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Here you go Arsenal. Hope you think they were worth the wait! Taken just a few minutes ago
Thank you kind gerafan2, a pleasant surprise. The boy on the far left of photo 1, Chop I think. Don't stop there, obviously photos taken in a go go bars are rare but Jomtien Plaza is a different kettle of fish. Click n Post. A new mantra for the board.
The pics tell a story of slim pickings but it’s the effort that counts! Hopefully as the Covid situation improves and tourists begin to return in meaningful numbers boys too will return to the bars and Gogos.
The Guys should be required to LEAVE their phones at the door!!
And this Pic shows why...
mfas...slim pickings..really...stage seems packed full of gogos...and yes some of the mbs do need their straight porn...something so funny about fucking one while hes staring at his phone..
What's their base pay? I think it's 100 baht per-day in most bars, right? The the rest is from tips, offs, dead buffalos or grandmas, et al, right?
Gotta admit, if I was being paid $3/day, I probably wouldn't be overly inspired to give it my all each night when I walked out onto that stage wearing nothing but white briefs.
Well, unless I was being paid in bitcoin of course...
silly matty boy...what he knows about business he learned in the gulags of north korea...if I was a gogo on 100bht/day I'd be shaking my booty at anything that walked in the front door trying tio get tips and offs...I'd come pre-lubed so as not to waste time...think of waiters in the US...the service is good because they rely on tips...
When the chimney-sweep boys in Victorian times didn't climb and sweep with sufficient alacrity, the master lit fires beneath them. That taught 'em.
I was there yesterday and they had 13 boys! Several handsome ones. Nr 14 had returned after a year or so away from the bar - a stunning handsome tall boy. I had a great time in the bar.
Winnerboys had a nice selection of boys too.
the managers of Nice Boys are talking about closing Nice Boys next month (April) , as business is very
slow most nights and occasionally not a single customer all night. Time will tell.
Sunee last night...admittedly someone’s birthday!
Another birthday there April 4th...
Tong or as arsenal calls him Dong asked if he could stay at my place a few days before returning home to find a “real job”. Another boy Dewey is trying his best to find a “real job” but as Covid has recked much of the economy finding work for these guys is not easy. Tong said the few customers that do come want younger guys (he is 25) and the Thai customers come to drink, buy a bottle but otherwise are not big spenders.
Well done Gerefan2. Young Ton is lucky you are one of the few farang on a really long holiday.
It seems that two (or maybe more) customers contributed to the food fund for birthday party.
This confirms my view that most falangs- the vast majority- involved in the Pattaya scene are genuine guys who wish not just to have fun themselves but to contribute to the sum of human happiness among our Thai friends.
Your suggestion would give them some rest on the days they are closed, and create a bit more activity on the days they are open.
But ff the number of customers is too low, or the money they spend cannot sustain a business, it does not matter how you spread it over time, it just isn't enough.
The same applies to boys putting their money together to go to disco and share a bottle. If each of them has not enough money, then putting it together and sharing afterwards will not work.
Also I'm guessing that for a lot of boys "going to work" isn't the same chore that we in the west sometimes consider it and it's more actually a case of going and meeting up / hanging out with the same friends they'd be hanging out with anyway even if they weren't in "work" and when in "work" there's always then the added bonus of a farang perhaps buying them (all) a drink of two AND them maybe managing to get an off too if they're lucky - so closing the bar would simply be more of an inconvenience to that rather than a relaxing day off perhaps.
I think they get a meal at work also.
Probably all they get all day for most of them...
I'm not convinced things have been that bad.
1 Almost all of the boys I saw still preferred to do short time. Now long time pays more, so either they can survive on the short time tips or they fancy their chances at getting another punter. Of course, every single one of them was contacting me asking to meet again.
2 Only one of them asked me to send money as a donation, rather than a tip for meetings. Said he needed money for food. For the first time ever, I sent a small sum and the very next day his Instagram account was updated with some photos of him nightclubbing. I've since noticed that he seems to be able to remember USD, GBP and AUD exchange rates off the top of his head due to all the incoming contributions.
So the professional scrounger has asked for money, but none of my other regulars has done so.
However, I do look for slim & fit boys who are not covered in tattoos and facial hair. Perhaps the other 90% are finding times harder.