"Foreigner Tax" in Japanese Restaurant
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- Alicia, who has a mixed heritage of Japanese and Italian, shared her experience at a Japanese restaurant where she came across a policy that involved charging higher prices exclusively for foreigners.
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The moment someone starts getting aggressive instead of apologetic it means that they’re scamming you.
"DO NOT REDEEM THE CARD"
@@wiosna4Do not redeem it
@@wiosna4 mAam listen to me💀
WHY DID YOU REDEEM WHY DID YOU REDEEM
@@JustJoey727i can hear this comment
People freaking out when you catch them is a definite sign they knew they were doing something illegal
no way really!!!?
Yeah like my landlord
@@jokerpilled2535😂😂😂 why are all landlords like that
@@sal_strazzullo they’re all scum fr
not necessarily, they might just be scared.
In Japan if a manager talks to you quietly you know you screwed up, if he shouts at you... He screwed up.
Yeah it is true...😂
This wisdom is Japanese.
Disagree. They will normally talk quietly to make the problem go away.
The key is not to tolerate this. When facing a confrontation of this nature with a Japanese, smile with your teeth and just say 'Sekai.'.
They are always going to be intimidated by dealing with a foriegner, so if they are going to screw you, just rack up the intimidation a few noches until they back down and comply.
After living in Japan, I don't get charged no foriegner tax.
@@Facesforce I gotta know, what does Sekai mean in this context?
世界 (Sekai) means world...
So either he's using vocabulary/slang I never learned or he is saying a word he's heard before without understanding what it means.
I'm Japanese. I feel like there are a lot of anecdotes like "when I was in Japan (in some vague area) I was scammed!" It would be very helpful for the victims to actually state "it was this exact restaurant" because then this issue can be resolved.
Yes! Name and shame. Scammers deserve to lose their business, no matter where they're from.
Exactly
No way, police don’t do anything to stop those scam bars / izakaya😢 I know it, because I’m Japanese and have seen many news about this scam.
It’s super common scam especially in places like shibuya, shinjuku, kabukicho.
If you follow touts on streets, there are more then 90 % of chances that you’ll get scammed.
It doesn’t matter if you can read Japanese or not, they will charge you sitting fee, Saturday/Sunday fee, service fee etc
In some countries you can sue someone for defamation, even if they are scamming you. Better to not name and shame so you don't get the law coming after you.
Did you watch the full video?
Solo traveller here. Always ask for the local menu, take a picture, put it on google translate. Eastern and South Europe are also notorious for this.
Lmao
They found out the pierdolę tax
Excellent idea! I learned this from watching PC tech friends visiting Taiwan for Computex.
Great use of modern tech!
Also the Middle East like Dubai. I’m honestly sick of it. Just bc I’m American doesn’t mean they can price gouge me.
It happens in Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and of course Africa. The entire freaking world is constantly asking for a hand out from America and Americans.
@@morningsunshine0216nd it's funny when they get mad when we say USA is the best, when they're the ones begging us for money. They know for a fact that they're struggling and we're not.
Poor countries with poor people have poor behaviours, think poorly, and do poor things. Poor poor poor.
Americans: USA is the best country in the world!
Poor people from poor countries: No it's not! Now pay is extra, we need more money!
@@JK360noscope I'm greek and I was kinda expecting it visiting prague recently since we have it as well 🤣🤣
Thats when you walk tf out and warn others not to go.
Edit 9-23-23: oh lawd these comments lol! Also 41k dammnnn sonnnn!
Itd be fun to make a scene too 😂😂
@@MasterAkiDrawoh no the police can arrest you and you're not even allowed a lawyer while they're questioning you😢
That's what they want lol.
@@MasterAkiDrawMake a scene in Japan...they you'll end up arrested.
😮😮😮😮😮!
I like her! She politely called the manager a thief
"I CAN CHANGE HER!"
@@larsbjrndaldainese1382Simpy simperton
@@momo1461she's a cute girl
Good on the Japanese for protecting their culture
@@chelseachelseafcsuperfan7220
But they're missing out on the benefits of diversity.
Look at France.
People romanticize Japan way too much, and then reality hits them like a train.
You’ve never been have you
@@nickm8874 prove before that I am wrong and then perhaps I will feel the necessity to justify my opinion.
@@somethingelse1987 apply the same.
Like a Shinkasen
Um every country has people who do similar discriminatory stuff like that, no one likes Americans 😅
They don’t take tips but take and call it foreigner tax 💀
average american
@@MasterAkiDrawhas anyone said that? I feel many east-Asian countries have resentment towards Japan due to their imperial history.
@@MasterAkiDraweah i never understood that. Japan has some good things about it but like every country it has a lot of problems too that people just overlook because they appear to be friendly and all that.
@@MasterAkiDraw there are no role model countries in Asia (and really the whole world), every country has its issues.
@@beastki7424Meaning what?
I experienced this both in Mexico (QR) and in Japan (神奈川) and called the restaurant out both times since I know Japanese and Spanish. They apologized and offered free food, but it's not about that. Tourism generates a lot of money and people who decide to visit a country should not be charged extra just because they don't know the language. Nobody likes being scammed.
Edit: yeah guys I know these people gotta make a living, but I don't think being dishonest about the prices is the way to do it. I always give people a little extra as you can see in my videos, but it's already expensive traveling so not everyone can afford to pay double the price of each meal.
