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I doubt they'd be showered with service in Oz but it's unlikely they'd be derided rudely in a language they couldn't understand. It's true though. Drinking in a bar. Lots of things in Thailand are pumped full of hormones.

Thais pride themselves on being the only country in SEA that was never under colonial rule or occupied (they say the Japanese were invited in) so it's hard to apply your theory which is more applicable to neighbouring country's like Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia. It's true that nobody can be...

The most common dual pricing tourists come across are national parks which charge 20 baht entry for Thais and 200 for farangs. Some places try to conceal dual pricing by writing the prices for locals in Thai script. Because many of them are uneducated xenophobes who are brainwashed with the...

My favourite is when the girls call you "dahk ling" which sounds like "darling" but really means monkey's arss (Issan). Occasionally i will say "poot thai mai dai" (พูดภาษาไทยไม่ได้) which means "I cannot speak Thai" and throws them off because they're not sure how much you really know. But...

Agree Thailand/Scamland is possibly the worst country in SE Asia for providing any sort of service. None of the staff at Big C, Tesco, Home Pro, 7-Eleven etc give a hoot about customer service. In fact they will try and rip you off given the chance. This poor fella was robbed after he died...

I love these Aussie whinge threads :D Maybe it's time to move offshore.