Is the bar in the Penthouse Hotel a Katooey bar?
I popped in there earlier to dodge the rain, have a drink and check the place out for a possible future stay but it seemed to me that except for the ladies at the door, most of the dancers there were ladyboys.
To each their own but they really should let people know if this is the case, especially since the banner ads on this site don't give any indication (I was hoping to see chicks like the one one in the advert pic). They should at least ask a customer's preference at the door; I ended up leaving without drinking anything after being surrounded and sat on by three katooeys.
Again; I have nothing against them or those that like em', I just don't get the whole assumption by them that just any straight man looking for girls is just going to say eff it and accept and desire them as women. Maybe they figure nothing ventured, nothing gained?
A Surreal Conversation with a Bar Girl
This conversation took place in a Pattaya bar with coyote dancers and hostesses. The characters are me (EP) and one of the dancers (D)
Scene: A bar I won't name, around 11 p.m. in the evening. I'm sitting in a corner, talking to several hostesses. During her off-stage time, D comes over uninvited and sits next to me.
D: I want you bar fine me tonight.
EP: That's a nice introduction. I'm happy to meet you, too.
D: What you say?
EP: I don't think I have met you before.
D: You talk to me two nights before.
EP: I don't think so.
D: You too drunk. Not remember.
EP: I wasn't drunk enough to not remember you.
D: You say hello, watch me dance.
EP: Oh, a one-word conversation.
D: What you say?
EP: We didn't talk long.
D: Not long, but you watch me dance.
EP: Did I like it?
D: Yes
EP: I'm glad you're so clear on the details of our relationship.
D: What you say?
EP: You remember many things I don't.
D: Never mind. I want you bar fine me.
EP: And how much do you want to stay overnight?
D: 5,000 baht.
EP: That's optimistic.
D: What you say?
EP: You are feeling lucky tonight. Are you joking?
D: You think I joking? I not joking.
EP: I don't think you are joking. (I then put on an exaggerated sad face)
D: (After a pause) Why sad?
EP: I don't think you like me.
D: Why you say that?
EP: Lady sometimes says silly money to make man go away if she not like him.
D: I like you.
EP: No, I go away now.
D: OK. 4,000 baht.
EP: Chek bin
D: ...For two ladies
EP: Two ladies???? What two ladies?
D: Me, friend (points to one of the hostesses)
EP: I don't see.
D: She there (pointing)
EP: I don't see
D: She THERE!
EP: (pretending I don't see) You are the only lady I see in this bar. (then a big smile)
D: Bakwahn!
EP: If my breath reeked of vinegar, you would still be the only lady for me in this bar, in all of Pattaya. (gesturing broadly)
D: What you say?
EP: If I had drunk a bottle of vinegar, you would still be the only lady for me.
D: What vinegar?
EP: Very sour, put on food, cannot have sweet mouth if drink.
D: You tingtong.
EP: But I have a good time.
D: (laughing) I tingtong too. I like tingtong man.
EP: Maybe I am not tingtong enough to bar fine you.
D: I want you bar fine me.
EP: And how much do you want to stay overnight?
D: You only want one lady?
EP: Yes, only you.
D: You bar fine many ladies before. Friend tell me you bar fine five one time. Why you Cheap Charlie tonight?
EP: (in a sterner tone) I am getting tired of this conversation.
D: OK, OK. (names a reasonable price)
EP: I'll think about it.
D: Why you think? You think too much! I only joking before.
EP: I worry it not be so good for me - you talk too many strange things.
D: I tingtong! (laughing) But it good for you.
EP: Maybe I am really tingtong, but OK, I do it.
And it was very good! She stayed with me for about a week.
I can't imagine the above conversation taking place anywhere but a bar in Thailand. It's one of the reasons I love my vacations in LOS.
This little episode also illustrates some advice I got all the way back in 1979: if the girl suggests an absurd price, it is her way of rejecting a customer without causing him to lose face. Instead of saying, "You're so repulsive I can't bring myself to fuck you even for money," she says "3,000 baht" (or 4,000 or 5,000, whatever). That way, the customer rejects her and no face is lost.
For me, there's also a difference between settling the price in advance and negotiating the price. I never negotiate, but I do make sure she doesn't expect a silly price. If she does, I'll call chek bin. Should she respond by immediately lowering her price to a reasonable level, I might (MIGHT) take a chance on her. But I never try to bargain her down.
Evil