Warnings & Updates

INTERNET SCAMS and other WARNINGS, TIPS & UPDATES!

Update for 2009

There are many clubs and bars throughout the Philippines with more beautiful ladies than most American men have ever seen in one place. It doesn’t take long after you sit down and order your drink or beer before one or more ladies will sit next to you and ask if they can drink with you. Eventually you choose your beautiful drinking partner and the night is on. She will make statements which allow you to feel sure you’re going to be spending the night with her at your hotel. NOW THE CLINCHER: Either just before you announce you’re ready to leave, or when they think you are drunk enough, another lady, not so beautiful, will sit down with the two of you. Maybe she will start to touch your leg and start laughing too. Now lady number one, the beautiful lady you have been drinking with announces she has to go to the CR (toilet-CR means comfort room). Lady number two goes to check on her and quickly returns and says that Lady number one has either (1) just started her period; or (2) that she is in the toilet vomiting and has gone back to her room or place. But lady number two (the closer) tells you that she will take care of your needs for the night. The hopes are that you are so drunk even she looks good enough to “serve you” for the night. Also be careful not to leave your cash or wallet where it can be reached while you’re sleeping. (Put it in a safe place! If there is no lock box at your hotel, try under your side of the mattress).

IMPORTANT CLUB WARNING:

When you are at a Disco or Karaoke Bar or Club, there are many great looking ladies who work there. These are referred to as GRO's (Guest Relations Officers). The will sit around you (watch your wallet) and ask you to buy them a "ladies drink". First, you need to know that even though your beer or drink may cost 30 pisos, the ladies drink may be 75 or more pisos for a mini drink! And in most cases, they are not drinking alcohol, just sprite with some juice i it. (But hey, this is how they get paid!)

Outside the common sense warnings of avoiding robbery or claims of rape, the main warning in the clubs is that those ladies drinks and the food add up! I have actually seen where one poor slob was ready to pay but did not have enough money to pay his tab at the end of the day. (Tab is called a "chit"). Anyway, the bar allowed his friend to go get more money, but while he was sitting there waiting for his friend, THEY KEPT BRINGING MORE DRINKS AND LADIES DRINKS! By the time the friend returned, the tab was a couple thousand pisos more than the original tab! The friend was naturally frustrated, pissed off and had to go back out again to find more money. Had myself and the rest of our party not been there, this guy could have been in REAL serious trouble when the friend left!

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