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[JacktheCat]

What made me ask "why" about that Daewoo job offer was this ...

[People's Front of Judea]

Maybe they are classified as TOURISTS!!! The Romanian workers are actually tourists, just like

the U.S. military and their families are tourists,
the foreign English teachers are tourists,
Kwangju Chicken, here on an existential math scholarship, is a tourist,

I actually have no idea why they would exclude 550 Romanian laborers??? The longer I stay here, the more I find myself quoting the phrase "Fact is stranger than Fiction." Yet lately, when I see or hear something silly like this, I think "Oh, of course" instead of previously "Oh my God." For example:

Korean situations and my reaction:

(At the local restaurant) Dweji Kalbi, upsiyo. Sam Gyup Sal, upsiyo. Dak Dor Ri Tang, upsiyo. Kimchi Jigae, ok. (All these foods are on the menu)

Oh, of course . . . You're a pork and chicken restaurant that is constantly out of pork and chicken dishes.

Neighbors dog barks incessantly from 2:00 A.M. to 4:00 A.M. every morning except on weekends.

But of course.

Fish truck guy visits my neighborhood at 6:00 in the morning. His favorite parking space is outside my apartment window.

Oh, of course!

Fruit truck guy visits my neighborhood at 9:00 in the morning.

Of course.

Squid cart gal visits my neighborhood at 12:00 noon and 6:00 P.M. everyday for the last two years with her bullhorn (It's almost theurapetic now).

Of course.

Daily, the motor scooters on the sidewalks have to speed up in order to turn directly in front of me instead of actually turning behind me without having to speed up.

Of course. I wouldn't have it any other way.

Ajuma is 20 feet away from me walking on the other side of a rather large sidewalk in Gangnam. We are the only two on the sidewalk. I watch the tiles in the sidewalk to make sure I am walking in a straight line. I stiffen my shoulder a bit because I know what's coming. Amazingly, she manages to brush across my shoulder. Her mission has been accomplished.

But, of course.

Agassi is 20 feet away from me, maybe 5 feet to my left. She decides to align herself to my path, then pretend she is oblivious by talking nonchalantly on the phone while her 3 or 4 shopping bags get ready to brush the foreigner. I stiffen my shoulder. Boom! Her bags go flying around and she looks surprised and miffed.

But, of course!

When two Korean friends are talking on the street and wait for me to get close before they zoom across the road directly in front of me to get to their car, enter a store, etc. Or a stopped car waits until I am at the side of the car before opening the door into me and looking surprised.

It's par for the course!

People seems to delay their horking until they are very near a point to pass by.

Oh, the music of the streets, of course

Through the neighborhood streets, cars idle behind me as if in a hurry to get somewhere. I know not to move for them because they have to be everywhere and anywhere you happen to be standing. Yet, as I move yet again to the side, the car will stop next to me, then remain there while looking for a non-existent parking spot or waiting for a friend. Amazing.

Of course!

The taxi driver can't understand my directions in Korean even though 99% of the previous drivers understood my basic Han Gul.

Of course you don't understand, of course!

When I stay at a friend's place and take a shower there. There are only two temperatures for water: somewhat cold or HOTTER THAN THE FREAKIN SUN!!! I try to adjust the ultra sensitive faucet eventually with some success.

I wouldn't have it any other way. Of course!

I'm watching an interesting movie on TV. I get wrapped up in the plot, then KOREAN COMMERCIAL TIME with no warning. The show is not finished, but I am.

Oh, of course.

The TCP/IP address on my computer gets bumped for no apparent reason from time to time.

Of course.

At the bank, "I'm sorry, the ATM doesn't work on Wednesday mornings, but every other day is fine."

Oh, of course . . . Wednesday, how silly of me. (??????????)

I send money home using the same bank for over two years, and everytime, the clerk tries to charge me anywhere between 30 - 50,000 won, thus I once again have to remind them at my neighborhood KBStar branch that the transfer cost is only 13.000 Won.

Of course. I so enjoy the interaction.

It's vacation time and airport immigration informs me that even though my "multi-reentry visa" ARC has been extended for another year, the multi-reentry status has not be extended. You must pay 30,000 won or lose your card and visa.

But, of course!

Kimchi prevents Sars, which explains the large export of Kimchi to China these days.

Of course it does.

Companies are putting steroids and /or growth hormones in the food to make the next Korean generation bigger.

Of course they are.

Korea good. Japan, America, and France bad.

Of course it is!

So, we finally get to the job advert that excludes 550 Romanian laborers from the company employee head count.

BUT OF COURSE!!! What does one expect? It's Korea!!! It's one of those cute little Korea-isms that makes absolutely no sense to us, but yet, there it is. No logic. Enjoy! It's par for the course.

[hellofaniceguy]

Someone who is desperate, a fool or not a teacher would want this job under the current conditions.

[Zenpickle]

If
a=b
b=c

Then
a=18

[People's Front of Judea]

If
a=b
b=c

Then
a=18

Of course, though you might make Kwangju Chicken jealous with your existential knowledge of math (Ha ha)!

[Bulsajo]

18 rhymes with a bad word. I think ZP is saying the whole thing is shit.