Health, Awkward and Beauty: Today, at the nail salon, a Korean woman was making fun of me....

By EunJung - 04/11/2011 00:16 - United States

Today, at the nail salon, a Korean woman was making fun of me. I kindly told her, in Korean, that I understood. She kindly told me, in English, that she didn't care. FML

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Today, I almost got written up for insubordination by my boss. All I did was explain to him that I couldn't help a tourist out because I speak Japanese, not Korean, and that it's not in fact "the same Asian shit" as he seemed to think. FML

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Today, a blonde tourist came up to me and asked me for directions to the nearest train station. I politely directed her there, and she left. Five minutes later, she came back and slapped me for not bringing her to an "English-speaking station". We're in China, lady. FML

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Friday 4 November 2011 9:14

no more spending money there plus no tip !

AcidLacedBong 5

Friday 4 November 2011 9:14

You should have kindly scratched her face up with your new nails...

Comments

MagicallyFat 12

Friday 4 November 2011 14:21

Should've been nice to her anyways… their prob going to take over the ******* world at the rate their going

FWWHGYPSY 3

Friday 4 November 2011 14:33

Lol. It might suck, but if I had been watching this I'd have laughed my ass off

GypsyRover 0

Friday 4 November 2011 16:00

Hay!,another gypsy! How's it going?

MeganCello 8

Friday 4 November 2011 23:45

Dude, it's called private messaging....

Okayitwasme 0

Friday 4 November 2011 14:51

If you knew Korean, you should have insulted her back in Korean. The shock value would have been worth it.

jrsylilballer6 7

Friday 4 November 2011 21:11

She knows Korean you ******* idiot.

mj_ok 9

Friday 4 November 2011 15:05

Wow, yea Koreans can be pretty stingy, Sorry about that.

Yodelmeister 18

Friday 4 November 2011 15:05

No Seinfeld references? The question is, did you take your shoes off?

darkmis1 17

Friday 4 November 2011 16:32

There's a nail salon where I live with Japanese women just like that. I don't speak Japanese, but the fact that they always look at me and laugh makes it obvious.

yssul1027 0

Friday 4 November 2011 16:52

I dont know how "kindly" you could have been. Are you sure u didnt just cuss back at her in Korean ?

MeagsMod 14

Friday 4 November 2011 17:29

Easily by saying, " Excuse me ma'am but I can understand you, and know you are speaking about me in this language." In Korean of course. I'm sure there are other ways to say it nicely as well. I doubt someone would speak Korean without the confident they knew what they were saying. Plus the woman answered her back in English saying she didn't care. So clearly there was no misunderstanding. The Korean woman just didn't give a crap.