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3 차.

In the Korean culture of professionalism, it is important to work long hours and entertain your boss when he or she wants to drink. It is customary for a group of employees to have at least one dinner together in a year; this is called 회식 (hwey shik). Even public schools reserve some budget to entertain the staff. Typically these dinners will continue into a second or third establishment, for more drinking and snacking. The second is called 2 차 (e cha), the third is called 3 차 (sam cha), and so on. For men, these evenings can push the boundaries of an individual's alcohol tolerance; everyone is expected to match their superior's consumption of soju and beer. In most cases, the seasoned drinkers are the bosses, so the young men find themselves "drunken".