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Home » Reader question » Reader question: Strange supermarket habits of Thai
Reader question: Strange supermarket habits of Thai
Dear readers,
I am amazed that when we go to a supermarket, Tesco, Makro, etc. and a Thai relative comes along, they don't take their own cart but throw everything in my cart. And often not the most economical product.
Then at the cash register they are lost for a while, or are staring with great interest at a fly on the ceiling.
Do you also suffer from this, and how do you handle it?
Regards,
Johan
You are the rich daddy from the west.
Have you tried to explain to your wife that you do not like this behaviour?
I would bring an extra cart and put all their stuff in that cart and only pay for the cart with your stuff at the checkout. If they want their stuff, they have to go to the cash registers with their stuff themselves. Or does that give thunder in the tent.
Johan
Request a duplicate payment card and give it to one family member and the problem is solved
Hi Johan,
is certainly not a custom that only occurs in Thailand. I have also been to Thailand regularly, but I have also lived in the Philippines for many years and yes, the same behavior.
Well, how to solve it. Simple: before I go into a supermarket, I ask the person traveling with me to look for something for me (for example a toothpaste with a specific brand name or size) that I am almost certain is not for sale there. In the meantime, I quickly do my shopping and go to the checkout.
If my search aid finds me and indicates that the item in question cannot be found, I push her forward to take the place behind my shopping cart or cart and then say that I will have a look myself. Of course, keep an eye on her (or him) when payment is actually due and then come out, give the payment card to the cashier and pay. She will of course not easily fall for it a second time, but hey, once is more than enough to save some unnecessary expenses.
lots of shopping fun
ferd
Do as Bert says and tell your wife that you married her and not her family.
John,
Discuss it with your partner first. Tell your partner how you feel when a Thai relative does this and that you think it's a strange habit.
If you want to be very undiplomatic, you just take your stuff from the cart, pay for it and let the family member pay for his stuff.
It doesn't bother me, because we always go shopping together.
I believe that some Thai think that when you are part of their family, you can also contribute financially with the purchase of food.
At least if they suddenly keep staring at other things at the cash register, or at a fly on the ceiling, you get the feeling that they think or hope that this farang will also pay for everything for them.
It is more of a surprise tactic, which many farang fall into, even though they themselves are guilty of it.
Just tell them that, because you need more space in your car for yourself, they have to take another car themselves.
If people later think that you will pay for everything for them, you can calmly set limits by saying in a friendly tone that this is not always the case.
With my Thai family, without being stingy with other things, I have long shown that I have clear limits in terms of payments, and this is now accepted by everyone.
Here too you are the blacksmith of your happiness, or (financial) misfortune.555
Very normal yes, and that is precisely why I am not going, but getting a beer in food cord
Very recognizable indeed. Depending on who goes with me, I give her an amount in cash that she can spend.
Yes, this happens often and it is of course the intention that you pay for everything.
The solution is to use a second cart and load your products into one cart before the checkout. You just leave the other cart there.
I've heard of it many times and experienced it myself.
I then put a bar behind my messages and put the messages that were not mine behind it.
Those groceries were then left behind at the cash register.
I am very accommodating, but - if necessary - very ignorant, as shown by the fact that I had not understood that I had to pay for those groceries.
That's why I always say, never live near your family. My wife is from Ang Thong (not far from Ayutaya) and we live in Chiang Mai Area despite the fact that she has a large piece of land with a house on it. next to her family in Ang Thong. I have no problem with us going to her house to have dinner with the whole family at my expense. I rented a minivan twice for her parents and her youngest brother's family for a day trip (her father had never seen the sea). But I decide for myself when I pay. It always starts with a finger and ends with an arm, as we say. And above all, never lend money to your wife's family, in 2% of the cases you will never see it again.
I would pretend I forgot my wallet and ask if he/she pays for everything. After all, we are family, right?!