Change money in Thailand
During his last holiday here in Pattaya, Koos, you remember him, that unlucky guy from Beerta participated in a tournament with us in Megabreak Poolhall. At a certain point he comes to me: “What I am experiencing now, unbelievable!” Tell Koos, tell!
Family Mart
He was at the neighbor, a Family Mart, buying a pack of cigarettes. Cost 66 Baht and he gave the young lady behind the counter 100 Baht. Only got a 20 Baht note back and when he protested and wanted another 14 Baht more she said: “No have”! She had run out of change. Koos took back the hundred and gave 3 notes of 20 Baht. “Not enough”, said the girl to which Koos replied with “No have 6 Baht”. The nice lady didn't fall for that and after some bickering Koos left the store without cigarettes. “It wasn't about the 14 Baht for me,” said Koos, “but about the principle. It is a shame that there was no change available.”
I explained to Koos that it is of course not a shame at all, but just bad luck. You want to buy something that costs 66 Baht and so you also pay 66 Baht, no more and no less. If you give a 100 note, it is a service of the saleswoman to give you change, she is not formally obliged to do so. If she doesn't want to or can't, the choice is yours to cancel the desired purchase or settle for the change she does have.
Spare change
Of course, Family Mart has every interest in the sale going ahead and will usually have sufficient change available. It can go wrong for whatever reason. It is clearly an exception because Family Mart, Seven-11 and also the larger supermarkets always have change. I sometimes use them to change a thousand, by buying something small and then getting some smaller notes of 100 and 20 Baht with some change (often new) back.
Coins
As for Thai change, I hardly ever carry coins with me. I throw it in some kind of piggy bank every night, unless I know I'll have it the next day
will take a Bahtbus. Then it is better to have 10 Baht with you because the drivers apparently hate changing. Not infrequently it happens that someone pays with 20 Baht and the Baht bus leaves without having given money back.
Small purchases
It is always useful to have smaller denominations with you. Just try to buy some fruit or Thai food at a stall and then pay with 1000 Baht. Chances are the seller can't exchange it. I did that once on a walk. Bought some fruits but only had 100 Baht with me. She couldn't change and said late but will come next time. I never came close, but I made sure that she still got the money. The same applies to a motosai, it is also better to pay with exact money.
Pay appropriately?
Paying with the appropriate money should not be exaggerated either. I once stood behind a customer in a large supermarket who had to pay – I name it – 367,35 Baht. It goes well up to 360 Baht, but then he has to find the remaining coins in his wallet. He grabs and grabs, then it doesn't work, he takes the money back and still pays with a note of 500 Baht. The cashier gave him the change in no time. I had already been waiting for 3 minutes, with a long queue behind me!
Bundle of money
Speaking of money; what strikes me about foreigners is that they often have a bundle of paper in their pocket that represents Thai money. All bills higgledy-piggledy and with many creases, it comes out of their pockets when it comes to paying. And then find out whether the desired amount can be put together in one way or another. I never understand that because my money is always neatly organized in a wallet. How is that with you?
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i experienced a similar fact here in the small tesco, i make purchases and give a thousand note, the bill was 480, that klutz gave me back 5 100 notes, big discussion, but that cashier didn't understand me, and ne big smile, behind me was a lady who understood perfect english and asked what was going on, explained everything
she called the manager of the tesco, got my 20 baht, and served cashier immediately on the street no more work
that's service
it's not about this small amount, but to be honest
Dear Luc, should you be proud of that? Thai people are sometimes just people and can also be mistaken. Who says he was in a bad mood? Twenty baht, that's 50 cents, I'm not going to make a fuss about that. And if he did do it on purpose, he apparently needs that 20 baht more than I do.
Hahaha, how funny, I mean it, Khun Peter's statement:
Thai people are sometimes just people.
That says everything about the view of many falang on Thai people! Educational.
You can think deeply about that.
