Our last hostel had so many rules. No blood on the sheets, no tiger balm, no shoes, bring ur own toilet paper, no speaking out of turn, writing with your left hand, sleeping with your mouth open... Etc. What if I got a tiger balm massage then cut myself shaving then had no toilet paper to wipe up the blood OR my butt, then was so tired after all that that I just had to get into bed immediately, with my shoes on? The owner has clearly been burned before. We accidentally booked two nights instead of one so when we tried to get our money back, front desk lady said... Sorry no money but we can pay you with something else.
"What can we give you worth [$9]?"
"Mmm... How about beer?"
"We can give you free breakfast."
"OK. But. Can we have beer instead?"
"We have food..."
"But...beer."
"........Ok...4 beers?"
Yes. One of the many things Kenya taught us is perseverance. If it's not the answer I want I'm just going to keep asking because, I mean, everything is negotiable, right? I'm just going to assume there is something lost in translation if you disagree. MAYBE YOU DIDN'T HEAR? BEER. I SAID GIVE ME BEER. BEER. 50 baht? YOU SAID 50 BAHT?
...no I said 100.
FIFTY?? TAKE THIS 50. OK.
Thank you...?
Saturday, July 26, 2014
No blood no tiger balm
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