Quote Originally Posted by piston10

The subject of hierarchy in Thai society came up and he told me that a good Thai housewife, when setting out washing to dry on a rack, places the garments of the senior member of the household at the top and the rest in descending hierarchical order underneath.
No doubt Thai families which are such sticklers for protocol have very secluded gardens or balconies. I can't believe they would wash (or dry) their dirty linen in public.