A dreadful experience at one of my favorite Pubs.

[pgrahmm]

3 minutes ago, pineapple01 said:

There realy is need for a Whingin Pom and Fan Room Freddies section in T.V..

Misery loves company ?

That would be a depressing room & we'd have nothing to laugh at....

[scubascuba3]

5 minutes ago, pineapple01 said:

There realy is need for a Whingin Pom and Fan Room Freddies section in T.V..

i reckon you were a bit of a pauper when younger hence why now you always bang on about spending money

[WineOh]

14 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

What if you wasted 50bht with every purchase you made in your life?

I drive a bit further (200m) to save 4bht on a bottle of wine cooler.

That's 12bht a day = 360bht a month (or another 12 wine coolers).

 

There are those who are foolish with money and those that are careful.

Nice if you're so wealthy that it doesn't matter, but most of us don't have that advantage in life..

 

Absolutely spot on mate!

that is exactly how I steer my ship as well ????

[BritManToo]

Just now, scubascuba3 said:

Maybe someone can recommend a decent thai style bar in Pattaya selling large beers?

There are some advantages to living in Chaing Mai, a Thai university town packed with young people who want cheap beer.

There's 20 restaurant/bars within 10 Km of me, and no COVID silliness as they all have restaurant licences.

Live music, cheap beer, no masks or social distancing every night.

[TacoKhun]

On 7/3/2020 at 8:58 AM, Liverpoolfan said:

Because i stand my ground and refuse to be treated like a mug.

 

the 50 baht is not the point , it was the attitude of the manager.

 

did read my post properly?

I used to be like you, creating a drama when i feel scammed even if it was even couple of baht. Nothing good comes of it and i regret it very much. now i am like whatever and people like me more.

Edited July 4, 2020 by TacoKhun

[TacoKhun]

39 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

What if you wasted 50bht with every purchase you made in your life?

I drive a bit further (200m) to save 4bht on a bottle of wine cooler.

That's 12bht a day = 360bht a month (or another 12 wine coolers).

 

There are those who are foolish with money and those that are careful.

Nice if you're so wealthy that it doesn't matter, but most of us don't have that advantage in life.

 

I find those who do the 'farang pub' particularly foolish.

Small beer 140bht Vs 'Thai pub' large beer 80bht.

Why?

Is the company of white pensioners and 70s rock music so important to you?

I prefer the company of the Thai university beer girls, as well as the cheaper beer.

But to be honest, now I'm older the 50bht large beers (28bht wine coolers) in my home is more comfortable for me.

 

I would be worried about liver(3 bottles of wine cooler everyday??) instead of 4 baht

[CFCjeff]

So without going through all 21 pages did we ever find out whether the 140 baht deal was actually advertised, and if it was why the victim, sorry i mean OP, didnt show the manager the advertised deal.  

[lanng khao]

K.A.G. and always will be..

[toofarnorth]

On 7/3/2020 at 10:03 AM, BritManToo said:

And don't pay a 200bht bill with a 1,000bht note.

"No, that was only a 500bht note you gave me"

Yes it happened to me about a dozen years ago in a bar. Now I say " Solly big only hab a tousand Baht note ".

[garygooner]

This topic has 21 pages worth of posts... Amazing! 

[RayongBudgie]

 Oi vey. 21 pages on a 50 baht price increase and a belligerent manager. Far too much time in folks hands methinks.

[CorpusChristie]

Can someone start a go fund me page so the OP can get his lost money back ?

[EVENKEEL]

10 hours ago, Don Mega said:

Mostly likely a retread banned member.

You rang.

[pineapple01]

3 hours ago, CorpusChristie said:

Can someone start a go fund me page so the OP can get his lost money back ?

Along with a New Pram n Dummy.

[thaibeachlovers]

On 7/3/2020 at 2:17 PM, Ron jeremy said:

It's about customer service, something that lacks in Thailand, after the bar closures you would think that they would try to make people happy and not treat them like <deleted>. It's about thai attitude. 

Its not about 50 baht.

its about losing a customer in bad times. 

