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Best B***S*** story of the year candidate????

On 06/11/2016 at 5:30 PM, rak sa_ngop said:

Just as likely to be a scam. Start screaming and shouting at 7.00 am, start threatening to go to the police, make yourselves out to be crazy farangs and the owners of some hotels would be quick to compensate the guests to prevent unwanted attention from the police. Paying out 20,000 baht to the guests is small money compared to all the other fines the police can get you for if they want to.

Funny you said that. I stayed at two separate hotels and saw some australians pulling similar scams. The first was in Chiang Mai were they were accusing the staff of stealing an ipad, camera gear etc. Police were called and the two aussies were arrested when the police found the so called missing items under the bed LOL. The second was in Phuket when a couple accused the staff of stealing a handbag, luckily she was captured on cctv  pasted out on the footpath just in front of the hotel with her handbag LOL.  

13 hours ago, Spaniel said:

They use that line to start a conversation with you.      Then it usually leads to him wanting to tell you your future  for a couple hundred baht.      Next time one of them approaches you play along with him for a few minutes and you will get the story first hand.      And yes it's always a Sikh gentleman as I guess the turban kind of gives off the fortune teller vibe.      A variation of this scam is run by the Filipino's around town.      They will approach you and ask you where you bought your shoes, or ask you where you're from and when you tell them Omaha or wherever  they quickly reply that they have a cousin, always a female, that lives there,  or they will tell you that they work at the hotel where you are staying.     Their scam is once they get you in a conversation they try to get you to come along with them to play cards where your  likely hood of winning is pretty low.      All good fun!

On certain days the Siam area are full of these filo scammers, there are different variations but they'll all want you to go back somewhere with them.

Just curious here... not meant to offend if taken that way: What is the typical acceptance of an Asian Teacher, teaching English in OZ?

Other than one or two in AMEP , I have never seen one in 40 years. I have ajarn friends that have never seen one ever LOL.

I have the opposite experience. My wife is thai but I've lost count of how many times she has been mistaken for a non thai.