If there was an award for the Statement of the Year on Thailandblog,
well here she is:
Thai people are sometimes just people.
Hi Khun Peter,
So if they steal your moped, do you also think that Thai needs it more than I do?
Let it go, I have money to buy a new one?
It's still theft, on that point I agree with Luc, it's about the principle.
Same thing when you sleep in a hotel room and the cleaning lady has brought some change which happens to be on the table because she thought it was a tip..
Or you are in a restaurant and the waiter already keeps 20 baht behind as a tip.
luckily I've never experienced this kind of thing myself, but otherwise I would certainly cause some trouble as Luc.
New statement of the week: farangs are sometimes just like people.
Greetings Hans
i did not make ambras just asked for my 20 baht without loose face not angry just pointed out my point of view by the way the manager a woman know me very well and if i buy something in promotion 2 for 1 and i only take 1 then she points out to me that I get 1 free, so my conclusion, I kept it decent otherwise they would say fuck off farang,
I'm not a tourist, I've lived here for 4,5 years and to be honest, 10 baht or 1000 baht doesn't matter to me
and ok if he needs that 20 baht, up to him
To be honest, I also think the criticism is completely unjustified. If I get 50 cents too little back in the Netherlands, I will also stand up. Luc is also not responsible for his dismissal, the manager made that decision. Luc just wanted his change back, and rightly so. I suspect this man has done this before given the manager's firm response.
I once experienced on Ko Chang that I paid with 1000 baht in the supermarket and got change for 500 baht while I was really sure that I had paid with 1000 baht. It became a whole lot of fuss, eventually the manager came and made an appointment that they would check the greenhouse that evening. The next day I went back and before I had said anything I got my remaining 500 bath back. If a cashier does that on purpose, whether it's 1 or 1000 bath, theft is theft.
Indeed, I wouldn't be proud to see such a poor slob get fired. You would have done it if you had stood up for the best man at that moment. He may also have a family to support. It is about 50 euro cents and if we delve a little more into the beautiful culture of this beautiful country, then we know that it is customary for tuk-tuk drivers, for example, to pass.
Since I live in a village, I almost exclusively get 100 baht and 20 baht notes from the bank.
A few 500 bills for the Big C or Central.
I generally put my change in my back pocket as well.
The Thai have the rude habit of checking your wallet to see how much money is in it.
With all those notes of 100 and 20, it soon seems like a lot.
Hate a wallet. Money always loose in your pocket, neatly and properly arranged! @ Luc: In principle you are within your rights, but I would never want it on my conscience that someone lost their job for 20 bht in a country where we know that they do not earn too much from that work. You write it with pride, it gives me chills!
You still believe in the goodness of people. In my humble opinion this is a scam : every day 20 x no change, is a very lucrative extra income
@ Patrick, not for him he is none the wiser. Everything else in the cash register is for the supermarket. He has to make up for what is too short. Here in Thailand, employees who handle money have to leave a deposit which they usually borrow. I think it's outrageous to let someone give up for 20 baht. Says a lot about you and luc.cc. But yes, Thais are just people sometimes.
Well, I always get change back everywhere and I always put 10 bath and 5 bath in a large piggy bank. When it is full, I hand it in at 7 eleven or even in a bank, no problem.
You do need coins for the bus (7-14 baht), songtaew -two banks of vans- (about 7 baht). So it's useful to have a collection of coins.
Do put everything in your wallet, my wife has a tendency to grab money when making a purchase and then put the wallet away, change then disappears in her pockets. Well, that falls out again when you take something else out of your pocket. Recently she almost lost 2 bills of 100, luckily I was behind. Ok picked it up and asked if it was Sinterklaas yet, showing the notes. She was shocked by that, now she hardly does it anymore.
