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How much would you get paid with the windows closed?
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How much would you get paid a month?
2,000,000 won
10%
 10%  [ 1 ]
2,500,000 won
10%
 10%  [ 1 ]
3,000,000 won
10%
 10%  [ 1 ]
3,500,000 won
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
4,000,000 won
20%
 20%  [ 2 ]
4,500,000 won
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
5,000,000 won
10%
 10%  [ 1 ]
10,000,000 won
10%
 10%  [ 1 ]
20,000,000 won
10%
 10%  [ 1 ]
Nothing. We'd all be dead from fan death, or something.
20%
 20%  [ 2 ]
Total Votes : 10

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idonojacs



Joined: 07 Jun 2007

PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:03 am    Post subject: How much would you get paid with the windows closed? Reply with quote

It sure must cost a lot to heat these schools in the winter with all the windows open, especially with the rising cost of fuel.

I have tried telling the students to keep the windows closed, but the moment I'm not looking, someone always opens them back up.

I can't help wondering how why they do this, not to mention how much money they are wasting.

How much do you think the school could afford to pay you if they put the savings from keeping the windows closed into your pay check?
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Dukey77777



Joined: 28 Jun 2007
Location: Chungcheongbuk-do

PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I figure double.

But you also reminded me of some funny literature:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_death
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spliff



Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand

PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I always open the windows in the winter..the room gets too hot and stuffy after a while. After all, the heater is on.
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xtchr



Joined: 23 Nov 2004

PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 2:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It always amuses me to read in the western press about the dire effects of livestock/factory/traffic emissions etc and how they are causing global warming.

Bollocks. Koreans cause global warming. Corridors and classrooms can be freezing, but the heaters are on full blast, directly underneath the wide-open windows.
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Dukey77777



Joined: 28 Jun 2007
Location: Chungcheongbuk-do

PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 3:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

xtchr wrote:

Bollocks. Koreans cause global warming.


Ever been to Bangkok?
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Explat



Joined: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Downtown Pleides

PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 6:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dukey77777 wrote:

Quote:
Ever been to Bangkok?


OK, I'll bite.

Do they keep the windows open in Bangkok, too?
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Dome Vans
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 6:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

My co-teacher who picks me up on Tuesdays and Thursdays has his heater in his car on blast set at 35 degrees. I've now learned to get into the car wearing just a small thong with ice blocks roped around my body. If I didn't I'd fall asleep and probably catch light.
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butlerian



Joined: 04 Sep 2006
Location: Korea

PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 6:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dome Vans wrote:
I've now learned to get into the car wearing just a small thong with ice blocks roped around my body. If I didn't I'd fall asleep and probably catch light.


Shocked

Taxi drivers here are seriously weird in that department. Windows open fully and heating blasting. Idiots.
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Dukey77777



Joined: 28 Jun 2007
Location: Chungcheongbuk-do

PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Explat wrote:
Dukey77777 wrote:

Quote:
Ever been to Bangkok?


OK, I'll bite.

Do they keep the windows open in Bangkok, too?


They're really good about their A/C. There's not a heater to speak of in Bangkok...maybe in the north. Anyway, I was referring to what has to be one of the leading smog-producers in this hemisphere. If you want that smoking cigarettes experience without actually smoking cigarettes, go to Bangkok.

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tzechuk



Joined: 20 Dec 2004

PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

May be, by the same logic of fan death, they are afraid of dying as a result of "overheating"..
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cruisemonkey



Joined: 04 Jul 2005
Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.

PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 3:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Heater or air con... it doesn't matter to a Korean... I don't know why K-appliances have any temperature settings between 'Off' and 'Full Blast'. Rolling Eyes Idiots!
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some waygug-in



Joined: 25 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 4:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

One of my friends was told that keeping the windows open prevents pandemics. Laughing
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pkang0202



Joined: 09 Mar 2007

PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 4:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

butlerian wrote:
Dome Vans wrote:
I've now learned to get into the car wearing just a small thong with ice blocks roped around my body. If I didn't I'd fall asleep and probably catch light.


Shocked

Taxi drivers here are seriously weird in that department. Windows open fully and heating blasting. Idiots.


I used to do that back home. I did it for different reasons however. Sound travels better in the cold. I had a 1200watt Rockford Fosgate car audio system and the cold air from outside kept my amp cool. Also, with the windows down, I could set off car alarms 5 blocks away instead of 4.

So, in the freezing cold winter I'd have my windows down, heat full blast to keep my warm. Running 1200watts at 1 OHM makes the amp run hot so the cold air was great to keep it cool.
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farrepatt



Joined: 27 Jan 2008

PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 6:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm actually a bit confused. In November, when it was cold outside, my school never had the heat on and the windows were always open. I was sick constantly and miserable. Now, while it's 18 outside, the heater is on at 27 in the office. Same thing on the subways and busses. I was burning up on Saturday in Seoul, but the heaters were still at full blast.

I think my school just spends its budget on heating at the beginning of the school year and it's gone by the end.
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wings



Joined: 09 Nov 2006

PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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In November, when it was cold outside, my school never had the heat on and the windows were always open. I was sick constantly and miserable. Now, while it's 18 outside, the heater is on at 27 in the office.


This is my situation too, except now the windows are also closed, it is so hot in my office I feel like I am going crazy. I rush through lunch so I can run back to the office and have window control before my co comes back.
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