January 28th, 2006, 05:37
Foreigner has teeth stolen after liaison
Hard to make himself understood A farang, who picked up a young man in PattayaтАЩs raunchy Sunee Plaza district, was speechless after finding his teeth missing the following morning. The glass where they had last been given refuge was empty. The couple booked into a short-time hotel which turns a blind eye, or maybe even two, to occasional liaisons of this type. The European foreigner, aged 58, tried to complain to the management what had happened, but could not pronounce the words properly without his dentures. Eventually, another guest at the hotel suggested he write down his complaint on a piece of paper. This was then translated back into Thai so that the receptionist had the full picture.
A staff meeting was then held to ascertain the next course of action. There was a general consensus that the teeth were unlikely to be returned by the youthful criminal, although a detailed check on the room was ordered in case they had simply been mislaid or dropped on the floor. Another idea put forward was to phone the tourist police who in turn suggested an embassy helpline. An official there queried what anybody would do with someone elseтАЩs false teeth in any case as their market value must be extremely low. In response to a question, the toothless fellow agreed he was not carrying a spare set. If he had been, it was stressed, the crisis would have been over by now. It was then decided that the best thing was to have another set of teeth made immediately and an appointment was set up with a local denture manufacturer to make the impressions. At this point, the foreigner was asked to pay a deposit of 5,000 baht, whereupon he discovered that his wallet containing 16,000 baht and two credit cards had also been stolen by the sneak thief in the bedroom. The man was asked to go to the police station to file a stolen goods report but had to delay for 48 hours until his new teeth were ready.
Pattaya Today - I think - via Thorntree
Hard to make himself understood A farang, who picked up a young man in PattayaтАЩs raunchy Sunee Plaza district, was speechless after finding his teeth missing the following morning. The glass where they had last been given refuge was empty. The couple booked into a short-time hotel which turns a blind eye, or maybe even two, to occasional liaisons of this type. The European foreigner, aged 58, tried to complain to the management what had happened, but could not pronounce the words properly without his dentures. Eventually, another guest at the hotel suggested he write down his complaint on a piece of paper. This was then translated back into Thai so that the receptionist had the full picture.
A staff meeting was then held to ascertain the next course of action. There was a general consensus that the teeth were unlikely to be returned by the youthful criminal, although a detailed check on the room was ordered in case they had simply been mislaid or dropped on the floor. Another idea put forward was to phone the tourist police who in turn suggested an embassy helpline. An official there queried what anybody would do with someone elseтАЩs false teeth in any case as their market value must be extremely low. In response to a question, the toothless fellow agreed he was not carrying a spare set. If he had been, it was stressed, the crisis would have been over by now. It was then decided that the best thing was to have another set of teeth made immediately and an appointment was set up with a local denture manufacturer to make the impressions. At this point, the foreigner was asked to pay a deposit of 5,000 baht, whereupon he discovered that his wallet containing 16,000 baht and two credit cards had also been stolen by the sneak thief in the bedroom. The man was asked to go to the police station to file a stolen goods report but had to delay for 48 hours until his new teeth were ready.
Pattaya Today - I think - via Thorntree