Handling Thai money the correct way

[chaspul]

Stood behind a man (expat/tourist) in the less than 10 queue at Tesco today.
Obviously short sighted as it took him about 3 mins to read the money required from the till read out.
He then proceeded to throw not 1, 100 Baht picture of the King on the counter but a second one followed.

I did not confront the old fart as it would only embarrass the poor cashier more.
To add insult he then took 5 mins blocking the check out while he put the change away in his wallet.

To add credence to this rant, Thai money contains a picture of the king, it should be proffered with both hands or at very least the right hand, not thrown on the counter.

Hope he may be a reader and learns from this.

Chas

[HHTel]

I've seen many Thais drop the money on the counter. He may have been a rude old fart but don't over-react about how to give a currency note.

[oakdale160]

That's your worst tesco checkout story. I can tell you a worse one. Ugly old fart pays his tab, takes the change, several hundred baht, waves it as the cashier and say--- you want to do boom bom with me tonight.

[blue05]

how many thais do you see give money with both hands ? grow up

[Takiap]

Stood behind a man (expat/tourist) in the less than 10 queue at Tesco today.
Obviously short sighted as it took him about 3 mins to read the money required from the till read out.
He then proceeded to throw not 1, 100 Baht picture of the King on the counter but a second one followed.

I did not confront the old fart as it would only embarrass the poor cashier more.
To add insult he then took 5 mins blocking the check out while he put the change away in his wallet.

To add credence to this rant, Thai money contains a picture of the king, it should be proffered with both hands or at very least the right hand, not thrown on the counter.

Hope he may be a reader and learns from this.

Chas

Oh dear, I dare say the fellow should have been arrested on the spot and then sent to North Korea for re-education before being exported back to his own country.

TIP OF THE DAY: Start paying more attention to the way Thais do things.

[HHTel]

I mentioned this to a few Thais locally this morning. They all had a good laugh and asked why!!

Point 1: If you are female and serving or being served by a monk, then you have to put the cash on the counter as a female is not allowed contact with a monk.

Point 2: Most Thai shops will not accept the smaller coins (satang). Is that disrespectful?

I think Chaspul is reading the wrong literature. Probably written by someone who's never been here!

[Spitfire]

When it comes to handling Thai baht money (notes) the main difference I've noticed is the way most Thais have the side with the King's image on it (the front side) facing away from them in whatever situation you are in, as in you can see the reverse side of the note. I notice that this is the case when being given change from a cashier, the way they keep it in their wallets and the way the ATM machine spits out the money with the reverse side up and King's image down. Where as, in the UK generally I think I remember it to be the other way round with Queenie face-up and people keeping it their wallets so when you open them you see the front of the note with the Queen's image first.

I'm not entirely sure why it is the case here but have heard that it may be something to do with not wanting the King looking at them for some reason. Would have to ask someone again.

[richard]

When it comes to handling Thai baht money (notes) the main difference I've noticed is the way most Thais have the side with the King's image on it (the front side) facing away from them in whatever situation you are in, as in you can see the reverse side of the note. I notice that this is the case when being given change from a cashier, the way they keep it in their wallets and the way the ATM machine spits out the money with the reverse side up and King's image down. Where as, in the UK generally I think I remember it to be the other way round with Queenie face-up and people keeping it their wallets so when you open them you see the front of the note with the Queen's image first.

I'm not entirely sure why it is the case here but have heard that it may be something to do with not wanting the King looking at them for some reason. Would have to ask someone again.

May stem from the days when it was forbidden to look at the King

[HHTel]

the way they keep it in their wallets and the way the ATM machine spits out the money with the reverse side up and King's image down. :

How's that work then? The king is on both sides of a 1,000 baht note!

[Dannie Boy]

My wife says she normally puts the notes with the face of the King showing on top so that she can see him, rather than him being hidden underneath.

[Spitfire]

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[PeteC]

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That means stand it on end.

Really, much ado about nothing. The original point was basically about rude foreign tourists and I think we can agree that there are many. Pete

[GLCQuantum]

Stood behind a man (expat/tourist) in the less than 10 queue at Tesco today.
Obviously short sighted as it took him about 3 mins to read the money required from the till read out.
He then proceeded to throw not 1, 100 Baht picture of the King on the counter but a second one followed.

I did not confront the old fart as it would only embarrass the poor cashier more.
To add insult he then took 5 mins blocking the check out while he put the change away in his wallet.

To add credence to this rant, Thai money contains a picture of the king, it should be proffered with both hands or at very least the right hand, not thrown on the counter.

Hope he may be a reader and learns from this.

Chas

Oh dear, I dare say the fellow should have been arrested on the spot and then sent to North Korea for re-education before being exported back to his own country.

TIP OF THE DAY: Start paying more attention to the way Thais do things.

As usual with his posts... Takiap is right on the money. Such is the bizarreness of the OP that I think it's a trolling post.

It's like that one where, if you see a note (possibly a high one) blow away from your hand you must never use your foot to salvage it. If the foot is the only thing that's going to stop your 1000 baht note from blowing into the river, use it - the Thai's will (if there is another option other than your foot, of course, use that one as it is extremely rude to step on a note - except when it's going to blow away )

I remember a few months ago I was using a 20 baht note to clean the table of an uninvited bug. I suddenly realised that it may be rude (King's head on the note 'n all that) and apologised accordingly as people were watching me do it. They were a little bit baffled as to why I was apologising... it's MY twenty baht note after all, not theirs.

I think the 'Lonely Planet' books need to evolve as times do...

[GLCQuantum]

It's quite simple...

Never intentionally disrespect an image of His Majesty the King in anyway.

If you do it accidentally and are able to acknowledge some ill feelings towards yourself - make sure you apologise accordingly. The Thai people are not hardcore extremists.