When Koreans are angry

Disclaimer: This post contains foul language. If you have never heard/read the word fuck before. You have now.

Recently, I have enjoyed riding my bike to and from work. It's been a great way to enjoy the night and see Gwangju. As well as challenge your reflexes to keep up with Korean traffic. Every now and then you have to be the one paying attention because people on the sidewalk/street aren't. I am usually pretty aware and can dodge and weave my way through traffic easily. But every now and then a car or a person decides to cut across traffic without warning. Which usually incurs me to yell "Watch the fuck out!!" or "Pay attention, ass hat!!" And this is usually over as quickly as it happened; I ride on and they stand around looking confused.

The other night I was riding back from work, annoyed with myself that I didn't foresee the rain coming, and there is nothing worse than riding your bike in the rain. So I was already in a "leave me the fuck alone" attitude. So, as my luck would have it, or at least Murphy, as I am riding up near Chosun University I happened across two lovers completely oblivious to the world around them.

So there I am, cruising toward them ringing my bell frantically and they weren't budging. Finally I slammed on the breaks just in time to avoid hitting them and because of which, I said my usual phrase, "Get the fuck out of the way!" thinking that it would be the normal case of them looking surprised, moving aside and the affair being over. But nope, this guy understood me. So as I pushed past him, he started shouting, "HEY!" and trying to grab me. He missed (Luckily for him) I just kept riding with him in the background yelling "HEY!!" And since I didn't respond or whatever he wanted, he threw his umbrella at me.

First, it's hilarious, because what the hell could an umbrella do? Especially since it was one of those dinky ones.
Second, who throws an umbrella?
Third, big mistake on his part because his umbrella quickly became my umbrella. I happend to look back and saw the umbrella sailing toward me, so I yanked it out of mid air. As I rode off, I heard him yelling even more, so I just yelled back, "Thanks for the umbrella!" I didn't keep it though, it wasn't worth it, so I tossed it back.

I'll admit it was probably not the best way to handle the situation, but hey, when the moment happens, I just kinda act.