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World Traveler
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Hokie21
Joined: 01 Mar 2011
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I bet they take the least amount of sick days as well.....excluding the other Korea.
Koreans love to work so much that work is like a holiday and holidays are like work. |
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atwood
Joined: 26 Dec 2009
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And lots of salarypeople don't take all their vacation days. They follow the boss's lead regarding whether they can "afford" to take them all.
Of course, they are financially remunerated for any days they don't take. |
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Who's Your Daddy?
Joined: 30 May 2010
Location: Victoria, Canada.
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| Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2013 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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I wonder if some of the men don't want to go home.
Sometimes I feel that the locals don't know how to relax. |
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atwood
Joined: 26 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 5:06 am Post subject: |
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| Who's Your Daddy? wrote: |
I wonder if some of the men don't want to go home.
Sometimes I feel that the locals don't know how to relax. |
I'm sure that's true for some.
The government was really pushing camping as a means of family recreation, but from what I hear, other than setting up a tent in a local park, it's not really gaining that much traction. There's the expense, which can be considerable, and then there's all the effort that goes into it, putting it up, taking it down, cleaning it and then where are you going to store it in the average Korean apartment.
On a positive note, the news showed lots of people having fun ice fishing. |
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Hokie21
Joined: 01 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 5:47 am Post subject: |
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| Who's Your Daddy? wrote: |
| I wonder if some of the men don't want to go home. |
Isn't that why they are out boozing till 2 AM M-F? |
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aq8knyus
Joined: 28 Jul 2010
Location: London
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| Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 9:30 am Post subject: |
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| I always feel the lie that it was spit and elbow grease that built the miracle on the han river is partly responsible for the acceptance to be worked so hard. |
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optik404
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 3:04 pm Post subject: |
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| atwood wrote: |
| Who's Your Daddy? wrote: |
I wonder if some of the men don't want to go home.
Sometimes I feel that the locals don't know how to relax. |
I'm sure that's true for some.
The government was really pushing camping as a means of family recreation, but from what I hear, other than setting up a tent in a local park, it's not really gaining that much traction. There's the expense, which can be considerable, and then there's all the effort that goes into it, putting it up, taking it down, cleaning it and then where are you going to store it in the average Korean apartment.
On a positive note, the news showed lots of people having fun ice fishing. |
Camping seemed popular during the summer. It was more of a campground than camping, but still outside I guess. |
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Really? I didn't know that! Koreans have few holidays??!! |
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atwood
Joined: 26 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 4:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Weigookin74 wrote: |
| Really? I didn't know that! Koreans have few holidays??!! |
Not holidays--vacation days. |
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mayorhaggar
Joined: 01 Jan 2013
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| Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Koreans try to make up for it by sleeping on the job. |
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Zyzyfer
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: who, what, where, when, why, how?
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| Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Hokie21 wrote: |
I bet they take the least amount of sick days as well.....excluding the other Korea.
Koreans love to work so much that work is like a holiday and holidays are like work. |
Sad but true. A bunch of people in my office still have days left over and are taking the odd day off here and there. The way I was reminded about my own remaining vacation days, and the whole use it or lose it policy, I can't help but assume everyone else is frantically trying to burn through their own now before the end of the year.
I remember once chatting with a colleague about his upcoming vacation. At the time, he had a particularly trying job, and he seemed relieved to be getting away from work for a bit. I suggested popping open a beer and sipping it on the beach to blow off some steam, and he was like "Oh no, I won't have time to do that, I have to deal with my family, and it's not really my style." I was like damn, can't even get an hour to himself to unwind... |
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tiger fancini
Joined: 21 Mar 2006
Location: Testicles for Eyes
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| Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2013 8:03 am Post subject: |
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| Hokie21 wrote: |
| Who's Your Daddy? wrote: |
| I wonder if some of the men don't want to go home. |
Isn't that why they are out boozing till 2 AM M-F? |
In many cases, the men absolutely don't want to go home. Also, quite often, their wives don't want them to return home early and take more time off because it means that their precious coffee/shopping/gossip time would be interrupted by having to spend time with the man that they married. |
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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2013 12:44 am Post subject: |
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| Maybe if they actually worked at the office instead of surfing the Web or chitchatting with coworkers... |
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cazzy3
Joined: 07 May 2008
Location: kangwon-do
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| Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2013 7:01 am Post subject: |
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| The concept of work hours is mostly quantity, not quality. Working endless hours of mediocre work is more highly regarded than a skilled person that can get the same amount of work done in a shorter amount of time. Thus, they create an environment where people work long hours, take very few days off, and generally get little done in the hours they do work. |
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