Furthermore, hardly any experience with wrong change back, last holiday at the BTS: it was fairly quiet at the counter, we gave 500 baht and received 10 coins of 10 back. We stopped. The counter clerk asked why we were still there, my wife showed the coins and said she still had 400 baht in credit. Immediately got the money with apologies that she had not noticed that we had paid with 500 baht. We had our doubts whether the lady really didn't see that, but maybe she was working on autopilot.
On the bus we paid the conductor 50 baht (costs 2x7 baht). In the meantime, my wife asked at which stop we could best get out, the conductor answered this while we also got our change. The conductor walked away but returned a minute later. “I think I only gave you 16 baht back, here you have 20 baht left.” We hadn't noticed it ourselves.
We had a worse experience with a songtaew, we got off at BTS Thaksin. A Thai lady in front of us gave paid, got her change, stepped away and turned around not even a meter away. Started a discussion with the driver but he didn't budge. She gave in with an angry face and mached away. It was our turn to pay, we also received too little money back. Immediately pointed this out without withdrawing the unfolded hand. Like a farmer with a toothache, we then got the right change. A driver who apparently saves so much or can't count?
In general you just get correct money back, a mistake is human and yes sometimes it seems deliberate. But no drama, things don't go wrong much more often than in the Netherlands -where the seller has to quickly return the correct amount of change from memory-.
A wallet with some coins, some 20s and 100s, sometimes 50s. Occasionally a thousand to exchange at the supermarkets. Then you are well prepared.
The fact that a saleswoman is not formally obliged to return the correct amount of change is of course nonsense. The sale is closed, you are obliged to pay the purchase price, the supplier to deliver the product. In the case of a cash payment, the supplier must accept legal tender. These are banknotes and small change coins. The latter up to a certain amount. The saleswoman can refuse payment of 10.000 Baht in 10 Baht coins. You will still have to fulfill your payment obligation and exchange the coins somewhere. If the supplier has insufficient change (banknotes or coins), or wants to give it, he will frustrate full implementation of the agreement, thereby committing a breach of contract, so that you can cancel the purchase. That is formally different from cancelling.
In Baht vans, paying with 20 Baht is generally no problem. Hand out a 20 note and then hold your hand open and let it hang through the window. If you withdraw your hand, the driver may interpret this as a sign that you do not want a refund. Don't blame him. Would you stand still until it is clear whether the passenger is waiting sulkingly or happily walking away in a certain direction?
Bottled once anyway, there was a 5 Baht coin in my hand instead of 10. A rarity.
For example, if you have agreed 1500 Baht with a bargirl, it is useful to have a 500 note. 2000 Baht, they don't get that back.
When I pay with a note, or notes, of 500 or 1000 in Agogos and larger Beer bars, I increasingly see the service girl emphatically pointing out the amount she has received. They are apparently more than tired of the lamentations of tipsy jeremi farangs who thought they had given 1000 instead of 500.
Every morning I put the banknotes neatly in my wallet. Notes of 1000 and 500 in the back pocket, those of 20, 50 and 100, in order, in the front. Every evening it is one big mess again.
Been following the Thailand blog for a long time now, it still amazes me that many epats / emigrants apparently find the Thai strange / weird / unreliable people… They forget that you are in THEIR country with their rules
On no other site like the Dutch is so much issued to the Thai as to the Ned. Blog…couldn't it also be the case that we “great” Dutch people have to adapt to the Thai and not the other way around…I think so. Everyone knows by now that the average Thai can only dream of the amount of money we have to spend… how difficult can it be to have the right money with you. For comparison, go to an average market in the Netherlands and pay there with € 250,00 ... the result is that the market man / woman will look at you and will NOT accept it, even though they are actually obliged to do it ... have never had a Dutchman talk big against these people…why…I hope I don't have to explain. The average supermarket also does not accept large bills .... and change ... sometimes too little can happen ... A little more respect for the Thai would adorn many a person ... well, it is just a twist of thoughts ... and for the rest sabai sabai
250€ is always 200€+50€
Recently I had to pay something for which I always pay €7. I gave 20 + 2 to get 15 back. As it turned out, the price had been saved to €8, so I had to get €14 back. What I got back was my €2 and a €10 note. So I had actually paid €8 instead of €10.
