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

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  • #2
    The Diabolical Monocle
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    Lol


  • #3
    Birneybau
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    Pretty heavy drinkers themselves.


  • #4
    Hande hoche!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,967 ✭✭✭Hande hoche!


    She should try best Korea.


  • #5
    Fr_Dougal
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    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 :confused:

    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.


  • #6
    Lucy and Harry
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    Dear leader loved alcohol and food.Juche Spirit.


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  • #7
    The Diabolical Monocle
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    Yeah well at least the north of our country isn't....yeah..well...no....


  • #8
    The Backwards Man
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    Sure even the dogs in the street know to avoid Korea! :p

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


  • #9
    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 6,006 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


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


  • #10
    ceadaoin.
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    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.


  • #11
    My name is URL
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    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


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  • #12
    solomafioso
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    Breaking News getting their stories from reddit again?

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


  • #13
    the evasion_kid
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    "South Koreans drink 13.7 shots of liquor per week on average"

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


  • #14
    razorblunt
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    Screw you Jackie Chan!


  • #15
    RobbingBandit
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    In before at least we don't eat dogs.


  • #16
    Cantremember
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    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!


  • #17
    Yurt2
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    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.


  • #18
    Hande hoche!
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    RobbingBandit wrote: »
    In before at least we don't eat dogs.

    Too late...


  • #19
    rawn
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    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.


  • #20
    the evasion_kid
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    Sums it up


  • #21
    solomafioso
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    razorblunt wrote: »
    Screw you Jackie Chan!

    The f*ck?


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  • #22
    The_Valeyard
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    I hear the advert was on craigslist.


    Why would anyone trust craigslist?


  • #23
    Davarus Walrus
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    Koreans get monumentally pissed. Collapsing in the street and pissing their trousers drunk.


  • #24
    LoganRice
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    south korea?


  • #25
    Strong Life in Dublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 487 ✭✭Strong Life in Dublin


    What? Koreans would drink as much as us


  • #26
    Micky Dolenz
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    Harsh but fair.

    Who fancies a pint?


  • #27
    Riddle101
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    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.


  • #28
    Pat Mustard
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    The email address shown in the article was as fake as a three euro note.


  • #29
    Duffy the Vampire Slayer
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    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.


  • #30
    worded
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    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 .....


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  • #31
    wp_rathead
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    *sniff sniff*
    Smells like bullsh!t to me


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