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thegadfly
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
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Westerners moving to a new country and demanding that it be exactly like home.
Got a good chuckle out of the people in this thread
I can't blast the AC all night 22 celcius!? That's it, I'm pulling a runner!
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 I would give them the full 30 days' notice, as I don't do runners...but yeah, if I CAN'T blast the AC at 18 degrees all night long in my own place, then I am out of there....
Then again, my first purchase in my current place was an additional AC unit rated at 10 pyeong larger than my apartment, and my first year in this place, I ran BOTH AC units 24/7 in the Summer...huge electric bill, but we all have those things that we prefer not to do without...and cool air is one of mine.... |
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myenglishisno
Joined: 08 Mar 2011
Location: Geumchon
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| Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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| marsavalanche wrote: |
Westerners moving to a new country and demanding that it be exactly like home.
Got a good chuckle out of the people in this thread
I can't blast the AC all night 22 celcius!? That's it, I'm pulling a runner!
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Koreans are less susceptible to the humidity than Westerners are, that doesn't mean we should put up with it. It sucks being the only person sweating in a room.
If I didn't have AC at night I'd have to wash my sheets every two days. That being said, midnight to 7:00am is a bit unreasonable for anybody! |
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Draz
Joined: 27 Jun 2007
Location: Land of Morning Clam
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| Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 3:19 am Post subject: |
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| thegadfly wrote: |
Then again, my first purchase in my current place was an additional AC unit rated at 10 pyeong larger than my apartment, and my first year in this place, I ran BOTH AC units 24/7 in the Summer...huge electric bill, but we all have those things that we prefer not to do without...and cool air is one of mine.... |
Yikes.
Even if it isn't really hot now, we all know it's coming. It's better to take care of this now. Complain until they crack. |
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crescent
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: yes.
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| Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 3:20 am Post subject: |
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| marsavalanche wrote: |
Any more questions mr. weatherman?
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I don't believe I asked any questions. But thanks for assuring all of us it's certainly not hot. After all, you lived in the desert and NY City. I guess all the buildings in Korea get the same amount of breezes and transfer heat exactly the same as yours does, too.
Here's something else to chuckle about...The fact that you would start off comparing Korean heat to desert heat, while knowing that the NY summers you experienced would be more comparable. Very odd. Doncha think?
Ah, there's a question.
Before you start falsely accusing others for wanting it "the same as back home", you might want to think about how hypocritical you sound for thinking everyone should sense temperatures like you do, oh wise one. |
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marsavalanche
Joined: 27 Aug 2010
Location: where pretty lies perish
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| Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 4:05 am Post subject: |
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| y u mad brah? |
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crescent
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: yes.
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| Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 4:11 am Post subject: |
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| marsavalanche wrote: |
| y u mad brah? |
Absolutely not. Any more cliches, dude? |
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atwood
Joined: 26 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 4:34 am Post subject: |
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| buy a fan. i dont even use ac unless my gf is over when shes "hot". im from a desert dude. the weatger right now is NOT hot. come back to me when its triple digits and then your whining might be legit. just run a fan all night, problem solved |
If you're from 'a desert', you would know that dry heat and moist heat are two entirely different animals, and affect people from 'non-deserts' differently. |
BREAKING NEWS!
This just in: scientists have discovered it is the heat, not the humidity. |
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atwood
Joined: 26 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 4:37 am Post subject: |
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| You could leave the AC on all day and it should stay cool during the night. I think buying a fan is your best bet. |
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highstreet
Joined: 13 Nov 2010
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| Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 4:45 am Post subject: |
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Complaining isn't going to do anything.
Some buildings in Seoul, the AC/Heat are controlled by the building.
Since it is a officetel, you probably pay a lot less in fees. You really think one person complaining out of an entire building is going to get them to turn it on?
Just move |
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Louis VI
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
Location: In my Kingdom
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| Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 5:07 am Post subject: |
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I JACK my air conditioner to the MAX, 18 C plus full-on fan, ALL NIGHT!
And sleep with a cozy blanket and cool, crisp, dry air. I AM CANADIAN.  |
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thegadfly
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 5:22 am Post subject: |
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You have my sympathy -- AC in both the apartment and classroom is one of my non-negotiable non-teaching issues. If I couldn't control my own classroom temperature, and that of my home, then I wouldn't take the job....
That sucks. I hope you get it turned on for you. |
i'm shocked at your tone of response. i would've thought you'd tell the op to get a fan or something.  |
Well...I will admit a certain lack of flexibility on my part in regard to this particular subject. On a lot of other subjects, I am willing to meet folks in the middle, but AC was seriously a make-or-break consideration when I was contemplating my current job. Fortunately my boss assured me that I could keep it "cold enough to hang meat" in my classroom if I wished.... While that is an exaggeration, it IS a pleasant 22-24 degrees C in my classroom at all times...and my students bring jackets and sweaters to class, just like they bring notebooks. My classes are somewhat infamous for being cold...but it has become more of a joke than a problem...35 degrees out and kids carry jackets to my class.... |
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alwaysbeclosing100
Joined: 07 Feb 2009
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| Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 7:22 pm Post subject: re |
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| you can get a used american style window ac in seoul for about 100,000....plugin and put in window.....problem solved..... |
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Quack Addict
Joined: 31 Mar 2008
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Modernist wrote: |
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| Westerners moving to a new country and demanding that it be exactly like home. |
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| I'm paying the electric bill, I should be able to have the air whenever I want it. |
What exactly is unreasonable about this? I pay my electric and gas too. If I want to take a 30 minute hot shower every morning and I pay for it, what business is that of my building or my neighbors or anyone else in this country?
If AC is provided and a tenant is paying the electric bill, then he or she should be able to run it as much as they want.
What you are saying is absurd. Why are you blaming the OP? Who exactly decides the allowable amount of AC or when it is 'too hot'?
I say you tell the management that if they start paying your bill they can choose the usage; as long as YOU are paying, you want the choice of AC at any time. If they refuse, go to the school. |
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