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'The Best Moment to Quit Your Job'

'Hyun's Consolation'

Miss Hyun, are you studying?

You are.

Where are you applying this time?

Kangwon? Kyungnam?

Miss Hyun, are you free this evening?

No.

You always leave right after work...

- So what's the problem? - I'll be too tired.

What about this weekend?

Do you want to go fishing?

I know a good place at An-myun-do.

We could go fishing on a boat, and have sashimi. Do you know how to fish?

No.

I'll teach you. What do you say?

- Hold on. - What?

You have a girlfriend, don't you?

Does she know you're doing this?

You care about that stuff, huh?

What?

You must like me. Otherwise you wouldn't know I have a girlfriend.

I could break up with her right now.

Just say it.

Come on.

Just say it.

Come on, Miss Hyun, say it.

Look at me, please?

Can you look at me for just once?

You see.

I don't know what's happening to our school these days.

I need the teachers to help me, okay?

No matter how hard I try to maintain a good climate here.

But some people just have to go ruining it.

Personally.

I think the most important thing is to

facilitate a good study environment for the students.

That's why I let them have hot water in the winter

and don't fret about the electricity bill in the summer.

All so I can give them a good school environment.

Right.

I can't stand people that can't keep work and personal life separate.

Do you understand me?

Yes...

- Miss Jung Hyun? - Yes?

- Are you seeing Mr. Kim Dae-woon? - What?

No, that's a misunderstanding.

- He just came to me, and... - How dare you talk back to me!

You're always flirting with each other.

I'm not saying this for no reason.

That's not true, I...

When an older person is speaking, you just listen.

Isn't that what you were taught?

You're a contract teacher, Miss Jung.

You don't want there to be rumors, do you?

I'm saying this because I care about you.

This isn't going to help you become a regular teacher.

I'm sorry. I'll be more careful.

Do you think

with the parent participation program coming up

I have time for something like this?

The teachers don't wanna do it, so they make excuses

and the education bureau is breathing on my neck.

Do you...want me to do it?

Will you?

Yes, I'll make the preparations. You can count on me.

Alright, then!

You know, when I picked you for the position,

I had high expectations.

Don't let me down.

Really.

I want to see you next semester too.

I will do my best, sir.

Good.

I like that you have motivation.

You know how it is with young people these days.

They're always complaining and making excuses, and have no motivation.

Anyway...

- make it work. - Okay.

Great. You can go now.

Yes, sir.

"My girls! How about a beer tonight??"

After three months, I'll get promoted to a regular position

but I don't know if I'll survive until then.

Then you should just stay quiet even more.

And just take it?

That's how it is for newbies.

And this time, you're putting your major to use.

You've gotta just stay put and build up your career.

Right?

Of course.

And people like that? They're everywhere.

Are you gonna whine to us every time that happens?

You can't work anywhere with that attitude.

That's a little harsh.

Isn't this what friends are for?

If we can't complain to each other, where else can we?

Let's not burden each other.

Aren't you sick of talking about this all the time?

Besides, you'll get promoted in three months. What's the problem?

I'm leaving.

Now? Why?

Hyun, what's the matter?

I'm not gonna sit here with you guys and listen to how hard life is.

I'll be back.

Hyun, what's going on?

Did something happen at the school?

No. Why did you follow me?

- Let's go back in. - No.

I'm gonna go. You get back there.

Go.

It's late, so take a cab. Text me when you get home.

Okay.

No thanks.

Hi, mom.

- Hyun... - Yeah?

Can you send me 100,000 won? It's urgent...

I sent you money not too long ago.

I'm sorry. I just need it really bad...

Okay. Whatever.

What took you so long?

I was waiting for you.

Do you wanna go for a drive?

Look.

What is it? Did something happen?

Um...

Miss Hyun...

Why did you cry? Did something happen to you?

Is it something the vice principal said?

I was sad...

About what?

That you were the only person that could comfort me...

I'll open the window for you.

It's nice. Aren't you glad we came?

I envy you.

You have a car to go for a drive in.

I don't even have a license.

You can get one.

If you bring a car to school, other teachers get offended.

I don't care. Why should I care about them?

It's not because I want to.

They just make it hard not to.

I had a talk with the vice principal today.

Can you be more careful from now on?

About what?

What's so wrong with co-workers

having a close relationship?

Easy for you to say.

I've been back in Korea for years now, and there's still so much I don't get.

Seriously,

why does everyone care so much about what other people think?

You're so worried about others you miss the important things in life.

We need to teach kids to think and decide for themselves.

Not worry about other people's opinions.

You thought I was shallow, didn't you?

I actually want to found an alternative school some day.

Education is not about what it teaches.

It's about how it teaches.

That's why I can't get used to here.

Kids that age should be playing and running around outside...

Is that why your class is always so noisy?

Studying doesn't require silence.

If you don't get them to study, parents are gonna complain.

I don't get it.

My girlfriends here, too.

I always break up with them for the same reasons.

"What are we?" "What am I to you?"

"Why aren't you taking this seriously?" "Are we just friends with benefits?"

How exactly do you treat them?

