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| What do you wear to work? |
| Suit. Got to fit in with the Koreans. |
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9% |
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| Tie and shirt. Got to look like I am trying to fit in. |
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11% |
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| Respectable shirt and trousers. Don't want to stand out. |
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29% |
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| Shirt and neat jeans. Got to be conservative. |
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15% |
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| Polo and jeans. Still looking neat. |
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13% |
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| T and jeans with holes. Still think I am a teen. |
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| Anything I damn want to. Who do they think they are? |
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19% |
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Zed
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Shakedown Street
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| kangnamdragon wrote: |
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| kangnamdragon wrote: |
| I'd say a majority of westerners here look sloppy when walking around outside. |
"Majority" might be taking things a little far. They certainly wouldn't be a rarity, myself often included. |
majority, meaning more than half, yes. I see people in t-shirts and shorts at important cultural events. I see women wearing hardly anything on top on the subway. What is the word we hear on AFN? Practice good OBSECs. something about respecting the customs of the country we are in. |
I believe OPSEC is Operations Security. How does this relate to my conduct as an English teacher here? |
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kangnamdragon
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 3:37 am Post subject: |
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| Zed wrote: |
| I believe OPSEC is Operations Security. How does this relate to my conduct as an English teacher here? |
They tell us to not cause too much of a distraction for our own security and because we represent our respective countries. |
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Zed
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Shakedown Street
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| Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 3:49 am Post subject: |
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| kangnamdragon wrote: |
| Zed wrote: |
| I believe OPSEC is Operations Security. How does this relate to my conduct as an English teacher here? |
They tell us to not cause too much of a distraction for our own security and because we represent our respective countries. |
I'm fearing for my life because I didn't shave this morning and my shirt isn't ironed. Mr. Paul Martin will be so disappointed in me. |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 3:49 am Post subject: |
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Let me get this straight, you're complaining about western women wearing revealing shirts? Congratulations, you just became a grumpy old ajuma  |
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kangnamdragon
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 4:04 am Post subject: |
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| Zed wrote: |
| kangnamdragon wrote: |
| Zed wrote: |
| I believe OPSEC is Operations Security. How does this relate to my conduct as an English teacher here? |
They tell us to not cause too much of a distraction for our own security and because we represent our respective countries. |
I'm fearing for my life because I didn't shave this morning and my shirt isn't ironed. Mr. Paul Martin will be so disappointed in me. |
Please try to think a little wider. |
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Zed
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Shakedown Street
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| Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 4:17 am Post subject: |
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| kangnamdragon wrote: |
| Zed wrote: |
| kangnamdragon wrote: |
| Zed wrote: |
| I believe OPSEC is Operations Security. How does this relate to my conduct as an English teacher here? |
They tell us to not cause too much of a distraction for our own security and because we represent our respective countries. |
I'm fearing for my life because I didn't shave this morning and my shirt isn't ironed. Mr. Paul Martin will be so disappointed in me. |
Please try to think a little wider. |
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kangnamdragon
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 4:28 am Post subject: |
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A Korean man would more likely attack or verbally abuse a unshaved foreigner in a t-shirt over a foreigner in a suit.
Safety is not just about your personal safety. Everything we do leaves impressions on Koreans, which affects how they behave toward us. |
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Zed
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Shakedown Street
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| Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 4:48 am Post subject: |
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| kangnamdragon wrote: |
A Korean man would more likely attack or verbally abuse a unshaved foreigner in a t-shirt over a foreigner in a suit.
Safety is not just about your personal safety. Everything we do leaves impressions on Koreans, which affects how they behave toward us. |
I've wore a shirt and tie to work at my first job here. It hasn't been necessary since. I've never had a violent encounter with a Korean even though I am out in a t-shirt and shave every other day a lot of the time. (3 years) |
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hojucandy
Joined: 03 Feb 2003
Location: In a better place
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| Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 7:57 am Post subject: |
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i have shaved about 4 times in my life. worn a suit here twice in 2.5 years. generally dress neatly though.
only violent encounter i ever had here was with an american! |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 4:56 pm Post subject: |
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And some men have more style than many women, especially the let-it-all-go image of many Western women in Korea. |
Gotta say, little dissapointed. I didn't expect you to buy into the stereotypes. I think people here dress much the same as people of a similar age in their home countries. |
Huh? I call it as I see it. Maybe my experiences would be different in the big cities. The only stereotype I see walking around is the well-dressed Korean next to the beach bum foreigner. And I by no means think it's universal, but it is a common contrast I do see in many smaller southeastern cities and towns.
Again, Who cares? |
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Jensen
Joined: 30 Mar 2003
Location: hippie hell
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| Posted: Fri May 14, 2004 8:52 am Post subject: |
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| kangnamdragon wrote: |
| ...and because we represent our respective countries. |
That's so true.
Each of us personally represents not only our nation of origin, but also the state, county, city, neighborhood, family, and ultimately the very loins from which we sprang. Dress nice son, make momma proud. |
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Toby
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Wedded Bliss
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| Posted: Fri May 14, 2004 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Jensen wrote: |
| kangnamdragon wrote: |
| ...and because we represent our respective countries. |
That's so true.
Each of us personally represents not only our nation of origin, but also the state, county, city, neighborhood, family, and ultimately the very loins from which we sprang. Dress nice son, make momma proud. |
But my Mum doesn't like me wearing her dresses!!!! |
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Jensen
Joined: 30 Mar 2003
Location: hippie hell
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| Posted: Fri May 14, 2004 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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| ...But my Mum doesn't like me wearing her dresses!!!! |
You're a big girl. Buy your own. |
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Tiberious aka Sparkles
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Fri May 14, 2004 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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| mishlert wrote: |
What I wear is not one of the choices.
I go to class in jeans, a black pair of Nikes, a button down shirt and tie. |
Are you Jerry Seinfeld?
Sparkles*_* |
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