Go next door, order a beer and give her a smile.

<deleted> like this never happens in the west. 

A manager would never tell anyone to find another place to drink.

I've given up being surprised at posters that think LOS should be the same as whatever <deleted> country they come from.

If people can't understand that a different country is not the same as the <deleted> country they come from they should stay home.

[thaibeachlovers]

9 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

I mostly drink large bottle beers now unless I'm in agogo where i opt for draft but in Pattaya I don't know of these Thai bars you refer to except Thai BBQs where large beers are standard. I know Thai discos but they are a no go zone for 99% of falang. Maybe someone can recommend a decent thai style bar in Pattaya selling large beers?

I've been in a Thai "disco"/ nightclub ( do they still call places discos? ) but most farangs would be unable to pay enough to stay in one for long. They deal with seriously rich Thai youth.

 

All the ( beer ) bars in Pattaya are run by Thais- ergo they are all Thai style. I doubt one could find similar back in the west.

[cranki]

8 hours ago, toofarnorth said:

Yes it happened to me about a dozen years ago in a bar. Now I say " Solly big only hab a tousand Baht note ".

wow....over a decade ago and your still talking in nonsensical gibberish....lmao !!!! 

[BritManToo]

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I've been in a Thai "disco"/ nightclub ( do they still call places discos? ) but most farangs would be unable to pay enough to stay in one for long. They deal with seriously rich Thai youth.

You buy a whiskey set, bottle with 4 mixers and bucket of ice ....... usually 800-1000bht.

Not expensive if you're with 2-3 other guys.

 

Or you walk in with a bottle of 'Black label' under your arm and pay corkage plus mixers and ice ..... 500bht.

Even cheaper if it's only the bottle that's 'Black Label' and you've refilled it with something cheaper.

 

I used to have the cheap whiskey set at 'Hotshots' under the Pornping hotel with a pal every Friday night a while back now, whiskey set was 600bht back in those days. We told the girls that magically appeared at our table, if they wanted more mixers, they had to buy them themselves, we'd drink the poop 'Benmoor' neat. That was in our 'white guy' movie star days, the bouncers would always remember us and let us enter as 'VIPs' without queuing and we had a regular table. One night we turned up and there were hordes of Thais outside pushing and shoving, not knowing any Thai we just ignored them and walked in as usual. They pulled the chain aside as normal, we sat down but not at our usual table ..... manager came over (some English) said Takatan was singing there, all the Thais had booked tables which sold out months in advance, it was heaving, we could see the door and the crush of girls trying to get in. Pointed at a couple of likely girls and the bouncers let them in to sit at our table, a good night was had by all, 500bht added to our normal bill for the concert table for four. We weren't even big spenders, rarely did we spend 1,000bht at our table (500bht each).

 

I still remember those days when white guys were 'special', not that long ago, around 2009 or 2010.  

Edited July 4, 2020 by BritManToo

[Bob A Kneale]

On 7/3/2020 at 7:46 AM, Liverpoolfan said:

Had a nasty experience at one of my favorite bars the other night (I am not going to name the bar in question or the location where it happened).
So, on July 1st I rock up for a nice cold pint after months of prohibition and im told as soon as I sit down that its buy 1 get 1 free..

great, i thought.

the bill comes and everything was right as rain. I was charged 140 baht for 2 beers so i thought sweet as, i will come back tomorrow.

goes back the following day, asks is it still buy 1 get 1 free, waitress answers yes, perfect thought I, so I sits in the same chair and orders exactly the same As i did the day before. 
this time the bill comes and the pints have magically jumped up to 190 baht instead of yesterdays 140.

strange thought I, (only 50 baht but still worthy of bringing it to the attention of the waitress so i called her over). She explained that this was the correct price so I objected that i paid 140 the previous day. She asked if i would like to talk to the manager (and here is where the fun starts). I reluctantly agreed, as i knew what was about to come.

she waltzes over, cockily as can be and asks me ‘what is the problem sir’.

to which i replied that the price has increased from yesterday by 50 baht for them same pints.

she then looked at me and said ‘not possible sir, this is the price.”

