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Originally Posted by Xfun
Out of curiosity I visited Tawan last night. Indeed nothing has changed at all. Same shows, same whales, same arrogance. Farang sitting next to me (never seen the man before) invitated one of the boys to sit down, and bought him a drink, but within one minute of the drink arriving a captain told the boy to go and sit with another farang customer. Original farang asked same captain "what's hapening?" Reply was "next time" and walked away. Original farang asked me "would you refuse to pay for the drink', which was untouched. I replied to the effect, 'annoying but better to not get into an argument'.
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I think Nalong is right - what goes around comes around. In the 5 years since I discovered Tawan, I've never been treated badly by the staff or captain in Tawan before - always a warm welcome and if I don't get my favourite seat by the stage in front of the door next to the runway, they would try to accommodate me by placing a new chair elsewhere that I can get a vantage point to view all the show action.
I know the guys or staff may treat a particular customer coldly if he'd mistreated one of the guys they took OFF before. Without prejudice to what you said, maybe its due to some misunderstanding you had with a guy or a staff before that resulted in the cold treatment.
One time, I heard the staff mention that a customer took a Tawan guy to Pattaya for 3 days with a promise of 10,000THB. During the 3 days, the Tawan guy paid for some of the meals and even the petrol as the customer claimed he didn't have time to change money. At the end of the 3rd day, the customer didn't pay the guy a single cent, so he got one big punch and ended with a bloody nose. The next night, the customer went back to Tawan complain to the boss. But the boss knows the Tawan guy he took out was a very honest and no-nonsense person. So, the boss just listened and ignored the customer. The boss doesn't like customers to mistreat his boys.
Having said the above, I don't mean to say you've been bad to them before. Most likely, you had some misunderstanding way back and the staff/guys remember you for it. Otherwise, you'd be welcome at Tawan for sure.
Anyone whose been to Tawan would know that's the truth.