‘Irish alcoholism nature’ reason for job rejection for Irish teacher in South Korea

BBC News Northern Ireland ^ | 6 November 2014 | Last updated at 05:31 ET | Ciarán McCauley

[erkelly]

God created whiskey so the Irish would not rule the world.

[PoloSec]

About 20 years ago I applied for job at the city water department, I had recently retired from the Army, and was all dressed up the way I was taught in suit and tie, I had experience with water purification and all sorts of water pumps, I was rejected, but one thing stuck in my head about the interview, the interviewer told me “you look like a lawyer”.

[Little Pig]

Since social drinking is an integral part of that culture, maybe they’re just afraid of getting shown up?

[dfwgator]

‘Irish alcoholism nature’ reason for job rejection for Irish teacher in South Korea

Why do Koreans need to learn Irish?

[driftdiver]

“South Korea pretty much celebrates drunkeness”

Perhaps around US Military bases.

Otherwise South Koreans aren’t any different than Americans.

[LambSlave]

Pot, kettle, black. Soju anyone?

[GeronL]

I should have made it clearer. They certainly seem to celebrate it in their media.

[Olog-hai]

They need the old Gaelic songs to go along with their soju-drinking.

[ArtDodger]

yeah, eat enough kimchee and no one can tell how much you drink. Plus, their garlic intake is off the scales.

[LambSlave]

Yes, if the stories about their youth passing out in the streets due to overindulgence in soju aren’t exaggerating.

They are not, and it's not just the youth. I once walked past a corpse frozen to death in the street one early morning on my way to work In Daegu-- a few too many during a nasty cold snap.

[Mr. Jeeves]

South Korea is really struggling with the concept of political correctness.

Thank God somebody is... :)

[BerryDingle]

Indeed so. For only the USA has problems with racism and bigotry after all . . . the rest of the world is utterly guiltless in that regard, right?

It took Coca-Cola over 60 years to become accepted in Japan. Although it's presence was tolerated, people simply wouldn't buy it.

[GeronL]

South Koreans seem to love adopting foreign stuff

[dfwgator]

The Japanese as well.

Scotland loses out as Japanese whisky named best in the world

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/11204872/Scotland-loses-out-as-Japanese-whisky-named-best-in-the-world.html

[Ouchthatonehurt]

[adaven]

I worked for a very large Korean semiconductor firm for two years.

I have never seen a bigger group of drunks in my life. My Korean co-workers would work for 12 hours, then drink heavily after work for another 4+ hours - every. single. day. And boy did they love their cigarettes!

I was young then and I could certainly “party”. But if I kept up with them I would have been dead in a week.

[Dr. Ursus]

This from a country of Spam eaters!

[wardaddy]

In Ireland they do drink a lot

[GeronL]

I like SPAM too

Yes, they even sell SPAM gift sets in SK. I understand that a good gift for visiting people would be a watermelon or a fruit basket, probably because fruit can be pretty expensive in that country. If a newly married couple gets an apartment an appropriate housewarming gift would be large containers of laundry soap or such.

Useful, for sure.

[GeronL]

bump

Suntory, right?

/s