I don't think it's a scam. They put the price UPFRONT..... It is NOT like you got hidden fees. If you don't like the price just go to another place, so many competition, so many choices.
@@hiskandarit is a scam its raking advantage of people who cannot understand a language and believe that is normal
I know, it's disgusting. Happened to me in Italy but I didn't fall for it.
QR is so bad 😂 head down and shut up like a mute while latino bf does everything
@@hiskandar use your two brain cells carefully. lemme guess you pay $600 for an oil change don’t you.
I sell snake oil for a living, $1200 a bottle but for you my friend, I give it to you for ONLY $800. My friend this is good quality. My friend you will not see any better price than here.
Shibuya, Roppongi and Shinjuku have tons of tourist traps. The Japanese aren't always so perfect, believe that.
@@ljohmer5300I think he's just saying they're not perfect in regards to how some people hype up the Japanese to be super polite and proper (which granted a lot of them are). There are people who honestly idolize Japan as if it's some utopian society, even though, as you said, nobody's perfect.
@@SuigaRou exactly. People thought all japanese were good and polite, but you have to remember, no matter how good a place is, there is always a bad batch.
No, definitely not perfect, but while you could write a list of their flaws, you could do the exact same for anywhere else in the world.
It’s angering running into these situations, but you gotta remember that everyone is human, not a single society is perfect.
Nobody said they were perfect. There three kind of people. The one that think they perfect are the weebs. The anti japan one like you. And normal brain people that knows there bad and good people in every society just because human nature. Especially in certain part of japan/tokyo/osaka, where its full of tourist trap, even anywhere in the world, there will be issues like this.
That’s why I just stay in Yokohama and I never have issues 😛💯
This is why you should do this and when you find out you get up and leave. Whenever someone gets instantly hostile they're scamming you every time. That manager instantly got angry instead of apologizing.
and as a non Japanese native you will be arrested for failure to pay. or black mailed into paying unless you are with natives
@@cloudycoughs7058it sounds like they just got the menus and hadn't ordered any food yet so it should be ok to leave
No, they should be reported to the authorities then they can deal with their own laws. I doubt their government wants to lose the revenue from foreign tourists.
There was a Mexican restaurant here in Los Angeles- at the bottom of the menu it said in Spanish “ if you can read this, your kids eat free”.
I learned basic Spanish for this moment 😢
Wew, one reason more to learn Spanish
That’s so racist 😂
@@bkit5how’s that racist?
@@bkit5 nope
He was defensive and scared he got caught
Yes thank you for stating the obvious.
As an American I agree. I also get freaked out by Tax Tax.
americans tend to do that. cOmMuNiSm!!1!1
@@mallarieluvsgirlsare you joking? In America and Britain we have plants that release democracy into the air. They’re more commonly called trees.
@@Pea-GNah. In America we don't have democracy. We have capitalism. We serve the rich and trample the poor. That's why we give tips because restaurant owners don't want to pay them right.
@@videosaver1934 hmm you’re right actually but it’s still a “democratic republic” not a communist country
@@videosaver1934better than socialism or communism.
Don’t go to any restaurants that have “tourists/foreigners welcome” as they will most likely overcharge you.
Before learning Japanese, I would just get the Japanese menu and use Google translate.
Good luck typing japanese Kanji there😄
@@Wurfenkopfyou can translate real-time with the camera..
Doesn't work well on handwritten menus.
@@Nighteye88 you can just write the words yourself for google translate. I do this for chinese words i dont know how to read
@@Nighteye88 I was shocked at how well it worked for handwritten Hangul in Korea. I can read Hangul and one time I got handwritten directions from a lady that I just could not make out but Google Translate was able to read it.
Let the Japanese friend ask for the menu 😅
EDIT: apparently many people have bad reading comprehension.
Is reading so hard? I keep repeating myself in the comments. My First comment was let the Japanese friend order. If they were NOT accompanied by a Japanese friend and were only English menu, they WOULD NOT know they've been taken advantage of or scammed.
If they've been given Japanese menu then an English menu and see a price difference, ask to pay in the Japanese price. Then either report to the authorities or just completely Boycott and never go back to the place.
Nobody's saying Foreigner Tax was legal so if you got scammed report the restaurant and boycott the place.
So many snowflakes in here, i bet those crying never been to Japan at all. Foreigner Tax in japan is not common, im saying it doesn't exist it's but not very common. Many countries do this.
Nah man, if it's illegal then you gotta tell the authorities. Not everyone will have a Japanese person in their pocket. So many could get scammed.
@@Segen_Bell the only reason they found out because they were given two different menus. If there was no Japanese in their group, they wouldn't know the price difference
@@Haeinpark078exactly... so its still a scam which was the point of the person who replied to you
@@saeroul did you even understand what I said? How would they know if they were scammed in the first place? How can they report something illegal if they didn't know? So back to my first point. Let the Japanese order next time. No need for an English menu coz again they only found out the price difference because they asked for English menu
I read Japanese, so no problem there.
Should’ve yelled back at him “jail jail”! Lol
😂😂😂😂
its scammy but not ilegal tho, poor japs deserve get paid extra for dealing with some foreigners..
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Perfect😅
@@dmw798 - I'm calling rubbish on this. Tax is common in every single state in the US. Unless the taxes in Japan are exorbitant-- 50% - 100% of the cost of the food, there is absolutely no reason to increase the prices of the menu items and then STILL proceed to add taxes at the end, which I bet they do.
