u/Famous_Edge2664

I thought I had arranged my phone mobile plan 3 months in advance. Today I’m trying to keep my number working tomorrow. Is this legal allowed ???

June
I bought prepaid service after being told it was required before switching to a ₩17,400 postpaid plan. I signed paperwork. Their June 22 messages confirm the plan and September 16 switch.

September 14
They reminded me to provide my bank details for the switch. I pointed out that I had already sent them in June.

September 15, morning
They confirmed receiving the details. Then they announced a carrier price change and new terms
When I questioned it: They first said the contract was not signed. Later they acknowledged holding my signed application and said they were about to submit it. The PDF they sent shows my signatures and the Orginal mobile plan.

September 15, afternoon
They offered a ₩10,000 application fee refund and told change to another provider. At 4 p.m they asked for my decision by 6 p.m.

Around 4:38 p.m
They told me today was the last day of my prepaid plan and service would be suspended tomorrow.
Has anyone resolved something similar through Korean consumer protection or telecom mediation? I have the signed paperwork and Kakao messages. My immediate priority is keeping my number.

I need to touch grass.
I need strangers on Reddit to either validate me or roast me back into reality.
I moved into a shared house and developed a crush on one of the housemates. In the beginning he was VERY attentive. Helped with my luggage, brought me food and drinks, checked where I was going late night, offered to help, talked about poker, money, connections etc. Basically presented himself as this confident helpful guy who has everything under control. Then his story slowly started expanding.
He became inconsistent and avoided me somedays. Plans went nowhere. Stories didn’t always seem to match. He told me about prison, drugs in his past, health problems and financial government support. At one point he sent me a photo from the hospital at 6am with a confusing message. I was worried, replied and told him to eat and rest. He read it.
Then basically silence for 2 days.
Later another female housemate asked him WTF happened. His explanation was that he had sent the hospital update to 4 people in the house because he wanted people to know what was happening and “didn’t have time” to update me. EXCUSE ME SIR ?!. “I’m alive” needs 4 seconds to send. The funniest part is that after the female housemate confronted him he reopened our Kakaotalk and HEART REACTED TO HIS OWN HOSPITAL MESSAGE. Not my messages worrying about him. His own💀
Meanwhile I’m slowly discovering that some of the impressive image from the beginning may have been… generously marketed. I originally thought he had some manager role in the house. The landlord says there’s no actual management contract, although apparently he may get a rent discount for bringing foreign tenants. Now I don’t know what to believe. Today he dressed up and was going somewhere doing sports to meet people. Except his scooter is still here. His usual slippers are here.
And this is the moment I realized:
WHY THE FUCK AM I CHECKING A MAN’S SLIPPERS?
I have become Detective Conor.
The bigger problem is that whenever something doesn’t add up I start scanning. Then I notice another inconsistency. Then another. Because I’m very patient with people I keep thinking maybe language barrier, maybe shame, maybe he’s struggling, maybe his past explains it, maybe I misunderstood. Except my Korean is basically “hello” and “thank you” and this morning while he explained something in Korean to another housemate I still understood about 70–80% of what he meant from context. So I’m starting to think the language barrier has been doing WAY too much unpaid PR work for this man.
I don’t necessarily think he’s some evil manipulator. I actually think parts of his struggle are probably completely genuine. He can also be genuinely kind and generous.
But I’m realizing something uncomfortable:
A person can be kind, damaged, generous AND full of shit at the same time.
And maybe my problem isn’t that I fail to notice red flags. Maybe my problem is that I notice them immediately and then spend three weeks writing a psychological dissertation explaining why they’re red.
At this point I’m seriously considering moving out because I don’t want to live in an environment where someone’s scooter location has become emotionally relevant information.
ASo Reddit peeps: I am paranoid because I got emotionally invested or is “I no longer believe things this person tells me” already enough reason to stop trying to understand him?
Please feel free to roast me for the slippers. I deserve it.

I am trying to move more into Data Analytics Data Engineering and Applied AI.
Are free virtual job simulations actually worth it or just CV fluff?

I found free virtual job simulations from companies like IBM BCG Deloitte and others.
I know these are not real internships. I am more interested if they actually help to learn and build some experience when you are still new to the field.
Has anyone here done them? Did you learn something useful? Did you put them on your CV or LinkedIn? Did recruiters care about them?
My idea is to do two or three good ones like BCG Data Science BCG GenAI or IBM Data and AI. After that I want to focus more on real GitHub projects with Databricks and Spark.
For people already working or hiring in Data or AI. Would you recommend this or would you spend the time differently?

