Korean Job Discussion Forums

[iammac2002]

I walked through reception this afternoon and greeted the receptionists and some well dressed ladies waiting around. Half an hour later the well dressed ladies come into the staff room and start handing out questionnaires to the female teachers. When they came to me, they wanted to hand me one, and were shocked when I said I don't speak Korean. They thought just because I greeted them in Korean, that I am Korean, or can fill in forms in Korean.

I feel so nice that they think I look like a Korean female, since I don't have nice long black locks like they do (I have very short red hair), and I don't wear heels and hot pants like they do.

[redaxe]

i have no words.

[iammac2002]

[mateomiguel]

can you post pics? I'd like to see for myself.

[Cheonmunka]

There u go, it's nice to not be ignored, eh?
Most people just base their assumptions on looks.

[poeticjustice]

I got mistaken for Chinese once by a well meaning Ajosshi. It's funny because I'm very obviously Caucasian (French ancestry).

[Forward Observer]

Are you the same redhead I saw in Yeoksam dong this morning?

[Dodgy Al]

[Dodgy Al]

I was mistaken for a girl once. In a bar. That nearly resulted in a fight. End result was I got a haircut.

[Starbucks]

[mimis]

Race no, but Asians usually assume I'm either American or Russian. Both equally annoying.