South Korean culture. The illogical in the West.

Having mentioned the U.S. convenience chain store 7-Eleven (which is now becoming popular in many other countries including in Korea) there are a few questions that I used to wonder about. Why is it called Seven Eleven? The name 7-Eleven was created because the stores were initially open from 7am until 11pm, when they first opened in 1927. The thing is, these days 7-Elevens are always open twenty-four hours a day, three hundred and sixty five days a year. For this reason, one wonders why 7-Elevens still need to have locks on the doors, if they are always open. Equally baffling things I have found while travelling is why there are no English muffins in England, no French fries in France (they are called frittas there), no Outback Steakhouses in Australia and why there are no Danish muffins in Denmark. Not everything in the West is logically either! Talking about logic and the West, a fellow teacher recently returned to Melbourne, Australia and it took him over a month to get an Internet connection sorted out at home - In Korea it took him only one day: he is now back in Korea!