I am trying to move more into Data Analytics Data Engineering and Applied AI.

Are free virtual job simulations actually worth it or just CV fluff?

I found free virtual job simulations from companies like IBM BCG Deloitte and others.
I know these are not real internships. I am more interested if they actually help to learn and build some experience when you are still new to the field.
Has anyone here done them? Did you learn something useful? Did you put them on your CV or LinkedIn? Did recruiters care about them?
My idea is to do two or three good ones like BCG Data Science BCG GenAI or IBM Data and AI. After that I want to focus more on real GitHub projects with Databricks and Spark.
For people already working or hiring in Data or AI. Would you recommend this or would you spend the time differently?

Is there any secret trick to escaping Korean verification hell ?
I finally got an ARC and a local number only to discover that my number previously belonged to some random ghost user (pjy****). Now whenever I try linking my Climate Card to T-money GO (bikes) the app insists to login as “pjy**** “ profile.
Obviously I can't reset the password because I'm not them.
I called the 120 English helpline for help. First I got routed to a Chinese speaker then got told to call back in 10 minutes and ultimately got hung up on. Groundbreaking customer service.

Small update: I think I finally understood a part of the situation !!
First I checked our old Kakao messages and realized I misunderstood him about poker. He worked as a dealer (!) and he knows a lot about it. but he actually told me he isn’t very interested in playing right now. My fault.
Also the “grumpy” behavior the last few days had a much simpler explanation. He contacted me and apologized for being quiet because he has been sick and in pain. I saw him today and he explained he has bad pain around his jaw (teeth) and has been taking medication.
So some Reddit user created a gambling addiction drama and I treated it as a cultural communication mystery while the poor guy was just sitting there with tooth pain 😭
Thanks to everyone who actually tried to help me understand the cultural and communication differences. I learned something from it.

Can someone please explain what’s going on ???
I (female) live in a shared house in Korea. One guy (Korean) lives here too takes care of the house and is usually very nice.
He had a difficult past and some problems with gambling. I don’t judge him. I was actually interested in poker so he bought cards and said we could play.
But whenever we planned to play he suddenly had to leave or meet friends.
We also talked about poker rules on Kakao. We simulated poker situations and my training was to guess who would win. Once we disagreed about a situation. I checked with Gemini Ai and my understanding was correct. He said he felt embarrassed after that.
Since then things feel a bit strange so I stopped asking to play.
He also bought an air fryer and blender and said everyone could use them.
Today I was using the air fryer and he told me it doesn’t work. I told him I cleaned it because it had been stored for a long time and it actually works. I asked him to have a look but he refused and just said no it doesn’t work.
I am European and I am confused by this behavior.
Is there something cultural I am missing?

Small update: I think I finally understood a part of the situation !!
First I checked our old Kakao messages and realized I misunderstood him about poker. He worked as a dealer (!) and he knows a lot about it. but he actually told me he isn’t very interested in playing right now. My fault.
Also the “grumpy” behavior the last few days had a much simpler explanation. He contacted me and apologized for being quiet because he has been sick and in pain. I saw him today and he explained he has bad pain around his jaw (teeth) and has been taking medication.
So some Reddit user created a gambling addiction drama and I treated it as a cultural communication mystery while the poor guy was just sitting there with tooth pain 😭
Thanks to everyone who actually tried to help me understand the cultural and communication differences. I learned something from it.

Can someone explain me what’s going on ???
I (female) live in a shared house in Korea. One guy (Korean) lives here too takes care of the house and is usually very nice.
He had a difficult past and some problems with gambling. I don’t judge him. I was actually interested in poker so he bought cards and said we could play.
But whenever we planned to play he suddenly had to leave or meet friends.
We also talked about poker rules on Kakao. We simulated poker situations and my training was to guess who would win. Once we disagreed about a situation. I checked with Gemini Ai and my understanding was correct. He said he felt embarrassed after that.
Since then things feel a bit strange so I stopped asking to play.
He also bought an air fryer and blender and said everyone could use them.
Today I was using the air fryer and he told me it doesn’t work. I told him I cleaned it because it had been stored for a long time and it actually works. I asked him to have a look but he refused and just said no it doesn’t work.
I am European and I am confused by this behavior.
Is there something cultural I am missing?