If I don't consider marriage, does that make me a scumbag?

The idea of a person possessing another person...

doesn't make sense to me.

This is Korea.

Things are different here.

Yeah? How?

What's different?

How should I put it...

Why don't we give it a try?

What?

Friends with benefits.

'Yeonji's Letter'

What?

It's three o'clock. Wake up.

I'm gonna sleep.

Doesn't your waist hurt when you sleep all day?

Let me sleep some more.

Okay...

Why not just sleep until morning?

I'm hungry...

Let's eat something.

This is good.

Weekend's already over...

I don't feel like I did anything...

Back to work again.

I don't want to go.

I wish there was a fire at work.

Part-time jobs aren't so bad, right?

Is this what you wanted?

Do you like going to work?

Should I just jump from up here?

I want to be in the hospital for just one month.

I worked so hard just so I could get a job...

but why am I so overwhelmed about going to work?

Are you that scared of your boss?

Are you? Are you?

I really hope she had a good weekend...

I wonder how long you'll survive...

"To Deputy Lim Seonhee"

What you doing?

Are you seriously writing your boss a letter?

Yeah, I'm sure she'll look at that

and feel sorry about what she did.

I don't expect her to.

I just want her to know I'm trying.

You should tell her in person.

I can't do that.

How do you work with someone you can't even talk to?

And you're the only two people in the office.

If you're not gonna help, go away.

Just be brave, and try to have a conversation with her.

If you give her a letter, she'll just laugh at you.

You're not in elementary school.

Did you hear from Hyun?

No apology, after all that?

Why? Did she do something wrong?

She had a good point.

I give up.

You do your thing.

I'm going to sleep.

"I'm sorry about Friday..."

Good morning, Miss Hyun!

Good morning, guys.

Come on, we'll be late.

No, we won't.

I'm gonna go ahead.

Wait for me. We won't be late.

What?

Nothing.

Let's go!

Can I have an iced Americano?

Good morning.

Hi.

Did you check the invoice?

I was just about to do that...

Miss Yeonji.

You're really difficult to work with, you know?

Sorry?

If you want to quit, just say it.

I really don't care.

This goddamn bastard...

He ignored my text?

Jungjin Industry.

Hana Academy?

Okay, we'll make the change.

Yes, okay.

Yes, we'll go with that, then.

Bye.

Hello?

Yes, manager.

The deputy?

Hold on.

Deputy, the manager wants to talk to you.

Can't he just talk to you?

Yes.

Release?

Today or tomorrow?

How can I make the items when I don't even have the prints?

I can't do it.

You know I can't do it

What?

I said I can't do it! What the heck do you want?!

This is so annoying...

Jerk...

Scumbag must have cheated on me...

I'm too good for him.

I am.

Don't you agree, Miss Yeonji?

Sorry?

I'm too good for him, right?! Say it! Now!

Yes...

You're too good for him...

Yeah, it's true.

I don't know. The whole thing is so frustrating.

I'm just really annoyed today.

Yeah, let's meet up.

Huh?

There is one.

I don't know, she can quit if she wants.

One of those slow ones that don't understand anything...

Okay.

Bye.

I cannot pull off makeup with these swollen eyes...

Are you almost done, Miss Yeonji?

I still have a lot left...

Try getting things done in advance.

You're way too slow...

Right...

Just wrap it up.

Deputy!

Yes?

What?

What is it?

You have something to say?

Can you get the ball?

Yeon-woo!

Hurry up.

Hurry up, we're late.

We're not. Slow down.

Dad's gonna be mad at me because of you.

We should get a cab.

Why? We won't be late if we take the bus.

Mom?

I'm with Yeon-woo right now.

We won't be late, we got a cab.

Okay, we'll be there soon.

Okay.

Idiot...

"Yeonji..."

"You're not answering your phone, so I'm leaving a message."

"I haven't seen you in over three years."

"You're doing well, I assume?"

"I'm doing well."

"So is Yeon-woo."

"Your dad has high blood pressure, so he frequents the hospital..."

"He's an old man now."

"Sweetie..."

"Let me at least hear your voice."

"Please call me."

- Hey! - Hey.

- Namhee... - Yeah?

- I... - You know what?

I quit my job.

- What? - For real.

I just quit and walked out.

'Namhee's Dream'

"It rained the day you quit working at the café, too, Damin."

"Yeah, it did."

"I had a hard time going home 'cause of the rain."

"I got sick after you quit."

"Why?"

"Because I liked you."

My wallet!

You still here, Miss Hyunjung?

Yeah, I had work to do.

Why did you come back?

I forgot something.

Don't you think you're working too hard?

You've only been here a few days.

Have a good night.

- Hey. - Hey, guys.

Do you see that?

She won't even know if we buy something.

What do you mean?

Let's go.

Here you go.

500 won, please.

Is this how you treat your customers?

I'm right here and you don't even look.

That's right!

- Why would you do that? - When is your shift over?

- Two more hours. - Call us when you're done.

We're gonna be out until late. It's Friday.

Okay. Just go ahead.

Let's go.

500 won, please!

This is so much better.

