I have written extensively about the bar industry in Thailand and now and again I come across internet articles that align with my beliefs.
Here is an excerpt from the Game Over post on:
It’s easy to get labeled entering the bar industry here in Bangkok. I wouldn’t call the majority of bar girls or gogo dancers here hookers, that’s is just too extreme. Most are in it for the same reason, they have a family to support!! More than likely they have been left high and dry by some guy who impregnated them at a young age and they will be supporting other members of their family, mother, father, grandparents and lets not forget about the brothers. Therefore it would be rather cold labeling these women … Hookers!!
On the other hand the women who have a boyfriend it’s easy to label them. They are working for the wrong reason … Their pimp! I mean boyfriend. Who else? Most freelancers I would. The freelancers are out blatantly working the streets for all to see and with only one agenda. I recognize faces from 3 years ago and they’re still as skinny as ever. I'm sure they have a drug problem and have entered prostitution so they can keep their drug habit on track. You’ve got the long term bar girls who missed out on finding Mr Right. They are just stuck in the industry not knowing what else to do. Most are experienced enough to work a bar and get more than a few drinks for the night. Again it’s hard labeling them past just a bar girl.
I know many a bar girl / gogo dancer that if they really dig a guy then they will be happy with 1000฿ for the night. There are bar girls that spend the night drinking with someone at their bar the night before and for that guy to come in early the next evening, since they got on so well the night before, and bar fine her just to go and hit a club or a restaurant. Before paying the bar fine let her know what you have planned for the evening and you may be surprised at what she says when you bring up how much does she expect to get paid…. More than likely it will be… ‘up to you’. These are the women that I described in the opening paragraph. They want out of the bar industry. You can build some real friendships with some of these women. You just have to be lucky enough in meeting them early in their employment and more importantly before the older hardened bar girls lead them down the wrong path. It’s so obvious why they have never bagged a long term boyfriend or husband.
I don't agree with everything written on this website but he is spot on in this post. Well worth reading.
I am maintaining a low profile these days waiting for my friends travelling to Myanmar to return to Bangkok and looking froward to my two friends from Canada (Mike and Mike) to arrive at the end of this month.
If you need a fix on Bangkok news, the above website is worth reading as is:
TTYL
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