3,000 thb for 2-weeks of work can best be described as slave-labor.

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-- The 'Should I pay the boy - as well?' thread. - 28 mar 09. - has several respondents' POVs. on this matter.

-- Hiding somewhere or other in my mind is a vague memory that it was Khun Peterinmypants who offed a masseur from SENSO MASSAGE for a week or MORE and at a not inconsiderable outlay*.

-* Massage Venues - 'Offing 'Senso.' boys.' - #241. dtd. 09 oct '08. for those wanting a ref..

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At the risk of repeating previous posts, the average Thai worker earns 8,000 to 10,000 baht per month. 3,000 bt is clearly below that rate and pretty mean for the services required and presumably rendered. A reasonable remuneration would have been in the range of 10,000 to 20,000 bt for the 2 weeks. Call boys / escorts in the West are getting $200 - $300 AN HOUR (10,000bt) !

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Maybe we don't know the full story. Also, I think the Thai guy should, after not getting money each day, have discussed the money aspect. I would never assume that there is a tip "at the end." The Thai guy should have insisted on more. The biggest mistake here was the professor using the other farang to provide the Thai guy. The professor just used everyone. Now the other farang is part of why his Thai friend was stiffed. But I refuse the believe that the two farangs did not thoroughly discuss what the Thai guy should have been paid--so there might be more to this (like the non-professor farang already provides the Thai guy with a nice allowance). The biggest mistake is associating with farangs who put on the useless "help me" act and end up using everyone. If the professor couldn't find his own Thai guy on his own, I would have said "tough."

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-- Too true - you do not, (neither do I, come to that, since I wasn't privy to any conversations between the visiting Professor and the Thai boi.), but I have little reason to doubt my E&AF. whose account & comments I've heard and queried at no little length.
- As to any conversations between the two farangs I sha'n't make any assumptions.

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