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[hogwonguy1979]

OP I can now say this based on your recent posts:

YOU ARE AN IDIOT!!!

why?
1) You took that apartment, you could have told your boss, this wont work, walked out, gotten a hotel and told them if you dont clean the place by X day I'm leaving, it sounds like you have been here a while and know better, you let your &^ck lead you because of your gf

2) You took a job that refuses to pay pension and health insurance despite NUMEROUS posts here that tell you its illegal to do so. to ignore that and gripe about it here is idiotic

[IlIlNine]

Bargain-basement flooring for a small place = 300,000.
A small fridge = 150,000
Cleaning ajummas = 100,000.
A quick check of craigslist and dave's for moving away sales every so often should land you some reasonably-priced items that are in much better shape than the ones you have now. (many of these will also be free, if your timing is right)

So, for about a week's pay, you can set yourself up pretty nicely in your place for at least a year - something which is not completely unreasonable, imo. If you were really nice about it, you could probably get your boss to pay for some/all of it - since it's possible he would just pass some of the costs (ie flooring) off to the owner of the place.

Considering the cost and effort of finding a new job, leaving your old job, getting your criminal background check, etc, etc - I think it's pretty much a wash, especially since you seemed to have been getting along with everyone at work otherwise.

[creeper1]

Why is everyone giving grief to this guy Duncan?

Where is it written in our contract that we must clean our apartments for the next waygood taking our old jobs?

Answer - Nowhere.

[shifty]

[jrwhite82]

Soooo? What happened OP?

My guess, since we haven't heard, is he was locked up in a mental institute for thinking he would get a dime from the hagwon owner.

[cincynate]

Its just common courtesy that you don't leave your place a disgusting mess. It may not be in the contract, but some things go unsaid. However, I think it defiantly falls on the hakwon director should have made sure the place was at least presentable. I don't know how he/she walked this poor sap into his apartment and said "Enjoy". At the very least he could have given him a can of bug spray to go along with it. However, anyone who cares so little for their employee who just flew half way around the world to come work here to give them such a disgusting place and then deny cleaning it for them is an ass and would not be someone I would work for!

[ibeattheborg]

[Mr. Peabody]

[DaHu]

[koreatimes]

[Wiltern]

[koreatimes]

I liked this part, "Interests: Finding ways to get the most out of life with the smallest impact possible."

[Swampfox10mm]

Did Duncan leave on bad terms and trash the place?

I think adult bedwetting would put a crimp in ones dating life. Can you imagine what's being said about him on that 'Korean women who date foreigners' website? This man deserves our sympathy.

[Los Angeloser]

[Los Angeloser]