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**PVaQlNaP** · 09-21-2012, 10:31 PM

What about people of similar age, when you are unsure, meeting for social status?

If someone is doing the introduction, it would be easy. You can ask your friend/colleague if that person is senior or junior than you. Another clue is the person of a lower status will always be addressed first in an introduction. Thus, a junior employee will be introduced before her boss.

It is unusual for someone to just walk right up and introduce himself or herself to a total stranger unless it takes place in a pub. But I can't help you with that. I have never been in that situation before.

It is also my understanding that Thais are usually very adept in noticing the intanglibles that will show the social status.

No doubt some of the finer points of deciding, who is above who, are particular for Thai culture even if they for an outsider would appear to have the same social status.

09-21-2012, 10:31 PM	#16
PVaQlNaP Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 372 Senior Member	What about people of similar age, when you are unsure, meeting for social status? If someone is doing the introduction, it would be easy. You can ask your friend/colleague if that person is senior or junior than you. Another clue is the person of a lower status will always be addressed first in an introduction. Thus, a junior employee will be introduced before her boss. It is unusual for someone to just walk right up and introduce himself or herself to a total stranger unless it takes place in a pub. But I can't help you with that. I have never been in that situation before. It is also my understanding that Thais are usually very adept in noticing the intanglibles that will show the social status. No doubt some of the finer points of deciding, who is above who, are particular for Thai culture even if they for an outsider would appear to have the same social status.
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