In September went to the US for a few weeks for the first time in five years. I don't think I'll do a trip report, but there is one thing that I want to talk about, and that is the quality of service between here and the US.
I spent most of my time in Vegas, which is a service oriented city, but was truly surprised just how terrific I thought the service EVERYWHERE was. In Thailand you do get the friendly smile of service staff most of the time, but the true quality of the service is really lacking. In Vegas the service was really top notch with KNOWLEDGEABLE staff at every beck and call.
My wife was actually blown away by how well she was treated.Her biggest surprise was she was never given the once over when entering any nice retail establishment as she is in Thailand.
She always said that in any of the upscale malls in Bangkok and to a lesser extent, PHuket, the wait staff would make a judgement whether you had money or not and then possibly wait on her.
She could not believe how friendly and helpful the staff on all the US store she frequented, from first entering the store until the final sale.
Oh, one other thing that she was stunned by was the returning of items to the store. Absolutely no problem to return just about anything for just about any reason....what a concept. 55555
Anyway, really helped make it a great trip.