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The next day, I went on a quest for one of those electronic rodent repellers. Neither Foodland nor Tesco sells them in their rodent control areas. They also don't have good old MOUSE TRAPS. Only poison and sticky pads. I declined, as I didn't want to attract the mice, I wanted to repel them.
Of course, when the mouse appeared 10 minutes after I turned out the lights, crinkle crinkling in that damned waste-can bag, I changed my mind. About 1am, I headed over to foodland for a sticky pad. 2 big plastic discs covered with glue for 29.25 baht. Put some dried fish snack, a bit of dried banana on each. Put one of them where the trash can was, and moved it further away from the closet that's the rodent entry point. Turned out the lights and waited.
Crinkle crinkle little star, if you're hungry don't go far...
Little f***er bypassed the trap and food at first, as I heard that plastic crinkling again. And then? A muffled squeak. Some movement. Another muffled squeak.
 OH YEAH! Now that's satisfaction.
Turned on the lights, and there's a little mouse trapped in the glue. One more topping on my black plastic pizza. If I didn't want to get some sleep, I'd have just left it there to see if any friends came and joined him. But, I wanted sleep. And a dieing rodent is not conducive to that activity.
So I delivered my pizza to the front desk downstairs. "I have a present for you," I said with a big smile. One of the girls backed quite far away, covering her face with her arm. The guy there (bellhop? Not wearing a front desk uniform) smiled and looked at it. He moved his food away. The mouse is still alive at this point, so I'm sure it was entertaining for them too.  He asked where I got it (in thai), and I confirmed that it was from my room. It was only then that he took it from me.
(Perhaps if I'd been out on the street collecting mice, he would have told me to take it outside).
As I went back upstairs, I could hear him referring to it as a pizza...
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 10:43 pm on Mar. 4, 2005
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TJ
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As long as I'm complaining (being a kee-bon'er), I'll relate the following bit too:
I'm here at the monthly rate. But the maid still comes every day and changes the sheets, makes the bed, gives me a new bath towel or two, refills the TP.
But they don't change the hand towels. I had thought they were, but lately I've noticed that they're wet after the maid leaves. Because they were wet when she came. She just folded the dirty towels and hung them back up. This last time I was here during the process, and heard her snapping and folding them off in said bathroom.
Now, I understand that maybe monthly doesn't get fresh hand towels each day. But why fake it? If I don't get fresh towels, then tell me. Don't try and bullshit me.
Then again, she fails to clean the sink and toilet on a regular basis (with massive toothpaste marks in the sink and piss on the rim of the toilet), so what do I expect?
(well, I expect maid service - if she's not going to do any work, then why come in the room? At least she makes the bed...)
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bkkfella posted on 11:09 am on Mar. 5, 2005:
My condolences to TJ. 550B/night is a good rate but how do your TGs react when they hear the mouse ? Does LT suddenly become ST ??
The mouse is dead. Only had it for two nights. And the room is not too bad otherwise. Big bed, lots of furniture. Girls love the big chair with ottoman. Roach problem has been taken care of.
The breakfast? Yeah, terrible food - and they had roaches running around on the tables with the food, in the restaurant, on my first morning here last October. Only time I've ever tried the food here.
Despite problems, I stay because:
1. Location/price
2. Inertia
3. Any problems this place has, I could run into with an apartment too. Mice? Roaches? Ants? Such problems come and go.
Hell, Bumrungrad has a nasty ant problem, on the 9th floor. And most people consider that place to be pretty upscale. I don't like seeing a hospital food tray swarming with ants in a "sterile" environment. I also don't like seeing mosquitoes wandering around an operating theatre.
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Edit in: 1:14pm. HO-LEE-SHIT.
I thought I was hallucinating when I saw the motion out of the corner of my eye. A f***ing mouse is running up and down the wingback chair, in full light, as I sit maybe 15 feet away at a table. Little f***er stopped to look at me when he was halfway in the cushions. Up and down the front of the chair. Presumably everywhere else.
Roaches are one thing, but rodents - and rodents *that bold* are quite another thing.
Even I have my limits. It's time to re-evaluate this place.
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Edit in: 4:48pm, 5-March.
f***ing hell. I already had a problem seeing movement out of the corner of my eye. And now I'm waiting for that little f***er to come show his head again. A Bloom County cartoon some time back had one of the guys, Blinkly I think, laying in bed with roaches crawling across the ceiling. He was terrified that they would drop into his mouth as he slept, breathing with his mouth.
I can't help but think about similar things. That little mouse is probably moving around on the bed with me at night. Small pussy is one thing, but that's just beyond the pale. Probably sticking it's ass up to my lips and pooping in my mouth. Maybe that's why I don't feel so good and have bad breath. Yeesh.
Just after posting "ho-lee-shit," I went downstairs to talk to the front desk. On the way out, I found Mr. Mouse again running around the bathroom. All the lights on, of course. f***ing ridiculous.
Talked to the girl at reception; she said she'd tell the manager. After lunch, what would appear to be the assistant manager was there, although she speaks little english, she seemed to understand the problem. I'm assured that sticky traps will be in the room shortly. This was about 1:30 or so.
No traps to be seen as yet. Haven't seen the mouse again. (Although I sure as hell thought I had).
And let me make this statement: I'm a clean guy. There isn't food garbage laying around. Not even in the trash can. I generally eat a snack in the morning, and any remnants of that are removed around noon by the maid. (she does at least dump the cans out). I don't have any food laying around on tables, open containers, etc. And god only knows what the hell that mouse wanted between the chair cushions. I don't think I've ever eaten while sitting there.
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Bangkok Women : Meet Sensual Bangkok Women
Posted on: 10:51 pm on Mar. 4, 2005
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I concur that The Park qualifies as a just barely acceptable hotel. I hated the 6 days I spent there last year and switched over to The Parkway which is between The Landmark and The Majestic.