Those Japanese vendors are deliberately overcharging foreigners. They're dishonorable cheats.
That's literally all we know, "TAX!" 🤣😭
Assuming you don't mean america, which has some of the lowest tax rates in the western world
As if most people in the world don't pay tax😂😂😂
This happened to me earlier this year. Went to a sushi restaurant and there was a Japanese menu on the table. My boyfriend and i looked through the menu and the waiter quickly walked over and said "no, no" and gave us an English menu. We noticed the price difference and walked out.
It’s really disgusting. Scammers
Where was this in Japan? If it was in Shibuya or Shinjuku I would be a lot less surprised… (Specially in Shinjuku, there is supposedly a lot of Yakuza that run small restaurants/bars out that way that scam foreigners)
Just keep the menu.. its not like they will forcefully pyll the menu out of your hands lol
@@yagzyalcntas553they might
@@Tainami_Happened to ms numerous times in Japan earlier this year. The country is not all it’s cracked up to be, but it is still a wonderful place.
Reminds me of booking hotels on the fly in Thailand when I was with my Thai partner. She'd go in by herself, book the room, then message me to come in.. the look on the hotel staff faces when they realised they missed out on charging "farang prices" was always priceless! 😅
Same thing in ethiopia foregneirs pay more seems fair enough tho keeps prices down for locals and charges people that can afford it
lol
As a foreigner in Thailand, expect to get screwed.
@@banditthedog6268The best way to win is not to go.
@@michaelvol8922nah the best way is to not be gullible. Was in Thailand for months, managed to keep a low budget & had a great time.
This is the exact reason that there are 'fixers' in foreign countries. Someone local/fluent that can broker on your behalf so you avoid scams.
Also, called a "guide"
lol chill bro, this aint cyberpunk
Those people are scams too
@@josephpotter7776 they can be but if you find the right guide, they can help you explore places you would never go
Still have to pay the fixer though
Lived here in Japan for 23 years, love the place, and yes this is illegal though I have never heard of this type of price gouging happening before.
I have also travelled extensively as a tourist in Japan. And I also have never encountered anything like this. The video is probably a FAKE !
I wonder why they don’t report it to the police if they know it’s illegal
I've seen it a lot. Japan is kinda a scummy place in the cities.
yeah i live in japan too but i have never experienced anything like this. asian boss is full of lies
@@reynaldoflores4522This isn't fake this is taken from an older video they had. A half an hour interview with people who are half Japanese half other nationalities.
That’s actually really common in Japan, they literally have restaurants and bars where no foreigners are allowed, not even subtle racism.
Those places have had bad experiences with foreigners in the past. Americans are rude loud and obnoxious when drunk. I was deployed to Japan and a group of drunk Marines broke the glass door of several shops. One of the guys I was with broke a public phone, ripped a flag from the pole, then took a bike and rode back to the base.
@@freedumb_3.0I forgot that racism is okay if you have an anecdote.
@@saintsfearful Let's put this in perspective. Banning foreigners from buying land in the US/Australia/Canada/UK is not racism. Banning Chinese from buying land is. Does that make sense? Don't bother me none though. I for one don't much care to give money to people who hates me for who I am.
@@saintsfearful banning foreigner to enter your restaurants is racist? well, how about those countries that do not allow me to enter unless I apply for visa.. Those countries are racists :-)
@@freedumb_3.0 this is completely different. A better comparison would be charging non-white people twice as much money for rent, which is obviously discriminatory and racist. Preventing land and housing from being used as effectively stocks and investment properties to siphon wealth away from local communities while driving up the cost of housing isn’t racism, it’s good policy directed at preventing exploitation of local communities by outside monied interests. Charging people twice the price for the same food because of what language they speak is just bigoted because restaurant customers are there to CONTRIBUTE to the community and all of what they spend stays there.
They did the same to us in Peru, even the Hotel and the Tickets for some sites are different prices. We found out because some girl star to arguing jn Spanish with the waiter because she over heard and then she told us “I thing they are giving you other prices” this was on my honeymoon we are still friends with that girl we were backpacking and she joined our group
she did you a REAL solid!!! i'm glad you are still friends. hope the best for all of you😊
In India we just have a board that says it for all to see
Happens in many tourist places.
In my experience being from peru, there are differences in price for some things for natives vs foreigners. In some cases, it's so that natives can have the chance to afford things, more as a right rather than a discount. And I personally had to prove that I was born there and show an ID card that shows that I either paid the voting fines or that I actually partook in voting to receive this right. Now this may not always be the case, but they might also be trying to cater to both natives and to tourism. For instance, business in America will just raise their prices period. If I buy a pretzel in disney, a tourist known hot spot, it will cost me significantly more than if I got it anywhere else. Nothing necessary special about it other than it was purchased within disney. In some tourist spots around the world they still want to charge their locals less so as to make it fair in their eyes fir them to still have business. Places like shibuya have many eccentric restaurants and bars for tourist purposes. No where that I personally went did they have different prices, but it depends the area you go to. We did pass by certain areas that are essentially known as scammer central, why people still go there is beyond me. Doesn't matter who you are, if you look vulnerable they'll scam you. But this goes for anywhere in the world. Even the US.
Here in the Philippines, Foreigners may experience the same treatment from Local restaurants or local stores.
