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inseoul · Joined: 16 Oct 2006

am i the only foreign sucker in the Country who is working on xmas day?

my hogwan caters for high school kids and their parents all want then to study on xmas day, and our boss is keeping the school open.

be a great day to pull a sicky, but might be a bit obvious.

its a great contract (just had about three weeks off for their exams), and good pay, but first time in my life i will have to work xmas day....

any sympathy out there?

bejarano-korea · Joined: 13 Dec 2006

Nah mate!

Loads of people work Christmas day, in my last
(admittedly shit hill) job they gave us a choice between
Christmas and new year's eve. I'm not a drinker so
I would plump to work on news years eve/day but
sometimes the roster wouldn't accomodate personal preference
and I would be working on l'il baby Jesus birthday!

I don't care but I'm not some christian fundamentalist nutcase
but others might think it is too sacred to work on the day... It's
all down to your personal credo regarding public/religious holidays.

robot · Joined: 07 Mar 2006

i'm in the club too!

nothing says christmas like 6 hours of TOEFL.

ROBT.

ChopChaeJoe · Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Location: Seoul

On Christmas Eve, Seoul is on fire. You're going home early from the party to get sleep to teach.

Sucks to be you.

Not sure how Christmas is baby Jesus's birthday though.

andy202 · Joined: 28 Nov 2006

I once worked xmas day in a pub for about 5 quid an hour.

You will probably get more than this for your efforts and, besides, if you really loved xmas, you would stay at home and spend it with your family, right?

It's not a great situation but given the wider context I reckon you'll get over it. Don't feel to bad - the average person has 75 xmases and most of them are crap anyway.

MollyBloom · Joined: 21 Jul 2006 Location: James Joyce's pants

Christ was born in the Spring, anyway.

The birth of Christ and "Christmas" as we know it should be separate. The "gift-giving" Christmas should really be celebrated on the Epiphany, since that is when the Magi came bearing gifts. It's more appropriate for gift-giving.

willneverteachagain · Joined: 17 Dec 2006

i wouldnt do it
its a national holiday.
The parents of the kids that go to your school
are horrible horrible people to do this

inseoul · Joined: 16 Oct 2006

well,

i am not religous , not by a long shot, but xmas to me is friends, family, eating and drinking ....so will be a bit weird.

maybe i can sneak out after work and party. will certainly do xmas eve........

willneverteachagain · Joined: 17 Dec 2006

every one in korea who has a pulse knows that xmas is important to almost all foreign teachers no matter where they are from.

I think ur owner is the biggest a75hole in the world for making u work it

Young FRANKenstein · Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 1:45 pm Post subject: Re: teaching xmas day!!

Mr. BlackCat · Joined: 30 Nov 2005 Location: Insert witty remark HERE

I don't think you have to be religious to want xmas day off. Is our world really so busy we can't have one guaranteed day off a year? One day where we are sure we can do what we want and spend time with family/friends? You're not a doctor or a fireman. Englishee can wait a day.

Wrench · Joined: 07 Apr 2005

National Holiday they are breaking Korean Labour Laws. I would tell him to get stuffed.

denistron · Joined: 21 Oct 2006 Location: Busan

Ummmm... Christmas is a national holiday dudes. Your contract probably says you don't have to work that day. Point it out to your director. At least the let you know more that 24 hours before hand, unlike most places. Good luck!

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

Yeah what does your contract say about getting off national holidays? Seems a good place to start. Even better it's on a Monday this year so its a long weekend. Yi ha.

Young FRANKenstein · Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 4:30 pm Post subject: