Nakhon Panom: Customers awed by dog-waiter

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Customers Awed By Dog-Waiter
By Khaosod English


While Kallaya Kaewkwan, 49, cooks meals for customers at Mae Boon restaurant, Barry the dog impresses customers with his ability to dutifully ferry money back and forth between the tables and his owner, 23 Sept 2014.

NAKHON PANOM — A restaurant in Nakhon Panom province has achieved local fame for employing a dog to fetch bills and deliver change to customers, carrying the banknotes in his mouth.

While Kallaya Kaewkwan, 49, cooks meals for customers at Mae Boon restaurant, Barry the dog impresses customers with his ability to dutifully ferry money back and forth between the tables and his owner.

"The customers are really impressed by the cuteness and intelligence of this dog," Ms. Kallaya said. "They say they keep returning to the restaurant because they miss him."

Ms. Kallaya said Barry was given to her by relatives when he was only ten days old.

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.php?newsid=1411471316


-- Khaosod English 2014-09-24

[siampolee]

Bill collecting pooch should be careful, any shortage of cash may well result in bill collecting pooch being on the menu.

[kurnell]

Probably does a better job then regular staff. At least a dog can't mince on his phone, snarl, burst his pimples...

[chooka]

I am sure the health department will be impressed

[BSJ]

"Barry the dog" I didn't know Barry was a common name in LOS!

[siampolee]

chooka post # 4

I am sure the health department will be impressed

Agreed the animal welfare sector should be informed as to the forced association that the dog has with undesirable unethical characters.

[NE1]

Dogs and Cats in Restaurants does not appear to concern people here.

Maybe they have never been aware that the dog licks his bum and other bits and then brings money to your table in his mouth.

Nice

[NongKhaiKid]

Dogs and Cats in Restaurants does not appear to concern people here.

Maybe they have never been aware that the dog licks his bum and other bits and then brings money to your table in his mouth.

Nice

Q, Why do dogs lick their ' other bits ' ?

A. Because they can.

I'm sure no relevant authority will bat an eyelid but TAT are likely to be all over it.

[JOC]

Dogs and Cats in Restaurants does not appear to concern people here.

Maybe they have never been aware that the dog licks his bum and other bits and then brings money to your table in his mouth.

Nice

Stop being so politically correct ! Ofcourse you are right, but this is Thailand. And why spoil a sweet story by seeing it from a western view. The customers are happy, the dog is happy. So live and let live!

[SABloke]

Dogs and Cats in Restaurants does not appear to concern people here.

Maybe they have never been aware that the dog licks his bum and other bits and then brings money to your table in his mouth.

Nice

Indeed - and what about the loose change, does one have to fish it out from under the dogs tongue?? I also wonder about dog owners that let their beloved "children" lick their faces. To each his own, but I hate when said "child" tries to do the same to me, I protest, and then the owner responds with, "Oh, he just wants to show he likes you". BTW I love dogs, just not in such an intimate way

[NE1]

I am not seeing it from a western view , I am seeing it from a health view , which has no borders , countries , or hemispheres.

[meatboy]

Dogs and Cats in Restaurants does not appear to concern people here.

Maybe they have never been aware that the dog licks his bum and other bits and then brings money to your table in his mouth.

Nice

yep i saw this on channel 3 this morning,hygeine at its best,the dog delivering the cash to the person cooking the food who takes the notes out of its mouth with her hand then continues cooking.

[Radar501]

'Barry' gets to take home any uneaten food in a doggy bag.

[recycled]

Dogs and Cats in Restaurants does not appear to concern people here.

Maybe they have never been aware that the dog licks his bum and other bits and then brings money to your table in his mouth.

Nice

And I scratch my ass and gonads before handing money to someone. Money is one of the most unhygienic items known, but haven't heard of anyone dying from it or a pandemic erupting. I would be more worried about the cook's hygiene than the pooch.

[JeremyBowskill]

Don't think a dog bringing change in his mouth would worry me all that much...... After all, I might be more worried about what tramps 'orchestra halls' the money had been next to beforehand rather than the dogs mouth. Either way I would be unlikely to be licking it after the dog.

