The first of which happened when i went to the hospital to have a thorough check up. Its mandatory that all foreigners do this to make sure we aren't carrying any infectious diseases. Anyways so i have to pee in a cup for the doctor... Now up to this point I've used the bathrooms quite a few times here and most are fairly similar to in the United states, the flush is a lever on the side of the toilet and the toilet paper dispenser is hanging on the wall of the stall.
However this particular time i used the bathroom and then began looking for the toilet paper dispenser but to my dismay i found that there wasn't a dispenser anywhere in the stall. As i was searching i noticed that on the side of the toilet there were a series of touch buttons- much like my washing machine.
After studying it for awhile looking for a button that resembled a toilet paper roll or something to at least flush the toilet. i decided i should try the button that had a figure of a woman. When i pushed the button water began spraying upwards like a biday- cant spell. After about 20 seconds i began to lift up from the seat and the water began to spray onto my pants I then realized that this water wasn't going to stop spraying and if i got up i would be soaked. So i began pushing buttons looking for an off switch then began banging the keypad until the water finally stopped.
In conclusion i ended up leaving the stall wet from all the water and still without toilet paper or anything to dry myself lol
The other eventful situation wasn't too humorous. I had went shopping and bought a big case of like 40 rolls of toilet paper, a broom, bathroom cleaner and a pillow. Needless to say my hands were quite full. When i caught a Taxi to go home the Taxi driver dropped me off somewhere that was no where near my apartment.
So its 11pm and I'm walking around with all this stuff looking for where i live. I finally come across an old man on a bicycle and i begin to say to him
" Hwang sung dong hyan dae apart il cha topmart hoo moon"
He then begins to rub my arm while looking me up and down and talking to me in incomprehensible Korean. I turn and begin to walk away and he begins to walk after me with his bike still speaking in Korean. So i begin to break out into a jog, he gets the hint and turns around and leaves me alone.
i continue to walk for a few minutes when I see a younger guy, like 20, walking towards me. I say " hyan dae apart il cha topmart hoomoon". Luckily he spoke a little English and tells me to follow him. He then leads me down this dark alley way covered in broken glass and branches. I quickly call my one foreign friend Michelle just so I have someone on the phone in case this guy pulls out a knife or something.
I was weary to follow him, he reeked of alcohol but i really didn't have that many options, plus Koreans are fairly small so i figured if he wasn't armed i could take him down pretty easily.
Luckily this was a good guy, he even offered to carry my toilet paper and after walking with him for about 15 minutes I arrived at my apartment.
