WTF were they thinking ?

[LocalYokul 177]

They took off the plastic chain guard that it was hitting.

Of course, the chain was still loose!

the complete lack of regard for safety is funny while still scary

[streeteats 30]

So I go into a restaurant in Chang Mai and order breakfast and coffee. The coffee comes iced, I look at it for a moment, then say I no like cold coffee, can you heat it up. Her: not understand Me: Not like coffee with ice, you can make hot? Her: no. Me: can get me new coffee hot, no ice? Her: No hab Me: don't you have to make coffee hot, then put ice in? Her: not understand Me: when make coffee, it hot. I want like that, no ice Her: no hab. Me: OK, never mind, give me milk Her: Milk? Me: yes milk Her: milk in coffee Me: No milk in glass Her: milk? Me: yes, milk in glass. off she goes and then she brings me hot milk, I look at it in amazement I say, I not like hot milk, like milk cold. Why you can make milk hot, but not coffee? Her: you want milk in coffee. Me: No, I want hot coffee or cold milk Her: No hab Me: you make cold milk hot, why not make cold coffee hot? Her; no hab. Me: OK, I can not drink hot milk, you have some chocolate to put in it? Her: Not understand. Me: you have chocolate to put in milk? Her: you want chocolate? Me: yes, I want chocolate in milk. Her: chocolate? Me: yes, I want chocolate in milk. Then she walks off, I'm sitting there wondering why she didn't take the milk with her. After a while, she comes back with a glass of cold chocolate milk. There was no winning with her.

Sorry you had trouble but the story's worth a ton of laughs. The fact that most those women are so damn cute sure helps, don't it?

[LocalYokul 177]

on the way in today the driver asks me if I'm not afraid to bang away on my computer when there's lightning in the distance, LOL

 

then he asks if they don't get viruses from the storms, 555

 

thought I was gonna piss myself

[harro1 256]

I have to say, you are right. I didn't realize how much dialog had gone on until after I had written it. I'll try your advice next time.

 

As weird as it sounds, I want back to the same place for dinner the next night. When I have the time and energy, I'll tell you how that one went.

 

Please tell the next nights story, I'm sure it's good.

[englishinsiam 15]

last night KFC delivery boy was handed 500b for a 279b order, he gets his mobile phone (calculator) out to figure out how much change is due

 

I can understand if I had handed him 509 Baht or 359, LOL

 

 

how often do you hand a cashier extra change, say for instance 3 Baht so your item for 88 Baht has only two coins for change (5 & 10) & they hand it back to you, cause they already have a 100 note from you ?

 

can't be arsed to actually fuckin' think

 

 

I know exactly what you mean, you try to help by giving the odd amount of small change to round off what they should give you but most of the time they don't understand. There are a few exceptions, but i think it comes down to the fact that the till displays the amount of change they should give and if they have to think for themselves, it gets too complicated.

 

I've given up trying on that one I look at my wife and shake my head every time even the slightest little bit of change they have to use a calculator.

 

Get these till girls playing darts they might learn some mental arithmatic then.

 

One of the best 'No Hab' stories i read was of the guy who ordered a meal in a restaurant, having waited some considerable time, he enquired how his meal was coming along, the reply was "No hab" " What, you don't have what i ordered ? " " No, no hab chef." The girl carried on doing her job of taking orders, irrespective of the fact there was no one in the kitchen.

 

This one I love and I can understand them doing it working like robots.

 

 

I went to a western style restaurant in Ao Nang. They had some beef dish and some meal with lamb on the menu board at the entrance. I sat down and inquired about the beef meal. The waitress didn't understand my question, so I decided to just go with the lamb dish and told the waitress I'd like the lamb dinner.

 

I ordered my drink and waited a bit. In fairly short order, the waitress brought be both the beef and the lamb dinners. Two full dinners with side dishes!

 

Similar happened to me in New Inn they had a new waitress who is no longer there. She asked for us to order via Menu numbers.

 

No 150 was the sandwich I wanted

 

No152 was to add Lettuce to the sandwich (free)

 

So I said Loy Ha sip + Loi Ha Sip Song.

 

I got 2 sandwiches one with lettuce one without.

[Ergodyne 19]

Similar happened to me in New Inn they had a new waitress who is no longer there. She asked for us to order via Menu numbers.

No 150 was the sandwich I wanted

No 152 was to add Lettuce to the sandwich (free)

So I said Loy Ha sip + Loi Ha Sip Song.

I got 2 sandwiches one with lettuce one without.

 

"Loy Ha sip - 150 + Loi Ha Sip Song - 152"

 

Perhaps i'm begining to think like them but to me, you got what you ordered.

[LocalYokul 177]

yeah, I think the menu items were Sandwich w/o lettuce & Sandwich with Lettuce

 

I am still laughing about guys who say Loy/Loi instead of Roy/Roi as it's meant to be said

 

The L is pure Lao/Eesahn dialect, LOL

 

ever hear a Korean say "Leary ?" when asking if what you said was true ?

[englishinsiam 15]

yeah, I think the menu items were Sandwich w/o lettuce & Sandwich with Lettuce

 

I am still laughing about guys who say Loy/Loi instead of Roy/Roi as it's meant to be said

 

The L is pure Lao/Eesahn dialect, LOL

 

ever hear a Korean say "Leary ?" when asking if what you said was true ?

 

No there are several sandwiches listed the no 152 is for lettuce in any of the sandwiches.

 

I've never met a Thai yet that says Roi apart from my Thai teacher but then she has to lol.

 

I just go with the flow on that one.

 

My wife struggled to say really too and she's not from Issan. She has it now after many repetitions and laughs.