[NongKhaiKid]

'Barry' gets to take home any uneaten food in a doggy bag.

Should that maybe be a human bag.

[monkey4u]

Does this photo show a dog collecting money or giving tea money ???

[GuyL]

That's a Thai dog, right? If Barry the dog were a Belgian or German shepherd, he would have needed a work permit.

[daoyai]

They should teach him to carry a little basket that can contain the check/bill, and return change.

[Commerce]

Dogs and Cats in Restaurants does not appear to concern people here.

Maybe they have never been aware that the dog licks his bum and other bits and then brings money to your table in his mouth.

Nice

Stop being so politically correct ! Ofcourse you are right, but this is Thailand. And why spoil a sweet story by seeing it from a western view. The customers are happy, the dog is happy. So live and let live!

Are you sure it's a Thai dog? Could have been smuggled in, you know, judging by its intelligent manner. Most Thai dogs would run away with the first payment.

[MikeENZ]

Let me get this straight, its illegal to stop a coin from rolling away with my foot due to 112, but perfectly ok to stick it in the mouth of a dog?

[lee b]

So who would be blammed if the dog short changed someone? And exactly who would keep a tip, the dog or restaurant owner??

[siampolee]

One wonders what the situation would be with 'Pooch the cashier if a Thai pussy(cat) came into the bar with a farang owner.

[me313]

Dogs and Cats in Restaurants does not appear to concern people here.

Maybe they have never been aware that the dog licks his bum and other bits and then brings money to your table in his mouth.

Nice

Along that pseudo-scientific line of reasoning, I looked up a bit of research on the subject of whether a human mouth is cleaner than a dog's, as I've heard that human mouths are quite dirty and can more bacteria in their mouths than dogs do, despite the "doo". As you will read in the excerpt I have conveniently copied (if the link posts to this forum) you may begin to question the mouth of the person you may be kissing if you are so inclined to share a juicy romantic (or otherwise) kiss with someone else, especially if they buy meat and other foods at these Thai outdoor markets where meat slowly rots in the heat and humidity and then after a few hours, gets fried in oil and smothered in chilis to drown out the taste of decaying meat, which stinks at the markets. These types of Thai meals render a mouth packed full of bacteria and other bad critters akin to what a dog licks just before it might have contact with you. So, this is something to chew on:

"I also concluded that dogs' mouths are cleaner than humans' in some ways, and dirtier in other ways. Humans have more bacteria in their mouths than dogs do, based on the total number of bacteria. Most of the humans had a "moderate" number of bacteria, and most of the dogs had "few" bacteria. A possible explanation of this might be that dogs pant a lot, and maybe while panting, bacteria falls off their tongues along with their saliva. But dogs had more types of bacteria. The average number of different bacterial colonies in a dog's mouth was about 5.7. The average number of different bacterial colonies in a human's mouth was about 4.1. I think this is so because dogs sniff and lick a variety of things, like carpets, floors, chairs, grass, etc., so they pick up bacteria from many places."

http://www.amnh.org/learn-teach/young-naturalist-awards/winning-essays2/2011-winning-essays/are-dogs-tongues-really-cleaner-than-humans

[GuyL]

Are you sure it's a Thai dog? Could have been smuggled in, you know, judging by its intelligent manner. Most Thai dogs would run away with the first payment.

No, not most Thai dogs would run away with the money: only if the Thai dog is a son of a bitch!

[NE1]

The humans I know use toothpaste and mouthwash etc.

and they do not lick their bums clean before they kiss me

[meatboy]

Dogs and Cats in Restaurants does not appear to concern people here.

Maybe they have never been aware that the dog licks his bum and other bits and then brings money to your table in his mouth.

Nice

And I scratch my ass and gonads before handing money to someone. Money is one of the most unhygienic items known, but haven't heard of anyone dying from it or a pandemic erupting. I would be more worried about the cook's hygiene than the pooch.

its well known that there is a lot of DIRTY MONEY floating around in LOS.

[Asiantravel]

Barry can also work out how much change to give back without using a calculator

[mike324]

foreign labor, no work permit - yet the police seems to be happy to give barry their money

[katana]

Guess it's kinda cute, but you worry about hygiene issues.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-euQCG19Ek