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mack4289
Joined: 06 Dec 2006
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 Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:03 pm Post subject: those productive alcoholics |
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Classic. Your tax dollars at work, Korea.
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2880336
" For example, the Korean Productivity Center, a government body that is supposed to increase the efficiency of government departments, treats alcohol almost as a religion.
�Drink is everywhere at KPC,� said a source familiar with KPC�s culture. �At KPC�s training center there are soju parties almost every night. We were told that nobody can work at KPC unless they drink.�
KPC employees recently took clients on a trip to Japan where government money was used to pay for all-night binges." |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 7:39 am Post subject: |
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| I guess there are worse things they could do with it. |
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Tokki1
Joined: 14 May 2007
Location: The gap between the Korean superiority and inferiority complex
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| Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 9:06 am Post subject: |
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Heh...you always find the best news stories Mack  |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 9:55 am Post subject: |
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| How is that any different than any other office in Korea, is my question. Korean friends told me that "How many bottles of soju can you drink?" is a pretty common interview question. |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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| Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 9:57 am Post subject: |
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| peppermint wrote: |
| How is that any different than any other office in Korea, is my question. Korean friends told me that "How many bottles of soju can you drink?" is a pretty common interview question. |
ugh.. the worst part about that is imagining the lame way the interviewee will answer, with the little faux embarrassed laugh, some sort of filler ('ahh..') and a hint at not knowing, but with an 'estimate' thrown out. God bless it. |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea
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Non drinking outings in Korea are really lame. I hate having to go to a Norae Bong in a stone cold sobre state. The evening itself moves much slower, and creates that never ending Norea Bong feel. Just when you thought it was over, someone else decides to sing.
These things were also a magnet for Christians. Its common for someone to ask you about your religion, or whether you would like to join their church. |
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mack4289
Joined: 06 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 5:52 am Post subject: |
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| peppermint wrote: |
| How is that any different than any other office in Korea, is my question. Korean friends told me that "How many bottles of soju can you drink?" is a pretty common interview question. |
The difference is that, besides being a government office, it's a government office specifically designed to increase productivity, which heavy drinking obviously interferes with. Heavy drinking has to be one of the biggest detriments to productivity in this country, and the government department dedicated to enhancing productivity enthusiastically engages in something that drags productivity down. Pretty ironic and illogical. |
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BigBuds
Joined: 15 Sep 2005
Location: Changwon
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| Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:51 am Post subject: |
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| mack4289 wrote: |
| peppermint wrote: |
| How is that any different than any other office in Korea, is my question. Korean friends told me that "How many bottles of soju can you drink?" is a pretty common interview question. |
The difference is that, besides being a government office, it's a government office specifically designed to increase productivity, which heavy drinking obviously interferes with. Heavy drinking has to be one of the biggest detriments to productivity in this country, and the government department dedicated to enhancing productivity enthusiastically engages in something that drags productivity down. Pretty ironic and illogical. |
Then, it makes perfect sense in this country. The land where logic comes to die. |
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