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[vikuk]

Sorry Arioch there is a possibility that capricious could be one of Katya's Indians.

Why not phone up the Dell help line in Bombay and find out if they've heard of him

But as a betting man - after viewing the shapes and variety of the average FT in China - I'd put my money on white - they seem more prepared to jump from job to job - the other shades having far more problem just to secure position number one!!!!!

[arioch36]

Ha Ha, is it toll free

[u24tc]

That guy is an idiot.

[SnoopBot]

I think the Ajarn post was a troll post. It was designed to start some type of debate about teaching in China in a negative sense.

The salary claimed and the 4 bedroom apartment for (7000 Baht-1700 RMB ) are too good to be real.

A job that pays 65,000 Baht a month = 1969 USD a month (33 Baht to 1 USD).

I don't see many job positions that pay almost 2000 USD a month for 20 hours a week with a 4 bedroom apartment that cost 212 USD a month.

These are dream jobs...

[Henry_Cowell]

[shuize]

[7969]

funny. the only time you see 100% agreement on a thread here is when one guy says the OP was a troll, he never came back to defend himself. and voila... all subsequent posts suddenly reach the same conclusion.

[arioch36]

7979

[adamsmith]

but when we call the OP a troll based on the fact that he has never answered us we would be mistaken. My reasoning is that the OP was not posted on Daves but on Ajarn, so perhaps he doe not visit our site to answer our queries. Perhaps if you wish to call him a troll you should go make some posts on Ajarn to get the information from him as Kev (I think) did.
But I do tend to agree, there is something fishy (trolly??) about this job offer, it sure does sound to good to be true, and if it was true someone in country would have snapped it up much quicker.

[arioch36]

What is sick is how many people at Ajarn said he did right.
Huh?

Maybe it is all a publicity stunt for Ajarn, and Laben18 a co-conspirator?

[johnchina]

Maybe I'm reading the situation differently to most of you but ...

1. 15,000 for 20 hours of teaching in Shanghai is well within the realms of possibility. That works out to a tad under 200 an hour. At a language mill focusing on kids from wealthy families, that's easy. To be honest, I'm surprised that most of you seem to find that salary unbelievable.

2. The flat is a bit harder to believe, but it could be that the owner of the school helped out. Ever heard of 'guanxi'? Again, not impossible. Perhaps the school was planning on moving someone in there with him at a later date?

3. Although it's quite clear that capricious is a bit of a jerk, particularly (IMHO) by not giving Shanghai and the school 3-4 weeks trial, at least he admitted to the school that he had made a mistake and wanted to leave. He didn't do a 'midnight runner'.

4. A (NB: "A" not "The"!) negative reaction from the Chinese side is perfectly understandable. They've obviously put time and money into bringing the guy over. However, assuming capricious is telling the truth, physically keeping him away from his luggage and jumping in the taxi with him is not reasonable behaviour. It must have been a bit scary, especially since he doesn't speak Chinese at all. The fact that a Chinese taxi driver backed him up by chucking the Chinese guys out on the expressway tends to suppport capricious.

5. If you read the other messages, most of them are not offensive. I see two that are. Most seem fairly neutral. Some do actually criticise capricious for not giving the school a fair chance (as I do).

[shuize]

[Mr. Kalgukshi]

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