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MightyAtom
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
Korea (South)1897 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-11 16:49:48
August 25 2010 13:28 GMT
#1


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zatic
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Zurich15358 Posts
August 25 2010 13:53 GMT
#2
Fuck why are there no jobs as professional drinking consultants over here. I'd be gosu.
ModeratorI know Teamliquid is known as a massive building
EtherealDeath
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States8366 Posts
August 25 2010 14:29 GMT
#3
Holy shit guess alcohol tolerance is a good thing. Also lol @ eager Americans but reluctant Dutch
MightyAtom
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
Korea (South)1897 Posts
August 25 2010 14:43 GMT
#4
In Korea during a job interview, they usually ask you how much soju you can drink before you are drunk and if you can't drink you'll likely never be upper management in Korea cause you'll never get any clients. Its a tough life ^^
@ Zatic, its good for the first week, ONLY... =(
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Zona
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
40426 Posts
August 25 2010 14:43 GMT
#5
Interesting stories, share more if you don't mind.

I don't think I'd ever be a point person for a business deal, though...
"If you try responding to those absurd posts every day, you become more damaged. So I pay no attention to them at all." Jung Myung Hoon (aka Fantasy), as translated by Kimoleon
Greg_J
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
China4409 Posts
August 25 2010 16:18 GMT
#6
When I first got here I was taken on a 'teachers trip' and we visited a more western style karaoke room with a crowd and other people than the traditional norabang. I was amazed at how drunk the korean male teachers got and then secondly that they where up so early the next day for breakfast and unbelievably (to me) drinking again at like 8.00 (they where recked like 4 hours earlier i was sure of it). I had a horrible hang over all day and felt like crap and I know I drunk less than them.

Every other week the principle comes out drinking with us and gets the foreign teachers trashed. I don't like to generalise and make stereotypes but I can't believe how much Koreans can drink its ridiculous.

I'm a bit of a light weight but happily get unnecessarily trashed all the time. I'm glad getting unnecessarily trashed all the time seems to be a good thing here.

unrelated soju story. My friend from America downed a bottle very impressively without much fuss and seemed pretty fine for about 30 minutes or so then just literally face palmed the table and was gone for the night, hilarious as fuck.
Tazza
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Korea (South)1678 Posts
August 25 2010 16:27 GMT
#7
Man, you're job is so cool. I'd love to have a job like that if the pay was good
YoonHo
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Canada1043 Posts
August 25 2010 16:37 GMT
#8
Haha, I read this last night when you updated it on your site. I thought it was fascinating. Just knowing how things are in Korea is so interesting to me.
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Nyovne
Profile Joined March 2006
Netherlands19137 Posts
August 25 2010 17:33 GMT
#9
Good read, thanks XD.
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blankspace
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States292 Posts
August 25 2010 17:41 GMT
#10
really interesting and entertaining read, thanks.
Hello friends
Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary25991 Posts
August 25 2010 17:42 GMT
#11
On August 25 2010 22:53 zatic wrote:
Fuck why are there no jobs as professional drinking consultants over here. I'd be gosu.

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cyberspace
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada955 Posts
August 25 2010 17:42 GMT
#12
All your blogs are really interesting reads, thanks for them!
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Rekrul
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Korea (South)17174 Posts
August 25 2010 17:47 GMT
#13
i really should get into business in korea

i could close any deal so easily
why so 진지해?
TommyGG
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States142 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-25 18:13:56
August 25 2010 18:13 GMT
#14
Awesome read.

I have spent a few summers in China as a university student and have experienced this on a much smaller scale. These last few months I have had many dinners and nights out with contacts from various companies that I will use to pursue internships in the future. Of course there are no deals being made over the course of the night, but it is great exposure in developing and maintaining professional relationships. I had the honor of being taken out to a Japanese "special" message at some super nice spa after a night of drinking at some nice nightclubs and it was a great bonding experience with these guys.
news
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
892 Posts
August 25 2010 18:41 GMT
#15
WOW this is crazy good read. Thumbs up, I think many people would kill to have your job.
"Althought it sounds sexism, and probably is, given the right context, we cannot classify the statement itself as a sexist statement by itself," - evanthebouncy!
MightyAtom
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
Korea (South)1897 Posts
August 25 2010 19:01 GMT
#16
Thanks for the comments guys! I posted another one up, but the drinking is out of control in Korea for sure. As far as my job goes, guys trust me, of course it was a great job, but when you're 35 now and been drinking like that for years, I'd like to see my son grow up to at least 10. keke ^^
Add me to your facebook if you have it and visit any time in Korea, we'll go out for drinks LOL. You can ask the kiddies at the last TL Seoul meet up if we had enough to drink that night. kaka.!

And Rek, you can drink for me anytime, ANYTIME!
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MightyAtom
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
Korea (South)1897 Posts
August 25 2010 19:06 GMT
#17
On August 26 2010 01:18 Greg_J wrote:
When I first got here I was taken on a 'teachers trip' and we visited a more western style karaoke room with a crowd and other people than the traditional norabang. I was amazed at how drunk the korean male teachers got and then secondly that they where up so early the next day for breakfast and unbelievably (to me) drinking again at like 8.00 (they where recked like 4 hours earlier i was sure of it). I had a horrible hang over all day and felt like crap and I know I drunk less than them.

Every other week the principle comes out drinking with us and gets the foreign teachers trashed. I don't like to generalise and make stereotypes but I can't believe how much Koreans can drink its ridiculous.

I'm a bit of a light weight but happily get unnecessarily trashed all the time. I'm glad getting unnecessarily trashed all the time seems to be a good thing here.

unrelated soju story. My friend from America downed a bottle very impressively without much fuss and seemed pretty fine for about 30 minutes or so then just literally face palmed the table and was gone for the night, hilarious as fuck.


That soju story is very familiar because it seems so weak, but what people don't realize is that you drink so quickly at times, but also, in Korea you start drinking so early. keke

Drink the dawn 888 before you go out drinking, it will give you at least 4 more shots of soju capacity keke.
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mel_ee
Profile Blog Joined August 2003
2448 Posts
August 25 2010 22:42 GMT
#18
haha sounds like you got a sick job.
btw
what is this magic dawn 888??
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Rekrul
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Korea (South)17174 Posts
August 25 2010 23:29 GMT
#19
lol that dawn 888 is such bs
why so 진지해?
Quesadilla
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States1814 Posts
August 26 2010 03:33 GMT
#20
I can only imagine what M&A is like here... probably this on steroids.
Make a lot of friends. Wear good clothes. Drink good beer. Love a nice girl.
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