Imagine signing up for what you think is a $16 a month learning trial only to wake up to a sudden $218 charge on your card.
That exact nightmare happened to me with Brilliant.org. The signup page made it look like a free trial of 30 days and afterwards a regular monthly plan. But the second my free trial ended my card got slapped with an $218 fee.
Panicked I logged in immediately to cancel. But their website trapped me in an endless glitch loop. The cancellation page literally would not work.
I messaged support within 24 hours explaining their own site broke. They did not care. They hid behind robotic script templates claiming payments are non refundable and only offered a partial refund.
I felt so cheated and helpless.

Imagine signing up for what you think is a $16 a month learning trial only to wake up to a sudden $218 charge on your card.
That exact nightmare happened to me with Brilliant.org. The free trial signup page made it look free 30 days experience, after the first month a regular monthly plan. But when my free trial ended my card got slapped with an $218 annual fee.
Panicked I logged in immediately to cancel. But their website trapped me in an endless glitch loop. The cancellation page literally would not work.
I messaged support within 24 hours explaining their own site broke. They did not care. They hid behind robotic script templates claiming payments are non refundable and only offered a partial refund.
I felt so cheated and helpless.

Imagine signing up for what you think is a $16 a month learning trial only to wake up to a sudden $218 charge on your card.
That exact nightmare happened to me with Brilliant.org. The signup page made it look like a regular monthly plan. But the second my free trial ended my card got slapped with an $218 annual fee.
Panicked I logged in immediately to cancel. But their website trapped me in an endless glitch loop. The cancellation page literally would not work.
I messaged support within 24 hours explaining their own site broke. They did not care. They hid behind robotic script templates claiming payments are non refundable and only offered a partial refund.
I felt so cheated and helpless.

I think Korea's identity verification system might actually be my villain origin story. I spent my whole morning at the subway station trying to apply the Youth Discount on a physical Climate Card. I have never felt so defeated by technology.
First off you can’t just walk up to the kiosk and select the youth rate. The machine blocks it unless your card is pre registered on the backend. So I went looking for the station safety center around 10:30 AM to see if a human worker could help out. Naturally the booth was dead empty.
So then I try doing it on my phone via Chrome. This is where the real “fun” starts. To log in or register anything it forces you through mobile identity verification (⁠본인인증⁠). Toss actually says verification completed on its end but when switches back the T money site sends an error saying registration not completed. It is an endless browser loop where the app confirms you but the website rejects you anyway.
Even when you manage to click around the T-money site the menu layout pushes you to the multi child document uploads …requiring attachments via mail.

I finally gave up and paid the standard pass at full price

I recently met a Korean guy who has been around poker for a long time and worked mostly as a dealer. Talking to him made me want to get more into poker myself.
I played on poker apps for around 6–8 months but only with play money. I know the basics but want to learn more and practice properly.
Does anyone have tips on what I should focus on next?
Also looking for beginner friendly places or poker groups in Seoul where I can meet people and have a fun poker night without it being super serious. Would love some recommendations :)

I recently met a Korean guy who has been around poker for a long time and worked mostly as a dealer. Talking to him made me want to get more into poker myself.
I played on poker apps for around 6–8 months but only with play money. I know the basics but want to learn more and practice properly.
Does anyone have tips on what I should focus on next?
Also looking for beginner friendly places or poker groups in Seoul where I can meet people and have a fun poker night without it being super serious. Would love some recommendations :)

I recently met a Korean guy who has been around poker for a long time and worked mostly as a dealer. Talking to him made me want to get more into poker myself.
I played on poker apps for around 6–8 months but only with play money. I know the basics but want to learn more and practice properly.
Does anyone have tips on what I should focus on next?
Also looking for beginner friendly places or poker groups in Seoul where I can meet people and have a fun poker night without it being super serious. Would love some recommendations :)

I would like to spend some of my free time helping animals.
Does anyone know a rescue shelter or animal welfare organization that needs volunteers or any kind of support? I’m especially interested in helping abandoned or rescued dogs but I’m open to wherever help is needed.
Would really appreciate any recommendations or contacts.

Looking to help an animal rescue in Seoul/Korea
I would like to spend some of my free time helping animals.
Does anyone know a rescue shelter or animal welfare organization that needs volunteers or any kind of support? I’m especially interested in helping abandoned or rescued dogs but I’m open to wherever help is needed.
Would really appreciate any recommendations or contacts.