Same with Mexico & Dominica Republic
yeah but philipinnes is a third world shithole japan isn't
@@mallyb132 nah probably not. There is corruption everywhere. Especially in Mexico where theres lots of tourist places.
Most developing countries do this, especially for Americans. Though I'm surprised this happened in Japan.
@@adhyjc8greece also does this. If you dont get a receipt, its because they're charging more. Taxis will charge 100 euros for 15 minute drive its insane
Not just Japan most tourist heavy countries do this they have local menu and tourist menu. I usually try and have someone local with me so you don’t get scammed. You can easily be charged three to five times the normal price if not careful
Nobody cares
We are talking about JAPAN here.
I remember in Korea, someone wanted to sell me a belt for around 60 bucks and when I spoke with him in Korean he made the price 12 bucks.
Not necessarily "foreignism", more like exploitation of ignorance and appeal of familiarity.
@@brexitgreensthat's the glass half full mentality. Asians are actually some of the most racist and "tribal" people around.
@brexitgreens Definitely foreignism. She have spoken any other language and it wouldn't have made difference. When you know your own knows better, you act like you're supposed to.
I mean, of course if you speak the language they lower the price, but scamming foreigners is a good thing. Foreigners have money, and they're willing to be separated from it, and as such separating them with the money, is a good thing.
And 60 bucks for a belt is a normal price where I live and 12 bucks would be low, you can't even get a pizza for 12 bucks where I live.
@@livedandletdiebruh
That happened when my family of 4 traveled to Tokyo in 2018. My kids then were 7 and 9. We went to a bbq near our Airbnb. We were given one menu...and then given another one right after and told that prices had just gone up recently or something. It just didnt feel right so we left.
What I have experienced numerous times is that they have signs outside with items and prices being advertised but when you order them inside, they are more expensive.
Thankfully it's straight up illegal and you are entitled to services and prices as advertised IF there is no expiration date explicitely mentioned.
So they can not use the "oh that's still the old price" argument after the fact.
But but i thought racism only exists in America?? How could this happen in glorious utopia Japan ??
@@Fasty2107 ...Or put another way: Why are so many people hoping the border illegally if America is such a raycist Country ???
@@nikolaikalashnikov4253 they want to be actively discriminated against so that they can point it out
@@nikolaikalashnikov4253because they sell you the dream
I love when people are still surprised by how the Japanese view foreigners
Yep especially when people act like nothing bad happens there.
Probably because they don't know about the discrimination being so high that a person can be full Japanese bloodline, and Japanese citizen born in Japan, but they have a tattoo so they aren't considered Japanese.
The German people dealt with their sins after WW2 and became a different culture. The Japanese didn't.
@@alexistaylor969 Maybe something good comes out of this: Japan won't have women with neck and arm tattoos like you see in the West.. makes women so ugly... But they are brainwashed and follow those trends.
@@gordon1545As a German I can assure you, here in Germany it's not as simple as you might believe... One gets called an antisemite very quickly (you can't criticise anything that's Jewish or Israeli)... also people's careers werw destroyed because they were declared Nazis (even if they weren't).
This happens in México as well. Called a tourist trap!!
In Latin America, I am Colombian and the prices for food here sometimes for tourists are just outrageous tho
Haha pay back😂
@@tressymartSad, this will lead to lots of potential tourists not going to such places.
Some Indian restaurants in Japan do the same and one time a photo kiosk in Kanagawa did that to me. They quoted a price to print some film and when I returned to collect the prints they upped the price. I tried to ask why the price had changed but the guy just started shouting at me to pay.
If you went to any other place of business in any other country in the world you would experience the same thing.
@@taviddurley7502 That's a nonsense statement.
@@taviddurley7502Not in the United States. It doesn’t happen. Everybody pays the same price, unless it’s a discount for senior citizens or members of the military.
@@alan30189same in Canada, it’s really inconceivable to me that people would be charged extra just for being foreign.
@@taviddurley7502 Even in a similar case where an American restaurant was scamming people, they were scamming everyone. It was a restaurant in Miami near the beach where tons of tourists (local and foreign) would go and the menus had no prices. The restaurant charged whatever they wanted to charge, but it's a universal scam. So no, not every country tries to defraud foreigners.
In South Africa we literally have laws that protect consumers from things like this.
There are similar laws in Japan, too. The problem is that telling someone about it in an interview doesn't count as reporting the crime; you have to actually go to the cops. And laws don't actually stop people from doing things, they just lay out a system of penalties that the state will apply if a crime is brought to its attention. I'd imagine that the situation is similar in South Africa.
I’m sure they are enforcing that law in such a corrupted and dysfunctional country.
LOL
@@Nezuji Yeah you're right. It's like that too here
@@gre894 Actually they are. Like @Nezuji said, when people actually report it the law is applied.
"Foreigners don't know how to pay tax"
Sure we do. We also know how to call the National Tax Agency (Japan's IRS equivalent). Should we give them a call to sort this out?
@@dmw798 Tax is added in MOST foreign countries! so saying "lot of foreigners don't understand that prices do not include tax" is crazy!
@@DS-vx3wf really? I've travelled a bit, i don't know of any other places where tax is added at the register but not included on the price tag.
@@dmw798India
@@dmw798 Basically all of the Americas and some of Europe don't include taxes in the listed price
@@dmw798all of the US has tax added after. Not sure about other countries but it’s not horribly uncommon. This story is about Americans in Japan so surely they would have understood that tax is added after and they are with a group of Japanese people who could have explained the concept. Your explanation does not check out.
