Culture Shock: The Telephone
When you first move to a foreign country and can't speak the language, answering the telephone can be, at times, a frustrating and almost comical experience. In 2002 when I first went to South Korea I had dozens of experiences just like the one in this video. Last year, when I first came to Japan I had a few similar ones!Creative Commons Music: (used with permission)"Incoherent" by Josh Woodwardhttp://www.jamendo.com/en/album/32625Please rate, comment and SUBSCRIBE!
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