Saturday, July 03, 2004
20 Won for a bag
I went to Family Mart to pick up some food and something to drink because the typhoon should come through here tonight, and I asked the guy for a bag. He tacked on 20 Won to the price. Fortunately, I had heard about this before, that they charge you for a bag if you want one. Twenty Won is about 2 cents.
It's just one of those things that you take for granted elsewhere. In a small town or at a little family owned bodego, if I was surprised by this and brought the bag back next time, they'd probably throw in a coke or something that they think I'd like.
"service"
But yeah, typhoon on the way tonight. It's supposed to rain a couple of inches I guess, or something like that, so I think mostly only foreigners that can't understand Korean well enough to watch the weather will be out tonight.
It's just one of those things that you take for granted elsewhere. In a small town or at a little family owned bodego, if I was surprised by this and brought the bag back next time, they'd probably throw in a coke or something that they think I'd like.
"service"
But yeah, typhoon on the way tonight. It's supposed to rain a couple of inches I guess, or something like that, so I think mostly only foreigners that can't understand Korean well enough to watch the weather will be out tonight.