I have lived in Japan for over a decade now and what gets me is the "Pass" Japan gets. No other western country gets away with the stuff Japan does.
It was the same when I was in Vietnam. My aunt told me to never speak English in any restaurants. They always charge tourists more for the same food. Also to never take taxi's anywhere without knowing the general location or else they will take the long way so they can charge you more.
Yeah this literally how every single tourist place everywhere works. Including America. I'm surprised how offended people are about this
Taxi drivers are universal scam artists. Any country, anywhere a taxi driver will screw the passenger- if they can get away with it
Nah it's about appearance. If a westerner lives there and speaks Vietnamese they still gonna get the extra fee- ain't no one checking types of visas xD
They will charge you more if you speak southern accent in the northern part 😂
@@NovaDrakers Where in America does this happen?
Here in Thailand it’s called farang tax. Sometimes if you ask for the price in thai they tell you the local price
When I was in Thailand (almost 30 yrs ago), there were signs that clearly stated the local prices and farang prices. Don't know if that sort of thing is still acceptable, but it was when I was there.
It’s very much still practiced. Many times they make it obvious by stating that there’s a Thai price and foreigner price. It’s unacceptable and gross.
Oh that’s so interesting farang means “foreign” in Farsi
@@idleking31nah completely support it.
Yea, my mum is Thai and whenever we need to buy things like food or tickets, she told the rest of us to either not speak or walk away, so people won’t charge us the foreigner price😂
Japan is one the countries that does NOT have anti-discrimination laws based on classifying groups as a protected class.
Wish I was born over there 😫
Based
@@BikeShorts69like born Japanese you mean? They would treat you like you’re literally unclean if you aren’t white.
@@BikeShorts69well, yeah, if you were born over there, you could obviously be an unhinged sociopath, so long as it's towards foreigners. It's regretful for you that you were born in a country that doesn't tolerate childish tantrums.
@@josephchambers1660 this isn’t a discount but a tax… there are NO taxes based on group classification for sales. A discount is a private business practices NOT a civic tax that benefits state county or federal etc
Japanese people seem kind from the outside but quite hostile towards foreigners.
It's funny how Americans in America will be in an absolutely uproar over the slightest bit of discrimination then go to Japan, experience blatant racism against them and be like "Oh Japan is so cute lol."
Thats because most Americans are ignorant and dont realize exactly how blessed their lives are.
They deserve it! All virtue signaling bs only works at home 😂
Girl aint nobody out here doin that
@@roseberry-nj2ux LOL. Tell that to all the POC anime lovers who have shared the same story, and laugh it off just like this chick.
People praise Japan and Korea for the dumbest and simplest things. Especially the weebs and kpop fans, anything these two countries do they extend unnecessary praise, they hold other countries to much higher standards.
Who knew that the Japanese could be dishonest.
Every nation has its bastards. Every forest has its jackal.
There are dogs and cats everywhere
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Its rare
Who knew? Every person that is not a weeb?
I went to japan and it’s not all restaurants.. lol stop assuming it’s common from ONE SHORT ON RUclips
definitely heard this happening, they went to some restaurant in kyoto had a menu with the set prices but the waiter said it will be double they left after that.
Sure you did...
@@cyberwomble7524well thats the thing @catstat3453 didn't... Just knows someone that that happened to... So yeeeeeeeah... "Suuuuure @catstat3453 said they did..."
@@Blackpheonix99 Because that makes it more plausible?
Japan is known for 3 things :
1. Their hard work / Discipline
2. Their Suicide / mortality rate
3. Their innovations
But honesty in business has never been their strong point.
@AsianBoss - We really need to know the name of this place to warn foreigners not to support this business.
Shinjuku, Shibuya
Or red light district. Asian boss never tells real thins
For some reason the algorithm pushes this topic on me and I completely agree with you o-parts. I've heard in several videos on different channels that host this topic (of foreigner restaurant scams that happen in different areas of Japan), that telling the name of a business when saying something negative is considered rude. Now, I'm not sure if everyone in Japan would follow that informal manner rule, but people kept asking for the restaurant names and no one would budge and provide one.
@@lyn3325they'll try and sue for defamation (and might even win even if they are guilty of the negative acts)
@@lyn3325 Yeah, I don't know about Japan, but here in Korea, you could be sued for defamation, even if it is true.
The matter is expected to be handled privately in the courts, so speaking out, even truthfully, could be legally actionable.
Granted, that seems a lot less common today than it did 15 years ago, but still worth being aware of.
@@lyn3325 In japan, defamation laws are absurd. They'll win the case even if what is said is true. That's why asian boss can't say because they know they'll lose the court case.
NOT ALL JAPANESE ARE NICE AND HONEST! This happened to a group of us at "Don Accino Shibuya". As foreigners, they charged us sitting fees (just to sit in the restaurant which only came out when we got the bill), and they made each order one drink at least even though most just wanted water. This wasn't what the Japanese had to do. My one friend who is Japanese noticed this, complained and finally got the manager to at least remove the "sitting fees" as it was the end of the dinner and we had all drank out drinks. What a scam. They laughed at us too for being foreigners and complaining that it wasn't fair.
Ooh it's a Monja place, now I feel like checking it out to see if it's true 😫
I feel like shibuya isn't the best place to spend money on.
