69690jay

I am located on rawai beach, send me a private message I can help you out..

Huh?

As you own a restaurant.. Do you 'often' see Thais leaving tips equal to or greater than the actual meal cost ??

minimum wage is just over 200B a day.

Social Security is not mandatory in Thailand but it is available, 500B a month based on 6000B salary of which the employer generally pays half and the employee pays the other half, entitlement is the employee gets Medicare and if the employee loses their job they get half of what was paid into the S.S back.

I have had this explained to me, not from what i have read as all the information i have is in Thai.

Tipping, in a soup stall , som-tam stand etcetera don't expect to see your average Thai leaving a tip, certainly not a big one. Though i do see a few Baht given to the server from time to time. My wife (Thai) always leaves a tip every where soup stand or nice restaurant for good service/food, She most often handles the cash.

But, for arguments sake, at "Kan Eang 2" in Chalong where we often go to enjoy a great Thai meal, I asked the staff who tips more: Thais are more consistent with a fair tip and the occasional westerner will leave a big tip, over the top; 30% or more. "Kan Eang 2" is a first rate Thai dining experience.

In my restaurant for example today we severed 26 meals from 8am to 5pm 22 meals were western style food and 4 Thai style, 90% of the customers are westerners, my server walked away with 220B in tips. Yesterday we severed 23 meals and she got 380 in tips. She gets 6500 a month salary, most days she makes more from tips. She likes her job.

Normally the tips are shared between the cook and server but two months ago i let my cook go and have not found a suitable replacement, so I do the cooking, no I don't take a share of the tips.

If anyone knows a cook who likes to work hard, has experience with western food and Thai, I have a opening Good salary with Social Security and tips.

Tip if you can, as much as you can afford to based on quality of service and quality of food, thats my two bits on Tipping in Phuket and any where in the world for that matter.

i too was just making comment, i too agree with you

Yet another Phuket thread derailed...

LOL excuse me for not staying on topic, just found it interesting that Neill moved from Phuket to a better neighborhood in a quieter place........Jomtien.

Phuket forum tends to be an endless dribble of nonsense, once in a while a genuine question is posted and gets a few honest replies until flamers and or trolls swarm.

I'm glad you think that my comment was aimed at you. If it was, I would have quoted you. I was making a general comment...

Yet another Phuket thread derailed...

LOL excuse me for not staying on topic, just found it interesting that Neill moved from Phuket to a better neighborhood in a quieter place........Jomtien.

Phuket forum tends to be an endless dribble of nonsense, once in a while a genuine question is posted and gets a few honest replies until flamers and or trolls swarm.

Understanding how/why this happens quote Wikipedia:

Deliberate flaming, as opposed to flaming as a result of emotional discussions, is carried out by individuals known as flamers, who are specifically motivated to incite flaming. These users specialize in flaming and target specific aspects of a controversial conversation, and are usually more subtle than their counterparts. Their counterparts are known as trolls who are less "professional" and write obvious and blunt remarks to incite a flame war, as opposed to the more subtle, yet precise flamers.^[1]

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Is Rawai the new Compton or Brixton?

Its certainly going downhill fast not the place it used to be far too much trouble, crime, and new unoccupied shophouses.

Seems to attract a lot of lowlife sleezebags mainly English maybe less competition and cheaper booze & bargirls than Patong.

After 5 years I have moved to another quiet part of Thailand still beside the sea but I will visit Rawai as I have friends and a boat there.

neill, have you not moved to Jomtien aka Pattaya? better than phuket???

used to be noodle soup for me costs peanuts but with the rising cost of peanuts I can afford the noodles any more.....

just for the record:

no I am not Thai, in some ways wish I was.

I have been here a bit longer than 6 months, I came here in 1989 and returned year after year until i moved permanently 2005.

I have gone home to Australia once for 4 long weeks in the past 5 year, but if you meet me i sound like a Canadian as i spent most of my childhood in Canada.

As far as my views on Phuket, it can not really be compared to the rest of Thailand.

I do have many experiences i whinge about at times but I have found that it is often brought on by the ex-pat patrons of my bar, not the tourist.

Phuket has changed a lot in the past 5 years, and I am moving soon as my business is sold.

nope no HD just scooter, BUT I do own a successful business Bar & Restaurant on Rawai beach catering to few HD riders who are surprisingly the few ex-pats that don't spend their time moaning about whats wrong with Thailand, they know what there here for, on the other hand yes straight pipes annoy me....

not only on Thai visa, most of the ex-pats here continually slander Thailand and most everything about living here, go home ......

