Chase ([info]angryhaiku) wrote,
@ 2008-05-07 20:35:00
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Current mood:Not resentful, that's for sure
Current music:Inner City Pressure -- Conchords

Argh argh argh argh ARGH!
So, I was supposed to have a holiday today and Friday. Past tense! My president has decided that it is important that I come to work on those days (even though I have no class and nothing to prep for) and sit in my classroom with my thumb up my ass. They decided to let me know today. And when I say "decided to let me know," I mean the president told the vice-president, who told my co-teacher, who told me in the form of a positive. "Now you don't have to use one of your vacation days!" Not that I would have been using a vacation day for a day off, anyway.

So the whole school has a holiday, but if I want to not come in I have to use a vacation day. And, worse, my poor co-teacher has been dragooned into going to work also, presumably because I can't be trusted sitting in the school by myself. Who knows, I might invent violent crime or pornography! Or say something bad about kimchi! But because her computer is eight inches from my computer, now I can't spend the day reading the Wonkette and doing my Sekret Second Job; I have to make it look like I'm working.

It's lame. I'm trying to be sanguine about it. And I'm trying to make sure my co-teacher doesn't hate me by bringing in donuts.




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[info]teamkaren
2008-05-08 12:23 am UTC (link)
How long is your Korea gig? Is it open ended or a one-year type thing? How long until you do the American thing and resort to violence? I ask because regarding my workplace demeanor I'm normally very easygoing, but I wage personal Jihad against anyone who dares to fuck with my vacation time or days off.

Anyway, donuts are good at least, and remember to wash your thumb before typing. (And if you do happen to invent pornography and need someone to look it over for you...)

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[info]angryhaiku
2008-05-08 08:40 am UTC (link)
I've signed a one year contract, but if they keep the assholery down to an absolute minimum, I'll probably renew for another year.

This is just the way it works in Korea. If your boss says "jump," you knock yourself unconscious by slamming your head against the ceiling.

Haha, by the time I've invented crude nudie cave paintings, you'll have already invented the Internet and literotica.com. Not all Westerners invented porno: Just our most talented.

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