Look up the concept of Otoshi before you go spreading misinformation like this. Table charges exist in many locations.
Shibuya attracts a lot of tourists so doesn't surprise me
Otoshi is common and may depend whether you sit at regular seats or the bar.
1 drink minimum is also common and often written down. Everyone ordering water for dinner would kill alcohol-sales dependent establishments as the food is relatively cheap.
If they are applying policies unfairly that's one think but the policies themselves are common.
When we would travel to Mexico as kids. My Mom always told me "don't speak english". I never understood why until i was older and found out if they hear you speaking english they'll get you for more money. 😂
Visited Mexico about 10 years ago and always got the stink eye when we spoke English and whoever we dealt with they would always start the conversation with "Americano?", and once we'd convinced them that we definitely weren't American, but "Vikingo" instead, they turned all friendly and gave us discounts (compared to the outrageous initial prices).
I suspect it might be less a matter of scamming tourists and more a matter of hating Americans.
@@larsmichael6242 Based Mexicans.
@@larsmichael6242and yet they fling themselves over our border because their country is a mess. a vile people indeed
@@larsmichael6242maybe we should put them back into slavery again. Mexico is a bum country anyway
@@larsmichael6242 well yes and no. That depends on the area i guess. If you're in real Mexico like the states away from the coastal regions it's that they know Americans have higher wages. If you're near the coast line and speak english they get ypu for being a tourist plain and simple.
You know that there are two ways to depict price tags in Japan: the zeikomi (税込) and the zeibetsu (税別). While the zeikomi includes tax charge, the zeibetsu (still very common until few years ago) does not include the national sales tax.
One possible explanation for what she describes in the video: the owner used to have "zeibetsu" prices for both menus but he may have received complains from foreign customers who didn't understand the concept. Hence, he changed the foreign menu to 税込 (including sales tax) but he kept the old menu for Japanese customers.
Again, this is just an assumption (and I am not saying that there are no scammers in Japan), but I have been living in Japan for six years and never encountered anything like that. The zeibetsu/zeikomi thing though is pretty common and can catch off-guard even local people.
That was my first thought as well, people unaccustomed to hidden taxes making a fuss in the past.
I’m not surprised. My Japanese isn’t the greatest but my friends and I went through the same thing with a taxi driver and we just ended up walking. I knew that driver was on some bs 😒
That's bs. All taxis in Japan go my metre
Doesnt matter foreigner or not. Some taxis will take a longer route if they think u wont notice
It's not BS, it's a standard. Typically a Taxi in any local country is significantly cheaper to the locals in the local currency. To a tourist it's like riding a Taxi for free. They bump up the price for all tourists which are still a massive discount and so the tourists don't abuse their system and prevent the locals from riding the taxis. Think about it, Taxi drivers rather pick up tourists so the locals can't get around.
Dishonesty is not a race thing but a people thing. You'll find it all over the world.
It's not dishonesty though, it's a business knowing that tourists have money because they are able to travel. And the tourists still get a massive discount.
discount?
Japanese isnt a race, why tf are you even thinking in terms of race when it wasnt mentioned in the video.
@@taviddurley7502 claiming that foreigners have to pay 200% tax on top of the normal price is dishonest and illegal. There is no such tax in Japan.
@@taviddurley7502Are you really openly defending the scamming lier?
Not sure if this is a joke or not.
Good to know, always ask for a Japanese menu. Its very easy to just take a picture and google will immediately spit out a translation for you.
This is not usual case.
If you are living japan, you know it.
Bottakuri bar is like if you living normaly you dont experience
@@youngfew834im sorry but inhave no idea what you are tying to say .......
@@yeah_right88may be he used google translate
@@duykhang91😂😂😂
Based Japanese people standing up for themselves. They have every right to do this. People in foreign countries need to stop viewing other race's homes as amusement parks for them to gawk at. You are a guest, nothing more. Respect the people who are hosting you and stop being so bratty and demanding, or else you can leave.
They do this in A LOT of countries.
They charge foreigners more than locals.
honesly, i think it makes sense, nobody's trapping the foreigners there, they are allowed just leave and becides. When you consider average salary in America is triple average japanese salary the higher price makes sense
It would have been nice if she had named the place. Every time I hear stories like this, they always conceal the name of the person or place. We need to shame these people.
problem is, unfortunately, libel laws in asia are more aggressive. if you accuse someone in japan, even if true, you can be successfully sued for damaging their reputation. its screwed up but true.
A lot of people also just don't know or remember the names of the places they visited. Even more so if the name outside was written in the native script or the foreigner is unsure of the pronunciation. It might not be trying to protect that business, they just genuinely don't know the name.
Or perhaps she just made things up
@@bayupranor you hadn't encountered the same situation yet so you don't believe it?
@@khaoscerothen don’t accuse. Y’all need RECEIPTS. And Pictures/videos. And whatever else proof y’all.
While my family was stationed in Japan we learned this first hand. My dad just ordered us to not take a bite and to walk out
Locals dont usually like occupying forces 😂
@@timmaynard797not an occupation, the US is training the Japanese army.
They are allies. It’s just scammers exist everywhere and you don’t get known as one of the most xenophobic nations for no reason.
@@RusticRonnie Say that to the Japanese protesters at the US military bases
@@timmaynard797 that's funny when the one being occupied was a occupying force too lol
@@dyodoleu Its all funny until the yanks start WW3 on your doorstep 🫡🤣🤣
Meanwhile if this happened in America we'd be hearing about it on the news and the restaurant owner would be labeled a racist.
