I'm pretty sure I'd be fined if I tried to rip out the wires to the damn speaker.
Not all Korean apartments have these, but most of the big apartment buildings do. In an alternative universe, a different Kevin is living in that much cheaper apartment in Suwon—the one I'd checked out with my then-boss back when he was still thinking of doing a startup company. Well... ain't no startup company, and despite a year of laboring in obscurity, I'm about to reenter the work force this coming fall.
In the meantime, I'm still in Daecheong Tower and still obliged to listen to PA announcements. Just a few more months of this.
Are your PA announcements done by AI voices now, too? Bugs the heck out of me.
ReplyDeleteYou know, it's been the same voice for years, and I kind of assumed it was human, but who knows? Maybe the lady got fired after the AI got trained on her voice.
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