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Beware of Unintended Intruders

By helen@bannigan.com • March 1, 2019 • Culture, Expat Life, Travel

True story.

I was at a resort in Thailand and needed to quickly run up to my room from the pool to get my water bottle. The door to my room was propped open, as when the cleaners are in there, but inside the 2 Chinese cleaners were in their underwear. It was an extremely hot day, so couldn’t blame them frankly. My water bottle wasn’t where I had left it, so I searched around a bit. The Chinese cleaners were saying things to me I couldn’t understand, and I put my finger up as if to say, “I’ll be in and out in just 1 sec, sorry to disturb your work”…..and they had strange looks on their faces.

Turns out they weren’t cleaners at all, I had walking into the wrong room and they were fellow guests getting dressed!

So very sorry, lovely Chinese couple – wherever you may be!

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