Sixth Cultural Post

[Mary Chang]

When it comes to time, Korean culture considers it gold. There's a famous saying that Koreans live by which is 시간은 금이다 to demonstrate how Koreans value time so much and "빨리빨리" which means "quickly quickly" because Koreans are known for doing everything fast. We live in a culture where people as a group tend to be very impatient and have to have everything done quickly. So scanning items in grocery stores are done incredibly fast and even food comes out quickly in Korea. Also, the internet speed in Korea is the fastest in the world and people still complain that it's slow for them. Because Koreans value time so much, they don't want to waste time and act on anything fast and first. This probably also stems from a culture that is heavily based on competition against each other.