tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post731389065946484945..comments2023-11-03T22:34:56.656+09:00Comments on I'm no Picasso: Taking a ride.I'm no Picassohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516337555349888808noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post-45282595426820265432012-06-14T20:58:59.751+09:002012-06-14T20:58:59.751+09:00It's been a few years since I lived in Seoul, ...It's been a few years since I lived in Seoul, but yeah definitely a few memories of less than pleasant taxi drivers. Mostly they are fine, and some have been really nice. My wife and I had one nightmare situation when we came back to Seoul visiting, a year after leaving. Hopped in a taxi in Itaewon to take a short trip to a friends place maybe 5 or 10 minutes drive away, we were running late .. as always. Anyway, once my wife explains where we are going, the driver grumbles something about how we should have walked or some such crap. My wife immediately asks him to stop and let us out, then proceeds to tell him that she will contact his company/website and let them/people in general know about his behaviour. The driver stops, we get out, and then he starts shouting at us to get back in, he follows us down the road shouting, trying to grab my wife's arm, her shouting back at this stage, me trying to stay between them. More words exchanged, eventually he backs off. Pretty horrible situation, could easily have gotten violent, which would not have ended well. Ah well, still miss Korea :)Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07759271229332186815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post-43585733363853391882012-06-04T21:15:56.666+09:002012-06-04T21:15:56.666+09:00박재선: Maybe you misunderstood? The story was a posi...박재선: Maybe you misunderstood? The story was a positive one. I don't think noticing that sometimes taxi drivers are rude means that I don't understand them....I'm no Picassohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06516337555349888808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post-60761853287216916242012-06-02T22:39:17.110+09:002012-06-02T22:39:17.110+09:00(↑ I made a mistake y.y)
"He is somebody'...(↑ I made a mistake y.y)<br />"He is somebody's father, somebody's husband and somebody's son". Taxi drivers have to be friendly for passengers but sometimes they don't act like that. plz understand all drivers aren't grumpy people and it might happen bad things before you ride the taxi:) But I'm ashamed about lady's behavior.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07654095540261464426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post-48055412173659870722012-06-02T22:37:16.392+09:002012-06-02T22:37:16.392+09:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07654095540261464426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post-62866294875565972962012-05-25T13:21:42.469+09:002012-05-25T13:21:42.469+09:00I hear nothing but horrific stories about arsehole...I hear nothing but horrific stories about arsehole taxi drivers here, and yet all of my (numerous) experiences with them have been quite pleasant. In fact I'd say some of the most interesting conversations I've ever had here were with taxi drivers. There was one guy who had travelled to something like sixty countries (and spoke reasonable English); turns out he had once worked as an executive for Hyundai but got laid off during the IMF business.<br /><br />I've had exactly one 'horror' story involving a taxi driver, but even that was an incident so filled with unintentional hilarity that I'm almost glad it happened, just for the story.baekgom84https://www.blogger.com/profile/10946430337992708995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post-44053963594981980142012-05-25T12:32:32.162+09:002012-05-25T12:32:32.162+09:00My husband and I had a similar experience with a s...My husband and I had a similar experience with a street food vendor. We were in line for 붕어빵. When it was finally our turn, a slightly inebriated 아저시 cut us in line. My husband tried to push him away, but that didn't work. He was older and felt that seniority ruled? The street food seller gave him a piece of his mind and told him to go to the back of the line. :)Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06537033184851167784noreply@blogger.com