Explaining something didn't help, I don't even think the cashier could even count.
While I was still explaining, a lady came to tell me that she too had been charged incorrectly.
So not only in Thailand.
Sjeng, I haven't come across those notes of € 250,00 yet. Do you have one for me? Will pay you back in Bath at a good rate! (just kidding) I want to say to Rene that I will not be in Thailand as long as he does, but that I regularly get a candy or chewing gum pressed into my hand due to the lack of / instead of small change. Furthermore, to err is human and I would also like to point out that many Thais and therefore many cashiers are very bad at counting. They really like working with a calculator and don't make the mistake of putting down a note of 615 Bath and 1000 Bath separately when you have to pay 15 Bath, for example, because the majority of Thais don't understand it anymore.
I arrived in Thailand when most of the omniscient readers of this blog were still kicking the backs of their cribs, and I've never had a few baht change anywhere. And of course a saleswoman is obliged to give change!
What about the principles if you get too much back? I assume that will be returned immediately.
Obviously, I wouldn't find it in my heart to harm those people.
It has happened to me several times that the receptionist on the bus does not walk around and lets everyone ride for free.
That happened to me once in a restaurant. My colleague, a Thai bargirl, was the first to notice. I didn't even get a chance to consider returning it. She had already done that. Good girl.
What I have experienced a few times is that if you buy something of 26, 126 or something like that, for the sake of convenience, add 6 baht separately (to ensure that you only receive notes and no separate baht) they will refund this do not understand. This while it is the most normal thing here if you do something about it
Buy € 16 and you pay with 20 that if you have a loose € that gives.
That is because the Thai are often bad at math.
So they do not calculate the change and wonder what to do with that loose baht.
Often people are not very good at mental arithmetic, or they are unsure about it. When I have to pay 75 baht at the Tesco in my village, they use a small calculator to calculate the change. Some of those employees may have had very little training. all understanding and all respect as far as I am concerned.
Frank Kramer
How many people can actually do math by heart?
They went to school until they were 18 and can't count.
Wonder what they actually learn in school?
Eating and sleeping I guess........
well well, something is being dropped off here on Luc cc! However, in my opinion he is more than right.
Firstly, he is not responsible for the firing of that cashier and secondly, he is still entitled to get what he is entitled to from his money.
If everyone would let a cashier like this do what they want, it would soon become a habit not to give back change to farang, they still have enough money.
Allowing such people to do so also encourages their corrupt behavior which will only get worse over time.
This is not really about the few bats that are 'darkened', but clearly about the principle.
I very much wonder that those people who feel sorry for that cashier, would also mind if it became a habit of cashiers to systematically not get change back everywhere.
No, better think before accusing someone of harshness.
These kinds of comments like those from Jozef Vanderhoven make me very tired. They have absolutely no idea what employees have to accept with a Thai boss. The cashier is none the wiser. Nothing is “blacked out”. The supermarket must ensure that there is sufficient change in the cash register, he has nothing to say about it. Before the cashier starts working, he must sign for the money in the cash register and after the shift has ended, everything must be correct. Too much is for the case and too little he has to contribute. At Tesco, the cashier answers the phone when there is not enough change and asks for more. Someone brings money that the cashier has to sign for. My Thai wife worked as a cashier for a short while (restaurant) which closed at midnight. Was 1 (one) baht short and the owner did not want to let her go until the cash register was correct. I picked her up and
coincidentally I had 1 baht in my pocket so adjusted and we could go home. So think twice before you get on your high horse.
In short, the same as in the Netherlands, where the cash register of the service or cash register must also be correct, otherwise the staff member must make up for it himself.
