I don't know the name of the obnoxious farang whom I encountered, but he was continental European. Possibly he is a great guy, and I was unlucky to catch him on a bad day, but he exuded a patronising arrogance that really annoyed me and stopped me from going for a few months. If it was not that I had received a cheery 'hello' from one of my favourites there a few days ago, I would probably still be boycotting it.

Previously they had 2 levels of service charge - the 300 baht basic and the 'erotic' service charge which, if I remember correctly, was around 700 baht. When I enquired as to the purpose of the charges and the difference between the two, I was pointedly told that the purpose was 'as service charge' and that the higher fee was the 'erotic service charge'.

My pointing out that no other massage parlour operating such a ridiculous pricing structure fell on deaf ears.

But that is not the fault of the boys (although I presume you should take the service charge into consideration when giving a tip?) and they currently have some lovelies who make the nonsense worth it.

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