This is 100% xenophobic. Just because it happens in Japan doesn’t make it okay.
Actually there’s a lot of racism in Japan
True.. racism in Japan is getting too casual
As they should be. It's equally wrong in both countries, and Japan just gets away with it because the foreigners are less integrated.
Unless they were black.... Then they can't be racist in America 💀
They should make this illegal in Thailand as well. I’m Thai but when you have friends who are not it’s hard to see them get charged 300 baht when you’re getting charged 30.
You should expose as many of those places as possible. Racism like that happens too often in Korea as well.
NO This is incredibly hateful and satanic. It's not Racism it's Economy. It's not just restaurants, it's everything. The tourist is still getting a massive discount, just not the same price/local's discount. Imagine resturants swarmed with tourists so much that the locals can't eat because they charge so little. They are protecting their communities.
It’s more nationalism or just an “otherism”than racism. Stop using words you don’t understand.
It's probably more greed, than racism, even if Japan is notorious for not being above the latter.
@@jlehm
I think the official term for "otherism" is _xenophobia_
@@grim_2000this could be xenophobia but it's basically economy
In most places you have different prices because you know some costumers can afford different budgets
You just need to travel to places with much different convertion rate and inflation and incomes
A lot country do that not just Japan , it’s called hustle the foreigner.
@@Deoxycationyeah, they're xenophobic af. Japan is for Japanese
but I've never heard of it in restaurants. Maybe with taxis or in markets where things don't have a fixed rate.
@rbareo happens EVERYWHERE mate. Not just Japan. Might be called a different name but same extra charges apply everywhere
Same everywhere in many countries
Not really, people on the streets will try to charge foreigners more, I have never seen an English and local language menu with such a big difference.
Yep. Thailand if you are around a tourist area becareful. Plenty of this dual pricing going on. Do not be scared to walk away.
They do that in many countries including Thailand. Always make friends and let them do the bargaining. Then you swoop in with the payment 😂
I run into this absolutely constantly in Mexico... Even at hardware stores! I don't go anywhere that doesn't have prices prominently posted now and avoid all tourist areas.
i heard from people and also read that many foodstands on the side of big roads in Mexico use dogmeat in tacos and burritos. did you notice any of that?
@@rezamotori5709 No thats nonsense. They don't have Taco Bell in Mexico 😅
It's been 8 months of this for me, and I'm already so freaking burned out on it. Every taxi: "Oh, that's $400." No dude, this is a $150 trip and I know that. Almost every food vendor, especially street vendors. ($20 for a small bolilo from one guy!) I even had a bus driver try to do this to me the other day. Handed him a 20 for an eight peso trip and he took it and just looked at me like "why are you still standing here" until I gave him the "DUDE, COME ON" look and he begrudgingly gave me my change.
Haven't spotted this on a menu yet, but will now always be sure to ask for the Spanish menu when they hand me the English one instead. (It always messes my brain up to order in English, anyway).
It very common in latin america, if they think your a westerner their charging you more.
@@rezamotori5709 the people of mexico fw dogs too heavy to do all that
Just be aware when you got to Japan, that racism and racists exist. Other countries have racism too, but dont let that ruin an otherwise fantastic trip
Survival instinct.
Pretty much everyone in this damn space rock is racist. Westerns just like to pretend they aren't
yeah but u cant be racis against yt people tho?
@@Baboonfromdatoontrue I hate youtubers
@@Baboonfromdatoon what???
Had this happen to me my first time living in Japan at a cafe(2007)...we hadn't ordered anything yet so ended up leaving
I wonder did you maybe do the math if the prices for the japanese version with added tax matched the English menu?
Same here. I lived in Yokohama and when I asked for the japanese version, was nearly half price.
I wish she would have said what location it was so we can be weary of that area and completely avoid the restaurants
It's 80% of the tourists place in Japan. That's all you have to know.
‘Tax!’ Bro ain’t no 100% tax on anything anywhere
Except for some restricted goods... firearms, recreational drugs, etc. are taxed that much or more in some places.
Sorry, but that’s not right. There are governments that tax a range of imports at 100% as a means to prevent imports. It makes them unaffordable. Even the US has done that.
@@odietamo9376 not for consumers in stores, if I need to specify that
@@odietamo9376Tariffs and sales tax are different things.
Well, in saudi arabia there's a 100% tax on energy drinks and cigarettes and such
I heard about this and always asked for Japanese menus and just used google lens if I didn't understand something on it.
I didn't know this was a thing! Thank you! Now I have a fun way to read the secret words! XD
Finally peiple talking to each other and filming it and not talking to a camera and filming everyone, god bless you guys!
this happened to me, I picked up the Japanese menu from the side of the table and the waiter brought the English one. Well, I can read Chinese and numbers, so I figured it out pretty fast
Side note, I love your name 😂 I don’t know why RUclips won’t let us use foreign characters/alphabets anymore for our tag name
Japanese restaurant and you can read Chinese, and the menu was "Chinese" .? 1 Chinese isn't a language and 2 why would the Japanese restaurant have a mandarin/kantonesem/etc menu? I'm calling BS on your story .....
@@StMargorach Never heard of Kanji.. have you?
