Back in Bangkok for 1 night only and the drama has already begun

I arrived at the bus terminal and a taxi driver approached asking if I needed a taxi and I said yes. He asked where I was going and I gave him the address as well as the phone number of the hostel where I just booked a simple room to get some shut eye before boarding my 5:55 AM train to Cambodia. The driver called the hostel and quoted me a rate of 250 Baht. I promptly said, “You use meter.” And the driver looked at me and said, “Fuck you!” I looked at him and said, “Suck my dick!” A few feet away there was another driver who agreed to use his meter and the short ride only came to 79 Baht. I handed him 100 Baht and he acted like he didn’t want to give me any change, so I stuck my hand out and he said, “Tip, tip.” I said, “No tip, no tip.” He then said, “Idiot, idiot.” I called him an idiot and left his taxi. Locals never tip metered taxi drivers and after being ripped off so many times, I refuse to give them anything. The other day I just started yelling at this taxi driver because I had given him the address of the place where I was goin in Thai as well as the phone of the place and he was trying to act like he didn’t know where it was. I said in a very loud aggressive tone, “Listen here! You are not going to drive around all night looking for this place, I gave you the address and the phone in your language, so don’t even try it! If you don’t know where it is, pick up your little phone and call them.” Then he suddenly said, “Oh ok”…and found his way in a matter of minutes. The only way to get anything done here is to be a total dick. I feel like this city brings out the worst in me. I am always on edge, just waiting for an opportunity to flip out on someone. I am prepeared to say, I hate Bangkok and I think the only way I will end up here again is on my way to some other city.

The room I booked tonight is a few block away from Bangkok’s boring red light district. I guess I will go walk around a bit to see if there is any excitement going on.

Hasta la próxima vez mi gente bonita,

a1globetrotter