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cruisemonkey · Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 8:43 am Post subject: Drunk and No WATER!

I work at an 'English Camp' (day) job I love... paid by the local government and benefits up the 'ying yang'. I have a 2-bedroom apt. that is part of teacher housing (native & foreign), on campus for a local tech. high school.

The problem is ongoing and is with my water supply... it is 'Mickey Mouse'. I live on the top floor of a building where there is not enough water pressure to supply my apt. without having a pump between the intake and the ondol and taps. However, for three weeks air has entered the lines and the pump is not 'strong' enough to blow the air through, prime its self and purge the air; consequently the impeller spins on nothing... and I have NO water.

The idiot-stick K plumber comes and bleeds the air out of the system and makes it work for just enough time to get away for a weekend., Chusok or Lunar New Year.... Rolling Eyes

As soon as he is gone, it craps out.

The K, so-called plumber is not an idiot, but cannot diagnose the problem and does not realise what is going on... because I keep fixing it (on a temporary basis). I am caught between my director and admimistration of the high school - it came to a screaming match today.

Me: Fu*k you ... no water... I don't teach tomorrow.

Director: Arrrrrrrrrgh, yeah butta, butta, youa hava contracte.. I try my best.... if you don't teache, I donta wannta, butta think aboutta you.

Me: I don't fu*king care if you think about me... fix my fu*king water.

Director: You go and scream at 'administration Mr. Kim' tomorrow... he two-faced, arrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh. I'm under too much stress.......

Me: You don't fu*king know what stress is.

I've proceeded to consume massive quantities of alcohol - so will stink in the morning - and will appear (for the second day in a row) without a shower and unshaven. Every 30 minutes I scream, out my window - "Fix my fu*king water." Objective - keep all of K-land awake until my water is fixed.

How would you Handel this? Please, no Water Misic, or correcting me on my spelling. Confused

Pyongshin Sangja · Joined: 20 Apr 2003 Location: I love baby!

Have a Korean girl lick you clean. If you've got the money, someone somewhere has the time.

Qinella · Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Location: the crib

Find out where your director lives, show up in the morning and evenings, and use his place to shower/shave/*beep*/etc.

jacl · Joined: 31 Oct 2005

Good benefits. Rolling Eyes

Let me guess, you're gettin' screwed and you don't know it or you'll find out. Hmm.

JongnoGuru · Joined: 25 May 2004 Location: peeing on your doorstep

Questions & Suggestions

This "camp" thing is a permanent job or something just for the vacation? How much longer do you have to put up with this? Is there a public bathhouse in the area? (have the employer pay -- no pay, no teach) Is there a yogwan in the area? (have the employer pay) Does the rest of the building have water? Is there an empty unit that you can move into or use the facilities temporarily? Where have you been doing laundry? (or even relieving yourself? Confused

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weatherman · Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Location: Korea

cruisemonkey · Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 3:21 pm Post subject:

jacl · Joined: 31 Oct 2005

Zyzyfer · Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 3:58 pm Post subject:

peppermint · Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 4:06 pm Post subject:

There's no one around that can translate for you?

What if you invite the director to your house for dinner ( insist he come over really) just to let him see how you live.

Yu_Bum_suk · Joined: 25 Dec 2004

My water pump froze in January. They froze Friday night. I was sick on Saturday and very feverish and barfed and then couldn't flush the toilet. That night I stayed at a yogwan. On Monday I told my Vice Principal my sob story and he had someone deliver three 25-litre containers of clean water for drinking and washing dishes and apologised profusely that I had to walk down to my gym to shower. Sooner than expected he was able to bring in someone to replace the pump.

In my case just looking sad and pathetic seemed to help. Unfortunately if the boss has five different businesses / jobs he has to attend to one of his many waygukin's water supply is pretty low on his priority list. If there's still no water I would show up for work early and tell him that you're not going to work until he's driven you to a sauna where you can have a proper shit, shower, and shave.

Hobophobic · Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 4:50 pm Post subject:

that really is too bad....hope it get sorted for you... Shocked

...at least you have the knowledge to bleed the pipes and what not for a temp fix...most people wouldn't...

riley · Joined: 08 Feb 2003 Location: where creditors can find me

Agree with Homophobic, good thing you can do a temp fix, but still that's a pretty unsanitary life.

Hobophobic · Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 5:40 pm Post subject:

numazawa · Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Location: The Concrete Barnyard

No toilet, no running water. Hey, isn't that what a "camp" is all about? Razz