Mr Sunney

We had a run in with a hotel taxi driver. In Bangkok the hotel we stayed in had a limousine service (which is just a taxi) that we thought was free cos the first few times we used them they didn't ask for any money. It turns out you do have to pay them. We started to use a driver called Mr Sunney and cos he hadn't charged us for the first day George (being a soft touch) agreed that we would pay him 1000 baht per day. We assumed that meant only if we used him on that day but it turns out he meant everyday if we did or not. George paid him 2000 baht for the second and third day, we only used him once on the third day (we got caught in that flood and couldn't get to the meeting point). On the morning of the forth day (our last day) he asked us for a payment for that day a few hours before we wanted him to take us to the train station but i said not until we got there (being the tough one!!). We decided that since we had only used him once on the previous day it seemed a bit expensive to pay him another 1000 baht to take us about 2 miles for another days payment. So we made a run for it!! We got a street taxi with a meter instead and it cost us 61 baht. When we were at the train station he had come looking for us to get the money for the forth day when we hadn't used him. We had to hide behind pillars in the station so he couldn't find us, it was quite exciting. I think Mr Sunney knew i was the tough one so when he asked for his money yesterday morning he took George aside, away from me to ask him. Which i thought was a bit of an under-handed scheme!! As far as i'm aware we got away with it.