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That's right, Bon! I had forgotten his name. Any idea what happened to him and Tangmo, who was the other major player on the strip?

🤣 Good one, vinapu, and believe it or not, having seen their daily catwalk on social media recently, quite a few of the guys in their line-up are, shall we say, a little long in the tooth, and have worked all over Thailand for a decade or so. They looked a bit tired to me and in my view can't hold a candle to the hunks in the Thai bars. That said, this story reminds me of a bar where the staff, once in the bar's employment, are bound to it like in a traditional Catholic marriage. Old hands of "gay Thailand" might remember My War bar in Patong, Phuket. It was the biggest gay go go bar along the strip and the owner, a Phuket native also owned a few smaller bars and other businesses in the area. By many accounts he was a nasty character with connections to the Phuket underworld (or so it was claimed). He had a system where, if a staff member, especially a popular one, wanted to quit before the end of their "contract", they had to pay him compensation and he had no qualms in enforcing this "contract" through his goons. One staff member had escaped to Chiang Rai with his new farang boyfriend and the My War bar owner sent his goons after them and made the farang pay 100,000 baht to "release" his Thai guy from his "contract". Sadly, Phuket has an unsavoury reputation for scams be it for jet skis, overpriced taxis or bar shenanigans.

I painted two possible scenarios and it's not complicated at all. And we still have only one side of the story. It seems that the Jupiter guy hasn't quit permanently (this would fall under employment not terminated scenario as I mentioned above) but has gone on leave or taken time off. This is not unusual at all and is called พักแทรก. The working guys go on leave for all sorts of reasons for eg health, to go home and visit the family, to get married or, as in this case, to spend an extended period of time with a customer. It could be for a fixed period of time after which the guy will return to the bar or he is adopting a wait-and-see approach with the customer before deciding to quit the bar permanently. Either way the bar probably still sees him as under their employment and feels entitled to charge an "off" fee for him until he permanently quits. In any event, without hearing the bar's side of the story, we can't say for sure what's going on.

This is what the ex-Jupiter guy said. Perhaps he had left under a cloud and didn't have his employment properly terminated. He might have unpaid debts to the bar for eg for work related penalties or any advances that he might have received. There are always two sides of the story. We haven't heard the bar's side.

Tangerine queen. 🤣😂😅

Now, now, they simply wanted to offer you the super senior's discount and wanted to make sure you qualified. It's hard to tell between 70 and 80 sometimes under all those colourful lights. 😏

Isn't all whoring done "down south"? 🤔

jason1975's problems with his guy turned you on that much? That's sick!

Bible study?

Imodium? It's a very common and cheap OTC anti-diarrheal medicine and is available at any pharmacy in Thailand and here in Malaysia.

Sorry, I should have written "would have sent the timorous old queens reaching for their smelling salts".

I think you hit the nail on the head without realising it. I suspect that for some Johns or punters the line between a simple "off" or hook up is blurred and they view their encounters with the working guys as dates, romances, escapades or whatever term that suits their romanticised fantasy. In the same vein, the working guys themselves are referred to as friends, lovers, "special guys", etc. Can you imagine how the John or punter would feel if one of their "special guys" received a review here, good or bad? A working guy gets a good review and his regular John might feel jealous, as the illusion of him being his "special guy's" one and only John is shattered and that his "special guy" is just another sex worker trying to earn a living. A negative review on the other hand might be perceived as destroying his "special guy's" ricebowl. I remember a time on the various gay Thailand fora when referring to the working guys as prostitutes and their encounters with them as prostitution would send the timorous old queens heading for their smelling salts. And I think it's trite to say that reviews are subjective - of course they are! That's why we can have multiple reviews on one subject - something which should be encouraged. I think it would be rather insulting to assume that readers would treat any one review as gospel. Anyway, if one feels all this is too much for one's sensitivities, then perhaps one should find a way to stop the working guys from gossiping about their clients - which they do, deliciously. I mean how can I forget the story of the German who had an adult-sized, purpose-built baby cot installed in his apartment and...

I don't think he gets it, Keith, and this is becoming a running joke, pun intended. Or maybe he does get it and is pretending not to and the joke is on us. 🤷

Boy, you sure have many clients and hot ones too. Stop whining about that sea cucumber; it's what keeps you at the Le Meridien!

On a plate like everybody else I guess? 🤷

I was wondering whether they had special shows and presentations during Christmas week. Elsewhere in Southeast Asia, festivities and celebrations tend to peak on Christmas Eve and then wane a little before picking up again a few days before the New Year.

Well, why don't Australia lead by example and teach their own citizens English so that the rest of the world can understand them for a change. 😏

Sorry, vinapu, it's almost been 24 hours and none of the messages I sent them on various social media have been read or replied to.

I see you've been exchanging notes with Guido's pussy. 😏

Nope, nothing to indicate why they are closed. The first poster is to recruit staff, which they needed urgently and in large numbers. I'm guessing it was put up sometime ago. I thought there might've been a governmental notice indicating a breach of regulations or something along those lines but there was nothing of that sort. I suppose the easiest way to find out is to text a guy who works there, a guy who knows someone who works there, a Tawan guy or guys who work in the vicinity of Atlas. They're bound to know. As a favour to vinapu - who am I to deny a man's dying wish - I've sent a text message in Thai to their Line account. Let's see if they reply. 🤞

Out of curiosity, what is Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day like in Pattaya, particularly in Boyztown and Jomtien Complex?

Please delete.

Arai wah? 🤔🤷

Can't say I blame you. Must be hard enough having to interact with yourselves.