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**opelayday** · 02-05-2011, 09:32 AM

Quote[/b] ]Do give a tip at a nice restaurant, not everything the Lonely Planet states is true.

Very true! And the 'dek serv' at the Thai-style discos like Dance Fever get tipped too. From what I've seen if they're not too badly off then Thais can tip very generously, I guess there's a measure of prestige in it. Though Bangkok taxi drivers are relaxed about tips it seems, in fact they've often rounded the fare down!

Quote[/b] ]Don't come here for 3 years and complain about all things Thai, or the locals will ask 'Why don't you go home?"

Yeah I wondered about these chronic moaning types myself too. No country is perfect, but at the end of day (for me at least) living life in Thailand is a lot better than living outside of it, and I'm very happy here so I figure I've got nothing to complain about really.

Quote[/b] ]Don't try a shirt on if you aren't going to buy it, the vendor doesn't need the smell of your armpits all over her goods.

Not sure I'd agree with this one, if you're thinking of buying clothes it's standard practice to try them on first isn't it ? Or how else you can't be sure they'd fit. If you're not thinking of buying it, well then it would seem pretty pointless to be trying it on.

Quote[/b] ]Don't buy a rose from a child beggar at night, you don't want to promote child labour.
Do, if you wish, donate money to respectable charities for the under priviliged, and not some dodgy beggar on Silom.

I bought a rose from these child beggars once, and as soon as getting my 100B the kid ran off with my change. There's not much you can do in that situation, as the money is not that much and who wants to be seen trying to forcefully take money off a 5 year old, even if it is rightfully yours. I just let it go, but give to established charities instead of the street beggars and kids now. http://www.dpf.or.th/ is one I like, where the money goes to helping out Bangkok's underpriveleged - slum dwellers, funding orphanges for AIDS orphans, paying tutition fees for children otherwise too poor to go to school etc....

02-05-2011, 09:32 AM	#9
opelayday Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 537 Senior Member	Quote[/b] ]Do give a tip at a nice restaurant, not everything the Lonely Planet states is true. Very true! And the 'dek serv' at the Thai-style discos like Dance Fever get tipped too. From what I've seen if they're not too badly off then Thais can tip very generously, I guess there's a measure of prestige in it. Though Bangkok taxi drivers are relaxed about tips it seems, in fact they've often rounded the fare down! Quote[/b] ]Don't come here for 3 years and complain about all things Thai, or the locals will ask 'Why don't you go home?" Yeah I wondered about these chronic moaning types myself too. No country is perfect, but at the end of day (for me at least) living life in Thailand is a lot better than living outside of it, and I'm very happy here so I figure I've got nothing to complain about really. Quote[/b] ]Don't try a shirt on if you aren't going to buy it, the vendor doesn't need the smell of your armpits all over her goods. Not sure I'd agree with this one, if you're thinking of buying clothes it's standard practice to try them on first isn't it ? Or how else you can't be sure they'd fit. If you're not thinking of buying it, well then it would seem pretty pointless to be trying it on. Quote[/b] ]Don't buy a rose from a child beggar at night, you don't want to promote child labour. Do, if you wish, donate money to respectable charities for the under priviliged, and not some dodgy beggar on Silom. I bought a rose from these child beggars once, and as soon as getting my 100B the kid ran off with my change. There's not much you can do in that situation, as the money is not that much and who wants to be seen trying to forcefully take money off a 5 year old, even if it is rightfully yours. I just let it go, but give to established charities instead of the street beggars and kids now. http://www.dpf.or.th/ is one I like, where the money goes to helping out Bangkok's underpriveleged - slum dwellers, funding orphanges for AIDS orphans, paying tutition fees for children otherwise too poor to go to school etc....
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