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ChiangMai noon · 30-11-2005, 12:49 PM

I know a nice little business in a good location with I think real bar potential up here.
i don't have the time, money or inclination to do it myself. anyone interested?

Captain Sensible · 30-11-2005, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

I know a nice little business in a good location with I think real bar potential up here.
i don't have the time, money or inclination to do it myself. anyone interested?

Pm me some more details CMN. I am always keen to know about opportunities.

ChiangMai noon · 30-11-2005, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Captain Sensible

I am heading to the dogs first up so we can plan how to get Teakdoor to be the biggest and best site in Thailand.

I actually think it's already the bestest.

with myself.

These emoticons are so much fun.

MeMock · 30-11-2005, 12:59 PM

Errr ummm...but cap - we have all seen your cooking thread are you sure opening up a take away shop is a good idea?!

Okay - well it sounds like you are a bit up in the air at the moment but we all wish you the best of Queersland luck.

Back to your business.

Why did you decide to leave and how/who did you hand it over?

kenkannif · 30-11-2005, 01:04 PM

Monkees song is Daydream Believer

Captain Sensible · 30-11-2005, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by MeMock

Errr ummm...but cap - we have all seen your cooking thread are you sure opening up a take away shop is a good idea?!

Cheeky fokker. I wouldnt be doing the cooking anyway. I would just count the money and do the ordering and boss type stuff.

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Originally Posted by MeMock

Okay - well it sounds like you are a bit up in the air at the moment but we all wish you the best of Queersland luck.

What does that mean mate?

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Originally Posted by MeMock

Back to your business.

Why did you decide to leave and how/who did you hand it over?

But dont you wanna here about all the conquests and other stuff before I tell you how it ended?

ChiangMai noon · 30-11-2005, 05:07 PM

Personally I'd love to here about it right hear.

friscofrankie · 30-11-2005, 07:21 PM

We want the whole lot from first to last take your time Cap'n. Great stuff and a great read, and pictures even; for those english teachers that are challenged in thet area.

Government Grant · 30-11-2005, 07:34 PM

Hello friskofrankie!

I'm Government Grant.

I work for the government.

MeMock · 30-11-2005, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Captain Sensible

Cheeky fokker. I wouldnt be doing the cooking anyway. I would just count the money and do the ordering and boss type stuff.

What does that mean mate?

But dont you wanna here about all the conquests and other stuff before I tell you how it ended?

The best of queersland luck...u no instead of british luck...err doesnt matter.

Sorry for getting ahead of myself there - I just thought I would get that question out of the way first before getting into all the other nitty gritty.

aging one · 30-11-2005, 07:53 PM

Captain, thanks so much for the great thread. It reminds me so much of my moving here in 1988 and doing the same thing on Samui. I have the pix of some of it but not the literary or photographic skills of you.. But man what memories, sadly of pissing off the locals by making a lot of money.

Cheers to you mate.

marklatham · 30-11-2005, 08:40 PM

What a great looking place-I can't understand how your kraut mate was only pulling a couple of customers a day.
With a shopfront like that he should have been pulling at least three per day.

Captain Sensible · 30-11-2005, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by marklatham

What a great looking place-I can't understand how your kraut mate was only pulling a couple of customers a day.
With a shopfront like that he should have been pulling at least three per day.

Armin was a chef Mark. So if he did get a customer he would be out in the kitchen knocking up the food and not talking to his customers which is vital in the hospitality game. Actually I am being way to kind as Armin was possibly the most boring guy that you could ever come across. He was the kind of guy that you had to tell a joke to him twice and still never see his face change when you delivered the punch line. Armin was also a very annoying character as was the kind of bloke that if you were walking side by side up a street that was 20' wide he would still manage to bump into you constantly. It used to annoy the fok outa me.

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Captain Sensible · 30-11-2005, 09:50 PM

OK , have you ever ordered a chicken sandwich and then been served an egg sandwich? It was starting to happen with monotonous(sp) regularity and although I rarely had to deal with complaints from the customers, I had a rule that if a customer had a complaint that was genuine, then they didnt have to pay. It is pretty common practise in the west so I applied it in the east. The thinking is that no customer should ever leave a restaurant without a smile on their face and although I had no real competition I didnt want any customer going out of my gaff and telling 10 people of their bad experience.

