Korea is a very service oriented country. Uncle Mark was explaining it to me alittle before I left. For instance, in the United States if your TV broke you would toss it and buy a new one because most likely the cost of getting your TV fixed is more then a new one. Korea is the exact opposite. There are many repair shops and they make house calls, usually same day. They are very reliable in Korea, even on Saturday and Sunday. Restaurants deliver. Grocery stores deliver. Another example is garlic. Garlic is a great spice but its such a pain to peel it and everything. Here in Korea, the garlic come pre-peeled. You can see the price on the bag, 3,000W ($2.50) for 1/4lb of peeled garlic. I use more garlic more often.
Friday, September 18, 2009
The Service Country
Korea is a very service oriented country. Uncle Mark was explaining it to me alittle before I left. For instance, in the United States if your TV broke you would toss it and buy a new one because most likely the cost of getting your TV fixed is more then a new one. Korea is the exact opposite. There are many repair shops and they make house calls, usually same day. They are very reliable in Korea, even on Saturday and Sunday. Restaurants deliver. Grocery stores deliver. Another example is garlic. Garlic is a great spice but its such a pain to peel it and everything. Here in Korea, the garlic come pre-peeled. You can see the price on the bag, 3,000W ($2.50) for 1/4lb of peeled garlic. I use more garlic more often.
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