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**Turbo-ip** · 01-10-2010, 02:40 AM

I had a book, Do's and Dont's in Thailand and it kind of touched on this, but the book didn't give a clear cut answer as to who wais who in such a situation as young boss, older subordinate.

As a side note, book did say that old people do not wai young kids, and that it is a source of bemusement when foreigners wai young Thai kids. It so happened that yesterday I was at the mall, and walking by the small KFC outlet by the food court. There were three foreigners, and this one older guy was making a wai and repeatedly saying real loud so everyone around could hear, 'sawadee krap,' over and over to this little boy who was holding his dad's hand.

01-10-2010, 02:40 AM	#3
Turbo-ip Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 441 Senior Member	I had a book, Do's and Dont's in Thailand and it kind of touched on this, but the book didn't give a clear cut answer as to who wais who in such a situation as young boss, older subordinate. As a side note, book did say that old people do not wai young kids, and that it is a source of bemusement when foreigners wai young Thai kids. It so happened that yesterday I was at the mall, and walking by the small KFC outlet by the food court. There were three foreigners, and this one older guy was making a wai and repeatedly saying real loud so everyone around could hear, 'sawadee krap,' over and over to this little boy who was holding his dad's hand.
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