Anyway, it became obvious that the waitstaff werent very good with English and although most of the time it was all just good fun there were times when customers who ordered a chicken sandwich and then got an egg sandwich were getting the 'ump. After about 7 sandwiches that I didnt charge for I decided to train up my staff in the difference between egg and chicken.

Here is a pic of me doing my first English lesson.

I even did a demonstration of a chicken with my hands in my armpits and flapping my arms along with a demonstration of a chicken laying an egg. To do this I squatted and made a strained look on my face.
So I can now say that I have taught English.

Fabian · 30-11-2005, 11:10 PM

Great Thread.

Captain Sensible · 30-11-2005, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Fabian

Great Thread.

Nice one Fabian.

I really loved my time running that gaff and taking folks trekking. I started out with 1500 baht in my skyrocket and ended up, years later with heaps of dosh and all manner of toys. The best thing was the folks that I met and I kept in contact with many of them for years.
Wally once posted, in response to one of my more melancholic posts, that relationships are the most important thing in life. He was so on the money with that post and I will always look back fondly on my time at that gaff as I met so many great folks. Some were bums just trying to make the most of Thailand on what little dosh they had. Some were rich and just lookin' for a good time. Others were into some pretty serious illegal shit but they all had something to offer me.
The trouble was that all but a very small few just came and went. I often wonder what happened to some of those folks but that is life I guess.

One night a bloke came in and just wanted to argue with me. He had some kind of problem with my success and drank himself stupid, all the while trying to engage me in a fight. I had a big stick behind the bar in anticipation of such an encounter but happily never had to use it. Not once. That stoopid fok drank himself to the point where he couldnt even stand up. Happily he was in the beer garden and I simply locked up at about 4 in the morning, leaving him draped in a chair.

I did re park his motorcycle for him before I went to bed though.

Captain Sensible · 01-12-2005, 01:05 AM

So now lets discuss the hiring and firing of staff. This is Dow who was my first cashier. She was fairly good with writing out folks bins but one night a $us10 note went missing. It was pretty easy to spot coz we mainly dealt in baht but I accepted any currency as long as I could redeem it at the bank as jing.

Unfortunately Dow decided to half inch that note and the next day I sked her what might have happened to it. She told me that she had no idea and had never even seen it.

Mindful of the value of the misdemeanour I said that I didnt care and asked her to be more vigilant in future. She thanked me for being a good boss and I thought that this was the end of it untill she turned up for work two days later and handed me the note and told me that she had simply borrowed it to show it to a friend.

wtf?

I decide in my ignorance to sack her on the spot. I was to learn a valuable lesson that day. That lesson was that I was a falang and Thai ppl do things a little differently. Thai folks boycotted the place for weeks as a result.
I didnt lose a lot of turnover coz what the Thai folks bought was sold at almost cost price anyway.

This leads me nicely into the head cook or Mer Khua and how she had me over.

TBC

dirtydog · 01-12-2005, 01:13 AM

I remember when I was the day time manager of a gogo bar, we used to keep 50k in change in the safe for if the cashier run out of small money, we was allowed to borrow that money if we so wished but obviously had to leave a note in there, the thai nite manager used to borrow some money but he never left a note, so for like 3 days there would be descrepancies and then suddenly it would be ok again. foking idiotic thai.

friscofrankie · 02-12-2005, 01:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Captain Sensible

This leads me nicely into the head cook or Mer Khua and how she had me over.

TBC

AND THEN?????
Had to bump. You can't stop now.

Captain Sensible · 02-12-2005, 08:05 AM

Jai yen yen frisco. I have been busy with my recipe's.

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30-11-2005, 12:49 PM	#41 (permalink)
ChiangMai noon ysbryd y nos Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: o dan y bryn Posts: 25,395	I know a nice little business in a good location with I think real bar potential up here. i don't have the time, money or inclination to do it myself. anyone interested?

