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ABC KID
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
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 Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 10:42 pm Post subject: Mods - Please Ban All Wonderland Threads (Except This One!) |
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Honestly, how many times have people on here given out the golden advice about not working at Wonderland? Yet people still ask, seemingly disbelieving or of the opinion people on here are just scaremongering. There must be hundreds of threads on Wonderland if people bother to try and find them. No doubt, internet search engines also show up many hits.
Dave should put it in the user terms and conditions that anyone asking the, 'Should I work at Wonderland?' or 'I heard a few bad things about Wonderland but ...' questions immediately agrees to sell their soul to Wonderland for two years with no escape or release clauses. Shame it would be virtually impossible to legally enforce but that is not the point.
Anyway, who was it on here that used to write the story about would you board a plane if you knew X, Y and Z and then linked it to Wonderland? That was always a good one... |
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Senior
Joined: 31 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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So......
should I work at Wonderland, or not? |
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egrog1717
Joined: 12 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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So......
should I work at Wonderland, or not? |
I heard from a few people that it was a bad place, but you can't believe everything on the Internet... Go for it! And if it turns out bad it's because you're culturally insensative 
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Manuel_the_Bandito
Joined: 12 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Why not just have a Wonderland sticky? |
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Senior
Joined: 31 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 11:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Manuel_the_Bandito wrote: |
| Why not just have a Wonderland sticky? |
Because Wonderland advertises through this board. It would be bad for business to have a thread devoted to bashing one of your customers. |
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Whitey Otez
Joined: 31 May 2003
Location: The suburbs of Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 12:18 am Post subject: |
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| Senior wrote: |
| Manuel_the_Bandito wrote: |
| Why not just have a Wonderland sticky? |
Because Wonderland advertises through this board. It would be bad for business to have a thread devoted to bashing one of your customers. |
Not to stir the pot, but the general consensus on Wonderland is that they are the old-school meat-grinder hakwon, grinding through teachers and generally ruining their impression of Korea. We ought to be asking Dave why he isn't getting rid of them as an advertiser, and expand ad space for other successful yet not controversial chains like Pagoda, CDI, YBM, and POLY? 
The OP inspires an idea whereupon someone with more time and tech savvy can blog word clouds from these forums by topic. "In threads that had the word 'Wonderland' in them, the following words appeared most frequently...." |
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Senior
Joined: 31 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 12:47 am Post subject: |
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| Whitey Otez wrote: |
| Senior wrote: |
| Manuel_the_Bandito wrote: |
| Why not just have a Wonderland sticky? |
Because Wonderland advertises through this board. It would be bad for business to have a thread devoted to bashing one of your customers. |
Not to stir the pot, but the general consensus on Wonderland is that they are the old-school meat-grinder hakwon, grinding through teachers and generally ruining their impression of Korea. We ought to be asking Dave why he isn't getting rid of them as an advertiser, and expand ad space for other successful yet not controversial chains like Pagoda, CDI, YBM, and POLY?
The OP inspires an idea whereupon someone with more time and tech savvy can blog word clouds from these forums by topic. "In threads that had the word 'Wonderland' in them, the following words appeared most frequently...." |
I wouldn't really blame Dave for favoring Wonderland over his teachers in Korea forum. His first responsibility is to his shareholders (himself and his family). If those other chains want to buy ad space at the going rate, they're free to do so. He isn't running a charity. Just my 50won. |
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Depths of My Soul
Joined: 04 Apr 2010
Location: In The Sun
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| Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 3:35 am Post subject: |
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| Has anyone mentioned the Mad Hatter yet? |
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sesyeux
Joined: 20 Jul 2009
Location: king 'arrys
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| Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 6:07 am Post subject: |
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| i've heard they're not so bad. |
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OBwannabe
Joined: 16 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 7:50 am Post subject: |
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If Wonderland is so bad...I thinkt he more threads on it the better. A sticky may provide useful, but then Dave's ESL Cafe might be looking at some lawsuits.
Get the word out about unscrupulous hagwons any way you can!!! |
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sallymonster
Joined: 06 Feb 2010
Location: Seattle area
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| Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 12:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Please keep in mind that the search function doesn't always work, so people can't always find old posts about Wonderland. |
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Captain Obvious
Joined: 23 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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I met a young newbie the other week. He said he liked Korea, but his job wasn't going very well and he really wished he could change schools.
"What school do you work for."
"Wonderland."
"Oh I'm so sorry." |
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Bloopity Bloop
Joined: 26 Apr 2009
Location: Seoul yo
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| Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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| sallymonster wrote: |
| Please keep in mind that the search function doesn't always work, so people can't always find old posts about Wonderland. |
Use this: http://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=006359271486458796786%3A_ooozypbm6u
Honestly, I can't remember how many times I've linked that. Mods should really make it a sticky <-- I can't remember how many times I've said, "Mods should really make it a sticky" <-- Pretty soon it'll be "I can't remember how many times I've said, 'I can't remember how many times I've said, "Mods should really make it a sticky'." |
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Senior
Joined: 31 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Bloopity Bloop wrote: |
| sallymonster wrote: |
| Please keep in mind that the search function doesn't always work, so people can't always find old posts about Wonderland. |
Use this: http://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=006359271486458796786%3A_ooozypbm6u
Honestly, I can't remember how many times I've linked that. Mods should really make it a sticky <-- I can't remember how many times I've said, "Mods should really make it a sticky" <-- Pretty soon it'll be "I can't remember how many times I've said, 'I can't remember how many times I've said, "Mods should really make it a sticky'." |
The mods/Dave have some kind of vested interest in keeping the search function as is. I have no idea what their motives could be, but I'm 100% sure they could have found a remedy in the 7 or so years that it has been a problem. |
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Bloopity Bloop
Joined: 26 Apr 2009
Location: Seoul yo
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| Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Senior wrote: |
| Bloopity Bloop wrote: |
| sallymonster wrote: |
| Please keep in mind that the search function doesn't always work, so people can't always find old posts about Wonderland. |
Use this: http://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=006359271486458796786%3A_ooozypbm6u
Honestly, I can't remember how many times I've linked that. Mods should really make it a sticky <-- I can't remember how many times I've said, "Mods should really make it a sticky" <-- Pretty soon it'll be "I can't remember how many times I've said, 'I can't remember how many times I've said, "Mods should really make it a sticky'." |
The mods/Dave have some kind of vested interest in keeping the search function as is. I have no idea what their motives could be, but I'm 100% sure they could have found a remedy in the 7 or so years that it has been a problem. |
 That must be it. I always imagine Dave sitting on a beach sipping a cocktail just raking in the cash. |
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