Tales from the Korean Grocery Store
Bloody Bike Brigade
There's a Korean grocery store down the street from my apartment and sometimes I go there to buy this Korean liquor called "Soju" and check out the girls. I've discovered anyone can be Korean as long as they can drink Soju. That's some good stuff. Once you've had some of that, it doesn't matter what language you speak or what country you come from, you can talk to anyone. So since I discovered Soju, I've had some funny experiences at the local Korean store. Usually, the staff there don't speak any English so I asked my roommates to teach me some Korean. So I went in there and I said "Anyoung ha se yo" which means something like "Hello, how are you?" and then I asked for some Soju.
First, you've gotta know that it's illegal for grocery stores to sell alcohol here in Australia, at least in New South Wales, so the Korean stores are selling this stuff illegally. So that means you gotta keep it on the downlow. You have to ask for it because they don't keep it on the shelves. Anyone who knows the code knows that you can buy this stuff there, but only the Koreans know the code so someone like me asking for Soju is totally insane.
The first time I tried to buy some, the girl behind the counter just looked at me in disbelief. How does this guy know about Soju?! A few more times and I started talking in Korean. I said "Anyoung" and the girl working there laughed at me. I thought that was really funny. Then I learned some more words and the next time I went in there and I said something in Korean and then the girl started talking to me in Korean. So I just assumed that she was asking how many bottles I wanted because they always ask that and I just held up one finger and then she kept talking to me in Korean. The Korean grocery store is so cool.
The next time I went there, it was really busy and this Korean guy was standing next to me when I asked the girl at the counter for Soju. The guy was really surprised and asked the girl if I was buying Soju. Then when I was leaving and I had the bottle in my hand the guy looked at me and was nodding his head like "Hell yeah, that guy knows what's good." The last time I went in there during the day to buy some noodles because I stole some noodles from one of my roommates because I ran out of food, and these two girls were in there and they were staring at me and pointing and talking in Korean. Ha ha ha!
There's a Korean grocery store down the street from my apartment and sometimes I go there to buy this Korean liquor called "Soju" and check out the girls. I've discovered anyone can be Korean as long as they can drink Soju. That's some good stuff. Once you've had some of that, it doesn't matter what language you speak or what country you come from, you can talk to anyone. So since I discovered Soju, I've had some funny experiences at the local Korean store. Usually, the staff there don't speak any English so I asked my roommates to teach me some Korean. So I went in there and I said "Anyoung ha se yo" which means something like "Hello, how are you?" and then I asked for some Soju.
First, you've gotta know that it's illegal for grocery stores to sell alcohol here in Australia, at least in New South Wales, so the Korean stores are selling this stuff illegally. So that means you gotta keep it on the downlow. You have to ask for it because they don't keep it on the shelves. Anyone who knows the code knows that you can buy this stuff there, but only the Koreans know the code so someone like me asking for Soju is totally insane.
The first time I tried to buy some, the girl behind the counter just looked at me in disbelief. How does this guy know about Soju?! A few more times and I started talking in Korean. I said "Anyoung" and the girl working there laughed at me. I thought that was really funny. Then I learned some more words and the next time I went in there and I said something in Korean and then the girl started talking to me in Korean. So I just assumed that she was asking how many bottles I wanted because they always ask that and I just held up one finger and then she kept talking to me in Korean. The Korean grocery store is so cool.
The next time I went there, it was really busy and this Korean guy was standing next to me when I asked the girl at the counter for Soju. The guy was really surprised and asked the girl if I was buying Soju. Then when I was leaving and I had the bottle in my hand the guy looked at me and was nodding his head like "Hell yeah, that guy knows what's good." The last time I went in there during the day to buy some noodles because I stole some noodles from one of my roommates because I ran out of food, and these two girls were in there and they were staring at me and pointing and talking in Korean. Ha ha ha!
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