Been there, done that, unfortunately. And in my experience, it happens all too often in Patong. Although I will say that on a couple of the most egregious occasions it happened to me, the bar was reasonable enough to return my BF. But it has never happened to me in Pattaya, and sorry to say, but that is one of the differences between Patong, and Patts, IMHO, as the likelihood of a girl playing that game on you in Patong is far higher.
I disagree with Nicke. If it was just all a friendly mistake, that would be one thing, but a guy knows when a girl is putting the moves on him, loosening him up , and prying the drinks money out of him, with the touchy-feely, huggy-lovey routine, and getting him all worked up for her. To go to that length, just in the interest of making the drinks money, is not fair play, IMHO.
Granted it is a newbie mistake, but, just the same, the management of that bar is really f*cking stupid, since for 500 Baht, they turned away a big spender, and generate some bad publicity for their bar. Even if it was only him telling his friends back home, or gents he should meet while in Patong, about his treatment there, they will lose far over 500 in trade for their poor treatment of him.
Let's face it, when a girl and her bar make you feel as if you've been played, because you were, that is not what we go on holiday to Patong for!
To the newbs out there, let it be a lesson learned. If I have got a notion about a girl, I will ask her after the second drink, if she wants to go with me to my hotel later, before letting it go too far. And always, when asking a girl if she wants to go get eats, go to disco, or elsewhere, before I pay the BF, I will say. "OK, if I pay BF you, then you go to my room later with me for LT, chai mai?
Who wants to spend a good sum on some ass-kissing BG who is fawning all over you, only to experience rejection as the night-capper? Don't we get enough of that in UK/US/Oz/etc? Is that why we come to Patong, to spend our hard-earned cash, so we can be played for our money, and rejected? If that was the case, how many of us would even bother going there more than once?
Good post, norflondon, as that bar deserves a black mark next to its' name! :yes: