> After travelling from Vancouver, Canada to Gwangju, Korea, this email
> was a direct notice to MunHwa Language School school as I fled the
> scene the very next day. Didn't even get inside a classroom!:

> I wasn't about to wait for our suggested meeting on Thursday. My
> immediate exodus was prompted by the following:
> When I awoke early morning to the clatter and sounds of hammering and
> pots banging, I got up to further investigate. By now its daybreak
> and I can see
> my surroundings. I opened sliding door at living room
> to discover a market of stalls below the apt with
> garbage all over, open running ditches. Noise and overpowering urine
> smell in addition to a filthy apartment! I don't think so.

> This contract was doomed from the start. Arriving in Korea didn't get
> any better. Not being met at the airport is really inexcusable.
> Eventually being taken to apt to find my bedroom was without a light,
> as was the bathroom. The bed was without linens or towels for
> freshening up. Going shopping on arrival for essentials after a
> journey half-way 'round the world is not my idea of being welcomed to
> new country and surroundings.

> With the light of dawn I could inspect apt more thoroughly. There
> were exposed areas around piping rampant with cockroaches (inside and
> out) and mice droppings. The kitchen was encrusted in
> layered filth and the oven in a rancid disgusting state. At this
> point I decided 'I am out of
> here'; wake up the roommate with these same words.

> Adeline (roommate) said she mentioned more than once about the
> lighting (or lack of it), no linens and the cleaning
> requirements for incoming roommate.

> You not only need a co-ordinator for staff, you need to develop a
> system for your incoming/outgoing staff. You really have done more
> harm by your inefficiency and turning a blind eye to simple matters.

> Rose Lynde

My god! How long had the roommate lived under these conditions? Is it possible that SHE would have been more problematic than the digs?