landmark near my home, and he starts getting frustrated and short with me. So I start getting pissy with him, too, and tell him to use the ****** GPS he has right in front of him, and he backs down and says he'll pick me up soon, like he suddenly understands where I'm located and it isn't a problem anymore.

So he arrives in less than a minute, and this ****** starts driving as slowly as possible, but he speeds up a little when he notices me looking to see if there was anything in his way.

Then he started changing lanes into slower traffic. This was the last straw for me and I told him to stop. He refuses to do so at first, and it wasn't until I ****** raised my voice at him that he finally pulls over. Then he waited for the meter to run up another 100 won before he charged my card. Like he literally was moving slow motion while keeping his eyes on the meter, just waiting for it to roll over.

I didn't say anything but once he gave me my card back I threw a 100 won coin at him and told him I didn't need it as badly as he did, then found myself another cab.

I ended up around ten minutes late to work because of this guy.

I should have just canceled the request after I got that phone call but I was running late. Ended up just wasting even more time because the guy was an absolute dick.

Yiiiiikes. Yeah, that's miserable. That's weird - usually cabs through Kakao Taxi are really decent. And like... it's nice because, it usually removes any confusion at all about where you're getting picked up and dropped off. Like, you have to be extra bad to screw that up. I like the bit with the 100 won coin.

Also why is it that bad taxi drivers only come along when you're like, actually in a hurry to get somewhere?

Yiiiiikes. Yeah, that's miserable. That's weird - usually cabs through Kakao Taxi are really decent. And like... it's nice because, it usually removes any confusion at all about where you're getting picked up and dropped off. Like, you have to be extra bad to screw that up. I like the bit with the 100 won coin.

Also why is it that bad taxi drivers only come along when you're like, actually in a hurry to get somewhere?

Yeah, I've been using Kakao Taxi since I first read about it. This is absolutely the first time I've had a bad driver using the app.

My theory is he's either new to the app and doesn't realize how the feedback system works, yet, or he thought he could pull a fast one on me because I'm a foreigner, despite me using the app. Possibly both.

I don't know, but it was definitely a bad time for me to have to deal with someone like that. Murphy's Law strikes again.

And yeah, I regret tossing the coin at him, but it was in the heat of the moment and I wanted to get in one good jab at him. Feel kind of bad about that, but still.

That ******.

So after I put in the request, he calls me about a minute later, wanting to know where I want to go. It's, like, right there on the map.

There's your problem.

  XX학교 가jew say yo

  어디?

  Hmmmmm, xx동 성당 알았어요?

  Hmmmmmmm, 아니. 어디?

  내비개션 있어요? (We all know they do, it's right bloody there on his phone AND the car)

  네.

  그러니까................... ...................

The worst Kakao taxi drivers are the ones who accept the fare and then call you to cancel it. I swear they blindly accept any fare that comes through and then only after that check what it is and when it's a short ride they go oh **** and ring you to cancel. Absolute cunts those.

A few weeks ago this thing happened to me 6 times in a row. One guy even showed as at the apartment on the Kakao app but he was no where to be seen. I assume he clicked a button that said he was here as a last resort to get out of the fare when I didn't answer his request to cancel the ride. In the hope I'd cancel cos he wasn't here. But if I cancel after 2 mins you get timed out for 10 mins.

Anyways, when you play silly games with me you win silly prizes. As I'd missed my hair appointment because of these assholes I decided that it was time for a little how do you like that pie. I set my departure the same as before but I changed my destination to the train station a good 15km away. When the fare was submitted one of the same cunts from before accepted it, called me to say he was on the way to which I responded 'ne ne ne, neeeeee.' When I saw he was almost at the apartment I went back inside my apartment. He rang me up 3 times and I didn't answer. Prick.

* @ waygook.org Your swear filter is broken but that's not my responsibility.

So after I put in the request, he calls me about a minute later, wanting to know where I want to go. It's, like, right there on the map.

There's your problem.

  XX학교 가jew say yo

  어디?

  Hmmmmm, xx동 성당 알았어요?

  Hmmmmmmm, 아니. 어디?

  내비개션 있어요? (We all know they do, it's right bloody there on his phone AND the car)

  네.

  그러니까................... ...................

