STOLL/Falling Uphill ©2005
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"No, you tell me?"
"No, you tell me?"
I try a different angle, knowing the average daily wage is 100 baht. "How many hours a day do they
work?"
"Eight."
"How long for a massage?"
"Two hours."
"So they earn 18,000 baht per day?"
"No, only one man per day?"
"Really, that sounds like an easy job?"
"No, not easy. How would you like to suck and fuck?" His leathery face betrays little emotion. He
appears perpetually blasé with a hint of irritation.
"Well, that depends who? How much is one beer?" I'm thinking of buying my driver a beer so we can
sit with the women and have some laughs.
"1000 baht?"
"Wow, are you serious? That's 25 dollars."
"Yes."
"What's the real price?"
"That is the real price."
"Do I get any extras?"
"No."
"Well, I'm late, anyway."
"Where are you going?"
"I'm going nowhere. Do you know where it is?"
"Nowhere?"
"That's right."
