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    The good old "losing face" debate

    in General Topics

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    I caused a shop manager to lose face.  I wanted a product replaced and he refused to do it.  He called his boss in Bangkok (big company lots of staff people in attendance) and his boss agreed with him and told him not to replace the product.  We were on a conference call in front of his entire staff. 
     
    I told him I would be back in a week and he would replace the product and it would be easier if he just gave it to me then and save us both a lot of headaches. 
     
    I could have done it differently.  Quieter and not called his boss on a conference call and I could have not insisted that the company ship it to that branch for me to pick up. 
     
    I called the President of the company in Singapore and he sent the product and I picked it up from the manager a week later at the branch store.  He lost face in front of his entire staff as did his boss in Bangkok.
     
    If they ever see me at night in a dark alley I'll have a problem. 
     
    That is losing face and that is me gaining face. 


    555
    Brilliant, like your story.
    Hope the product was worth it.
    Have done something similar at homepro with the store manager.
    Still alive.

    Work Permit for small food business

    in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits

    Posted

    Work your ass off while you are between 20 and 40. Save like crazy. Have some holidays to relax.
    Resist the urge to buy a new car, large house, to many fancy clothes etc.
    Then when you are 40 either have a large sum saved or a huge amount of experience that can be monetized. If you wait to long then your saving and learning/experience building period will be skipped and you end up much much less comfortable. And in your older days, comfort is the greatest good.
     

    Well said
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    Is "Farang" Derogatory?

    in General Topics

    Posted

    I was just yesterday called
    "ai hear farung" by a moron driving his motorcycle sidecar on 2 wheels the sidecar raised 45 degrees to the road....no Idea why he called me a monitor lizard farung...but never mind sticks and stones etc


    Why didn’t you reply:
    Yet Mae, Mueng!
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    Sunglasses

    in General Topics

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    Since I left my original Ray Ban on the backseat of a Bangkok taxi years ago, I swore myself never buy expensive shades again!

    So I browsed the web and found nice ones on eBay. Bought a dozen for almost nothing with UV glasses.

    Did let one pair check at the local Topcharoen shop if they had the UV protecting glasses for sure.

    Now if I lose one or they get worn just open the drawer of my desk and take another one out.

     

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