Yeah, a lot of the time they play ignorant so that they can justify taking the wrong or worst routes. Like they're testing you to see how passive or gullible you are.

I don't know what this guy's problem is, but he's definitely a ****** idiot who thinks everyone but himself is an idiot. When you use the Kakao Taxi app, the GPS opens right up after accepting the fare.

@ avec: Yeah, before today the worst I'd experienced using Kakao Taxi were drivers who'd accept the fare, then decide that they don't want the fare, but instead of asking me to cancel they'll leave the request open and never confirm in the app that they've picked up the fare because they're trying to get around the report system. It was a lot more common in the beginning, but I don't experience it as often because  it's still possible to report that kind of thing.

Dipshits.

I also forgot about how some drivers will accept the fare, then call you up and ask you to wait, like, ten to fifteen minutes for them.

Naw, man, wtf you tryna do? Has that ever worked?

On the Kakaotaxi stuff...crucial detail; how good is your Korean?   Remember even if you think your pronunciation is good, to a local it probably sounds like the equivalent "Me go ghkdiuhgbg station, yes?"  The sad reality of trying to speak Korean 

I think basedcowboy knows most people don't have a naver account.  It's just his passive aggressive way of trying to be condescending.  I've been here years and don't have one, don't know a single person that has one, and have no intention of getting one.  I get along just fine.  And don't give him an in to start going off on his various credit card points and benefits.  People can just search the topic instead of listening to him try and gloat about saving 30k a month whenever he can sashay the topic over to his cc benefits scheming. 

agree 100% and have thought this about him for a long time.

he takes takes passive aggressive shots at people and tries to disguise it as advice and a majority of the time he comes off as extremely condescending.

and the whole #based garbage and trying too hard to be funny/quirky #lifehacks and #sugar #is #literally #poison stuff is just so..autistic? i'm 34 and I've been here the same amount of time as him, so i assume we're similar in age. It is beyond my DNA to act that cringy. maybe i don't understand the art of trolling or shit-posting, but cowboy is the online embodiment of why a lot of people think english teachers are weirdos or neckbeards.

I actually stopped checking Waygook for about six months because of him and Pecan.

On the Kakaotaxi stuff...crucial detail; how good is your Korean?   Remember even if you think your pronunciation is good, to a local it probably sounds like the equivalent "Me go ghkdiuhgbg station, yes?"  The sad reality of trying to speak Korean 

My Korean is so-so, but my pronunciation is on point, at least for all of the major things.

The driver even repeated what I told him, so there was no misunderstanding there. He was just being a dick and pretending the address and landmark I gave him didn't exist, but ignoring that and everything else the driver tried to do after the fact, he still has the Kakao app and GPS telling him exactly where he needs to go.

I'm still really irritated about it, and I'm about to have one of my worst classes, lol.

Left my first bad review for a Kakao Taxi driver.

**** that guy.

What'd he do?

So after I put in the request, he calls me about a minute later, wanting to know where I want to go. It's, like, right there on the map. But okay, I think maybe he has a problem seeing small print or whatever, so I tell him the closest well-known landmark to my school. Then he asks me where I'm at, so I tell him, and he gets confused, even after I refer to a well-known landmark near my home, and he starts getting frustrated and short with me. So I start getting pissy with him, too, and tell him to use the ****** GPS he has right in front of him, and he backs down and says he'll pick me up soon, like he suddenly understands where I'm located and it isn't a problem anymore.

So he arrives in less than a minute, and this ****** starts driving as slowly as possible, but he speeds up a little when he notices me looking to see if there was anything in his way.

Then he started changing lanes into slower traffic. This was the last straw for me and I told him to stop. He refuses to do so at first, and it wasn't until I ****** raised my voice at him that he finally pulls over. Then he waited for the meter to run up another 100 won before he charged my card. Like he was literally moving slow motion while keeping his eyes on the meter, just waiting for it to roll over.

I didn't say anything but once he gave me my card back I threw a 100 won coin at him and told him I didn't need it as badly as he did, then found myself another cab.

I ended up around ten minutes late to work because of this guy.

I should have just canceled the request after I got that phone call but I was running late. Ended up just wasting even more time because the guy was an absolute dick.

