That's actually 4 weeks and 1 day of holiday, if you take into account that a working week is 5 days.
I worked in Germany for a short while. One thing I noticed was that there was NO WAY that you were gonna get (most) Germans working on a Sunday.
Many years ago I had a Thai girlfriend who was a hotel receptionist. Besides public holidays she was only given 6 days per annum as holiday days to take whenever she wanted. (In my current job in the UK I get public holidays + 21 days when I want them).
My old Swedish friend and I used to try guessing where farang were from, just by looking (and listening) Socks & sandals "probably British" ????
I found the hardest to be eastern Europeans due to their unintelligible languages! ????????
First visited Thailand 85 and 86. Lived there 1998-2018.
Only my thoughts on the bar girl thing is that it's 'too easy' a thing to do, there's no 'value' in doing it. In later years I never bothered.
Thai libel laws. I notice that when someone falls from a high building (and dies) in Thailand the building is never identified. I believe that this is done so as not to fall foul of libel laws?
I remember many years ago in King Bhumibol's time the King's birthday was a no drink day. Then one day he hinted that he wanted everyone to have a good time on his birthday. It ceased to be a no drink day.
This is why Air B & B was/is illegal in Thailand. For a room to be let out for less than 30 days it must be in a building that's registered as a hotel.
He could do exactly the same thing in poorer parts of Thailand and be just as popular? Remember that Thailand's still a relatively poor country. Part of why he was so unpopular with some in Thailand was because he was seen to be a champion of the poor?