Regret to hear quite a few negative experiences by bros here.
I have received mediocre to pretty good service from the lounges so far.
Maybe the ceweks see that I am Uncle approaching Ah Pek status so pity me and give chance lah.
Ceweks maybe give you all young handsome men a harder time hahaha.
But seriously why don't you guys just loosen up more and stop being so confrontational?
Use Taichi and Zen strategy.
Sometimes it works to your advantage by taking a step back but when you retaliate the damage is doubly hard hehe.
If management or ceweks try to pull a fast one on you.
Just laugh out loud and act hilarious.
You will catch them off guard.
It's a physcological game.
They want to piss you off but it backfired so they will go back to defensive mode.
Do not create a scene and be cool.
This is to prevent yourself from being arrested if you act thuggish like most westerners.
What they lack is time if things drag out because they want to do more sales.
Most importantly please be polite to the papasan/mamasan because a lot times they may not know what really happen.
Just explain to them patiently.
At this point of time you need to have someone on your side.
Acting angrily doesn't help and it will make yourself look bad instead.
My strategy to have a good mongering time is to only eat local dishes.
Just don't complain about the taste being different when you eat Pho Bo in Jakarta when you should be trying Bakso instead.