Wat a dick (taxi driver), sorry to hear that.
Yesterday, when I took a taxi to work, I almost fell asleep and the taxi driver gave me a free chocopie and vitamin drink haha.
He knows where I'm going, as I have to take his taxi most wednesdays, as long as I'm going to my travel school.

On the Kakaotaxi stuff...crucial detail; how good is your Korean?   Remember even if you think your pronunciation is good, to a local it probably sounds like the equivalent "Me go ghkdiuhgbg station, yes?"  The sad reality of trying to speak Korean 

My Korean is so-so, but my pronunciation is on point, at least for all of the major things.

The driver even repeated what I told him, so there was no misunderstanding there. He was just being a dick and pretending the address and landmark I gave him didn't exist, but ignoring that and everything else the driver tried to do after the fact, he still has the Kakao app and GPS telling him exactly where he needs to go.

I'm still really irritated about it, and I'm about to have one of my worst classes, lol.

I'm sure you considered this before and I'm not looking to be sarcastic, I endured all these problems incl. but not limited to:

- Taxi drivers, most of whom, have feet with the dexterity and impact of a falling piano... 80% of the time I get terrible motion
  sickness.
- Taxi drivers who insist on engaging in conversation (particularly personal questions, I'm tired and need you to STFU for and
   drive)
- Taxi drivers on their phone, speaking and texting.
- Taxi drivers who're obviously a bit tipsy or smell of alcohol
- Don't know where you're going or where you are
- Finding out halfway through the journey that you're on your way to Stonehenge or Mordor, not the bus terminal
- Arguing with the asshole who demands cash, despite his taxi having the card sign (it's really not my problem if you make less on
  card payments. I don't always have cash on me)

What I'm trying to say is, get your license and get a car.

Korean English teacher has been chewing a grade 1 (middle school) class out for the last 20+ minutes, shouting and screeching and a hollerin' and all sorts. It was funny (and impressive) at first but now I'm just wishing she'd give it a rest, jeez.

Korean English teacher has been chewing a grade 1 (middle school) class out for the last 20+ minutes, shouting and screeching and a hollerin' and all sorts. It was funny (and impressive) at first but now I'm just wishing she'd give it a rest, jeez.

Wish my co-teachers had this tendency. Students rule the roost here, and they know it.

Korean English teacher has been chewing a grade 1 (middle school) class out for the last 20+ minutes, shouting and screeching and a hollerin' and all sorts. It was funny (and impressive) at first but now I'm just wishing she'd give it a rest, jeez.

Wish my co-teachers had this tendency. Students rule the roost here, and they know it.

At one of my travel schools they do too.
My co-T chewed out a bunch of boys for being late to class, and punished them for about 5 - 10 mins (once class had started), and they came into the classroom laughing afterwards. In the same class, only 3 / 20 students pay attention and try to do anything. I have no issues with my other classes too. :\

Soccer students though, they listen to no one. :\

What I'm trying to say is, get your license and get a car.

Yeah, I get what you're saying, but buying a car here when I'm never fully sure if I'm going to renew the following year isn't really worth the trouble, and I don't ride taxis enough to justify the additional costs, either. I can literally walk almost anywhere where I live, and I've got bus stops no more than a couple of minutes walk away from my home. I only really take the taxi when I'm pressed for time or I'm really tired.

Which is maybe once or twice a month.

But I do have the license, though. Wanted it just in case because you never know.

Wish my co-teachers had this tendency. Students rule the roost here, and they know it.

Yeah, she's quite the teacher (classroom management wise). Don't hear her use a lick of English in class though, and just seems to press play on English songs.  Her classroom management style also isn't so conducive to creating the kind of atmosphere you need for a speaking lesson, but I do definitely wish I could turn into a banshee at the drop of a hat like that!

Wat a dick (taxi driver), sorry to hear that.
Yesterday, when I took a taxi to work, I almost fell asleep and the taxi driver gave me a free chocopie and vitamin drink haha.
He knows where I'm going, as I have to take his taxi most wednesdays, as long as I'm going to my travel school.

Yeah, thanks. It's nowhere near the worst I've experienced, but stuff like this still never fails to piss me off for a while, lol.

And I love the nice drivers. They're always trying to give me candy and fruit.