A Thai That REFUSED Money!
There is good and bad in the world, as I have discovered over the years, and Thailand seemed to have more than it's fair share of scammers and money lovers.
I was pleasantly surprised tonight when I took my boy for a haircut ( it's normally 20 baht, so I give him 30 or 40, he gives the guy a tip and everyone leaves feeling happy!) Tonight was a bit more important, he has some display at school tomorrow,and the teachers have told him he needs to be SMART!, and as I do, I forgot about the haircut, so it's maybe 6 pm, most places around us are closing already, but we take a chance and luckily the hairdresser is still open.
Give the boy 40 Baht, tell him to give the guy a tip.
20 minutes later my lad comes back to the car, tells me "Today is only 15 Baht for small kids" he would only accept only 20 Baht, (15 + a 5 Baht tip, wouldn't (REFUSED) to take the additional 20))
Well, sometimes you can be pleasantly surprised, the guy knows my son, he knows his old man is a farang, yet he wouldn't take a 20 baht tip...and, he always takes VERY good care of my son, me, I just sit in the truck and wait...when he's finished, you can't complain, even though he cuts their hair almost in the dark!