The Park staff were very unfriendly even tho I was with the same lady every night. The buffet breakfast was the worst buffet I have ever seen in my life; runny eggs, cold stale bread, etc etc. The only reason I did not leave the first night was that I booked over the net and prepaid. They refused my request at half my money back to be able to leave.
Avoid this place fellows ! ! !
My condolences to TJ. 550B/night is a good rate but how do your TGs react when they hear the mouse ? Does LT suddenly become ST ??
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 11:15 pm on Mar. 4, 2005
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Quote: from bkkfella on 11:09 am on Mar. 5, 2005
....how do your TGs react when they hear the mouse ? Does LT suddenly become ST ??
The TG's don't hear "crinkle, crinkle," the mice hear, OOH, AH, OH, AAAAHHHH, Give it to me big boy, and leave.
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Sexy Bangkok Girls
Posted on: 11:29 pm on Mar. 4, 2005
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TJ's posts should be under the field report thread. The reports are great, even without the sex. This place sounds hilarious...a sad Thai Fawlty Towers. Keep it up.
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Thai Women : Meet Matured Thai Women
Posted on: 1:13 am on Mar. 5, 2005
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I stopped there one night some time ago when I was not living here. I remember that thee was no towels in my room I asked for one. Then an hour later I asked for one again. I went out and came back still no sign. I asked about another 5 times. I think they got the idea when I went down stairs and said I was not moving until I got a towel so at least I can try and have a shower as the shower head was so full of scale I was not sure if water would come out.
There is rising damp on the walls and it smells. After all that it is a funny place I thik one of those hotels you got to stay you have stopped in for the sake of it, like the Crown soi 8 and NANA hotel.
I can not believe this place go in the lobby and look at the flyers they have at the front desk, the pictures must have been taken about 30 years ago and they are still trying to pass it off as one of the best hotels on BKK
HA HA HA HA
I wish I had balls that big
Who's buying the beers
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Bangkok Women : Meet Beautiful Thai Girls
Posted on: 3:02 am on Mar. 5, 2005
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TJ
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The Hotel has yet to put any traps into the room of course. Typical Thai response: smile and do nothing.
The program of keeping food residue out of the room had me relocate a wrapper from a spicy fish snack out to the hallway, several doors away. (suitably wrapped in a grocery bag).
I walk down, set down the bag, turn around and see: a mouse scurrying along the wall, ducking under the door to the nearest room. Same mouse? Maybe. But as I said to the girl at the front desk: "If I see 2, it means there's 10." (more like 100, probably).
Unfortunately the lights were off in that room, or so it seemed. I didn't hear any screams from behind the door. 
Does anyone know where to by sonic rodent repellers? Like this one, but not like this one:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000050APA/
(not like it, because the reviews all say it doesn't work - I want the kind that works, if they ever do. )
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I have to say, knowing that others are afflicted with a the same pestilence has improved my mood on this issue substantially. I can only hope that they'll yell at the staff and check-out. I can then be "farang who not yell mahk mahk." (even though I've spent most of the afternoon CHOKING WITH RAGE  )
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 10:48 am on Mar. 5, 2005
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I first stayed at the Park over 10 years ago. It was in much better shape and I thought it was a decent place for the price. Since then I've seen a steady decline, so much so that I stopped staying there about 5 years ago. The last straw was when someone (staff?) ripped off my credit card; it had to be from the hotel since I only used the card once on that trip and I kept my receipt. Although the monthly rate is a good price, is it really worth it to put up with the rodents and the poor service?
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Thai Girls : Meet Active Thai Girls
Posted on: 1:03 pm on Mar. 5, 2005
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JackRabbit present...
The Park Hotel is useful, just be sure You get rooms 12x 0r 22x, those rooms are remodeled and nicer than the others.
When I came back for feb RT, I had 353 and that wasn't even close to 123, which I had first.
Location is unbeatable, beer garten at the opposite side of the soi, exhange booth ( having decent rates) very close and the BTS Nana station at the corner of soi 7 and Sukhumvit.
Take the room with no b'fast, they have a really lousy b'fast in there. Once tried, never repeated.
Subway is around the corner down Sukhumvit (if You are an early bird) and Beer Garten has a good b'fast after 10 o'clock.
JR
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Thai Women : Meet Matured Thai Women
Posted on: 1:29 pm on Mar. 5, 2005
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TJ
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No problems with my credit card; had them swipe it twice thus far.
But, back to the mouse issue. I ran into a british tourist in the exercise room. He had come down to it 30 minutes beforehand, found it locked, went to the front desk to have it opened. They told him "not open today - it sunday." When I showed up, the room was still locked. I went to the front desk, and they sent someone out right away to unlock it. And why not? It's not like it takes any staff to operate it. They only clean it once a month. Etc. He'd seen me go in, so came up.
Got to talking with him, and asked him if he'd seen any mice. He says yeah - they shit all over his clothing and got into his luggage. He'd talked to either the management or the front desk and asked for a different room. He was refused a new room, and told "mouse will just follow you to the new room." He repeated that quote to me more than once, as it had stuck with him. (and me as well).
They assured him that traps would be put into his room, behind the head of the bed where the rodents were coming in. He checks the next day, and finds only roach traps. He talks to the front desk, and the woman tells him "no have for mouse. only for roach."
This guy's on a different floor than I am, by the way.
AND, I mentioned the towel issue. He confirmed that he'd seen the maid simply refolding the towels and putting them back. In his case, the bath towels.
However, they do appear to clean them. Every weekend, my hand towels disappear. For 2-3 days, I don't have hand towels at all. When asked, the maid simply says "no have."
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 1:26 am on Mar. 6, 2005
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