"Do you know..."

A couple of weeks ago, I accompanied Jon to Conrad for some drinks with his acquaintance, who was already there waiting. On the way, Jon briefed me a little about her, whom I'll call F, who happens to be a relative of a powerful godfather/politician.

Jon did tell me a few days before, he was at a club when she called for him to escort her from the entrance down to the venue. As Jon appeared from the exit barrier, F saw him and proceeded to enter the same way. Out of nowhere came a bouncer who said this is an exit only walk way and F needed to show some identification and proceed on through the entrance gate.

She then turned into some kind of monster and started shouting at the bouncer saying she wanted to go through the exit into the club. The Bouncer became a little annoyed and retorted..

"I guess you won't be going in then".

Now there was fire in her eyes and she whipped out her ID and gave the common Thai 'threat'...

"Do you know who I am?" While handing bouncer, who happened to be doing his job, her ID.

He took one long look and was probably jolted. Upon returning her 'I rule the world' pass, he apologized and let both Jon and F through. At this point, I thought, alright at least the drama was done but she went on..

"What the f*%& is your name? Do you want me to have you removed or transferred?"

The rest of the story was a bit of a blur but I met F, and although I thought she was quite stunning, her attitude left much to be desired.

I've always held a high regard to those coming from influential families who maintained a humbled posterior, to me that exudes class. It showed although being someone, there isn't any need to be putting it out there.

Unfortunately this is a common sight in Bangkok. Everytime an arguement erupts, some tosser would always bark "Do you know who I am?" Yes it does have its advantages, especially with the law, when the police appears they will always look at IDs and check last names.
My business partner holds quite a well known surname, his uncle is a famous ex-senator and a crusader against AIDS, and everyone, whether stopped by traffic police, a supplier we visit, client meetings, would always ask how are they both related when exchanging name cards.

Some people like the attention while others shun it, you probably know my preference but what is yours?