Aug 17, 2009

Good luck getting out of this.

We went to a church meeting last Saturday and I was amazed how many cars they fit into our church's parking lot. It has 3 levels of parking that are pretty good sized. When we got there we were like 10 min early and they put us in the bottom lot. I thought we were lucky to be getting the last spot. Then they probably put like 20 more cars on our level alone. It was crazy.
After the meeting, you could tell people who had spots where they could move were on the run to get their cars moved so others could move too. Most cars that are parked blocking someone in will have: A note with a number to call, or Keys left in them, or be left in Neutral so others can push them around a bit to get out. Some how I can't see this working in America. It is like this at a lot of the stores here too. I've seen people pushing another persons car so they can get out themselves. Still when you are packed in this tight all you can do is wait. This picture doesn't do it justice but look at how many cars are going nowhere.
Still it says something about the Korean people. First, they make it work. I guess this comes from having a lot of people with very little space, and second, they must be pretty tolerant and patient. I didn't see any cars get dinged or any fist fights break out. In America I think someone might have got shot.

7 comments:

Kristin D. said...

Wow, they really are patient people. They sure pack them into our parking lot too, but no one is as patient.

Katie Webb said...

NOt only are they patient and tolerent, but trusting also. There's no way you could leave your car in neutral or leave you keys in your car in the States. You wouldn't have a car anymore! Goes to show what crime is like here. Very minimal.

Rachel said...

No way that is too too funny!

Megan said...

That is amazing. I love that you have adapted to another culture and don't see it as "bad" or "wrong"; it is just the way it is done, and it works. I couldn't imagine it in the U.S.

Linda said...

Jeremy said they can bump into people as they are driving down the road too and they don't even sue!

Darsha said...

True true. There are lots of cars missing Mirrors.

Katie Webb said...

Thanks, I'm glad you like the quilt. It took almost 4 days to cut it cause it killed my hand! And yes, there is batting in it. Its pretty thin though. Not as heavy as I expected it to be.