bucknaway

You will be made to feel welcome, attractive and appreciated. The Grab taxi app works in Phuket. It's all I'm using in Chiang Mai. Even at 3am.

Just an update on my tipping. Everything I said in this post is not working out the way I planned. I tip more than I planned to and it just seems natural. The guys in Phuket act extremely grateful for the slightest tip. Even in the bars, a 40 baht tip is graciously accepted as if they expected no tip at all.

I'm headed to the circle pub for the show tonight but I doubt if any guys will turn me on. I met a college guy off grinder at 4pm and we finally stopped at 8:30 after 5 orgasms between us. As a matter of fact I'm still panting, trying to catch my breath. The guys on the apps are starting to message now also, so I guess it takes a while to filter into the apps of guys that log in haphazardly. I'm still getting pings from guys in Phuket and I left there a day ago...

I was 8n Phuket for the weekend. I had a good time even when the rain was coming down. The bars I stopped in had some good looking guys. It was a mix of manly young guys to fem twinks. The bar prices were around 200 baht for beer and 140 baht at zag/my way gogo bar. My way is the bar to go to. One guy had me getting hard watching him perform in the show. I was with a guy I met on the app that worked massage. He is a nice guy, hung enough to make any man proud and loves to please no matter if its roleplay, light sm or kinky fun. He stopped me from looking any further for guys. I'm in Chiang mai now. Went to house of male last night, I don't want to go back. 2nd floor is totally dark, TV has no signal and mosquitos didn't let up. Adam's apple was fun but nothing to my taste so I went to secrets bar. Some cute guys there but I ended up back in my room alone. I hope tonight is different.

Opinions I enjoy reading, personal attacks are a waste of my time and offers no value to the topic... in my opinion.

This topic is fun when info is shared, I hate to read personal attacks because someone thinks differently and lives their life to the beat of a different drum. No one has lives a perfect life in the judgement of others. https://youtu.be/QAn4NBwo0pY

I may have to try the wank contest when I'm there. Sounds like fun! I'm not a fan of tattoos but Thailand has worn down my aversion and now they do t bother me so much. When the lights are dim and I'm under the sheets where it's dark, I don't see the tattoos. As far as guy types, I like the straight guys but can be seduced by a few select twinks. The sissy types and ladyboys turn me off totally.

If a place pools tips and a guy is seen pocketing a tip.... could that cause him problems?

One place I get 20 baht notes from are the exchange booths. You can get a stack of fresh 20 baht notes for 2000 baht I think. I went to one after taking out 10,000 baht at their ATM. I wanted 20 baht notes. I think she misunderstood and held out her hand and said 2000 baht. I gave it to her and she gave me back a stack of 20 baht notes. Regarding tips in the USA. My BF use to be a waiter and if he was shorted on a tip, he informed the management and they would move something like a dessert or something from the check so that it could be used as a tip for the waiter. When you are in Thailand, you may get quoted high prices for things and they will justify it by asking you how much would you pay if you were in NYC? Do you pay it or not? Up to you.

Here is a thought for you Christian. In Thailand your charged higher prices because you're a foreigner and to top it off they expect a generous tip on top of it. In Dj Station, the staff is greatful if I tip 20 baht or 100 baht. In Sunee, the waiter that brings me a drink is happy if I tip 20 or 100 baht. It's only in a few locations that expect champagne level tips just for delivering me a glass of water or beer to my seat. Hell, if it would make things easier, they can let me get my own beer, I won't mind. Now I will carry a supply of 20 baht notes to put in the envelope. The workers have their tricks to get a bigger tip like putting a bunch of 5 and 10 baht coins in the check-bin, or putting 50 baht notes in the folder or they take an exceptionally long time to bring the change. In my mind, I think they are using that trick hoping you will leave before they return with the change you are do. My trick will be to empty the wallet of coins and 50 baht notes and put a fresh, crisp 20 baht note in the wallet. I still laugh about the bar in PatPong that had the coins glued to the plate

This is a post I'd written about a tout I met and tipped on my final night in bkk. https://sawatdeenetwork.com/v4/showthread.php?16155-Ever-let-a-Tout-lead-the-way&highlight=Tout Oops, that is not the right thread. I think my original post may be lost. I'll try to find it tomorrow. Sleep now...

Reader, please stop trying to push this thread off topic...

Hold on there Jasper! Lets put on our detective hat and inspect the picture. Notice how there are no other drinks or coasters on the bar? Nothice how the bar shows no reflections of people and no shadows of people? Notice the wastebasket turned upside down in the top left of the photo? The bright morning sun shining in at the top right of the photo. I submit to you that the photo is STAGED! Once the photo was taken, the notes were collected and the drinks funneled back into the bottle and the sealing tape re-applied to the bottle to make it look new and unopened! We Queer folk are still the better tippers! Yes, even Christian... Well.... Maybe not Christian.... Anyway, this solves the case of the Shot to the Baht caper! Elementary my dear Jasper.

