ThaiHome Posted September 20, 2002 Report Share Posted September 20, 2002 "girl's shitty attitudes because it is your actions that spoil them for all of us. " So let be sure I understand this, my actions, cause the bad attitude, and yours, which is to treat them like automobiles and bargin down to the lowest price doesn't? TH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zanemay Posted September 20, 2002 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2002 Thailand is a country of bargaining. Even in the US I bargain with everyone I can. A few have implied that being a prostitute is demeaning. Is being a plumber demeaning? I mean it's a shitty job that a lot of people don't want to do. I am bargaining with my plumber in America over a sewer line right now. Is this degrading to him? Being a prostitute is something most of the girls that I know choose freely and enthusiastically to do. (And of course our PC set will say "Impossible!") What bums them out is not having a man to go with, but not going with men. There are people on the board who have more money than they know what to do with, especially in Thailand. You are free to do whatever you wish of course. That's what rich people do. But there are those of us who: (1) Stay here on a limited budget and need to stretch as much as we can. (2) And people like me who like a challenge. It is more fun to have the balls, when she says, "500" to say "300." See what happens. No go? End up at 400? Mai pen rai. We always part on good terms and 90% of the time the girls are happy to see me come back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiHome Posted September 20, 2002 Report Share Posted September 20, 2002 You make good points, but to me, and this is just to me, bargaining about replacing a sewer liner and how much I am going to pay for sex are somewhat different. There just seems to be some sort of intimacy in the sex that is missing from the plumber. Maybe I should get the phone number of your plumber. To be honest, I am probably pulling you guys' chain a little bit. Trying to get you step back and actually read what have written. TH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 21, 2002 Report Share Posted September 21, 2002 "We always part on good terms and 90% of the time the girls are happy to see me come back" As do I!!!! Your points are VERY well made. Bravo!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 21, 2002 Report Share Posted September 21, 2002 "There just seems to be some sort of intimacy in the sex that is missing from the plumber" Very funny...but I do think that the "act" as viewed by the average pro is not an act of intimacy at all. In fact, we often say that having sex to these girls is about like us making a piece of toast in the morning!!! ....and about my comparison with buying a car. Just because you bargain hard to get the car at a good price does not keep you from taking care of the car and enjoying it!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lembeh Posted September 21, 2002 Report Share Posted September 21, 2002 >Not trying to "pull rank." just making a point that visitors drive the price up for residents. As you must know,once a girl gets 2000 she thinks the snut is worth that from now on. Many would rather starve than go for less!!!! What a load of old, tired cr@p. 1. I know *long* term residents who pay *way* over the odds, just because its their money and they get tired of people like you telling them what they "should" pay. 2. The one thing that a bar girl knows is what the market will bear. Hence the perpetual screwing of "fresh of the plane" tourists (in a financial sense) and the fact that residents pay 1/4 (or less) of that. 3. *Every* bar girl knows that a resident is a potential repeat customer, and hence they are *much* more flexible on "price" If a bar girl is giving you crap over the price in light of 1, 2 and 3 above, it says more about you than about them. -j- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 21, 2002 Report Share Posted September 21, 2002 god i love the old over payers vs cheap charlies stouches. always entertaining Its like watching a bunch of kids argue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli13 Posted September 22, 2002 Report Share Posted September 22, 2002 up to you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJsushi Posted September 22, 2002 Report Share Posted September 22, 2002 You are right to fight for your baht. In a country where the average daily wage is around 160 baht I think 1000 for all night is fair [color:purple] I understand the basis for your argument but unfortunately it doesn't hold a drop of water. The minimum wage is not an indication of what it costs to live. The minimum wage in the USA is $5.15 an hour and I wiould challenge you to find someone who has a decent standard of living in a metropolitan area or resort area on that wage. Keep in mind that the wage is also taxed. I would also stipulate that teenagers living with their parents do not count. I seriously wonder about the process of thinking that some use when justifying what to pay others based on the "minimum wage" Could you survive on the minimum wage? I would think that the logical thought process to pay a girl should be based on prevailing "market rates" and your personal satisfaction not "the minimum wage" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumpy Posted September 22, 2002 Report Share Posted September 22, 2002 The whole point I was making that at 1000 baht a night you are paying more than 6 times the minimum daily wage... I wasn't suggesting for a minute that a comfortable existence is possible on minimum wage, I'm sure it isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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