First I crashed somebody's birthday party. In my defense, I had no idea I was going to a birthday party, or that me and my friend would be the only guests there for the first thirty minutes.
In either case, our hosts were real good sports about it. I didn't know either of them - I was there with my friend who plays soccer with the guy. It was that guy's wife's b-day. They're late late 30s. He might be 40 years old. He's British and his wife is Korean. They live in a nice condo with their 5 or 6 year old son, and her 12 year-old daughter from her first marriage.
As the party progressed, more guests showed up. Every one of them was either British, or a Korean married to a Brit (all the Koreans were women and the Brits were dudes). They were all at least few years older than my friend and I.
Sometime later we were in a cab. The cab driver had tried to take us to the wrong place, and was now driving like a maniac to get us to Hongdae. He merged without looking and grazed another taxi. They pulled over and the other driver started yelling at our driver, who was clearly at fault. We couldn't leave, and soon a policeman showed up. He asked my friend and I if we were "sick" (sick and hurt have the same word in Korean, so sometimes Koreans say sick when they mean hurt).
We weren't. It was only a slight bump, and neither car had not so much as a scratch on them. However, we were told that if we felt "sick" tomorrow, we could call the police station. We considered calling the next day in order to shake some money out of the cab company, but we didn't. We're just really honest people.
Loved hearing how you crashed the party and were the only 2 people there for awhile...too funny...how awkward!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI would have felt horrible as a mother who did not do a good job parenting if you tried to shake the cab company out of some money...I'm glad you didn't...you did me proud!!!!
Tom - Since you have been in Korea, it seems like the rebel in you is is making some appearances. Have you been arrested yet?
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