How could you ask me to change the main design?

No, look.

This is so much more sophisticated.

It's chic. Makes you want to buy it.

Then you should've told me when I was working on the draft.

All week long.

I did nothing but work because of the update.

And now this?

You're not gonna do it?

What about you, Miss Hyunjung?

You can do it, right?

Yes, I can.

See? She can do it.

You have no love for this company. That's your problem.

Miss Hyunjung, this is good, but...

I think this should be thinner...

Miss Hyunjung.

I think it's good that you're passionate about this

and that you work really hard

but is this really necessary?

The current concept we have isn't so bad.

But it'll be even better if we change it.

You know we're busy, right?

The update's due tomorrow

so we just have one day!

But there's still time, right?

- You really... - Know how to make work?

I know.

That's why I had to quit my last job.

What?

My colleagues hated me

not because I didn't work

but because I worked too hard.

I'm done!

Already? You get to go home early.

I even skipped bathroom so I could leave right away.

Maybe I worked too hard. My eyes are about to pop out.

How about you, Miss Hyunjung? It's almost time to go.

I still have some left.

Should've just gone with the first one...

Bye.

- Namhee, you leaving? - Yes.

And Miss Hyunjung's still working?

Are you giving her a hard time 'cause she's new?

Scary, right?

Wow.

We do exactly half and half here.

I'm a little slow.

I just want everything to be perfect.

So it takes some time.

Perfect is good.

You're really good at layering, Miss Hyunjung.

A letter? That's cringey.

It could work.

A letter...

Just trust me on this, Yeonji.

No, you guys.

Don't work too hard.

Don't work so hard that you get sick.

There's a weirdo at my work.

She's a crazy workaholic.

It's too much.

It's too much any way you look at it.

That's good, right?

I always do all the work by myself.

She makes me seem lazy, though.

She's new, so she's overdoing it.

- To make a good impression. - No.

What's wrong with doing just what we're paid for?

They always demand we do more.

If we do just enough, they say we lack passion and motivation.

That's a joke. Then they should pay us more!

I do it just for the money anyway.

So I'm only gonna do my pay's worth.

Passion, my ass!

That's mine.

I'll drop by with some food, okay?

Okay?

Keep your shoulders up straight.

- Okay. - Straight!

I'm gonna go.

- Bye, guys. - Bye.

I envy Hye-young.

Because she says everything she wants to?

That's one reason...

She does what she likes.

When she dropped out of college saying she wanted to be a baker...

I was really worried.

That was so out of the blue.

So is Hye-young happy, then?

If she does what she wants to...

she should be.

What are you doing?

- Let's go. - Huh? Okay.

Huh?

What the...

When did you update this?

And why did you change the design?

I changed it and updated it.

Miss Hyunjung.

You need my final confirmation for an update.

You can't just do as you please.

I got confirmation from the president...

President!

Yes, Namhee.

You know final confirmation is my job, right?

You should have told me beforehand.

Did you even think about that?

You work together. Who cares who does the update?

Why is that a concern for you?

Did you say who cares?

Are you saying all my work so far was a waste?

Don't be an amateur. This isn't the first time something fell through, is it?

Also...

you'd better work harder, or you'll get replaced.

All you care about is going home.

Miss Hyunjung.

Will you take it down a notch?

I'm sorry I didn't tell you.

- But... - You're not the only one that works here.

Do you really want to stand out that much?

I've heard that before.

What?

I'm not doing this to curry favor with the president

or to give you a hard time.

Miss Namhee.

I want to have my own online shopping mall.

It's been my dream for three years since I got into this field.

I want to give everything my best for my dreams.

I'm sorry about what happened.

Yes.

You should be sorry.

If I'm making you uncomfortable, I can go somewhere else.

You can apologize to me, but don't apologize for your dreams.

You can't do that.

Sorry?

This is why you quit your job...

The people you worked with were jerks.

You know what?

I quit my job.

What?

For real!

I just quit and walked out.

Why so suddenly?

Why? What happened?

There's no why.

I'm gonna make a webtoon.

I've always wanted to do it.

I feel like I can't put it off anymore, so I'm starting now.

What about money?

I'll be working for an online shopping mall.

At least I won't starve to death.

And I'll keep paying half the rent. Don't worry.

What about you?

Did you give the letter?

I knew it.

I told you it was a waste of time.

Just quit, like me.

You'll manage somehow.

We only get this one life.

YOLO, you know?

I told her in person.

What?

Just like you said...

I told her face to face.

Deputy!

Yes?

What?

You have something to say?

Are you going to quit?

Okay.

- I'll tell the president... - Deputy.

What...

do you not like about me?

What?

If you tell me, I'll fix it.

And I'll try to be better at my job.

I...

I'm not quitting this job.

I'm going to get a regular position here.

You can't complain about having no help now, can you?

If you did your job right, you wouldn't have to apologize!

How much should I sacrifice today...

for the happiness of tomorrow?

What's wrong? We had a good time that day.

If things had been fine at work, would we still be together?

Why is it so hard for you to understand me?

The only way to get through to her is to praise her.

That's how this world works.