Costco was insane today. Many, many, many people and if I could explain how Koreans walk and navigate in one sentence I would simply say it is an abomination to the walking and navigating world. After extensive dodging, fist shaking, and holding our tongues, we made it to the check-out. We gave the woman our Costco card and she started talking to us (in Korean) about some Samsung Point Card. This would normally be where we do our polite "sorry, no Korean" with sweet smiles; however, Thomas wasn't paying attention getting out the cash and I just looked at her and mumbled "do I look like I speak Korean". Thomas then realized the woman was talking to him and said, "what?". Then, not hearing what I'd already said, he mumbled to me, "does it look like I speak Korean". Representing big time for the foreigners today.
Sorry, Korea, we'll do better next time.
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ReplyDeleteI wouldn't worry about this incident. One time Nathan full on shoulder checked an elderly Korean woman on a wacky Costco afternoon and the lady started shouting to everyone in Costco who would listen. She called him 'American' in Korean and some other bad words. We did not correct her and got our Canadian asses out of there.