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The Hammer · Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 5:48 am Post subject:

Okay, thanks for that.

Next Reality Check Question:

3. What the hell are you doing in Pohang?

The Hammer · Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 5:57 am Post subject:

santalucia · Joined: 06 Sep 2006 Location: PoHang, South Korea

Roch · Joined: 24 Apr 2003 Location: Seoul

Roch · Joined: 24 Apr 2003 Location: Seoul

tzechuk · Joined: 20 Dec 2004

You have acted professionally, but...

You said you've been here a long time - is 3 years now counted as a long time? When you said you've been here a long time, I was expecting 10+ years. I thought I've been here for a long time after 7.5 years but just Monday, I had lunch with 4 other people - one has been here 15+, the other three 10+ years. I have a friend who came here since 1972 with Peace Corps. THOSE are what I call a long time... sorry to say, but 3 years really isn't all that long.

santalucia · Joined: 06 Sep 2006 Location: PoHang, South Korea

Yes, but a lot of that time was actually spent inside a Korean university community at the bottom of the Korean food chain, not a teacher. Some might regard that as an enternity. What I meant though, I've been here long enough. More from our friend.
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Dear Jeff,

The full text of your emails have now been posted on Daves ESL cafe.

http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?p=1462218#1462218

Have a nice day,

Santalucia

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All what i can say is "*beep* yourself ",
You are a real mother fucker ,

who cares abt what you post or what you say ,
You will get my respond for your act soon,
hahahah
you are really a fired fucking bitch ,

Trully yours,

Jeff

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Dear Jeff

Thank you for your email.

By all means keep writing, this is most entertaining. All you are doing is showing just how unprofessional you can be, proving me right with every word you type. Remember, respect is not about how good your English is, but how you use it.

Incidentally, the colloquial verb that you use here is generally written "to be a motherf*cker" and not "*to be a mother f*cker". To have sex with one's mother requires anatomical parts which, as a woman, I don't have. Motherf*cker is offensive, but comical in the way you use it since you cannot apply it to a woman. When we tell others to engage in masturbation as an insult, we would normal say "go [and] f*ck yourself." "To be a motherf*cker" and "Go f*ck yourself" are perferred ways to insult people in US English, along with "c*cksucker" and even just a plain "F*ck you!". You cannot call a woman a c*cksucker - this is considered comical or something of a compliment. In Britain we avoid the use of "c*cksucker" "m*therfucker" and always include the conjuction "and" in any insulting phrase begining with "go".

"B*tch" however, can be applied to both a man and a woman. It is infinitely more offensive if you apply it to a male. For example, a man - or indeed a woman - might use the phrase "bring it on b*tch, you don't scare me" in a conflict situation, indicating that they are not concerned with any threats, real or implied, that the man may be making. When someone calls a man "B*tch", the implication is that he is the receptive partner in a homosexual relationship.

I hope that this will help you insult foriegners in my language with greater accuracy and ease in the future. Myself, I try to avoid the use of curses in any language but my own, and even then, only with intelligence.

I'm willing to offer you a free online class to help you improve on your written and cross-cultural communication. I would remind you that all I have done is post your own written words to me publicly.

Warm regards

Santalucia

CentralCali · Joined: 17 May 2007

Roch,

What on Earth are you talking about?

cbclark4 · Joined: 20 Aug 2006 Location: Masan

This is not offenseive: "You think you know everything?"

Where did you get your negotiation skills?

shaunew · Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Location: Calgary

I had the same problem with this guy. I wrote about him on here as well warning people not to use him. He sent me very rude text messages and emails as well. He would phone me in the middle of the night. This guy is very weird and should not do business with anyone. I think he should have a criminal record check. When I talked to him about a job we was working for English with Jenny. I wanted business English he said yes of course business English showed up to a kiddie hagwon.

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

I think the OP deserves some sympathy--s/he is going through life with few people skills, at least judging by what has been posted.

regicide · Joined: 01 Sep 2006 Location: United States

diablo3 · Joined: 11 Sep 2004

Respect and ethics from recruiters? Only a handful

Well, the op is confident and she can ask for what she is entitled to. She can simply try another and move on quickly if she cannot deal with this particular recruiter.

Korean agents and schools normally don't answer serious questions. They simply want you to follow their sucker agenda.

If I lived in Korea that long myself, I would ask the same, even without 3 years teaching experience.

soju pizza · Joined: 21 Feb 2007

They both seem like douchebags to me.