Lee Boyoung’s cameo in Startup reminded me of this one time when I was an exchange student in Seoul and was in a really big subway station and this older lady just came to me and started asking random questions and would overreact with stuff like “You look so smart!!” “You must have really good grades!!!” “SOOOOOO SMART!!” and I was just awkwardly staying there waiting for her to get to the point. After what felt like some good 10 minutes she said she knows a temple where a lot of students pray to their ancestors for good grades and really insisted on taking me there. Noped out of that one real fast.
Haven’t really thought about it but donation makes sense! It’s certainly some type of scam. A lot of the other exchange students had stories like these so foreigners seem to be a common target.
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crisprpotato
November 17, 2020 at 12:58 PM
Lee Boyoung’s cameo in Startup reminded me of this one time when I was an exchange student in Seoul and was in a really big subway station and this older lady just came to me and started asking random questions and would overreact with stuff like “You look so smart!!” “You must have really good grades!!!” “SOOOOOO SMART!!” and I was just awkwardly staying there waiting for her to get to the point. After what felt like some good 10 minutes she said she knows a temple where a lot of students pray to their ancestors for good grades and really insisted on taking me there. Noped out of that one real fast.
dee23
November 17, 2020 at 1:43 PM
Relevant episode 😁 but what do they get out of it?
purplesheesh
November 17, 2020 at 6:00 PM
Donation, I guess?
dee23
November 17, 2020 at 9:07 PM
Ahhh~
crisprpotato
November 18, 2020 at 1:12 AM
Haven’t really thought about it but donation makes sense! It’s certainly some type of scam. A lot of the other exchange students had stories like these so foreigners seem to be a common target.