So, Facebook’s buzzing over some idiotic opinion piece (don’t click on that link: trust me, you don’t need to read it) by one Choi Shi-yong that mostly amounts to “Korea=civilized; foreigner=uncivilized” as the theme that runs through the stream-of-consciousness drivel. There’s some particularly patronizing garbage about how sometimes they do after all… when they’re taught respect by Korean society: On the other hand, I saw a Canadian friend in a bus who has lived in Gwangju for over 10 years. He was willing to give his seat to the old lady after finding that she was standing right behind his seat. I thought that …
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The Cure for the Monday Blues…
Sometimes, reading the Korea Times is exactly like reading The Onion. This opinion piece, for example, suggests that the way to stop hating Monday mornings is simple… … don’t take weekends off. I bet his boss loves him… and wonder if anyone else in his life (wife? kids?) even recognize his face. I’ve met a number of older guys who discovered for themselves the wages of this kind of work schedule. It’s not pretty. And they never seem to pass on the lesson… or maybe younger guys just don’t listen, because they aren’t sure whether to take any advice seriously …