ATD Chat Thread XX

[Johnny Engine]

I've been to two Asian countries. Thailand is wonderful. So is Myanmar and I bet you didn't think that was going to be the other one.

 

[Hockey Outsider]

There are 24/7 day stores open and without any employees - you just walk in THE OPEN DOORS (no i.d. needed) any time of day and night and pick up any and all you want, then proceed to the ATM to pay, walk out the open door.

Easy peasy.

But this is South Korea, a hard-working socially-sensitive community of 50-million densely populated people who have a lot of pride (and sense of shame).

No way in hell could an open door to a store full of ice cream, cookies, sodas and other treats survive looting in any part of the Americas.

In southern Ontario, in a village around 30 min outside of Kingston, there's a family that makes butter tarts, and sells them from a small shed on their property. It's on the honour system. I wonder how many times people have stolen from them. (Since they continue doing this, maybe there's not many thieves - but there's no way that would last in Toronto, or probably even Kingston).

I'm taking my wife and kids to Japan and Korea next year. Very excited.

Enjoy! One of my friends went to Japan and loved it so much, that's the only place he ever travels to now.

My dad fled the failed 1956 Hungarian Revolution from the Soviet occupation on a plane to Toronto with a bar of soap in his pocket (given out to fend off sharks in case of mid-Atlantic crash). That journey i wouldn't want to re-do.

Have you ever visited Budapest? I'll be there in the spring.