Would otherwise become quite something if one is not responsible for the money one receives, or if the boss would not mind if the cash register is incorrect…
These remain individual cases. Two packs of cigarettes + some sweets, 112 Baht, they figured it out yesterday, with 500 + 12 loose, at the Familymart.
€ 20.25 last month at the Vomar with 100 + 0.25 loose absolutely not.
“No, you gave enough, you gave 100, just look at the receipt.”
What strikes me is that in 99% of the cases when your change is incorrect, you will not receive enough money back and in 1% you may be wrong. In 7 years I have never had too much change returned to me.
Say no more.
I have been charged the wrong amount quite often this time in Thailand, especially in restaurants. And much more often an amount that is too low than an amount that is too high, because something is forgotten.
Almost always got the correct change back. I disagree with all those complaints. Maybe says more about the complainer than about the Thai.
I have had good experiences with arithmetic in Thailand. Sometimes I have to wait a while because neighbors need to be changed quickly. But then they come running back. Haven't heard 'no have' yet. They find it difficult that we foreigners receive so few 100 and 500 notes in our wallets at the exchange offices and ATMs. It always surprises me how much money entrepreneurs have in their cash. Have they never robbed in Thailand? Surely a shovel never drives into a currency exchange office?
Mathematics in Thailand? 0!!! Have yet to see the first one without a calculator! Philippines no different where I live! It is dramatic how bad one can do mental arithmetic.
Can't really complain about getting enough change back or not, a rarity that got too little, got it right away. A few times I gave too little, still paid it extra, master the Thai amounts well in words and arithmetic is fine and let that be heard, especially on the local market that works perfectly, never had the feeling that someone would want me too short , sometimes you are mistaken, I have experienced that a salesman came after me to give me back the overpayment by mistake, as I sometimes correct the undercalculated to the correct amount.
Sorted my banknotes neatly in order in my wallet, also use coins as change money on the local market, goes fine and fast.
At the super I use some larger denominations to have some smaller denominations again, makes it easier to fit close to what is needed.
Nico B
i never have money with me my wife paid everything,is much easier my wife is ki neau i am too easy with money . when she goes shopping in pratunam she drops me off at a massage parlor where I let my feet be pampered and she goes shopping. she has 10.000 bath with her, she comes back 2 hours later happy she has spent 500 bath . I spent 700 on massage, pedicure and drinks. she is crazy about MBK she can walk around for hours and buy ho but, I'm sitting in a restaurant with drinks waiting, never no money or exchange problems even with tip she is frugal she knows I always give too much, sometimes I ask her 1000 bath just because I find it easier that day in the evening the remainder and all coins are on the table and goes back into her wallet but never a change shortage with anyone.
I've never experienced that I didn't get any or too little change back. As for paying an amount with the petty cash on top makes it difficult for some cashiers as they have to use a calculator for everything. Often they have already entered the round amount, for example 100 Baht and then suddenly there will be 16 Baht more because it was 66 Baht and you wish to receive a 50 Baht bank note …. they then have to correct this in the till and that is sometimes a problem for them. Keep calm and smile for a bit, you'll be fine, this is Thailand and why didn't you do what they expected? It's not always stupid, you know, and you can't expect university graduates to be at the cash register in 7/11.
Lung addie
Until a year ago, I lived in Bangkok for 7 years and worked in three different jewelry factories.
Of course I have had many adventures over the years. Fun and less fun! If I saw something nice or strange, I wrote a story about it. I arrived at Suvarnabhumi Airport at least 3 times a week. It struck me below what I thought was worth a story.
