A few days ago, I was looking for a Shipping Company, and after a long shifting I was ready to send an inquiry.

The person who respond my email was a lady named "You".

But she signed with "Miss You".

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Dear ("my name")

I'm glad to receive your email and I can assure you that everything will be carried out as described in our website.

For further information and a more personal quotaton, please contact me at ("address").

Best Regards,

Miss You

("Company details")

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I found this funny, receiving a bussiness email signed with "Miss You".

Unly untill yesterday, when I left my computer downloading my emails and my wife read an email signed with "Miss You" and a telephone number.

I had the biggest trouble to explain to her that this was a business mail and the ladies name was "You".

Brief, I wonder if other members had such funny or less funny encounters in Thailand.

Hahaha made me laugh

Many, many funny (and not so funny) encounters over the past 8 years. Most I could not share on this Forum (a few could be posted in Bedlam). I'll have to think of a few ...

Peter

My wife has a Hong Kong Chinese girl friend named Men Hoi.

....better she does not visit Thailand, this does not translate well.

When I worked in Bangkok we had a training seminar and the trainer (a real straight from back home), after a particularly heavy Q and A session, said to one of the local girls "Phew. That was tough. Do you like being drilled Noi?" to which she replied

"Yes I love it."

A fully enlightened monk versed in the ways of meditation couldn't have kept a straighter face than me. To this day I still don't know how I didn't burst out laughing also given the fact that my pal opposite was smirking at me like a Cheshire cat.

Edited September 20, 200916 yr by mca

We had a Chinese chap in our Thai office along with a bunch of Western expats, his name was Wang.

A replacement receptionist (who will remain nameless to protect the guilty) had the habit of loudly calling out the name of whoever was needed on the (one) office phone, "khun Dave ka", "khun Andy ka" and, of course, "khun Wang ka". Poor thing went the colour of a beetroot (difficult for a Thai) when told what it sounded like in 'English'

We had a Chinese chap in our Thai office along with a bunch of Western expats, his name was Wang.

A replacement receptionist (who will remain nameless to protect the guilty) had the habit of loudly calling out the name of whoever was needed on the (one) office phone, "khun Dave ka", "khun Andy ka" and, of course, "khun Wang ka". Poor thing went the colour of a beetroot (difficult for a Thai) when told what it sounded like in 'English'

love that one