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SuperHero
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travel zen
Joined: 22 Feb 2005
Location: Good old Toronto, Canada
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Interesting.
If it were true, the Korean dude should be fired for incompetence. Sraight up.
Top level meetings shouldn't muff up so royally.
I agree about our mindsets. The same is true for people comming to the West from their little worlds. |
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Col.Brandon
Joined: 09 Aug 2004
Location: Seoul
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| The world may seem to revolve around the United States |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:08 pm Post subject: |
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That's a seriously good story.
I'd say the mistake is that this guy thought White Day and Black Day are international holidays. They do after all have English names, which are, of course, hilariously inappropriate.
Most Koreans don't realise that White Day is a Japanese holiday. Perhaps we should start a campaign to bring this to light. |
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huffdaddy
Joined: 25 Nov 2005
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| So what's the deal with this White Day? Should I bring flowers/candy to the women/girls at my hagwon? Would that be appropriate/appreciated? |
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I_Am_Wrong
Joined: 14 Sep 2004
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| Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Lotte makes hallmark look like corporate pre-schoolers. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| I didn't buy the story. Just 'too convenient' I guess. |
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Tiberious aka Sparkles
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:45 am Post subject: |
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| I didn't buy the story. Just 'too convenient' I guess. |
My sentiments exactly. Reads like a poorly written joke.
Sparkles*_* |
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Tiberious aka Sparkles
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:50 am Post subject: |
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| A Caucasian staff member of then Washington D.C.'s African American mayor Anthony Williams was forced to resign because he used the world "niggardly" in a private meeting. |
This is true, however the aide eventually soon got his job back.
Sparkles*_* |
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ulsanchris
Joined: 19 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:55 am Post subject: |
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| seems like the people in the room really over reacted. You think some of them would be askiing the guy what white and black day are. |
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nautilus
Joined: 26 Nov 2005
Location: Je jump, Tu jump, oui jump!
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Many of us live in small boxes of our own. We assume the rest of the world knows what we know. We wrongly believe life beyond our boundaries is just like it is in our home nations and it is impossible for some of us to comprehend otherwise.
We form a very conceited notion about ourselves, our culture and our countries and when we travel beyond our national country lines still carrying such a mindset, we are like time bombs waiting to explode. |
H-E-L-L-O Korea!!!!!!!!  |
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pest2
Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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| Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 5:09 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, somehow I am not surprised this happened....
I could just as easily see a story about some American business executive who comes to Korea and started talking about a recent trip to Japan and how Japan invented ondol floors and ramen noodles... Not knowing Korea hates Japan and about how Koreans think Japan "stole" all of Korea's culture and ideas....
Anyway, black, white, and valentines day are just plain stupid holidays... there to make some money for chocolate companies... in Korea, the idea of making a holiday for candy companies' profits was taken a step further with that ridiculous "peppero day" deal... what's up with THAT???? |
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animalbirdfish
Joined: 04 Feb 2004
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| Tiberious aka Sparkles wrote: |
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| I didn't buy the story. Just 'too convenient' I guess. |
My sentiments exactly. Reads like a poorly written joke.
Sparkles*_* |
That's three of us, then.
Americans aren't the most culturally-savvy folks on Planet Earth, but I've been in presentations like this, given by furriners. When the person says something like this (about White Day, Black Day, whatever), someone with a level head speaks up and says, "hold on a sec, what do you mean, 'white day?'" The presenter explains, everyone has a good laugh and onward goes the meeting. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| My girlfriend flat out didn't believe it, but I'm a little less sceptical. It does sound more like an episode of The Office, but this is a pretty easy misconception to fall into, and I'm sure things like this happen quite often. Whether it happened exactly this way and this guy is retelling it exactly as it happened, well, he probably did polish it up a lot. |
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dreamscape
Joined: 05 Aug 2004
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"peppero day" deal... what's up with THAT????
That, my friend, is one brilliant piece of marketing! I'm used to 11/11 being a solemn time to remember those who have died in armed conflict...and here it's all about bread sticks covered in chocolate because they look like "1"s.
...although, I've got to admit, I kinda like peperos. Not the day mind you, just the snacks...some of them anyway. |
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