Pattaya still holds a lot of positives beyond the girlie scene. Perhaps move away from the central areas, and beware of these emotional ladies! Many many are living with a GF/wife without much drama....
It is difficult to see why specifically foreigners doing this presents any more of a problem than the locals. (Other than them working without a work permit!)
They do present themselves in a xenophobic light.
Drama, some are into it! My pal's girlfriend flushed his passport and I know many who had knives waved at them. Don't let it get that far, nor be in a hurry to build a nest.
Yeah, I was using similar things twenty years ago here, although more commonly with pork meat. Usually like someone else to do the cooking when I eat out, and most non-AC places are hot enough without that thing bubbling on the table.
Perhaps a lesson or two of 'customer service' or some training needed. What with security being in the habit of kicking customers in the head, and serving staff throwing glasses at them.
I hesitate to suggest mine as he too has the reliability issues, never know what day he will turn up and the odd week gets skipped..... he has now dropped to approx. once every two weeks. I bought an extra bottle off him so that I don't run out.
This is perhaps the danger of putting all your eggs into one basket. Are the Russians not interested in a luxury dining cruise? I doubt my fellow Brits are, not while Cheap Charlies is offering such good service!
The usual idiotic responses, some blaming cannabis, another deflecting to alcohol. The OP appears to be blaming mental health issues so perhaps, for once, that is the underlying cause.