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crusher_of_heads
Joined: 23 Feb 2007
Location: kimbop and kimchi for kimberly!!!!
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| Just throw some kimchi on the ground, drag it along with your foot and do the EV boyz gretting next time. |
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Hanson
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Along with many other things predicted by Nostramadus (sp?), this adjumma will actually call you back in a little while asking for another chance to teach their kid.  |
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fusionbarnone
Joined: 31 May 2004
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| Along with many other things predicted by Nostramadus (sp?), this adjumma will actually call you back in a little while asking for another chance to teach their kid. |
He's actually right about that. They could come crawling back once HS exam time comes around.
Sometimes it's far cheaper to pay off people you don't want anything to do with as it's much cheaper in the long run.
The key lesson I learn"t in Korea was not to assume anything regarding the other persons world-view as their sense of relativity would/could be/is at an extreme variance to one's own.
Staking out the rules from the get-go and hammering em in a dozen times until all parties are reading the same sermon on the same page is the only way to prevent the moving of the contractual goal posts to your disadvantage.
Saves on headaches and unnecessary stress. |
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NightSky
Joined: 19 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 7:54 pm Post subject: Re: A nasty situation in Tongyeong |
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| Be careful with these people. |
which people? |
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DrunkenMaster
Joined: 04 Feb 2008
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Oreovictim
Joined: 23 Aug 2006
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It doesn't really matter, but I'm curious; how much was your soon-to-be wife charging for privates? I'm curious how much this headache was worth.
Also, you might get in trouble by the police, but if there is another problem, and the high school punk calls again, you should call him and threaten the kid's life. |
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bovinerebel
Joined: 27 Feb 2008
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Never dare negotiate or seek out peaceful solutions to problems. Don't stop to think things through or consider other peoples perspectives. Fight. Immedietly.
Americans .
(And you wonder why you're in such a mess in Iraq) |
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Hank the Iconoclast
Joined: 08 Oct 2007
Location: Busan
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| Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 10:32 pm Post subject: |
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It doesn't really matter, but I'm curious; how much was your soon-to-be wife charging for privates? I'm curious how much this headache was worth.
Also, you might get in trouble by the police, but if there is another problem, and the high school punk calls again, you should call him and threaten the kid's life. |
I am not entirely sure. I think it was about 130,000 a person for about 12 lessons. Definitely a paltry sum. My fiance taught twelve lessons and they wanted more. I never threatened them or anything, so they have nothing to go on. The woman was the only person who was doing any threatening, i.e. saying she had powerful friends that would make it impossible for me to work in Korea.
I don't think I have to worry about any further difficulties with her since she apologized to my fiance. My fiance told me that her son was cursing at her and that shut her up.
I gave her some money so they would get off our backs, since my fiance came to live with me. This woman doesn't even know my name or where I live. |
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cbclark4
Joined: 20 Aug 2006
Location: Masan
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Typhoon
Joined: 29 May 2007
Location: Daejeon
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| That is why teaching privates suck. I am more than happy to give money to yappy ajummas just to keep them off my wife's back. It is so much easier than arguing with them because their logic will just make your head hurt and make you angry. |
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Hank the Iconoclast
Joined: 08 Oct 2007
Location: Busan
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| That is why teaching privates suck. I am more than happy to give money to yappy ajummas just to keep them off my wife's back. It is so much easier than arguing with them because their logic will just make your head hurt and make you angry. |
Yep, the problems went away. My fiance would tell me how the adjuma called her mother up and told her about how unhappy she was with the teaching and the times. Basically, my fiance would sit around all day waiting for these kids to get out of their hagwon. They would show up often very late and she would be teaching them after 11:00 at night.
That didn't change the fact that this crazy person wanted to renew for another month, despite the fact that my fiance made plans to leave Tongyeong. What was this woman's solution? She marched over with some other mothers to my fiance's parents house. They harassed them and told them how evil I was for telling them to go away and how angry they were at my fiance. Needless to say, that caused a lot of stress in the family. I gave her the money so she would just go away and leave my fiance's family alone.
Them = ajumas who will try their best to rip you off. |
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Typhoon
Joined: 29 May 2007
Location: Daejeon
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| You did the right thing for sure. It is not worth the time it takes to argue with THEM. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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So she thought your fiancee did a bad job, and she wanted more lessons? What am I missing here?
In a business transaction, you pay for something and you receive a set amount of service. Once it is complete, you can continue by paying more money.
Anyway, it sounds like lunacy runs in the family. The son sounds like a real piece of work. They didn't deserve a penny back, and now that your wife has received an overdue apology, she's still lost a lot of money. |
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Hank the Iconoclast
Joined: 08 Oct 2007
Location: Busan
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So she thought your fiancee did a bad job, and she wanted more lessons? What am I missing here?
In a business transaction, you pay for something and you receive a set amount of service. Once it is complete, you can continue by paying more money.
Anyway, it sounds like lunacy runs in the family. The son sounds like a real piece of work. They didn't deserve a penny back, and now that your wife has received an overdue apology, she's still lost a lot of money. |
I paid. My fiance did not. I refused to let her pay because of this pyscho. |
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Passions
Joined: 31 May 2006
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Why did you let them arrive 2-3 hours late? That's your first problem. By letting them walk all over you, showing up on their time, you set yourself up for this. I agree with the previous poster, get some backbone.
You even allowed some HS tool to cuss out your wife, and then repaid them their money.  What's next? Free year of English lessons? Paid vacation to America for a month? |
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