i told her that yesterday i paid 140, not 190 and she said nobody can do buy 1 get 1 free for 140, ‘you go look yourself sir, any bar can do it? No i dont think so, sir) she wss so arrogant and then she fed me some BS about how they were trying to help the people out by doing by 1 get 1 free and i was spoiling the mood. (Really? nothing about gettin more customers into the pub after 3 months of lockdown and the possible closure of your establishment? I beg to differ).
by now it became obvious to me that somebody other than myself had made a mistake and i was paying for their mistake by having to listen to this managers spiel about pint prices and how I must be wrong. I distinctly remember the price of the buy 1 get 1 free beers as 140 the day before, and now its 190.

this has nothing to do with the 50 baht, more to do with the managers attitude and how she made it out to be my fault when all i wanted was consistency.. She then said ‘maybe better you go somewhere

else next time, not come here again because You make a problem.’

at that point I knew it was time to leave, i had done nothing other than stand up for my rights as a consumer. The beers at happy hour are advertised at 140 baht. It was buy 1 get 1 free and i ordered during happy hour.. therefore i should have got 2 beers for 140 baht (70 baht per pint), not 190. 

as always, no consistency and shoddy attitude shown to a regular paying customer. 

 

"So, on July 1st I rock up..."

"She asked if i would like to talk to the manager (and here is where the fun starts). I reluctantly agreed..."

"she waltzes over, cockily as can be..."

"she wss so arrogant and then she fed me some BS..."

 

Perhaps she just recognised your attitude as soon as you "rocked up"?

 

It's strange that you claim it's your "favourite pub" and that you are a "regular customer" but you obviously didn't know the staff, or the manager, and, clearly from your report, you weren't familiar to them either. You couldn't have been that much of a "regular paying customer in your favourite pub"!

 

Perhaps she wasn't the only one being reluctant, cocky and arrogant if you, effectively, were barred!

[kingdong]

13 hours ago, Logosone said:

I totally empathise with this. I went to the Central Mall yesterday and the smiling security guard who'd always saluted me came up and complained I wasn't wearing a mask! 

 

These people are out of control.

 

Ein a nutshellven when I explained I was German he would not return to his usually subservient demeanour.

 

What is happening to this country?!!!!

in a nutshell they don,t want you in their country.

[kingdong]

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

You buy a whiskey set, bottle with 4 mixers and bucket of ice ....... usually 800-1000bht.

Not expensive if you're with 2-3 other guys.

 

Or you walk in with a bottle of 'Black label' under your arm and pay corkage plus mixers and ice ..... 500bht.

Even cheaper if it's only the bottle that's 'Black Label' and you've refilled it with something cheaper.

 

I used to have the cheap whiskey set at 'Hotshots' under the Pornping hotel with a pal every Friday night a while back now, whiskey set was 600bht back in those days. We told the girls that magically appeared at our table, if they wanted more mixers, they had to buy them themselves, we'd drink the poop 'Benmoor' neat. That was in our 'white guy' movie star days, the bouncers would always remember us and let us enter as 'VIPs' without queuing and we had a regular table. One night we turned up and there were hordes of Thais outside pushing and shoving, not knowing any Thai we just ignored them and walked in as usual. They pulled the chain aside as normal, we sat down but not at our usual table ..... manager came over (some English) said Takatan was singing there, all the Thais had booked tables which sold out months in advance, it was heaving, we could see the door and the crush of girls trying to get in. Pointed at a couple of likely girls and the bouncers let them in to sit at our table, a good night was had by all, 500bht added to our normal bill for the concert table for four. We weren't even big spenders, rarely did we spend 1,000bht at our table (500bht each).

 

I still remember those days when white guys were 'special', not that long ago, around 2009 or 2010.  

how times change,now they want the " high end " chinese and indians.

[BritManToo]

Just now, kingdong said:

how times change,now they want the " high end " chinese and indians.

The government does.

I'm not sure anyone else in Thailand want's them.