Miss. 5 baht
I recently read in the newspaper that Amsterdam is one of the most expensive cities in the world when it comes to parking fees. If you have to pay parking fees somewhere in Bangkok, it's a pittance for us. We only know paid parking in Bangkok in large parking lots such as at the airport or at the Chatuchak weekend market. We don't throw the parking money into a boring machine either, but still pay to a real, living person who sits in a cubicle behind a cash register. “Good afternoon, thank you and see you soon”. And usually followed by a mutual smile. At the airport you will receive a chip card when you enter. But there is also one cashier at the airport who always lets you pay a little more than the official rate. The parking fee at the airport is 20 Baht for the first hour. That amount also appears in large numbers on a screen that you can read and she also says it. “20 Baht please”. I usually give a 50 or 100 Baht note. But this lady always returns 5 Baht too little! With the change she gives you a coin of 5 Baht instead of 10 Baht. 5 Baht is an amount that is not about anything at all. 8 euro cents. If anyone notices it and says something about it, they will probably say “Oh sorry, I made a mistake, here you still have 5 Baht”. Ready. Nothing wrong. People who may later notice that they have received 5 Baht too little change will not drive back or go to the police for that 5 Baht. Nothing wrong again! I've thought about it: Thousands of cars park at the airport every day. Imagine that at her counter the parking amount 100 times a day ends up in such a way that she gets the chance to return 5 Baht too little. Then she earns 5 x 100 = 500 Baht extra per day. Then she puts almost 12.000 Baht per month extra in her pocket. If you then consider that the minimum wage in Thailand is 300 Baht per day. (7,15 euros) which amounts to approximately 9000 Baht per month, then she has a nice extra income. A girl who has been employed by the factory for 20 years has a monthly salary of about 9500 Baht. I think that girl in the parking garage has an even lower salary. And so she takes more than a monthly salary with her 5 Baht trick! At the factory, a girl is sometimes caught at the security check trying to steal a gold piece of jewelry. Recently, a girl tried to smuggle out a gold ring in her mouth. When I saw 4 police officers at the reception for the first time six years ago, I really thought they were coming for me! Not because I would have stolen something, but to check my work permit or something. When I see agents at the reception now, I already know enough. At the factory, the chance that you will be caught is quite high. In that sense, the girl at the parking garage is in a better place. Not in the hook? Don't know! No one loses sleep over 5 Baht. In her way, she's just smart and still rakes in more than a month's salary. If I were in that girl's shoes and had to spend all day in a sweltering hot room six days a week for minimum wage, I'd probably do the same thing. If only for the thrill. Even if there are fewer cars in front of another counter, I still take the longer line to pay at her counter to see if she does it again. She must think……… there's that stupid foreigner again, while I think right, there's Miss. 5 Baht again! I always notice that she gives too little change back, but I never say anything about it. Every time I meet her at the checkout and get 5 Baht too little, I think, go get a nice ice cream girl and then I'll drive out of the parking garage with a big smile.
What annoys me is that when I want to pay for a drink in a disco, you always get coins as change.
It's like the 20 notes are rare...
I am not going to tip for every drink 🙂
Money is a wonderful phenomenon.
You need it to survive. In every country you have incidents that cause differences of opinion when exchanging. So this is not only reserved for Thailand.
Giving too little back with or without intent is therefore not correct. You have to pay the right amount and get the right amount back. These are normal norms and values. Peter's comment and the many + therefore sound strange to me.
No change? This is not the customer's problem, but the seller's.
You can get change from any bank. You can get coins at special depots. All this is just exchange without extra costs.
We always see people walking around on the market with the question, can you also change. We always take enough 10 baht coins with us and also the notes from 20 to 500 baht.
I leave the exchange of 1000 baht and 500 baht to my girlfriend because there are a lot of fake notes in circulation.
I also asked her about the situation at 7/11, among others.
The manager must always ensure that there is sufficient change.
Wrong return can be checked by cash control. If the cashier does this intentionally, the camera will be viewed and immediately corrected. The cameras are really focused on the cash register and all actions are recorded.
It often happens that the employee puts money in his own pocket. Going to the police
is then made and also immediately dismissed. The money that is returned too little or is stolen is then deducted from the wages.
There is also a blacklist with these comments. It doesn't mean there's no work left at other 7/11.
