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eamo · Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

Ya-ta,

My thoughts and prayers are with you in this trying time.

bucheon bum · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

SarcasmKills · Joined: 07 Apr 2003 Location: Seoul

This is the funniest post I've seen on here in a LONG time...

VanIslander.. kudos for beating me to the punch with that line.. it was exactly what I was thinking...

cranura · Joined: 07 Mar 2006

hey guy why limit it to just one option? -- take it to the labour board AND quit
p.s. while you are back in your home country ask your doctor about bipolarism or audition for the comedy channel (or, again, do both!!)

the eye · Joined: 29 Jan 2004

it's nice to see there are quite a few people here who are more gullible than me.

Alan_Partridge · Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Location: in the posh part of town

There's no doubt in my mind that a general strike of all English teachers is in order to show solidarity for on of our downtrodden brethren. I have already started to do my part by turning up for work late, often dishevelled and usually smelling of alcohol and hooker spit. Furthermore, I no longer prepare my classes to show my support for Ya-Ta Boy. (Actually, my support has been back-dated by some considerable time, I am that concerned for a fellow teacher's rights.)
Power To The People, people....

Dodgy Al · Joined: 15 May 2004 Location: Seoul

schwa · Joined: 18 Jan 2003 Location: Yap

But, but, but .. I know a guy who really did argue, at length, with his supervisor that it was the school district's responsibility to change his light bulbs. Apparently it required a small stepladder or some such. Much acrimony & his request for contract renewal was subsequently declined.

SPINOZA · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Location: $eoul

ontheway · Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 7:04 am Post subject:

Actually, I went over to another teacher's house with the wonjangnim to change a lightbulb, because the teacher made a similar request. The hogwan paid for the bulbs and changed them.

Go for it. We should all demand lightbulb changing in our contracts.

tzechuk · Joined: 20 Dec 2004

mwahahahahha...

I can't believe people are really taking you seriously. Laughing

Homer · Guest

Yes..come on people...how can you take this post as if it was a real situation....those of you that advocate quitting over this are either joking themselves or just in dire need of help and perhaps meds... Laughing

ontheway · Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 8:12 am Post subject:

The question now is who believed who and, therefore, who is the most gullible. Wink

itaewonguy · Joined: 25 Mar 2003

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

First of all, I want to thank those of you who offered their support. It was appreciated. I think it helped me to get the issue resolved. After work on Friday I went to the office and told the boss I would not be teaching on Monday if the problem was not corrected immediately. I think my boss was embarrassed because I said this in front of his brother-in-law and his friend who were in the office at the time. After some talking in Korean, they put down their soju glasses and all three came home with me.

One of them unscrewed the cover, one held the screws and the other washed the dead bugs and cobwebs off the cover. Then they put it back on. Problem solved.

To those who were unsupportive, and you know who you are, fooey on you. That's all. Just fooey on you.