i had similar experience yesterday.
i have said before I am from Canada, had lived in Singapore for 10+ years and left a few years ago. My wife is a Penang Chinese. We had gone to Penang for the New Years holiday and were flying back to Bangkok where we live.
- In the check-in line some guy is behind me with his mom, he goes off some place leaving her there.
- Once he is gone she immediately starts to move forward even though the line is not advancing at all. Soon she is parallel to me, and I tell her don't cut in front of me wait in line behind me. People hear this and look at her.
- later when son comes back he just goes and stands in front of me in the line without saying anything. I ask him what is he doing?
- he clams his mom was in queue in front of me until i forced her out of line so he is now going to stand there. He had a Singapore passport in his had which brought a reaction from me .
- I tell him loudly he/mom were behind me, then beside me, then in front of me, typical way you people do things. He steps back but begins arguing saying there is no line he can stand anywhere he wants (there is no line painted on the ground, people know how to form a queue in front of the counter except him). He then says it his his country he can do what he wants (but he is Singaporean and we are in Malaysia - but as I am a foreigner i guess his FT penis envy kicks in - only it doesn't work as no one backs him up.
- All this time people are looking and he is very nervous as he should be as i was close to punching him if he continued. In the end he goes back of me with is mom and dad giving me evil looks. I look at him and just tell him and is dad to fuck off.
so i can understand why the Koreans reacted like they did, it is the only way to stop you people from doing stuff like this.