30-11-2005, 12:59 PM	#44 (permalink)
MeMock That ain't my truck Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: bop Posts: 7,637	Errr ummm...but cap - we have all seen your cooking thread are you sure opening up a take away shop is a good idea?! Okay - well it sounds like you are a bit up in the air at the moment but we all wish you the best of Queersland luck. Back to your business. Why did you decide to leave and how/who did you hand it over?

30-11-2005, 01:04 PM	#45 (permalink)
kenkannif Elite Member Last Online: 10-11-2006 11:41 AM Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,957	Monkees song is Daydream Believer

30-11-2005, 05:07 PM	#47 (permalink)
ChiangMai noon ysbryd y nos Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: o dan y bryn Posts: 25,395	Personally I'd love to here about it right hear.

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friscofrankie Northern Hermit Last Online: Today 01:21 AM Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Chiangmai, Thailand Posts: 6,832	We want the whole lot from first to last take your time Cap'n. Great stuff and a great read, and pictures even; for those english teachers that are challenged in thet area.

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Government Grant Kamala Beach Last Online: 05-07-2007 12:59 AM Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 18	Hello friskofrankie! I'm Government Grant. I work for the government.

30-11-2005, 07:53 PM	#51 (permalink)
aging one Elite Member Last Online: Today 02:10 PM Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,910	Captain, thanks so much for the great thread. It reminds me so much of my moving here in 1988 and doing the same thing on Samui. I have the pix of some of it but not the literary or photographic skills of you.. But man what memories, sadly of pissing off the locals by making a lot of money. Cheers to you mate.

30-11-2005, 08:40 PM	#52 (permalink)
marklatham Udon Thani Last Online: 11-11-2006 02:29 PM Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 144	What a great looking place-I can't understand how your kraut mate was only pulling a couple of customers a day. With a shopfront like that he should have been pulling at least three per day.

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Captain Sensible Elite Member Last Online: 20-09-2006 10:55 PM Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 4,104	OK , have you ever ordered a chicken sandwich and then been served an egg sandwich? It was starting to happen with monotonous(sp) regularity and although I rarely had to deal with complaints from the customers, I had a rule that if a customer had a complaint that was genuine, then they didnt have to pay. It is pretty common practise in the west so I applied it in the east. The thinking is that no customer should ever leave a restaurant without a smile on their face and although I had no real competition I didnt want any customer going out of my gaff and telling 10 people of their bad experience. Anyway, it became obvious that the waitstaff werent very good with English and although most of the time it was all just good fun there were times when customers who ordered a chicken sandwich and then got an egg sandwich were getting the 'ump. After about 7 sandwiches that I didnt charge for I decided to train up my staff in the difference between egg and chicken. Here is a pic of me doing my first English lesson. I even did a demonstration of a chicken with my hands in my armpits and flapping my arms along with a demonstration of a chicken laying an egg. To do this I squatted and made a strained look on my face. So I can now say that I have taught English.

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Fabian Elite Member Last Online: Today 01:10 AM Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Hamburg, cold dark Germany Posts: 3,897	Great Thread.

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Captain Sensible Elite Member Last Online: 20-09-2006 10:55 PM Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 4,104	So now lets discuss the hiring and firing of staff. This is Dow who was my first cashier. She was fairly good with writing out folks bins but one night a $us10 note went missing. It was pretty easy to spot coz we mainly dealt in baht but I accepted any currency as long as I could redeem it at the bank as jing. Unfortunately Dow decided to half inch that note and the next day I sked her what might have happened to it. She told me that she had no idea and had never even seen it. Mindful of the value of the misdemeanour I said that I didnt care and asked her to be more vigilant in future. She thanked me for being a good boss and I thought that this was the end of it untill she turned up for work two days later and handed me the note and told me that she had simply borrowed it to show it to a friend. wtf? I decide in my ignorance to sack her on the spot. I was to learn a valuable lesson that day. That lesson was that I was a falang and Thai ppl do things a little differently. Thai folks boycotted the place for weeks as a result. I didnt lose a lot of turnover coz what the Thai folks bought was sold at almost cost price anyway. This leads me nicely into the head cook or Mer Khua and how she had me over. TBC

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Captain Sensible Elite Member Last Online: 20-09-2006 10:55 PM Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 4,104	Jai yen yen frisco. I have been busy with my recipe's.

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