My lovely girlfriend drives around every day between 8 and 7/11 and always has a load of bags of coins for emergencies in the car.
This also applies to the petrol stations where it exercises control.
There's a lot of cash going around. But the control is strict and fair for both customer and employee.
At the market, everything is also cash with us. Never any problems with payments as we also count it back for the customer.
Calculating is difficult for many people and a calculator is a useful tool.
Moral of the story:
Everyone should get what they are entitled to. To invent a fairy with your own hands is to cause trouble. This also applies to a taxi driver who rounds off himself.
Whether it's 1 baht or 100, it's a matter of principle.
Luke agrees with me. This was not a calculation error, that is clear. I don't count the change myself, so I may also be disadvantaged from time to time.
I've had to wait a suspiciously long time for my change. I received a whole stack of notes back and it was obvious that I was getting way too much back. When I objected, the seller first thought that he had returned too little, but luckily I was able to correct that idea. Of course I got a grateful wai afterwards.
I once had at the seven that I paid with 1000 bath and got change back as if I had paid with 500 bath. Then after 20 minutes all the tills were cleared she acknowledged the mistake and got the correct change back. Since then, when I pay with 1000 bath in the seven, I pay in such a way that it is clearly visible on the cameras that I give 1000 bath.
It probably wasn't intentional, although it does happen. Just like there are customers, and I certainly don't mean you, who pay with a 500 Baht note but claim that it was 1000 Baht. If I pay with a 1000 Baht note myself, I always say the value out loud to draw the recipient's attention to it.
Everyone has to decide for themselves whether they want to give a tip (mandatory or not), but you should get what you are entitled to. So it's very simple, luc is right.
Then it is even more complicated in Laos. There Lao chicken, Thai Bath and dollar is a common means of payment. dollars only for large purchases. But Bath and chicken are used interchangeably. If you pay with Bath, you usually get chicken back. Paying with Bath supplemented with chicken also occurs.
When I am in Thailand, I prefer to pay with one in shops. debit card from a bank. When I take Bath from the machine, I exchange the 1000 Bath notes for smaller denominations. .coins go in the pocket. And if I pay in cash in a restaurant and notice that the change is given back in such a way that there is already money for a tip in advance, then you get nothing except a thank you, otherwise a 20 Bath note usually goes into the shared Roompot.
Jan, I call such an attitude a grocery mentality. Come on man, 20 Baht is converted to less than 50 cents and then you bore the service through their noses because, hoping for a very small tip, they are so inventive to make it easier for the guest by putting some small change as change to give back. Are you always so strict or is it an excuse for yourself not to leave a tip?
I think it's funny when they do that. Usually I go along with it (they get that too.)
What I can't stand is when they try to screw you over by *consciously* giving too little back.
They don't get anything, I'm not going to reward that behavior.
Fortunately, that happens very rarely, we often - but also rarely - get too much back, because something has not been calculated.
We indicate this, and then pay the correct amount, with a tip.
In the supermarkets they don't really have to do the math. Enter what the customer gives and the cash register tells you what the change is.
and that will be the case with most 7/11, etc.
As a customer, you can often see at the 7/11 and other well-known stores what you have given and what change you need to get back. The customer and seller both see the same information. If the clerk mistakenly notes 500 instead of 1000 as the amount received, you can easily detect this yourself and make a comment about it.
That's what I mean too….
If I am treated normally, I always tip, and I am quite generous with it. But they should not try to give back not enough change, even if it is 1 baht. It's about the principle, 1 baht, 50 baht 100 baht, stealing is stealing. I don't care what happens to the person who tries to frame me.
1 time in a supermarket, paid with 1000 baht and got back 500 baht. The lady behind the cash register kept insisting that I had given 500 baht. Got things pretty sewn up there eant I was 100 percent sure. So they counted the cash registers in the evening and the next day I was able to collect my 500 baht. According to the manager, there had been similar incidents before and the lady had been fired. Som took naa.