Seen In San Francisco: Korean Language Apparently Mastered, Curriculum Left For Next Seeker of Knowledge

Joe Eskenazi

Searching for an Asian language to master? Like sifting through trash cans? Today's your lucky day!

It turns out that those foraging through San Francisco can not only eat like green royalty, they can also become worldly, cultured, and impress the hell out of friends in Korean restaurants.

A "Master Korean" language course billing itself as the very same one used to train foreign diplomats was left atop this 4th and King garbage receptacle, free to the first taker with a yen to learn Korean (and an old tapedeck).

We can only assume the generous -- and, now, certainly bilingual -- person who left this gift was moved to aid his fellow man. Either that or he was incredibly blitzed heading onto the N-Judah and mistook the garbage pail for the Mission Bay Library return slot.

Either way -- free language tapes.