I'm proud of British food and I too get sick!
I’m not particularly patriotic but sometimes being in a foreign country for a long time makes your pride come out. I’m proud that being a modern Brit means that’s I am aware of different cultures. Unlike some Koreans I have got to know or more precisely being obliged to get to know. What has started my “I’m so cultured” rant? Well, food! This person pissed me off to fuck!
Yum!! Steak and kidney pie, chips, mushy peas and gravy!! Lovely!
It started when I was explaining that “restaurant” is originally a French word and me showing my students my rusty French pronunciation which gives them a vital cultural awareness which is one of the main reasons why we “foreign” teachers get jobs in Korea. Anyway a certain other non- student (look no names) had a conversation with the students in Korean while I was left standing there trying to figure out what exactly what going on. May I emphasise that one of the main reason why we foreigners are hired in Korean is to give the students a POSITIVE impression of other cultures.
So when I saw the students gasp, look embarrassed and then look at me with their adorable sorry face I wondered what had just been said. Thankfully this other non-student has no tact and just repeated what had been said in English which went something like this:
Non-student : “France food is the best yes?”
Me: “one of the best “
Non -student: “Yes the best and I told them that England is the worse! Hahahahahaha!”
Me: “No! not true!”
Non-student: “Yes, it’s the worse I know!”
Me: “You’re being mean, students don’t listen!”
Now, I’m fully aware that British food has a bad reputation but ask yourself non-Brits… what British food have you actually eaten?… and for my non-Brit friends who have experienced PROPER British food and not just fish and chips, I think you’ll find that they love it! So fuck you that nob who thinks they have the right to comment on my country just coz they went to London for 4 days! Fuck you! You don’t know shit! Not once have I said I hate Korean food not even when live octopus and seaworm has been put in front of me or when (tonight) I was pressured to eat boiled octopus heads!!!
AND!!! Not just that! Not 20 minutes later…
All day I’ve been feeling like shit and getting worse and worse so when that same person says…
“Oh you feel sick?”
Me: “Yes.”
That same person: “do you have a fever?” – Checks my forehead - “oh no! No fever!”
Me: “Yes but I feel terrible and my voice has almost gone…” eyes roll…
That same person: “What do you call someone who thinks their sick all the time …?”
Me: “A hypochondriac?”
That same person: “Yes that’s you”
Aghhhh – Ever felt like putting someone’s face through a car window? I have.
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