#10 The Lady Drink Scam
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Lady Drinks. Okay, here goes . . .
Guys, you don't have to pay crazy prices for drinks to get laid in Pattaya, though many bar owners would have you believe that.
First, service levels in Thailand are much lower than in most of our home countries. In Thailand, unless you're at a high-end restaurant, what you typically get is:
"Here's the menu."
"Can I take your order?"
"Here's your food."
"Tell me when you want to pay".
Thai servers seldom check on your during your meal. "Is everything okay here?" is a question seldom heard in Thailand. The servers are too busy looking at their phones or watching TV.
Pattaya, however, is a town full of falangs, many of whom expect such service. Bar owners need to provide this service to be successful, and should train their staff accordingly.
At your typical beer bar, the girls are hired to serve drinks AND socialize with customers. That's why the bar pays them a monthly wage. Keep the drinks full and be friendly. Bar owner 101.
Thai girls have to be trained to give extra service. It's not part of their culture.
If the bar owner wants repeat falang business, they'll train their staff in the ways of falang style service.
If you're sitting at a bar in Pattaya and the bar girls are ignoring you, the owner didn't do his job in the training department.
Ahhhh, but Pattaya bar owners have found a way to avoid their duty to their customers - the Lady Drink scam.
"Guys, if you want the girls to sit with you, you have to buy them a drink . . . and we have these over-priced drinks on our menu exclusively for bargirls . . . you better buy one . . . you don't want to sit all by yourself, do you?"
He's got the customers funding an incentive program that pays out to the bargirls,encouraging lazy behavior on their part ("I'm not gonna sit with any guy who doesn't buy me a drink."), AND he makes an extra profit per drink over his normal profit. What a great deal . . . for bar owners, that is.
Is it any wonder that he recommends buying lady drinks instead of tipping the girls directly? He doesn't get a cut of a tip you personally hand to the girl.
You want a girl to sit with you? Slip her 50 baht. You want to make sure she doesn't abandon you for the sexy young man who just walked in the bar? Give her 100 baht, and whisper in her ear, "How much for barfine?".
At least all that money goes into her pocket, not for some over-priced glass of colored water.
Supply/demand is on our side in Pattaya. There is always another bar next door. There are so many hot girls in Pattaya that it's a waste of time to turn to look at a stunner - another one will be coming up in a few seconds.
Say "No!" to the Lady Drink Scam.
Guys, you don't have to pay crazy prices for drinks to get laid in Pattaya, though many bar owners would have you believe that.
First, service levels in Thailand are much lower than in most of our home countries. In Thailand, unless you're at a high-end restaurant, what you typically get is:
"Here's the menu."
"Can I take your order?"
"Here's your food."
"Tell me when you want to pay".
Thai servers seldom check on your during your meal. "Is everything okay here?" is a question seldom heard in Thailand. The servers are too busy looking at their phones or watching TV.
Pattaya, however, is a town full of falangs, many of whom expect such service. Bar owners need to provide this service to be successful, and should train their staff accordingly.
At your typical beer bar, the girls are hired to serve drinks AND socialize with customers. That's why the bar pays them a monthly wage. Keep the drinks full and be friendly. Bar owner 101.
Thai girls have to be trained to give extra service. It's not part of their culture.
If the bar owner wants repeat falang business, they'll train their staff in the ways of falang style service.
If you're sitting at a bar in Pattaya and the bar girls are ignoring you, the owner didn't do his job in the training department.
Ahhhh, but Pattaya bar owners have found a way to avoid their duty to their customers - the Lady Drink scam.
"Guys, if you want the girls to sit with you, you have to buy them a drink . . . and we have these over-priced drinks on our menu exclusively for bargirls . . . you better buy one . . . you don't want to sit all by yourself, do you?"
He's got the customers funding an incentive program that pays out to the bargirls,encouraging lazy behavior on their part ("I'm not gonna sit with any guy who doesn't buy me a drink."), AND he makes an extra profit per drink over his normal profit. What a great deal . . . for bar owners, that is.
Is it any wonder that he recommends buying lady drinks instead of tipping the girls directly? He doesn't get a cut of a tip you personally hand to the girl.
You want a girl to sit with you? Slip her 50 baht. You want to make sure she doesn't abandon you for the sexy young man who just walked in the bar? Give her 100 baht, and whisper in her ear, "How much for barfine?".
At least all that money goes into her pocket, not for some over-priced glass of colored water.
Supply/demand is on our side in Pattaya. There is always another bar next door. There are so many hot girls in Pattaya that it's a waste of time to turn to look at a stunner - another one will be coming up in a few seconds.
Say "No!" to the Lady Drink Scam.
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