We hadnt been formally told about the events on Halloween until this Wednesday... quite amazing seen as though the children knew, the parents knew and there was even a poster put up in the foyer advertising it. In any case they dropped the amazing "sleepover" idea in favour of a big party in GS Square on the top floor. Its a big events area, and is probably likely to net this woman some extra advertising and maybe some new kids but who knows. If anything it will show the parents the lengths the school is going for the kids, which in turn will be good word of mouth to their friends.
Good idea you might think, and I somewhat agree, but the best part is yet to come.... ;)
Given that the thing goes on until after teaching hours we were a little pissed. We even had to order costumes for it and weve all been allocated roles to do. Im in charge of an Arts and Crafts event, Michaels doing "Balls Eyes", which we can only assume is a piece of Engrish for Bullseye and Hayley and Richard have something to do with fish and cotton candy.
So we ordered costumes.. Mike and I are gothing it up, which should be pretty funny, but in the meeting we flick through to find a piece of paper with costs on. We all knew what was coming!
Mrs. Lee must think shes spent enough, and aparently had allocated us 10,000 won each for our costumes (thats about 5GBP) so Kim squirmed when she said she wanted us to make the difference up OUT OF OUR OWN POCKET NO LESS! Our jaws just dropped....
In any case we stood our ground - "If you want to put on this little show then she has to pay for our costumes, its not our decision to do this crap" was our theme. Kim said she would tell her, but we think she will pay the difference herself not to cause too many waves (the stupid bitch has already told Kim that shes too lenient with us... i mean WTF!!). We feel kind of bad that she'd do this, but at the end of the day thats her choice, we all know who should be paying.
The amazing this is the difference per costume is about 10-20,000 won. We were even told to pick a costume without telling us there was a budget, or saying about this crap until after they were ordered! The best part was the breakdown of the costs for the event prior to the page with this costume bollocks on - it was the equivalent of a picture of a puppy with big eyes, meant to cause the reaction of "ooh theyve spent so much money on this"... but if anything it made this seem even more petty.
This place amazes me by the day... its not a matter of money; I spend 10,000 won on 2 drinks in the UK, its just the principle (or is that Principal, Wonderland... lol.. inside joke!). I'd rather smoke a bunch of 1000 won notes in front of this woman than help her make up the difference in her promotional events! Its beyond the straw that broke the camels back and Im counting the days now!
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In other news weve had a few problems with flights. Apparently you cant book flights the way we wanted to do it - the cheapest flight was a return flight for 420GBP, starting at Manchester first, which is what the problem is. If we dont show for that starting flight, we wouldnt have a place on the return flight, which is the only part we want any way.... and a one way ticket out of this stupid place is nearly twice as much as a return, or 550GBP for the same deal on a return but starting the journey at Seoul. Absolute bollocks, huh?!
So our dates have yet again changed and we have another plan. I will be able to hopefully confirm that on Saturday, so fingers crossed!!!!
ps. Excuse my spelling and poor English... Im having one of those days and Im sooo tired!!
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