Comments on: Old People get away with too much http://blog.torgodevil.com/archives/183 Crunky! This is a blog about an English teacher living in South Korea. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:34:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: koreangoldfish http://blog.torgodevil.com/archives/183/comment-page-1#comment-498 koreangoldfish Fri, 18 Aug 2006 13:26:56 +0000 http://www.torgodevil.com/?p=183#comment-498 I agree with daeguowl in that you can probably get away with chastising the elderly - and i've seen my (korean) husband do it a few times, with no consequences except embarassed laughter. But I also agree with that aspect of Korean culture that says you shouldn't. Or, at least, in that situation, you shouldn't chastise an poor old halmonni for sneezing on your steak. Why bother? You should have just sneezed back on her. And *then* followed her to the next food booth and blew your nose (wetly) next to her toothpick. :) I think she would have gotten the point. but that chopped steak stuff is terrible for you anyway ... I agree with daeguowl in that you can probably get away with chastising the elderly - and i’ve seen my (korean) husband do it a few times, with no consequences except embarassed laughter. But I also agree with that aspect of Korean culture that says you shouldn’t. Or, at least, in that situation, you shouldn’t chastise an poor old halmonni for sneezing on your steak. Why bother? You should have just sneezed back on her. And *then* followed her to the next food booth and blew your nose (wetly) next to her toothpick. :) I think she would have gotten the point.

but that chopped steak stuff is terrible for you anyway …

]]> By: torgodevil http://blog.torgodevil.com/archives/183/comment-page-1#comment-494 torgodevil Tue, 15 Aug 2006 23:11:32 +0000 http://www.torgodevil.com/?p=183#comment-494 Chastising an older person only works if they feel SHAME. Which, of course, they wouldn't if it came from a foreigner. Far too often criticism from me gets met with nothing but nationalism and stubborn pride simply because I don't understand, "How it works here". Chastising an older person only works if they feel SHAME. Which, of course, they wouldn’t if it came from a foreigner. Far too often criticism from me gets met with nothing but nationalism and stubborn pride simply because I don’t understand, “How it works here”.

]]> By: daeguowl http://blog.torgodevil.com/archives/183/comment-page-1#comment-493 daeguowl Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:26:55 +0000 http://www.torgodevil.com/?p=183#comment-493 I think that as a foreigner you can probably get away with chastising the elderly. I've done it plenty of times myself, consequences be damned. I think that as a foreigner you can probably get away with chastising the elderly. I’ve done it plenty of times myself, consequences be damned.

]]> By: Eric http://blog.torgodevil.com/archives/183/comment-page-1#comment-492 Eric Tue, 15 Aug 2006 12:53:36 +0000 http://www.torgodevil.com/?p=183#comment-492 Sneezy Dentures Torgo. I'm making T-shirts. Sneezy Dentures Torgo. I’m making T-shirts.

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