We’re all familiar with the whole Ladies Who Lunch concept.
Rich, housewives who go out for fancy meals with fellow rich housewives while their husbands are out making more money for them to spend.
But in Bangkok, there’s a whole other culture of these ladies.
Ladies who do…nothing.
Just pick one: Siam Paragon, CentralWorld, Central Chidlom, The Emporium. They are all there. Not during weekends. Not in the evenings. But during weekday afternoon while us commoners are confined in our cubicles, crunching numbers/penning copies.
Who the hell are these bitches?
And they’re not like 40-50 years old. They are my age. Twenty-something Thai females, all dressed up, carrying the best in designer goods and just walk around. In packs.
Loaded husbands? I doubt it. And even if they have loaded parents, what kind of parents would just let them out spending their money? My loaded friends are working with their parents at least.
And every girl my age I know all have a day full-time job. And ones that don’t, they stay home and slave over their computers. They’re not out and about shopping, drinking Ventis in Paragon all day long.
And then there’s another type of ladies–ladies to sell. They don’t own a store. They are not working in a company that imports these stuff. But they’re online, constantly updating their forum posts, selling not common items like makeup or clothes but Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, YSL bags.
These bags are not selling for a few thousands of baht. And they don’t only sell only one or two at a time. These girls have a whole series of forum posts where they put up at least 5-6 items a post. All brand new items.
Seriously, WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?
And most importantly, HOW CAN I BE ONE?
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Kitty, you’re way too cool to be one of these stick-thin skags. Their total contribution to society is on par with a bowl of wet hair.
By Greg on 10.30.09 4:14 pm | Permalink
Well, perhaps finding a rich guy with cancer in the final stages who never married and is now looking for someone to sweeten his last days – and inherit all of his money. :-)
By Timo on 10.30.09 5:18 pm | Permalink
the question at the end is the essence of this entry!
By pradt on 10.30.09 5:36 pm | Permalink
I’m not so surprised at all.
some of them might be at my age not urs, but they look so much older in thick make ups.
N I do know someone selling stuffs on that website personally. It’s the same as the first person I mentioned above. They fly to hk or where brandname stuffs r cheaper n bring them home to sell. the fact is stuffs r sold n bought by the same old people. It’s like u rent bags but pay the full advance.
N there r ppl who get bored with their bags easily n just wanna sell them n have another one…like me :p
Welcome to my world! Lol
I mean selling out bags part not the jobless part though.
By wit on 10.30.09 8:28 pm | Permalink
kitz,
i can answer siambrandname part, i used to know few of them way back when i was into online business
some of them are still in school! un, i mean. but only because some of them spent 6-7 years in non-med school.
but the main answer is, stock market.
their parent, or husband, or fiance are loaded. and instead of working with their family, they invest in stock market.
some of them is a housewife tho. there are still educated girl who got married, arranged one, at the age of 24. espacially, when they came from “big name” family who wants to bond with another “big name” family.
at least one of my friend did. (but she still works for a living.)
so my answers to ur question
1. loads parents
2. arranged married
3. stock market
these 3 combines = invitation to the “ladies who do nothing” elite group
By namizon on 10.31.09 3:34 pm | Permalink
I hate these girls, I want to be one too.
By Chele on 11.02.09 4:41 pm | Permalink
@namizon
ahh the stockmarket.. they must all be fabulous investors then, who all beat the benchmarks, outsmart mr market and are the exception to the scientfic evidence.
Maybe next time scholars are trying to debunk the efficient markets hypothesis (which I dont fully believe myself), they should focus their study on Emporium and Siam Paragon.
No.
Kitty, i think you mentioned the sources of their funds already. Rich parents, rich husband. Self made people are not ones to sit around drinking coffee in emporium after they have made their fortunes or you’d have to sell a lot of bags online, margins arent that great, etc etc.
By tiz on 11.04.09 7:05 am | Permalink
In addition to your & your commentators’ suggestions, I have only two words to add: Sugar Daddies!
By Jet So on 11.04.09 10:38 am | Permalink
hmmm…. maybe they work at night… in the errrr… escort industry?? :P
By Jackie on 11.04.09 10:49 pm | Permalink
But how can I be one? Why is it only girls who do this.
By Lost Boy on 11.05.09 10:18 am | Permalink
Matt, clean yourself up, pump up & dress immaculately … then find yourself a “Sugar Mommy”! ;-)
By Jet So on 11.05.09 11:32 am | Permalink
Mia noi’s?
By Jeff on 11.06.09 6:09 pm | Permalink
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