Quote from: Chinguetti on April 11, 2019, 10:41:07 amSo after I put in the request, he calls me about a minute later, wanting to know where I want to go. It's, like, right there on the map.There's your problem. XX학교 가jew say yo 어디? Hmmmmm, xx동 성당 알았어요? Hmmmmmmm, 아니. 어디? 내비개션 있어요? (We all know they do, it's right bloody there on his phone AND the car) 네. 그러니까................... ...................
So after I put in the request, he calls me about a minute later, wanting to know where I want to go. It's, like, right there on the map.
Quote from: OnNut81 on April 11, 2019, 09:23:07 amI think basedcowboy knows most people don't have a naver account. It's just his passive aggressive way of trying to be condescending. I've been here years and don't have one, don't know a single person that has one, and have no intention of getting one. I get along just fine. And don't give him an in to start going off on his various credit card points and benefits. People can just search the topic instead of listening to him try and gloat about saving 30k a month whenever he can sashay the topic over to his cc benefits scheming. agree 100% and have thought this about him for a long time. he takes takes passive aggressive shots at people and tries to disguise it as advice and a majority of the time he comes off as extremely condescending. and the whole #based garbage and trying too hard to be funny/quirky #lifehacks and #sugar #is #literally #poison stuff is just so..autistic? i'm 34 and I've been here the same amount of time as him, so i assume we're similar in age. It is beyond my DNA to act that cringy. maybe i don't understand the art of trolling or shit-posting, but cowboy is the online embodiment of why a lot of people think english teachers are weirdos or neckbeards.
I think basedcowboy knows most people don't have a naver account. It's just his passive aggressive way of trying to be condescending. I've been here years and don't have one, don't know a single person that has one, and have no intention of getting one. I get along just fine. And don't give him an in to start going off on his various credit card points and benefits. People can just search the topic instead of listening to him try and gloat about saving 30k a month whenever he can sashay the topic over to his cc benefits scheming.
On the Kakaotaxi stuff...crucial detail; how good is your Korean? Remember even if you think your pronunciation is good, to a local it probably sounds like the equivalent "Me go ghkdiuhgbg station, yes?" The sad reality of trying to speak Korean
Quote from: Kayos on April 11, 2019, 10:21:39 amQuote from: Chinguetti on April 11, 2019, 10:07:28 amLeft my first bad review for a Kakao Taxi driver. **** that guy. What'd he do?So after I put in the request, he calls me about a minute later, wanting to know where I want to go. It's, like, right there on the map. But okay, I think maybe he has a problem seeing small print or whatever, so I tell him the closest well-known landmark to my school. Then he asks me where I'm at, so I tell him, and he gets confused, even after I refer to a well-known landmark near my home, and he starts getting frustrated and short with me. So I start getting pissy with him, too, and tell him to use the ****** GPS he has right in front of him, and he backs down and says he'll pick me up soon, like he suddenly understands where I'm located and it isn't a problem anymore. So he arrives in less than a minute, and this ****** starts driving as slowly as possible, but he speeds up a little when he notices me looking to see if there was anything in his way. Then he started changing lanes into slower traffic. This was the last straw for me and I told him to stop. He refuses to do so at first, and it wasn't until I ****** raised my voice at him that he finally pulls over. Then he waited for the meter to run up another 100 won before he charged my card. Like he was literally moving slow motion while keeping his eyes on the meter, just waiting for it to roll over. I didn't say anything but once he gave me my card back I threw a 100 won coin at him and told him I didn't need it as badly as he did, then found myself another cab. I ended up around ten minutes late to work because of this guy. I should have just canceled the request after I got that phone call but I was running late. Ended up just wasting even more time because the guy was an absolute dick.
Quote from: Chinguetti on April 11, 2019, 10:07:28 amLeft my first bad review for a Kakao Taxi driver. **** that guy. What'd he do?
Left my first bad review for a Kakao Taxi driver. **** that guy.
Quote from: alexisalex on April 11, 2019, 12:15:06 pmOn the Kakaotaxi stuff...crucial detail; how good is your Korean? Remember even if you think your pronunciation is good, to a local it probably sounds like the equivalent "Me go ghkdiuhgbg station, yes?" The sad reality of trying to speak Korean My Korean is so-so, but my pronunciation is on point, at least for all of the major things. The driver even repeated what I told him, so there was no misunderstanding there. He was just being a dick and pretending the address and landmark I gave him didn't exist, but ignoring that and everything else the driver tried to do after the fact, he still has the Kakao app and GPS telling him exactly where he needs to go. I'm still really irritated about it, and I'm about to have one of my worst classes, lol.
Korean English teacher has been chewing a grade 1 (middle school) class out for the last 20+ minutes, shouting and screeching and a hollerin' and all sorts. It was funny (and impressive) at first but now I'm just wishing she'd give it a rest, jeez.
Quote from: Datasapien on April 11, 2019, 01:30:38 pmKorean English teacher has been chewing a grade 1 (middle school) class out for the last 20+ minutes, shouting and screeching and a hollerin' and all sorts. It was funny (and impressive) at first but now I'm just wishing she'd give it a rest, jeez.Wish my co-teachers had this tendency. Students rule the roost here, and they know it.
What I'm trying to say is, get your license and get a car.
Wish my co-teachers had this tendency. Students rule the roost here, and they know it.
Wat a dick (taxi driver), sorry to hear that.Yesterday, when I took a taxi to work, I almost fell asleep and the taxi driver gave me a free chocopie and vitamin drink haha.He knows where I'm going, as I have to take his taxi most wednesdays, as long as I'm going to my travel school.
Quote from: theman3285 on April 11, 2019, 01:35:51 pmQuote from: Datasapien on April 11, 2019, 01:30:38 pmKorean English teacher has been chewing a grade 1 (middle school) class out for the last 20+ minutes, shouting and screeching and a hollerin' and all sorts. It was funny (and impressive) at first but now I'm just wishing she'd give it a rest, jeez.Wish my co-teachers had this tendency. Students rule the roost here, and they know it. At one of my travel schools they do too.My co-T chewed out a bunch of boys for being late to class, and punished them for about 5 - 10 mins (once class had started), and they came into the classroom laughing afterwards. In the same class, only 3 / 20 students pay attention and try to do anything. I have no issues with my other classes too. :\Soccer students though, they listen to no one. :\
Been doing this stupid teaching job for several years, I hate that I'm back and have to be told exactly how to run my classes. my co-teachers stop me in the middle of the class and tell me, you should do this, you should do that. while another teacher showed me how she runs her class, and then asks me if i can do it. I said I'd try, but I have my own style too which doesn't involve 20 minutes of drills. that is literally all they do in regular classes, is memorize a script and then read it about 20 times (not exaggerating) in every class, until they reach 100 times and then they get a sticker. I ask them simple questions which they can't answer or understand because it'snot on their script. When I try to deviate from how the teacher does things, she stops me and says that's too difficult and do it her way instead....