Popular Post warrima Posted February 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2023 Ok so we had an IT guy come over from the UK to set up our ERP system and integrate it with the UK facility. Initially they thought 2 months would do it and he stayed at a well known hotel for the duration. The time passes and it is clear its a much bigger project than planned - so he is moved to a 6 month condo rental to save money. The condo was close to the hotel. Lazy to cook the first day he goes back to the hotel in the morning for their breakfast buffet. As he had already been staying there 2 months, they (the staff) immediately gave him a wai and ushered him in, already well very familiar with him. Chanced it again the next day and same same etc As he was eventually leaving back to the UK he told me the above story and said he had took breakfast every day at the hotel for the previous 6 months. To prove it he asked me to join him on one of the last days and sure enough they ushered us in no questions, wai's all round - with him just saying - my colleague from UK. I was torn between him being a genius or a knob. Thoughts? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Upnotover Posted February 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2023 The second option by some margin. 6 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warrima Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 4 minutes ago, Upnotover said: The second option by some margin Victimless crime! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post London Lowf Posted February 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2023 In this example, the guy is a petty cheat, but cheats tend to conduct their entire lives in that way. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunLA Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 9 minutes ago, warrima said: Victimless crime! But still a crime .... Not Cool @warrima 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mickeymaus Posted February 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2023 A thief. Nothing else. The police should give him free food AND accommodation in prison. At our condo complex we often have outsiders using our pools. If such a person is detected, it will be removed immediately. Sometimes we charge them a usage fee. Such egoistic people don't care much about laws, regulations and other people. Awful. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Salerno Posted February 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2023 26 minutes ago, warrima said: Victimless crime! Will you say the same when you find out he could have actually got the job done in a month and a half but as he was enjoying himself so much he decided to spin the job out to 6 months? 4 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dan O Posted February 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2023 36 minutes ago, warrima said: Victimless crime! So the hotel isn't a victim in your world and hasn't lost the value of the food? He may not be the only knob! 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KhunLA Posted February 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2023 14 minutes ago, Dan O said: So the hotel isn't a victim in your world and hasn't lost the value of the food? He may not be the only knob! It all flows down to those that act responsibly. Theft = lost revenue, and enough loss revenue, results in higher prices, less competitive, possible closing, and lost jobs, lost available money to be spent elsewhere supporting the economy. Butterfly effect from criminals .... probably leads to global 'cooling', and maybe why global warming has taken a break ... ???? 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidneyw Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 And to think you can get slapped and put in handcuffs for pinching a bottle of water at other places. He was lucky. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soi3eddie Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 (edited) I'm surprised the Thai staff didn't catch up with it. Some hotels are anal about collecting coupons or checking registers etc. Guess he was very confident so got away with it. Was the breakfast any good? Edited February 28, 2023 by soi3eddie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdsa Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 now question yourself - was that project really that big and difficult so you had to pay him for all these 6 months? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warrima Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 24 minutes ago, soi3eddie said: I'm surprised the Thai staff didn't catch up with it I think its because his initial stay was so long compared to regular tourists. They basically got fed up checking his room card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warrima Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 1 hour ago, KhunLA said: But still a crime .... Not Cool To be clear this is not my thoughts. The instance above i was replying to Upnotover. I dont think he intended to do this but when they waved him through a few times he went with the flow. Opportunistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warrima Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 10 minutes ago, fdsa said: now question yourself - was that project really that big and difficult so you had to pay him for all these 6 months Nothing to do with me, im just one of the plebs. My only involvement is giving him a lift back home on occasion. But yes implementing a new ERP system in a 100 plus staff company with maybe 10,000 different parts numbers is a hugh task. