The bars here have a system where they put a small vase or something in front of you, and every time you buy a beer they put the bill in the vase. When you’re about to leave, you pay all the bills. The vases are cheramic, so you can’t see the bills without pulling them out. After a night out, there can be a lot of paper in the vase.

Yesterday I got this great idea. What if I walked around, “buying” those vases? That is, I negotiate a price for a vase, without looking at the bills in it. Then I get the negotiated amount of money from the bar visitor, and finally I pay all the bills. I do see approximately how many bills there are in a vase, but there’s no way to see the amounts on the bills, so it’s sorta gambling.

So, I did this all night long (in conjunction with creating my own bills). All together I “bought” vases with bills for 21500 baht, and in the end I paid off 18500 baht to the bartender. 3000 baht profit, and a lot of fun along the way!

/P

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