Cycle 14 – Item 208

1 (Tue) August 2023

Tongdak

2.5

at JJ Beer

-Daechi, Gangnam, Seoul, Republic of Korea-

with W

JJ Beer is a Korean pub.

I quit my job today.  Increasingly frequent and bitter spats with my mother at work – who’s technically my superior but really just a nagging parent – have been threatening to tear apart my filial relationship with her, which had always been strong.   I have never been so profoundly/painfully stressed due to my job, because the stress is so fundamentally personal this time.  It began on Day One, but started to accelerate/escalate over the past year.  In the wake of our prior altercation, perhaps a week ago, I’d sworn that the next one would be the last.  The next one came this morning.  I immediately went into the office of The Boss (my father) and resigned, effective immediately.  He told me to think it over.  I replied that this was the result of me already thinking it over for 6 months.  And that was that.

Now what do I do?

Previously, W had scheduled an appointment with a financial advisor for this afternoon to assess our family asset portfolio.  Given what had just happened, I wasn’t in any condition to sit in on such a discussion, so I parked myself in a nearby pub and drank until she was done.

(See also BOOZE)

(See also HANSIK)

(See also RESTAURANTS IN KOREA)