Irish person denied job in Korea due to ''the alcoholism nature of your kind''

Lucy and Harry

http://www.breakingnews.ie/discover/irish-person-denied-job-in-korea-due-to-the-alcoholism-nature-of-your-kind-649915.html Shocking

Maybe when I sober up in the morning I will not be so shocked.hic hic :pac:

The Diabolical Monocle

Lol

Birneybau

Pretty heavy drinkers themselves.

Hande hoche!

She should try best Korea.

Fr_Dougal

Lucy and Harry wrote: »

http://www.breakingnews.ie/discover/irish-person-denied-job-in-korea-due-to-the-alcoholism-nature-of-your-kind-649915.html Shocking

Maybe when I sober up in the morning I will not be so shocked.hic hic :pac:

I'm not surprised. Irish TEFL'ers over there kinda have a reputation for it.

Lucy and Harry

Dear leader loved alcohol and food.Juche Spirit.

The Diabolical Monocle

Yeah well at least the north of our country isn't....yeah..well...no....

The Backwards Man

Sure even the dogs in the street know to avoid Korea!

My brother has worked all over South Korea on and off over the years, won't have a bad word said about the place.

irish_goat

I think the school is being fair enough here. Sure I never hire Koreans incase they eat my pet dog.

ceadaoin.

Birneybau wrote: »

Pretty heavy drinkers themselves.

Yep. They drink more than the irish. I remember reading something ages ago about how the culture of binge drinking at business dinners has led to a rise in deaths from acute alcohol poisoning. The cheek of them!

The biggest hard alcohol drinkers on the globe aren’t cuddled up somewhere in sub-zero Siberia; they’re sipping on Soju, in South Korea.

South Koreans drink 13.7 shots of liquor per week on average, which is the most in the world. And of 44 other countries analyzed by Euromonitor, none comes anywhere close. The Russians, the second biggest in Euromonitor’s sample, down 6.3 shots per week; Filipinos drink roughly 5.4 shots per week; and Americans consume only 3.3.

My name is URL

Birneybau wrote: »

Pretty heavy drinkers themselves.

That's putting it mildly. Story seems like bullshit to me

I doubt very many Koreans would be aware of Irish stereotypes

solomafioso

Breaking News getting their stories from reddit again?

Posted 19 hours ago. As opposed to the 15:31 Timestamp on the article. *snorts*

the evasion_kid

"South Koreans drink 13.7 shots of liquor per week on average"

Pfft I was drinking nearly twice that daily at one stage.....lightweights

razorblunt

Screw you Jackie Chan!

RobbingBandit

In before at least we don't eat dogs.

Cantremember

Dear Leader Inda should declare a cataclysmic annihilation will fall upon those Korean dogs and their lackey running mates for this insult. The atmosphere will burn over Korea and their capitalist curs: Inda will release the nuclear holocaust and launch Michael D. on a poetry reading tour over there. May the gods of dhrink have mercy on their souls the heathens!

Yurt2

http://www.blackoutkorea.com/

Seoul is the only major developed world city I've been to where it's completely acceptable to pass out drunk anywhere you want. The above blog is no aberration, you see salary-men conked out in subway stations, benches in the street, in parks at any time of the day or night. School kids step around them as if it's the most normal thing in the world. In their defense nobody robs them or beats them up when they're in that state.

I'd rank them in the top 5 most drinkingiest nationalities, with Finns, Irish, English and Russians.

Hande hoche!

RobbingBandit wrote: »

In before at least we don't eat dogs.

Too late...

rawn

The biggest hard alcohol drinkers on the globe aren’t cuddled up somewhere in sub-zero Siberia; they’re sipping on Soju, in South Korea.

South Koreans drink 13.7 shots of liquor per week on average, which is the most in the world. And of 44 other countries analyzed by Euromonitor, none comes anywhere close. The Russians, the second biggest in Euromonitor’s sample, down 6.3 shots per week; Filipinos drink roughly 5.4 shots per week; and Americans consume only 3.3.

No mention of Ireland. They must still be counting.

the evasion_kid

Sums it up

solomafioso

razorblunt wrote: »

Screw you Jackie Chan!

The f*ck?

The_Valeyard

I hear the advert was on craigslist.


Why would anyone trust craigslist?

Davarus Walrus

Koreans get monumentally pissed. Collapsing in the street and pissing their trousers drunk.

LoganRice

south korea?

Strong Life in Dublin

What? Koreans would drink as much as us

Micky Dolenz

Harsh but fair.

Who fancies a pint?

Riddle101

Makes me think of a few mates of mine who are known to go into work with hangovers or even a little drunk still from the night before sometimes, and even go to the pub for a cheeky pint at lunch time.

I remember one particular conversation with a friend of mine who said he was out the night before drinking and only got about an hours sleep when he got home before he had to get up for work, so he still wasn't sober going into work. He spent most of the day trying to do his best at work while trying to not look too suspicious or drunk. He then reckoned that it would be better to have a pint or two at lunch time as well so as to stay drunk, because the hangover makes it much worse to get work done.

Pat Mustard

The email address shown in the article was as fake as a three euro note.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

TheZohan wrote: »

I'm not surprised. Irish TEFL'ers over there kinda have a reputation for it.