Is that how the police are conducting the pee test?

Ouch! You wound me sir! LOL So snippy about such things... Who threw sand his lube?

Advantages for me as I see them. Jomtien: * Great morning location. * Close to the gay beach * Able to see nice thai bodies in Speedo's and underwear * Close to the gay host bars * Breakfast on the beach. * Massage in the sand, * Able to easily meet other people in a relaxed beach setting. * flirt with the guys on the beach and collect phone numbers of handsome massage workers for personal massages. * easy access to baht bus taxi * At night, going back to your room, you can meet some truly fun guys. I will get off at Jomtien complex and walk through it as I head to my rented condo. Boyztown * I love being able to hire a guy from a bar and end up just steps away from my hotel. I try to brush off the thought that the guys see me parade many guys to my room haha! * I love being close to the bars * I love being close to the Malls * I love being near walking street * I love the party atmosphere vibe of the area * I love being near Sunee Plaza * It's a great area for shopping. * At night, when the bars go dark, you can take a stroll on Walking street. * The street food vendors! At night they are all around! And the day/Night area near Tuk.com is a foodies paradise! You can't get that in Jomtien!

I see 3 in the thread with STRONG opinions, but the majority are just talking about their tip practices. Does that make it a controversial topic? Only for those that hate to see others live their life as they choose. Does my tipping change related to the circumstances at hand? You bet your bippy it does. When we write our opinion on a message board, that is what we are doing. We are not chiseling it in stone or vowing to live the remainder of our days as if a post on a message board was our blood sworn vow. If I were to hang out with Christian, I am sure I would cringe with his tipping methods, but would that stop me from hanging out with him or being mad at him? Nope. If it bothered me that much I would add to his tip to put a smile on the face of the server, but if his tip was closer to my tip then... Oh well..... And just for the record, I created this topic in the hope that it would lead to a discussion on odd tipping habits to people that you would not ordinarily tip. Like the lady pushing the mop between your legs as you stand at the urinal. The mini bus driver that takes you to the airport or the big bus driver that takes you to Pattaya from Bangkok. Maybe you give a tip or spare change to the 7-11 staff? I know have giving money and bought food and drinks for the 7-11 staff. It just happened and I did it. Maybe you have done something so random? I bet we all have. Maybe someone got pushed into tipping a tout that promised to take them to a gogo bar and was being ignored till both of you arrived at the bar you were going to and him demanding a tip for "escorting" you to the bar. Tipping is not a controversial topic. Hot heads in a post that can't sway opinion... They are what makes a topic controversial.

Thank you. God has truly favored me my whole life. I'm surprised you noticed.

Tipping in Thailand seems to mainly happen in tourist areas. I can't count how often tips have been returned to me. Now when I go out with my Thai friends, I take direction from them on when to tip. If the place serves tourist then we tip the server. If it's mainly a Thai eatery then no tip is given. Disco bars where you try to find a table to claim for the night that comes with a dedicated server.... I don't know what is expected there at all... It boggles the mind!

I'm not changing the guys tips in gogo bars, but when I go to hotmale or boys boys boys, I'm not tipping 100 baht to the guy that bring me a 200 or 300 or 400 baht beer. I'm only going to tip 20 baht. If they want more they will have to find a way to earn a bigger tip from me. He didn't read the post or I failed to be clear that I was not going to overtip bar waitstaff anymore. I bar hop too much to waste money. Cheap Charlie? I've heard worse names. I may even let staff know I'm cheap Charlie but I'm sure many would laugh at that title on me.

I think you are right. I remember seeing a show where a reporter worked with hotel cleaning staff in "Phuket?" and she had only a few minutes to clean the room and the pay was heartbreaking. They were given just enough supplies to do the rooms and had to pay for anything missing on their carts. There were a few other things that happened in the video but those were the main things I remember. Now I try not to make a big mess in my room. and if I do, I try to reduce the amount of work necessary to straighten it up. That, and I increase the daily tip I leave. After all. She or he knows all my secrets. I know they are counting the used condoms in the wastebasket! haha!

For feedback and to read others thoughts. I like the info. Even your position I found helpful, it told me a little about you. Thanks for sharing.

I know tipping has gone too far when I heard a suggestion that airplane cabin crew should be tipped if the flight didn't suck. Well, they didn't put it that way. They "The voice on a youtube video" suggested that if you had a good flight, consider tipping the cabin crew. Well I refuse! I am not going on vacation to tip every person that looks my way! I'd be broke before I got to my hotel! With that being said... I am going to do my best to reduce my non-gogo boy bar tips down to 20 baht. No more 100 baht tips just for bringing me a beer. I don't even tip 3 dollars to a beer server here at home. The bank of Bucknaway is closed and undergoing renovations!

When I'm in Chiang mai, once I find a good driver, I ask his number and ask him if he will be my night driver for 500 baht to take me a few bars and back to my room. It's worked out well for me.

It sucks to be catfished by Thai guys hehe