Farang customers: dime a dozen
[QUOTE=Wildhawk; 1298822]Well, you may be correct to a degree, but do we really need to get all fucking Richard Gere? In Pattaya?
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They agreed that there is not one girl working in Pattaya who does not know the score.[/QUOTE]A couple of observations on your latest story / dilemma.
1) Normally, some of the ladies in go-go bars are not expected or obligated to go with customers. Usually, they have monthly quotas and incentives for selling drinks (and often, but not always, bar fines). Filling the drink quota is important to bargirls as they make 30-40 baht for each drink they sell (and this pays for food and whiskey after work). In the end, however, they will always do what it takes to sell a drink.
2) There are many reasons go-go dancers prefer to stay in the bar rather than go out (bar fine) with a customer. Having their period. Don't like the customer (smell, skin color, attitude, stinginess). Sick. Shy. Etc. Etc. If the lady only speaks Thai or Isaan / Lao, expect to have some issues with her if you cannot communicate. Some ladies do not have IDs and cannot go to hotels (especially the ones from Lao).
3) There is a method of communicating with Thai people to solve problems that can be effective, but it is never confrontational. Management must "save face," above all, in front of their employees. You need to show respect and generosity to gain trust, then you fall back on the "good will" you have built if you need to be considered seriously. If you are American, (I think you are), this is very different than the way Americans solve their problems in public.
4) Not all bargirls know the score. Some of them are brand new, fresh off the bus from Isaan. Some are nice girls at heart. And, some are just dumb. But, they all will lie and tell you what they think you want to hear if you buy them a drink!
Again, in Pattaya, if things are not going the way you want them to, it's smart to just move on.