All TEFL teachers have a reputation for it in Korea. They assume we're all American anyway.

worded

It's clearly racist. But I wouldn't hire myself if I was In that situation. Like if I was half Korean half Irish and the irish half was fond of the drink. Oh look a squirrel .....

wp_rathead

*sniff sniff*
Smells like bullsh!t to me

Iwasfrozen

Lucy and Harry wrote: »

http://www.breakingnews.ie/discover/irish-person-denied-job-in-korea-due-to-the-alcoholism-nature-of-your-kind-649915.html Shocking

Maybe when I sober up in the morning I will not be so shocked.hic hic :pac:

Horrible behavior I hope they have an equalities law over there so the guy can get some compensation.

The Koreans don't have a stellar reputation with drink either!

DrumSteve

Sounds like a really bad Korea move to me.

Nodin

wprathead wrote: »

*sniff sniff*
Smells like bullsh!t to me

I'd say you're right there.

ireland.man

Well it's on Reddit so it must be true.

Seriously, most Koreans barely know Ireland exists. They don't have any of these Western stereotypes about our tiny island.

Plus, nobody would be stupid enough to put in an email such a reason for rejection. The country has issues with discrimination but even the most narrow minded bosses know how to hide their prejudices when it matters.

I wouldn't be surprised if we see a 'Go fund me' page in the coming days asking for legal expenses to fight this awful discrimination in court

SeantheMan

Everyone up in arms about this, it's a private academy. Maybe has 15-20 students max.
This is a statement from one TINY little businessman or businesswoman, and everyone is assuming ALL Korea is like this. It's not the case.
Don't let this one small minded person's opinion change your view of a whole nation.

It's similar to the sign for "No Loud Americans" that an Irish pub owner put outside her pub recently. It doesn't go for the whole country.

Some have rules set out beforehand, such as only women need apply and certain age groups, or people from certain countries need only apply.

This isn't the way it normally is in Korea however. Public school systems are different, however being a private tutoring academy they can pick and choose who they like.

kowloon

They know all about us thanks to this little gem.

crybaby

South Koreans are notorious drunks but they know how to hide it well when its time to go to work

Slicemeister

Beats the mundane **** reasons they use here.

Spunge

kowloon wrote: »

They know all about us thanks to this little gem.

haha wat the fud

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

The main thing most Korean women know about Ireland is that it's featured in 'PS I love you' and they ****ing love that film.

R.D. aka MR.D

My name is URL wrote: »

That's putting it mildly. Story seems like bullshit to me

I doubt very many Koreans would be aware of Irish stereotypes

Totally agree.

I lived in Korea for a year and a half and this thing seems like BS.

Even the phrasing 'of your kind', seems very fishy to have been written by a Korean person.

The_Valeyard

R.D. aka MR.D wrote: »

Totally agree.

I lived in Korea for a year and a half and this thing seems like BS.

Even the phrasing 'of your kind', seems very fishy to have been written by a Korean person.

This is all a plot by Kim Jon Un to undermine the reputation of South Korea, that's where he was, during his 'absence' setting up phoney accounts to annoy the world on craigslist.

topper75

kowloon wrote: »

They know all about us thanks to this little gem.

Hold on - a lot of people here have seen, let's say, the movie Fargo. But ask the average Joe/Josephine out there in an Irish street to name the capital of the state of Minnesota or give you any stereotypes about the citizens of that state... they'd be stumped. The average Korean knows jack about us similarly.

This email is bogus. That's OK. Young attention seekers create bogus stuff. Respectable media organs on the other hand should know a lot better. The joys of the internet age I suppose.

nokia69

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

The main thing most Korean women know about Ireland is that it's featured in 'PS I love you' and they ****ing love that film.

which is interesting because the whole thing is just a rip off of a korean film called the letter

force eleven

Whenever I have a hangover, I use the hair of the dog that bit me to get over it. Would be in the right place then.

Egginacup

Yurt! wrote: »

http://www.blackoutkorea.com/

Seoul is the only major developed world city I've been to where it's completely acceptable to pass out drunk anywhere you want. The above blog is no aberration, you see salary-men conked out in subway stations, benches in the street, in parks at any time of the day or night. School kids step around them as if it's the most normal thing in the world. In their defense nobody robs them or beats them up when they're in that state.

I'd rank them in the top 5 most drinkingiest nationalities, with Finns, Irish, English and Russians.

Jesus Christ!! I know that Orientals have no tolerance for alcohol in that they can't metabolise it properly so get leathered much easier than blacks or whites......but are Koreans especially vulnerable to inebriation?

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

Egginacup wrote: »

Jesus Christ!! I know that Orientals have no tolerance for alcohol in that they can't metabolise it properly so get leathered much easier than blacks or whites......but are Koreans especially vulnerable to inebriation?

No they just drink a lot of soju and then pass out. And if you pass out on the street in Korea, you will probably remain there until you move yourself.

Whats especially noteworthy is that so many of the Koreans passed out on the street are middle-aged men rather than the teenagers or students you see in Ireland.

ireland.man

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29929333

Looks like 'Katie' is real. Interesting. Maybe the anonymity of craigslist allowed the recruiter to vent their passive aggression to applicants.

barry181091

ireland.man wrote: »

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29929333

Looks like 'Katie' is real. Interesting. Maybe the anonymity of craigslist allowed the recruiter to vent their passive aggression to applicants.

Looks like 'Katie' is tashte, more to the point.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

http://news.kukinews.com/article/view.asp?gCode=int&arcid=0008833124&code=41131111

The Korean media's take. If there's anyone who knows more in Korean than 맥주 주세요, please do a proper translation.

EDIT: Another one, even better because of the picture.

http://www.fnnews.com/news/201411061136002553