Comments on: American Share http://bargirlsrpeople2.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/american-share/ Living for the Moment in Bangkok Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:10:55 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Another ‘tweener and a good girl « Werewolf’s Lair http://bargirlsrpeople2.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/american-share/#comment-8950 Another ‘tweener and a good girl « Werewolf’s Lair Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:25:27 +0000 http://bargirlsrpeople2.wordpress.com/?p=2008#comment-8950 [...] to talk about the other two, so let’s give them names. I already mentioned the second girl in an earlier blog, so we’ll keep her name, Simmee. Let’s call the beauty by the name of [...] [...] to talk about the other two, so let’s give them names. I already mentioned the second girl in an earlier blog, so we’ll keep her name, Simmee. Let’s call the beauty by the name of [...]

]]> By: Werewolf’s Lair http://bargirlsrpeople2.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/american-share/#comment-8949 Werewolf’s Lair Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:24:48 +0000 http://bargirlsrpeople2.wordpress.com/?p=2008#comment-8949 [...] American Share [...] [...] American Share [...]

]]> By: joe http://bargirlsrpeople2.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/american-share/#comment-8948 joe Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:59:45 +0000 http://bargirlsrpeople2.wordpress.com/?p=2008#comment-8948 My main understanding of American share is "whats yours is mine and whats mine is my own." This would be in the preliminary writings of George dubbleyuh. Aside from that, I have heard Thai girls use it as a money exhange or loan process. A group will agree to put up say 1000baht each. If there are 10 girls, there is 10000 in the pot. Each then makes a secret bid on how much interest they will pay. The one who puts up the highest rate gets the money first, but she has to pay this back with the 10k atg the end of the first month. The process starts again, the first girl is out of the loop. And it continues, until the last girl who holds her bids to zero ends up with all the interest paid in. Trouble is, some "organisers" or the "banker" of this little "AM SH" gamble the money and disappear. I guess its like a building society without buidlings. CAVEAT EMPTOR (Sp?) Joe My main understanding of American share is “whats yours is mine and whats mine is my own.” This would be in the preliminary writings of George dubbleyuh.

Aside from that, I have heard Thai girls use it as a money exhange or loan process. A group will agree to put up say 1000baht each. If there are 10 girls, there is 10000 in the pot. Each then makes a secret bid on how much interest they will pay. The one who puts up the highest rate gets the money first, but she has to pay this back with the 10k atg the end of the first month. The process starts again, the first girl is out of the loop. And it continues, until the last girl who holds her bids to zero ends up with all the interest paid in. Trouble is, some “organisers” or the “banker” of this little “AM SH” gamble the money and disappear.

I guess its like a building society without buidlings. CAVEAT EMPTOR (Sp?)

Joe

]]> By: swampthing http://bargirlsrpeople2.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/american-share/#comment-8947 swampthing Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:21:45 +0000 http://bargirlsrpeople2.wordpress.com/?p=2008#comment-8947 Simee aside, going Dutch is about as un-Thai as you can possibly get...which is probably why, being the only farang in the group, they made a laugh out of it. Normally the oldest person picks up the tab in Thailand. This seems to be dying out a bit now, with the younger generation taking their cultural cues increasingly from the West. When I visit my own business there (twice a year) I always pay for the staff when I take them out, as is expected. But occassionally, once the formalities are over, a couple of the younger guys and girls will often make a point of "buying the boss a drink". Sure, some of them will make a big public display of their generosity to boost their esteem in the eyes of their peers. Some of them may also be trying a typical "bum suck". But most of them are genuinely trying to add a little bit of Western colour...and that they're not taking me for granted. I always find the western-thai balancing act the most interesting aspect of my vistits Simee aside, going Dutch is about as un-Thai as you can possibly get…which is probably why, being the only farang in the group, they made a laugh out of it. Normally the oldest person picks up the tab in Thailand. This seems to be dying out a bit now, with the younger generation taking their cultural cues increasingly from the West. When I visit my own business there (twice a year) I always pay for the staff when I take them out, as is expected. But occassionally, once the formalities are over, a couple of the younger guys and girls will often make a point of “buying the boss a drink”. Sure, some of them will make a big public display of their generosity to boost their esteem in the eyes of their peers. Some of them may also be trying a typical “bum suck”. But most of them are genuinely trying to add a little bit of Western colour…and that they’re not taking me for granted. I always find the western-thai balancing act the most interesting aspect of my vistits

]]> By: swampthing http://bargirlsrpeople2.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/american-share/#comment-8946 swampthing Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:02:46 +0000 http://bargirlsrpeople2.wordpress.com/?p=2008#comment-8946 sounds like Simee wanted some pork? sounds like Simee wanted some pork?

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