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Anonymous
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There's a vast gap between 'hanging with other foreigners for a few hours once a week' and "Coming to work late, cutting out early, making no attempt to speak to the staff at your school, driving 30 minutes to a supermarket so you don't have to be engaged in conversation with employees at the small store in your town and hanging with other foreigners except when you absolutely have to'. Most of the people who do this seem to go home and rave about how they loved their small town, how charming it was, and how they really think they fit in and made a difference.
And 'venting' doesn't take multiple hours, booze, and a group every weekend. Whining does. You call someone at home and bitch about an idiot at work? Venting. You get sloshed with 6 other people and walk around a city yelling, acting like idiots, and making racial stereotype jokes, then strike a cold, arrogant tone the next day when talking about how the 'racist police' were hassling you? You're a whiner. Go the fuck home, I'll take my chances with your replacement.
And yes, both of those are based in ALTs I know.
>>20744 Please don't be an ALT who ignores his actual job for his own pursuits. That is so hella lame.
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