Beware at Exchange booths

[usual suspect]

Ever had a bit of a 'blonde moment'? (sorry Mags )
I changed 60 quid at the Thai Farmer's Booth next to the supermarket opp. Surin hotel this morn..
..Now when I've changed big lumps of cash I have my calculator with me and my reading-glasses..today I had neither..

Only when I'd got home did I realise I'd trusted the cashier there and signed accordingly.
What the girl had done was given me the relevant amount of Baht in exchange for 60 Euros..
..So I only got 40.something for each of my Pounds!

On returning the girls in the supermarket said she had been 'on her lunch' for 2+ hours now..mmm?

SO..Please read the paper they pass you BEFORE signing, & IF you have a large amount to change
DO take a calculator with you. Don't be like me..dumb!

[jimmy40]

I had one incident in pataya, i was buying a used car. So i wanted to change 6 000 aud to bart. Well when the slip come back across with the money it was 30,000 baht short. I promply pushed it back to her she handed me my money in aud back all good. But did it fast i know in my heart she thought she had a green one on her hands, no one could miss calculate those figures.

[margaretcarnes]

Tsk tsk US - you mean you can't multiply in your head? Even blondes can do that!

[usual suspect]

Jimmy..that woulda made it a very expensive car..!
Mags..if you say is true do ya fancy being our cashier for high-season?..555!

[Arnold]

I am shocked - a farang is being ripped off. Never imagined something like this would happen in LOS. I'm staying home!!

[uncle tom]

It might have been an innocent mistake, or a clever ploy..

But in the latter case, she'd probably repeat the trick endlessly, politely correcting the errors when people noticed and complained (so it didn't get back to her boss..) - and relying on the goodly percentage of tourists who simply don't check when they change their cash.

..it's also possible that the girl had made the opposite mistake earlier in the day, and needed to balance her till - hence the long lunch break to avoid you later..