Thai woman in massive rant: Complains about foreign tourists getting better treatment than Thais

[webfact]

77kaoded Thai Caption: Tourist complains about two levels of service

 

77kaoded reported on a TikTok post under the name "thetharm" that featured three videos of a Thai woman having a go at tourism operators and hotel staff.

 

Her beef essentially was that foreign tourists were getting better service than Thais. 

 

She said that she had been coming there for 20 years and never before had had this level of poor service.

 

Her first main complaint was that foreigners had a pick-up service from a parking lot to the port, something denied to her.

 

Later she was ranting to hotel staff who took her complaints on the chin. 

 

She claimed the service for Thais was terrible - unlike foreign tourists.

 

Utilizing hashtags it was clear this all went down in Krabi. The port was Nam Mao that is the setting off point for trips to the renowned tourist beach that is Railay Bay, an area very popular with both Thai and foreign tourists in the south of Thailand. 

 

Comment was rife as the clips were shared to the site known in English as "So You Wanna Be Famous".

77kaoded said they were trying to get to the bottom of it all. 

 

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[Callmeishmael]

I presume that she paid Thai price for the hotel, so she shouldn't expect the same level of service that hotels give to their more profitable foreign customers.  As long as hotels and tourist attractions practice government approved dual pricing, of course the foreigners will be more welcome than Thais.

[dingdongrb]

6 minutes ago, Callmeishmael said:

I presume that she paid Thai price for the hotel, so she shouldn't expect the same level of service that hotels give to their more profitable foreign customers.  As long as hotels and tourist attractions practice government approved dual pricing, of course the foreigners will be more welcome than Thais.

I am also willing to bet that she didn't provide a single baht in the form of a tip.

[Salerno]

18 minutes ago, dingdongrb said:

I am also willing to bet that she didn't provide a single baht in the form of a tip.

Why should she?

[engamann]

Ohh wait until she have to pay the 400 baht nationalpark fee instead of the 40 baht Thais pay or to overpay for taxi that never want to use the meter and the boat trips that charge you 200% more if you are farrang and I could also mention the coorupt Immigration and police but I guess as a Thai you have no ide , ohhh yes I feel so grateful to recive this special treatment here....

[tomacht8]

Of course, foreigners often get better service. They often must pay 50% - 500% more than the Thais for the same Service. For National Parks, Museums, Amusement Parks, Tourist Attractions, Boxing Stadiums, Transportation, Tempels, Seafood Restaurants, Hospitals, just to name a few.

[djayz]

47 minutes ago, dingdongrb said:

I am also willing to bet that she didn't provide a single baht in the form of a tip.

And probably look down her snotty nose at those serving her. 

[PremiumLane]

1 hour ago, Callmeishmael said:

I presume that she paid Thai price for the hotel,

Do hotels charge different rate for foreigners? I know they do for parks etc. but never seen it at hotels

[internationalism]

"She said that she had been coming there for 20 years and never before had had this level of poor service."

 

So level of service dropped suddenly because of covid. Most likely hotel was closed down for long, mothballed, personel left. New hired staff is below previous, experienced one, also rooms and facilities were not maintained properly.

She can't compare herself to treatment for foreigners - she dosn't know that, untill she witnessed at reception a similar case to her.

Pick-up service from parking to port can always be arranged with hotel or travel agency. Usually at price. She didn't contact them so was not served

 

[Salerno]

7 minutes ago, PremiumLane said:

Do hotels charge different rate for foreigners? I know they do for parks etc. but never seen it at hotels

Get a Thai to call and make a booking (or for walk in bookings) and it may well be cheaper than if you called to make a booking. 

[dingdongrb]

1 hour ago, Salerno said:

Why should she?

Why not?

[Salerno]

Just now, dingdongrb said:

Why not?

So you don't have an answer, thought that would be the case.

[Banana7]

28 minutes ago, PremiumLane said:

Do hotels charge different rate for foreigners? I know they do for parks etc. but never seen it at hotels

Many do charge non-Thai speaking customers more than Thai speaking customers. 90% of the time my Thai girlfriend can get a hotel room, same dates, cheaper than I can. International chain hotels are the most consistent in pricing, the Thai non-chain hotels will usually discount for Thai speaking customers over the phone, facebook, email or their website, etc..

[spidermike007]

Just another example of Tik tok, Twitter and Instagram being very toxic and harmful to the public. 

[dingdongrb]

5 minutes ago, Salerno said:

So you don't have an answer, thought that would be the case.

I have an answer and didn't provide it as I'm assuming you're just a typical 'cheap Charlie' and have no idea that tipping can boost your experience of services provided.

 

Here's a 'tip' for you: 7-11 is not the only location that sells Leo beer.  

[Salerno]

5 minutes ago, dingdongrb said:

I have an answer and didn't provide it as I'm assuming you're just a typical 'cheap Charlie' and have no idea that tipping can boost your experience of services provided.

 

Here's a 'tip' for you: 7-11 is not the only location that sells Leo beer.  

How cute, you didn't disappoint with your predictable pathetic reply.

[Sato]

35 minutes ago, PremiumLane said:

Do hotels charge different rate for foreigners? I know they do for parks etc. but never seen it at hotels

Yes they do.

