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EFLtrainer
Joined: 04 May 2005
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 Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:52 am Post subject: Re: Missing work due to drinking |
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An awful thing I admit. But I have done it a few times.
Anyone else? |
Nope. Five total years in Korea, and never. But, I did have kidney stones once and they thought I'd been drinking because I felt like bleep, could barely function and was throwing up. If you ever ahd kidney stones, you know how painful it can be...
I finally went home, drank a ton of water, laid down on the hot ondol-heated floor and fell asleep. Woke up and the pain was gone, went back and finished the day.
Cracked me up. To this day they still think I was hungover. |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 1:05 pm Post subject: |
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Perhaps a more revealing post would have been "Working with a hangover"
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If you have not done so, god bless you. |
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metalhead
Joined: 18 May 2010
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| Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2015 11:58 am Post subject: |
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| I think it's par for the course to miss work due to drinking in Korea, and if not it should be. It's a commendable feat. |
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Plain Meaning
Joined: 18 Oct 2014
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| Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2015 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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| metalhead wrote: |
| I think it's par for the course to miss work due to drinking in Korea, and if not it should be. It's a commendable feat. |
Why are you doing this? |
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swashbuckler
Joined: 20 Nov 2010
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| Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2015 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Lotsa dead people in this thread |
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mike in brasil
Joined: 09 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 12:31 am Post subject: |
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I used to enjoy reading the various posts of those posters way back then.
Now they're all gone.
This board is dead!
Just digging up all these past posts is like trying to resuscitate a cadaver.
The total demise of this board is now reality. |
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Fallacy
Joined: 29 Jun 2015
Location: ex-ROK
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| Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 2:04 am Post subject: |
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| Thread resurrection for nostalgia then. I will drink to that and skip work tomorrow in celebration. |
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metalhead
Joined: 18 May 2010
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| Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 2:05 am Post subject: |
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| mike in brasil wrote: |
The total demise of this board is now reality. |
Death by mods.
Don't mourn though, have a drink. Preferably before work. |
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Sector7G
Joined: 24 May 2008
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| Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2015 2:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Having the courage to be carefree enough to miss work on occasion is something to be respected more than the "manliness" of suffering all day so your boss likes you. |
This gem came from page two. Too funny! |
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greatunknown
Joined: 04 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2015 10:04 am Post subject: |
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Why not! I'll respond to a 10 year old thread.
In 5 years I have worked through some of the harshest hangovers possible. Only once did I not make it in the next day. My boss was out of town and at the time I worked at a school that taking a sick day once in a while was semi-ok. So yes! Once in Korea.
Ive also taken two sick days to interview for jobs. Both were during my last week or so. I got both jobs. Both times I went to the doctor and got a prescription for my "severe migraine" and showed a copy of the presription to my boss as proof. The first time I did it my boss actually sent his daughter to "check on me" while I was out. He was suspicious but I talked my way out of it.
Once I got really bad laryngitis and couldnt speak. Took a day for that as well.
5 years in Korea. 4 sick days. 2 to interview for a job. Once because I over did it on a night out. Once because I was legitimatly sick.
Think thats bad? |
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2015 8:31 pm Post subject: Re: Missing work due to drinking |
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| jajdude wrote: |
An awful thing I admit. But I have done it a few times.
Anyone else? |
Great job, cowboy!! |
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motiontodismiss
Joined: 18 Dec 2011
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| Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2015 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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Never because of drinking. Oversleeping? A couple times.
I found that people won't keep pouring soju into your glass if you put sprite in it and leave it there. But then again, I eventually found another way: accept the glass, LEAVE IT THERE. I'll grab the nearest empty glass and give them the serving. If the bujang or isa or whatever doesn't like it? Too bad.
They're not the ones nursing my hangover in the morning. 
Oh, one more thing that works is to just get up and walk out for some air....for about three hours. They'll be too drunk to notice you haven't chugged down any soju by the time you're back. |
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metalhead
Joined: 18 May 2010
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| Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 3:06 pm Post subject: |
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| I sincerely hope no one has missed drinking due to work. |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 3:09 pm Post subject: |
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| motiontodismiss wrote: |
| I found that people won't keep pouring soju into your glass if you put sprite in it and leave it there. But then again, I eventually found another way: accept the glass, LEAVE IT THERE. I'll grab the nearest empty glass and give them the serving. If the bujang or isa or whatever doesn't like it? Too bad. |
I've found that telling people "I do not drink alcohol" works very well.
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| Oh, one more thing that works is to just get up and walk out for some air....for about three hours. They'll be too drunk to notice you haven't chugged down any soju by the time you're back. |
Now, that's funny! |
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Fallacy
Joined: 29 Jun 2015
Location: ex-ROK
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| Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 7:18 pm Post subject: RE: Per usual, I second CentralCali here |
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| CentralCali wrote: |
| I've found that telling people "I do not drink alcohol" works very well. |
This. Once again, as is often the case elsewhere, I find the pronouncements and assessments of CentralCali to be accurate and practical. Additionally, enlightening and entertaining. Likewise, I have done the same, only with this variation: "I have an ulcer. My doctor told me not to drink alcohol or eat spicy food." Done. Then, after a decent interval, I excuse myself and leave, often going elsewhere to eat and drink what I want, and with whom I want. |
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