r/nottheonion • u/novagridd • 8h ago

Thailand's Prostitution Patrol on High Alert as 5,000 US Sailors Drop Ship After 200 Days at Sea

https://www.fashiontimes.co.uk/pattaya-police-intensify-prostitution-patrols-us-navy-visit-1763395
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u/AzureDreamer 7h ago

You are joking but I bet prices of everything do spike geographically near where this boat ports, the sailors are problably going to have consumption rates of 2-3x and normal person so thats like 10k-15k visitor influx.

This would mean nothing to a city of a million but a city of 30k who knows.

I am just speculating I know nothing in specifics feel free to disregard.

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u/semisociallyawkward 7h ago

I was traveling through Thailand with a Thai and amused discover that Thai has its own number system. Every place had a Thai price and a foreign price, with the latter easily 2-5x higher.

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u/milkhotelbitches 6h ago edited 6h ago

In Vietnam it's the same. There's the local price and the foreigner price.

It made me feel a little better when I found out they also overcharge other Vietnamese if they are from a different part of the country. If you weren't a local and didn't know the local market price of goods you were going to get ripped off.

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u/90210fred 4h ago

Eastern Europe hotel, three price lists:

Locals,

Ex Pats / anyone who can speak local, and

Foreigners and tourists. 

Standard stuff outside the capital.

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u/Terpomo11 1h ago

Why it pays to learn at least a bit of the language before going abroad, I suppose.

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u/90210fred 1h ago

"Why is saves" FTFY 🤣

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u/Terpomo11 1h ago

Ah, but a penny saved is a penny earned!

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u/90210fred 1h ago

Indeed