And Restaurants do have 2 menu cards. One in Thai with thai prices and one in english with farang prices (30%-50% more expensive).

[Chelseafan]

31 minutes ago, Salerno said:

Get a Thai to call and make a booking (or for walk in bookings) and it may well be cheaper than if you called to make a booking. 

 

I can list plenty of instances where I book a hotel on Agoda (English) and ask the missus to check on her phone in Thai - Her price invariably comes out cheaper and in some cases by quite a lot

[dingdongrb]

26 minutes ago, Salerno said:

How cute, you didn't disappoint with your predictable pathetic reply.

So happy I could make you day.....  

 

(...and yet you still provided no answer - 'Why not?')

[swm59nj]

In the three years living in Thailand.  I have experienced both good service and bad service.  Sometimes I actually felt if I was Thai I would have gotten better treatment.  So it works both ways 

[BigStar]

8 minutes ago, swm59nj said:

In the three years living in Thailand.  I have experienced both good service and bad service.  Sometimes I actually felt if I was Thai I would have gotten better treatment.  So it works both ways 

Most posters here seem to feel that way. The lady should be forced to read the rants & constant whinges here on the forum.

[still kicking]

9 minutes ago, BigStar said:

Most posters here seem to feel that way. The lady should be forced to read the rants & constant whinges here on the forum.

And should made to pay farang prices 

[Cricky]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Her beef essentially was that foreign tourists were getting better service than Thais. 

It's true.

 

My girlfriend owns a condo in the same development I have condos.
At times the Juristic management do a very poor job with running the project, she regularly complains to me about this and that.
I often say to her, go to the office and complain, she replies that she is Thai and they don't listen to Thai's.

 

Quite sad actually. ????

 

[Sydebolle]

Well, where to start:

• National parks are charging upto 25 times higher entry/passing through fees
  • Khao Yai takes 400 Baht from the "alien", my Thai daughter-in-law goes for 20 Baht
  • Coming from Phitsanulok upto Phu Thaboek, on public road 2331, they wanted 500 Baht from me and my wife would have been charged 20 Baht

For obvious reasons I turned around and chose a different route. Before that, I let the toll collecting staff tearing off tickets and devalidating them. Once done, I told them that I changed my mind and would not pass through; leaving them to explain their boss the torn tickets without the toll in the till.

On other fronts I came across other interesting facts:

• hotel booking platforms charge less on their Thai-Language sites than the corresponding English version
• I had restaurants for 15 years; the most demanding picky diners where Thais with all sorts of menu changes.
  • Salmon steak (never overcook it to welldone as too dry) had to be cooked well done = complaining over dry fish.
  • Duck breast turns tough when well done, yes you guessed right!
  • They showed up with their own (<deleted>ty cheap) wines, unwilling to pay corkage but expected decanter and crystal glasses and, upon leaving - zero tip for the (Thai) staff.
  • In one case they wanted to bring along their own Chang beer upon which I threw them out 

• I own a few condominiums and rent them out under one condition; no Asians as upon leaving it is a major renovation and restoration job since they simply don't care about anything. 
  • There are, of course, many nice Thais frequenting restaurants and renting premises but the experience I made would suggest the opposite.

Get your act together, follow the Thai constitution of "everyone is the same", don't assume Thais are semi-divine and charge everybody the same amount for the same service. Only then you can start complaining about irregularities. But, given the education level of many Thais, they cannot understand why they should not be treated better than the alien, dirty farang or stinky Southasians .... Your call, go figure! 

Enclosed picture in Thai translates at a hotel signboard "Special Discount for Thai citizen" ........... 

[Cricky]

Doesn't take long for an article to become a Thai bashing session.

[Doctor Tom]

3 minutes ago, Cricky said:

Doesn't take long for an article to become a Thai bashing session.

and why not?  It started out as a foreigner  bashing rant, so what do you expect. 

[2baht]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Her beef essentially was that foreign tourists were getting better service than Thais. 

Whinger! Did you pay your 300 baht entry fee???

[BigStar]

21 minutes ago, Doctor Tom said:

and why not?  It started out as a foreigner  bashing rant, so what do you expect. 

No. Actually it's bashing Thais who give better service to foreigners than Thais.

[dingdongrb]

On 2/2/2023 at 2:48 PM, Sydebolle said:

Well, where to start:

• National parks are charging upto 25 times higher entry/passing through fees
  • Khao Yai takes 400 Baht from the "alien", my Thai daughter-in-law goes for 20 Baht
  • Coming from Phitsanulok upto Phu Thaboek, on public road 2331, they wanted 500 Baht from me and my wife would have been charged 20 Baht

For obvious reasons I turned around and chose a different route. Before that, I let the toll collecting staff tearing off tickets and devalidating them. Once done, I told them that I changed my mind and would not pass through; leaving them to explain their boss the torn tickets without the toll in the till.
 

I can totally understand why there's a price difference between citizens and non-residing foreigners  for the entering a national park and other national monuments/sites.

 

But having different prices for restaurants and hotels should be against the law.

[ignore it]

So there are "Karens" in Thailand.

 

(BTW) Seems she don't take to being treated like a Karin.