This reminds me that a few months back while I was shopping at HomePlus at noon - or whatever time it was - this happy dancey music started playing out of the store's speakers and all the employees stopped what they were doing and broke into a choregraphed dance. The shoppers ignored the dancers while I tried to covertly video tape them. I've got to find that video! I don't think the HomePlus clerks and the dancers in your video learn their moves...I think the dances are programmed into their operating systems by the guys at the Korea Sparkling Labs who create these peoplebots.
I really want to trace back the origin of this phenomenon and find out exactly when theses silly choreographed dances began. Is this an attempt by older male senior managers to emasculate the younger males in the company? It truly makes me happy to work for an American company!
Dokdo Is Ours:
As Korean as kimuchi!
if you need me to explain the jokes, you can write me at dokdoisours at gmail dot com... or read a different blog.
Sometimes, the best way to handle another culture is to laugh.
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This reminds me that a few months back while I was shopping at HomePlus at noon - or whatever time it was - this happy dancey music started playing out of the store's speakers and all the employees stopped what they were doing and broke into a choregraphed dance. The shoppers ignored the dancers while I tried to covertly video tape them. I've got to find that video! I don't think the HomePlus clerks and the dancers in your video learn their moves...I think the dances are programmed into their operating systems by the guys at the Korea Sparkling Labs who create these peoplebots.
I really want to trace back the origin of this phenomenon and find out exactly when theses silly choreographed dances began. Is this an attempt by older male senior managers to emasculate the younger males in the company? It truly makes me happy to work for an American company!
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