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the constant never ending whinging falangs on

Fantastic results on the sale.

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Dr. Chusak has a small clinic in Kata, he is decent, very cheap, hardly ever charges, though depending on your issues testing at a hospital is quite likely where you will end up. Educated at UBC in Canada.

Have you posted your question symptoms on the medical forum, there are some doctors there that offer good advice.

Good luck and good health

Thais do tip more than falangs, in restaurants/bars, though in falang owned bars maybe not as often.

That surprises me.. When I see Thais paying very often they only leave coins even on a 500 baht - 1000 baht meal..

I cant think of a time when I have seen Thais tip with 100 baht notes.

quite right, i made my comment based on my wife pointing out to me in Thai restaurants we often see the Thai customers leave a tip.

I asked her about how much the Thai's generally tip and it appears that 5 to 10 percent is the norm. For example after a good night of F/B the bill is 3500B the tip will be 200+-.... I guess that my remark could of been more clear; Thais tend to leave tips more often than falangs but falangs tend to tip 'more' based on the amount of the bill, quality of service/food~

Thais do tip more than falangs, in restaurants/bars, though in falang owned bars maybe not as often.

Ex-pats tend to be the cheap charlies, just my experience; I own a restaurant/bar.

I tip based on service before food, and then a combination of both. 10% is a small tip, 20% plus is thank you.

This could be interesting: what nations are the cheap charlies and who are the big tippers...

I looked to have a large item done and found no place that could handle over about 18". If you plan to hang it on the wall there is a good picture frame shop close to Central, going to Phuket town from Central go through the main intersection after leaving Central, one more sets of lights, ( i think, it might be two sets of lights...) on the left side is a small frame shop that does excellent work, just past on the right side of the street there is a glass & mirror shop. I had some great mirrors framed by him.. as well as a lot of art work. if you do find a place that does laminate large items please let us know.

jay

In my restaurant i serve Nacha Coffee, a Thai coffee sold in 200g vacuum sealed packs 800THB a kilo. Nice coffee, i use the premium grade, they supply me with a coffee/espresso machine that grinds the beans fresh for each serving, its a full bodied rich coffee, not bitter , impressive for a Thai coffee. A few customers purchase from me at cost for at home use as i have not seen them in any shops. google nacha coffee for more info.

if you want to use my tools i have skilsaw, jigsaw, screw driver, etc, buy the materials and build it here.... Jay

i am on Rawai beach.

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bump to front page in hope of a reply...

I have one, from Australia, three piece. , call me if you want it, (paid about 45AUD so make a reasonable offer). I also have two spear-guns one is 1.2m Beuchat and the other is about 90cm not sure what make....Hardly ever get a chance to use them.

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my cooks/helpers always get confused when asked for pak chi, sometimes i get what i ask for but most times it is a choice of three different pak, Pak being veg...... One of my cooks speaks and understands English and all i say is parsley and he gets it.

Even though my spoken Thai is ok when asking for certain things there is a distant blank look.... or yes and and they go about doing what they were doing... lol not ignoring me just avoiding loss of face, not knowing what i am talking about.....

Phak Chi tastes and looks very much like a miniature celery, that's what i though it was.

Parsley has a completely different taste, i don't think many locals have tried it so they would not know the difference.

PAK CHI FALANG available in most public markets, ask the veggie salesmen/ladies for it if you can't see it, real parsley just like at home.

just to add confusion this name is used for a few foreign herbs.... I have been given celery, coriander and the long single leaf used in Tom sep which is used in farmers soup, Tom kai ban, tom sep moo etc. it does have a sort of similar flavor as parsley but not really... lol

In Rawai/nai harn there is a lady who has a great veggie/fruit stand she has been here for years, she is located just before Davinci pizza (spelling) on the left side. She has it most of the time. Ask any local for Pi Dangs shop and they will point you in the right direction.

where is it located? are you sure they have bara and can you keep what you catch?

there is a distinct difference between fireworks and gunshots, with a small pistol it may be difficult to tell the difference at a distance.

with a rifle however, since the bullet travels at over the speed of sound, there is a secondary CRACK generated. This is noticeable and distinctly different.

To the inexperienced ear you may not be able to tell the difference.

Most Thais will not let off fireworks late at night, on the other hand drunk falangs do all the time.

Quite likely a bottle rocket being shot off by a bored neighbor.