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Monday, March 19, 2007

Actions Which Defy Logic


So I know that humans in general are not rational, but Koreans seem to be particularly so in certain cases. Case in point: I was at a church meeting on Sunday and the guy by the door was upset with all the people coming and going during the arduously long 2 hour meeting. So he decided to take action and lock the only door that was unlocked (at the very back). It locks from the inside, and he would just ignore knocks from the outside. Then he would scare away little kids trying to go out. But he could not do this to women with children in their arms, or men tall enough to open the lock themselves. Here is such a shot of him opening the door for a woman with a baby. Then all the people that had gathered outside waiting to come in would then troop on in. In effect, he was not stopping anyone from going in or out, just causing them to do it all at once. This went on for about 30 minutes until he finally gave up and just opened the dang thing. First, all I can say is that if a fire started in the room, we would see one more news story about a stampede and people being burned to death in the fire since they couldn't get out the door. Second of all, if you are going to stop people from going back and forth, you should stop them, not keep opening it for everyone but little kids. Anyway, it was entertaining and chased the sleep from my eyes momentarily.

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