Have just remembered I had an amusing but not intentional related bin loading happen to me.
I went to Phi Phi Island just before the Tsunami went through there. We stayed at Charlies Guest House on the far side of the far side of the island and had not really done any exploring on the side where all the ferries come in.
So late one afternoon we decided to have a look and see what it was all about, we walked down from the ferry terminal and came across the Western Saloon (was like a theme bar with lots of stools like horses saddles etc). has a few beers there and then went farther past there and came across the beach bar where they used to do all of the fire shows at night (sorry cannot remember the name).
Got two large beers when we arrived and other then myself and my gf, there was one other couple in there.
We were sitting there enjoying the chill out music and just enjoying the ambience of the bar. After a couple more large beers, my gf gets talking to this other couple and they end up joining us at our table.
The guy gets up and gets him and his gf a beer on the way over and we sat and talked for a while, but not getting into rounds of drinks with them.
They leave, and I see them pay the way out. We decided to leave later, and I said to Gf that I will settle up the bin.
When I got to the bar the barman said that it was about 900baht. I remember at the time thinking it was high, but at the time was past caring and really could not be bothered to check the tab.
We left and was halfway up the beach and I mentioned to my Gf what had happened and she said that was way to much and she was going to ask him why so much.
She goes back and what had happened was that the barman thought we were together and put all the drinks that they had from the time they joined us on my bill.
He happily wore the mistake and gave my gf back the extra money that he had charged me.
It was about 400baht that he had charged me instead of the other people.
So as he had admitted the mistake and given my gf the full refund she gave him back half of the money for his honesty in making the mistake.
Only problem was, due to the fact that my gf decided to go back and challenge the bar manger she decided she would keep the other half of the refund, so I still ended up paying anyway.
We went back to the bar one day after that and it was mobbed, my gf went to get the 1st drinks and jokingly pointed out to the manager where we were sitting and we definitely did not want all of the bars drinks on our bill today.
He cracked up and told all the staff what happened the day before and not to charge everyone's drinks to us. We heard his staff giving him a hard time about it every time we went to get drinks after that. It was a standing joke every time we went there.
Always Borrow Money from a Pesimist. "They Never Expect it Back"