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[crazylemongirl]

So today as an act of kindness my principal took the teachers left at school out to lunch. I don't like seafood. It is well known that I don't like seafood. So what did we have? LIVE OCTOPUS. If seafood tastes bad dead, it tastes even worse alive and squirming. I then got to wash it down with North Korean liqour.

I don't know what tasted worse.

[Real Reality]

Welcome to Korea.

[sistersarah]

i had it a few months back for the first time. the funny thing was, a couple weeks afterwards, i was watching the amazing race, and eating live octopus was one of the challenges! there was a team of two guys that took one look and opted for the other challenge, something like taekwondo or something.

[RACETRAITOR]

Everyone at my work goes out of the way to cater to my bland, non-spicy tastes. "We better not go out for 갈비. It's too spicy for Jon."

[Zolt]

I think your principal is deliberately trying to harass you. Strike back. Post a note accusing him of sexual harrassment on foreign teacher(s) and female students, send a report to the labour administration regarding his dubious work practices, and pull a midnight run.

[numazawa]

[animalbirdfish]

[poet13]

At least you know they were fresh!

[joyfulgirl]

geez, i hate to be rude and stuff, when someone takes me out to lunch, but i just wouldn't have eaten it. food that is still alive. that's just not do-able for me.

[JongnoGuru]

What I hate is when I'm STARVING and I wind up in situations like that. Some food I find unappetising (and it's invariably billed as "very good for health!" or "good for stamina!") and I'm picking around the grim offering of side-dishes. So, how was the kelp?

[numazawa]

Make that a double

[Milwaukiedave]

crazylemongirl,

I totally agree with you about seafood. Everytime I tell someone I don't like seafood (especially Koreans) I get odd looks.

There is a commercial on TV I've seen for a resturant with live octopus and just watching it makes me sick.

[rednblack]

Yeah, total sympathy. My old boss did this sort of thing to me twice. I can't eat sea food of any description-even the smell makes me heave if it's too strong. I made this clear when first asked about likes and dislikes. His reasoning was 'the other teachers like seafood'. No problem, but I swore I would refuse to go if it ever happened again. Thankfully it didn't.

[bnrockin]

Ah yes, the "You don't eat seafood!?!?!?!?!?" looks. I get a double dose of tha whenever I tell them I hate tofu also. They wonder how I will not starve to death.

[Zolt]