Gaybutton wrote: ↑Sat Dec 28, 2024 2:14 pmThat is a standard line I've been hearing ever since my first trip to Thailand - and one I won't listen to or sympathize with.
I don't waste time on that either.
In this instance, asking him how many lads in the bar were sat with a customer worked well. He seemed to quite enjoy the indirect reminder that he's currently earning more than any of the other cute lads in the bar.
Thanks to a language barrier, he was spared the lesson on budgeting. Which is probably just as well.
Elsewhere in this thread, we still see repetitive comments about the tipping habits of others.
I'm also aware of some customers tipping several hundred baht less than I do.
Firstly, that's none of my damn business.
Secondly, even that is infinitely more than the boys get from those who stopped offing lads years ago (but still have the most to say on the topic).
Thirdly, at least some of the top performing lads do tell me about turning down customers who did not offer enough. The good lads can do that. This seems fair.
These days, for any first time meeting, boys ask what tip they're going to get in advance and are very capable of looking after themselves.
After all, they're the ones with enough initiative to go and work in a foreign country at a young age