Amor and Wi's Restaurants to Close

[Gaybutton]

You have to be careful when you put your foot down. You are apt to break the heel on your stilettos.

Yes, but at my weight I also often strike oil . . .

[MrBill]

Yes they have a few guys sitting around smoking talking to each other, but where is the fun? At some bars it is like going to a bakery to buy stale buns!!

 

Hmmmmm ... is "stale buns" a reference to pushy mamasans or over-the-hill go-gos?

[Guest richsilver]

OK. OK. I see the point of logical progression, conversation, etc. It makes sense now.

[Guest chiangmaidude]

 

Why on earth the bars refuse to listen to the customer complaints and make that one simple improvement goes beyond me. All he had to do was turn a switch a little bit and he would have taken in several thousand more baht. But nooooooo. Keep the music volume so loud that customers can't stand it. WHY?

 

It's a strategy born in the U.S. a couple of decades ago that's designed to get people to drink more...the belief being that if people are talking a lot, they aren't drinking enough. It's an effective strategy in some types of nightclub venues and not in others. Unfortunately, many club owners use it even if it isn't appropriate for their venue.

[Guest fountainhall]

It's a strategy born in the U.S. a couple of decades ago that's designed to get people to drink more

I always understood there was a strategy for restaurants, too. Keep the music at a higher level at opening time so that customers who arrive early don't feel that they have to speak quietly to each other. As the restaurant fills up, gradually turn down the volume and let the noise of conversation take over. Trouble is, many restaurant owners in my experience seem to forget the second - more important - part.

[Bob]

I'm not so sure about the described noise strategies here in the US. I've never experienced that before and I can't recall a single incident of music being loud (let alone too loud) in any venue other than a nightclub or bar with a dj or a band. Restaurants have never generally been noisy here (other than due to general conversation and bad acoustics).

 

They (the Thais) just seem to like it louder than hell. In one bar in Hua Hin, even the owner will occasionally get up and insist they turn the music down (yet, when he leaves, they immediately turn it up to deafening levels in spite of repeated complaints from customers). And it's not just the bars.....the deafening noise levels are everywhere including, for example, at long boat races on serene rural lakes and even during monk funerals. The street noise can be deafening anywhere (the enforcement of muffler standards for motorsys and tuk tuks seems to be about as successful as their concern about vehicles spewing clouds of pollution). It's simply endemic, almost cultural, and difficult for many westerners to take.

[Guest lvdkeyes]

Not to mention the trucks that drive around advertising whatever with the sound blasting at deafening levels.

[Gaybutton]

Not to mention the trucks that drive around advertising whatever with the sound blasting at deafening levels.

Often starting as early as 7:00am!!!

 

And it is also quite common to see letters-to-the-editor in English language newspapers complaining of karaokes blaring their music at all hours of the night, not giving the first damn whether the local residents like it or not.