Hello friends and family
This is Megan Bowen aka ChoNunMigookSaram imnida
Nobody really asked but I thought it would be a really cool video because people
are constantly asking me like the differences between you know Korea
and you know America and stuff like that
So I thought it would be cool to share with you my initial culture shock things
that happened when I first came to Korea
Cause I realised that I never made a video about culture shock when I first came to Korea
So anyway
Without further ado, the culture shock things that I was shocked about when I first came to Korea
OK, so one of the biggest culture shocks that happened to me when I rolled up in this country
So I'm walking doo doo doo doo doo into the subway station
This person in front of me just opened the door so I'm like oh doo doo doo doo doo
PEW
They didn't hold the door.
They didn't hold the door!
I know it's just kinda like an Amurrrican thing maybe
But you know if somebody is like close to you
Like close enough to you
Y'know you don't just slam the door in their face
You like
You know
You hold it a little bit
I mean if they're like more than a minute walk away obviously that's too far
But when you're like this, you hold the door for people
So, I would always forget because it's my habit to just assume
Ah, because I'm so close, this person is not gonna close the door on me
And so I would just walk in BAM BAM BAM
Door shutting everywhere
Hum
And then, if you hold the door for people, like they'll just walk through
And they would not even like say "thank you" or anything like that
You just hold the door, people would just keep walking through
And they won't stop, they're just like
"I guess she'll just hold the door for everyone"
So, I learned quickly to not hold the door either
Cause that's a waste of time
And actually now I secretly enjoy closing the door on the people behind me and I look
And I'll be like "Yeah, I inconvenienced you"
It's my secret
So another thing I was really shocked about is
Spitting
I'm talking about, when you walk along the street you will see people spitting