[scubascuba3]

8 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I've been in a Thai "disco"/ nightclub ( do they still call places discos? ) but most farangs would be unable to pay enough to stay in one for long. They deal with seriously rich Thai youth.

 

All the ( beer ) bars in Pattaya are run by Thais- ergo they are all Thai style. I doubt one could find similar back in the west.

there are lots of Thai discos and bars on Third road, never a falang nearby. They don't look hiso to me just regular Thais in there, I wouldn't go plus headache music there doesn't help

[WineOh]

7 hours ago, Bob A Kneale said:

Perhaps she just recognised your attitude as soon as you "rocked up"?

Oh yes, I showed her a terrible attitude by sitting down & ordering a beer, saying please and thank you with a smile.

 

i mean really shocking, i totally deserved it didn’t i? ????????????????????????

[WineOh]

20 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

there are lots of Thai discos and bars on Third road, never a falang nearby. They don't look hiso to me just regular Thais in there, I wouldn't go plus headache music there doesn't help

They have loads of those kind of bars/clubs in Phuket.

they were always still open when I was on my way to work back in the day.

usually around 07:30ish.

 

always some kind of a scuffle going on, usually involving a group of young Thai males and 1 or 2 bar girl types. They all looked like chavs.

 

never popped in for a drink and probably never will!

[EVENKEEL]

Any scuffle in a Thai bar will usually end up with a trip to hospital. Any problem with one thai means you have a problem with all the thais in the bar. Have a good time.

[zoza]

9 hours ago, Bob A Kneale said:

It's strange that you claim it's your "favourite pub" and that you are a "regular customer" but you obviously didn't know the staff, or the manager, and, clearly from your report, you weren't familiar to them either. You couldn't have been that much of a "regular paying customer in your favourite pub"!

 

Perhaps she wasn't the only one being reluctant, cocky and arrogant if you, effectively, were barred!

i frequent 4 or five bars on a regular basis ,out of these ,two bars are my favourites ,one is my local

i know the manager/bar staff/owner/owners wife and son/about 15 other people from many countries

who also frequent the bar on a regular basis. The staff and manager/owner allways say hello. (there is no manager at present the owner's wife does that roll), in all the other bars the managers/staff know me and we normaly nod or smile to acknowledge each other there is a quite large turnover of staff at some of these bars, but i cannot remember ever in 18 years being told do not come back.

i have also apart from you i have never heard of any one being told to '' Do One '' after inquiring  about beer prices from a previous visit. i mean if you were out in a strange place but at your local?????

the story does not hold water lad. That is the reason it is 22 pages people are trying to fathom out what is what, it does not add up.                      

Edited July 5, 2020 by zoza

[kingdong]

8 hours ago, BritManToo said:

The government does.

I'm not sure anyone else in Thailand want's them.

don,t think the thai government are going to lose a nights sleep over what" anyone else" thinks

[Don Mega]

13 minutes ago, zoza said:

the story does not hold water lad. That is the reason it is 22 pages people are trying to fathom out what is what, it does not add up.                      

Has not occurred to many that the OP is trolling.

[kingdong]

8 minutes ago, zoza said:

i frequent 4 or five bars on a regular basis ,out of these ,two bars are my favourites ,one is my local

i know the manager/bar staff/owner/owners wife and son/about 15 other people from many countries

who also frequent the bar on a regular basis. The staff and manager/owner allways say hello. (there is no manager at present the owner's wife does that roll), in all the other bars the managers/staff know me and we normaly nod or smile to acknowledge each other there is a quite large turnover of staff at some of these bars, but i cannot remember ever in 18 years being told do not come back.

i have also apart from you i have never heard of any one being told to '' Do One '' after inquiring  about beer prices from a previous visit. i mean if you were out in a strange place but at your local?????

the story does not hold water lad.                       

a bit of a a i,me ,myself post,just because you get treated ok where you go dosen,t mean its set in stone,the poster related an incident that happened to him,i wasn,t there and i assume you wasn,t,however i can say i,ve frequented bars for years behaved myself then had a disagreement with a bolshy ho and the owner took her side,i just walked out and did not return till paradoxically the bar changed hands.