Tips for life in Thailand

Post by **DawnHRD** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:44 pm

Hungover? Me? Guess, are you implying that I enjoy the odd drink or 15??

I guess you're right in the fact we see a lot of strange things, but I don't always see the humour in them

. Mai pen rai Other people's experiences are often funnier!

Post by **Guess** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:57 am

I am sure that there must be many more tips out there considering the change in Hua Hin in the last two years.

Shopping is always a good topic and seems to have had some recent interest with the openings of Macro, Villa Market and a little shed in Soi 94 selling dried noodles, Krong Tip coughin' nails, Hall's cough sweets and of course, fish sauce.

Anyway today's tip:

When selecting goods to purchase in a self service "minimart" select only items that are priced 99, 91, 96 or 61 Baht. When you get to the checkout turn all the packages and cans upside down. The saving can be as much as 75 Baht on an item marked 91 Baht and even 33 Baht on an item marked at 99 Baht.

Post by **margaretcarnes** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 7:09 am

Always check the OP date before reading the whole f........g topic.

Post by **margaretcarnes** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 7:12 am

Always add up the cost of your 7/11 shopping and have correct money ready at the checkout. Wait patiently until assistant has totted it all up and magically produce the same amount.

Post by **margaretcarnes** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 7:13 am

Always wait until your laundry is returned before sacking the cleaner.

Post by **margaretcarnes** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 7:22 am

If you need green tiles, tell your builder to buy red.

If you need the grouting to match - forget it!

Never argue with the guy installing the blue pipes. Water DOES flow uphill.

Post by **margaretcarnes** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 7:32 am

Avoid taking visitors on the Grand Palace tour at all costs. Feign illness. Take Immodium for effect. Paint on a rash. ANYTHING. Just send them off with a tour guide and retire to Chequers to wait.

Post by **margaretcarnes** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 7:36 am

And finally - always make friends with the most vicious dog in the Soi =- then enlist the help of HHDR to take his most precious bits away.

(Sorry Dawn!)

Post by **Guess** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:47 am

And on a similar theme. Pretend to your local shopkeeper that you have magical powers.

As you walk round the store picking up items make a mental tally of the cost. Put the items on teh counter and state the total cost. The cashier will get the calculator out and add up one by one. Keep saying what the total is every five seconds or so (preferably in Thai). Eventually the cashier will finish with the calculator and turn it round to show you the total on the screen. Hopefully it will tie up with what you made it and you can repeat the total again in Thai. The cashier will the realise what you have been saying for the last five minutes and look at you in complete amazement.

You can then have a little more fun by handing over the amount rounded up to the next hundred Baht and mentally calculating the change. The calculator comes out again and you keep repeating the amount of the change. When the cashier finally determines the amount of change to give is exactly what you have been saying he/she will be completely convinced you have magical powers and can see into the future.

Post by **margaretcarnes** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:59 am

Nice twist there Guess. Sadly though it also works well back in the UK now, and truly stuns Tesco staff in particular! It's much more difficult to pull the same stunt on Waitrose staff IMO.

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