Inflation in South Korea

I’m joking, sort of. Yesterday I sat in the staff meeting at my co-teacher told me what was going on (probably because it had to deal with my money). We were all going to dinner the next day. She asked me if I had 20,000 won (about $20) for my share. Now I am accustomed to paying for the dinner gatherings. My former co-teacher told me that I had to pay 10,000 won a month for these special trips. I guess that I’m cheap, because I complained about that. What if I didn’t want to go? What if I didn’t like the food? I grinned an bore it. I actually had a good time, and got some great footage of the moving squid that is eating alive.

First, my co-teacher tells me that I didn’t have to pay if I didn’t want to go. Then she found out that’s incorrect. I have to pay the fee whether I go or not. The fee is double from what I’ve paid since August. Now that’s some serious inflation. I didn’t get a clear answer of why we are now paying double. I think that the staff size is about the same. She said the the fee will fluctuate and will not be the same every month. Some months, I’ll pay less than others. So we’ll see.

In previous months the gatherings were sometimes during the day, but now we are meeting after school. I was able to leave early if I didn’t choose to go to the gathering. After we eat, people usually go to the noribang (singing room) or to drink soju. If I’m feeling like it, I may check out the noribang. Actually, I think that I did go to the singing room with them once! I really can’t remember. It must not have made that much of an impression on me. Oh well, I’m glad that we are having barbecue.

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