Originally Posted by
Van
When I was out in Thailand (my mother is from Thailand) I took a couple of my white mates with me, we was literally getting grabbed when we walked down those prostitute streets asking for a massage and stuff LOL
Anyways I can speak Thai to a conversational level so I eventually found us a bargain "hidden gem" bar where it was just 1500 baht (like £30) to bring them back to the hotel room for the night XD
After chatting to the one I got with she explained like she only gets 500 baht as the bar's fee is 1k yen. I was like wtf, abit unfair? I actually felt bad for being a cheeky bastard on the haggling down now after hearing that.
But yeah, speaking to my cousins if you don't go to university or what not in Thailand you're stuck at a base pay of between 7000 - 12000 baht a month... thats not even 270gbp... You earn that much on minimum wage a week in the UK ffs.
So naturally girls in Thailand fall into prostitution due to this as they can earn minimum 3000 baht a night (excluding ones who meet me lmfao) which throws them closer to our minimum wage xD and with our wages... thats living in luxury in Thailand.
The system is corrupt. They stopped me for driving a motorcycle without a helmet (This is perfectly normal as you all know in Thailand) I told the guy I was from England and he just said to give him 500 baht and he'll let me go LOL. When I joined my uncle for his business trip around Bangkok, we drove around and legit they got the fucking old dartford crossing toll fee booths at every entrance/exit on the motorway. I was like bloody hell... Government and King must be poor.
Anyways after I left my friends to go travel around Thailand whilst I visit my family. Apparently without me "things suddenly became expensive" is what they said XD
So they are exploiting white people but to an extent. Its like they know they can't trick fellow asians who accompany their white friends lol.
It's not all asian countries. Just the underdeveloped ones where poverty can get pretty extreme. Like go to Japan (okay not really south east asia XD), you're expected to do Overtime if you work there, the fucking train conductor/ticket inspector bows down to you as he leaves to go to the next carriage and people are very polite.
Oh PS... I heard Vietnam is worse than Thailand when it comes to corruption.
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