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hummin Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Sure he was not Scottish? Worked with Scottish offshore workers a few decades, and would not surprise me for one second! Anyway same Island if English! Nothing I would have done without feeling ashamed of myself, and if my friend, I would have told him what a cheap <deleted> he was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hummin Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 20 minutes ago, fdsa said: now question yourself - was that project really that big and difficult so you had to pay him for all these 6 months? Exactly my thoughts, he stalled the project as long he could 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mania Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 6 hours ago, warrima said: To prove it he asked me to join him on one of the last days and sure enough they ushered us in Like George Thorogood said "now you funny too" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dan O Posted February 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2023 4 hours ago, warrima said: To be clear this is not my thoughts. The instance above i was replying to Upnotover. I dont think he intended to do this but when they waved him through a few times he went with the flow. Opportunistic. Yeah he never intended to eat breakfast for MONTHS and not paying after moving out and then taking you for a free breakfast too. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 12 hours ago, warrima said: As he was eventually leaving back to the UK he told me the above story and said he had took breakfast every day at the hotel for the previous 6 months. To prove it he asked me to join him on one of the last days and sure enough they ushered us in no questions, wai's all round - with him just saying - my colleague from UK. Soooo, even though they never saw the OP before, he got allowed in as well, and they didn't ask what room he was staying in to be charged for it, or are they in the habit of allowing any one in for a free brekkie if with a guest? BTW, I never got a wai from wait staff at a breakfast buffet. Is that what they do at expensive hotels? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritManToo Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 23 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said: Soooo, even though they never saw the OP before, he got allowed in as well, and they didn't ask what room he was staying in to be charged for it, or are they in the habit of allowing any one in for a free brekkie if with a guest? BTW, I never got a wai from wait staff at a breakfast buffet. Is that what they do at expensive hotels? I've had a few 'joiners' with me at my breakfast buffet! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaosLover Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 I go with victimless crime. They're binning everything at the end of the buffet every day. His tiny bit of hard cantaloupe, room temperature noodles, and eggs fried hours before amounts to nothing. But I had worse breakfast buffet conundrum on the other side of things recently. I booked a room for a friend and paid extra for the breakfast since he's always skint. He didn't like it at all, being a PIA from way back. He asked the desk clerk if he could donate his breakfast buffet every day to someone else "who needed it". And then he hounded the desk clerk every afternoon to see if this noble wish had been carried out. Diplomatic response from the front desk: "I think so. But I don't know." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Operator2002 Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 Well, they didn't expect such an impudent and indecent behavior especially from wealthy farang ???? But the lack of control is not an excuse. So, both sides are guilty ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriendlyFarang Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 On 3/1/2023 at 7:29 AM, thaibeachlovers said: Soooo, even though they never saw the OP before, he got allowed in as well, and they didn't ask what room he was staying in to be charged for it, or are they in the habit of allowing any one in for a free brekkie if with a guest? BTW, I never got a wai from wait staff at a breakfast buffet. Is that what they do at expensive hotels? Usually 2 people are allowed per room, so not really a surprise that bringing a friend to breakfast is no problem. I think most of the times I get a wai, I definitely got one yesterday at the breakfast buffet at a 1500 baht per night hotel, so nothing fancy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriendlyFarang Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 On 3/3/2023 at 2:33 AM, Operator2002 said: Well, they didn't expect such an impudent and indecent behavior especially from wealthy farang ???? But the lack of control is not an excuse. So, both sides are guilty ) Yes, I also think that’s something which a Thai might not able to pull off. It has happened a few times that I was asked by Thais, who were aware that I’ve lived in Thailand for years „at which hotel do you live?“. So for them it seemed normal that foreigners stay in hotels for years. At some hotels all rooms come with breakfast included, in this case there are usually hardly any checks in place, and of course you get just waved through if they have seen you a few times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 8 minutes ago, FriendlyFarang said: Usually 2 people are allowed per room, so not really a surprise that bringing a friend to breakfast is no problem. I think most of the times I get a wai, I definitely got one yesterday at the breakfast buffet at a 1500 baht per night hotel, so nothing fancy. If I was paying 1500 a night I'd expect a wai or two. The buffets I used were payed for by person, and not included in the room charge. Had I brought a "friend", I'd have had to pay for two meals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamus Yaigh Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 On 2/28/2023 at 6:34 PM, warrima said: I was torn between him being a genius or a knob. Thoughts? If you aren't sure, I feel sorry for you. Take a long look in the mirror. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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