@@StMargorach did you know that Japanese characters are based off of Chinese characters? and also you cant freaking read mandarin or Cantonese, they are written the same
@@Tainami_ i was extremely upset it took my name away 😂😭
I’m SO GLAD someone made a video on this! This exact thing happened to us in Tokyo. We had just finished a long day of touring places like Skytree, Pokemon center, etc and we were in downtown Tokyo for the night. We were 4 guys 2 girls and started crawling a backalley where we found a seedy strip club and walked in to grab their menu. The menu was in Japanese, so the owner took it back and handed us an English one. Immediately noticed a giant difference in the prices for all services. I forgot what the owner said but he wasn’t budging.. we walked tf out of there so fast.
I mean what else do you expect from a "seedy strip club"? lol Those try to rip off tourists in every town on this planet.
You went to a "seedy strip club." This almost seems like a believable tale🤔.
@@HDreamer Lol I get you, but it was only seedy because they pulled that! Otherwise, lots of similar places in Japan that seemed just fine, including karaoke bars & regular dance clubs. Tokyo & Kyoto nightlife was 🔥 on my trip. Only a few encounters where we felt like “gaijins” but that was mainly due to cultural shock.
@@a.m9472 It's just, some people love to be outraged at other countries and forget it's the same in similar places in their own. lol
When I was in Kabuchiko recently they have this giant cat in 3D and tons of signs warning tourists not to enter clubs in that area, especially when encaouraged to do so (by pretty women) because they will get ripped off and I am like "ah yes, just like in the red light area at home".
If one eats in tourisy areas, one will pay more everywhere.
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That's the general truth of the human race.
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Just because some random 2 women are speaking doesn't mean I have to believe it. You could have posted menus with different prices. Japanese are the nicest human beings I have seen. I think this video is kind of propaganda
I keep telling people if u don't speak Japanese in Japan you're going to have a bad time😂
Never had this happen to me, but then again I mainly eat at chain resturants and those where you order at vending machines, so they can't charge you more cause you already paid.
This is why I'm learning!
Pretty much same anywhere you travel.
I had a great time
This is why I will never go. I am not a polygot and have always struggled with languages. Sadly, because of that behavior/mentality, I won't get to explore a lot of the world.
Hence why when I lived in Japan I only asked for the Japanese menu. Same happens here in Portugal, a lot of places in Algarve will charge you more for the "English menu" lol
I have never seen it in portugal, not saying that it doesn't ever happen, but not only is it illegal, you can always check the menu that is usually posted outside the establishment in various languages. I think this is a very rare thing in portugal
It never occured to me to ask for an English menu. My Japanese was not great but I thought I should at least try to order native. I never knew somethign like this happen. Tax was always part of the price , and was so refreshing than from America where you have to guess what the final price would be. I never felt "scammed" or confused by the end price. I miss that.
This isn't actually very common in Japan, but I experienced it numerous times in China, so it seems to be quite common there - even "proper" places had this as an official policy, especially for things like tickets to parks, national monuments, etc. (With no attempt to hide it at all).
subhuman trash
What you’re talking about is different. Prices to visit local landmarks/parks are almost always cheaper for locals vs tourists (this is standard in the US, Canada, most places around the world). It basically allows locals to enjoy their local landmarks where they pay tax…
@@ranniesd I did assume that was probably the reason, but it seems to me that the end result is the same. In the case of China it was ready enough to work around. The Chinese person would buy the tickets for the rest of us, while we stayed out of view of the ticket booth.
Many places have different charges for foreign tourist fees and local tourist fees especially for the things you mentioned, parks, national monuments. That's not uncommon, and I don't think it's shady or something to be shamed for.
Now, for places like restaurants, clubs or other regular things, that could warrant an eyebrow raise.
I was Navy and most smaller foreign ports have diff menus for when the ships pull in.
I've had this happen before too. But in places like Australia the menu price must include tax (all individual prices include tax) so it is not added to the bill at the end. If they're trying to avoid angry customers at the register at the end of the meal when the price appears higher I understand... But I have definitely seen places trying to rip off foreigners with higher prices on English menus in Tokyo, it's super common.
The individual price for the taxes for each item is what is done here in Italy too! Every item on the menu is already taxes included, and I thought it was like this everywhere! I just found out through this video that it's not like this everywhere and you pay the taxes at the end with the check, which is so weird for me, because I'm not used to it... I love the differences around the world, especially these small differences 😊
@@ClakyNotReversed agreed, it was so confusing when I first moved to Japan and I kept wondering why the prices got more expensive at the counter. Same with the states. Adding the tax at the end almost seems like scamming the customer 😂
@@jaysehayes4746 so true! It kinda seems like scamming the client, yeah.. but it's different everywhere, we are used to it like this, and in these countries they're used to it in a different way, and maybe they find it strange the way we have it!
I lived in Japan forever and I have never seen a place specifically making foreigners pay more.
It is definitely not common.
The tax at the end is equal for everyone. But a place hustling foreigners as an official business goes under fraud in Japan as anywhere in the West
@@lightup6751 I've also lived in Japan for a very long time. And if you're out at night in shibuya, Shinjuku or any of those kinds of places you'll definitely come across it.
That is why you ask for Japanese menu and translate with ur phone😂
and get a bad translation?
@@thomas.thomas ehh mostly close enough to understand
Taxi drivers don't have menus
@@prihapshow would u order to them in Japanese? Translate voice?
@@frustationoverloaded5976here are various other good translation apps such papago and you can use google lens to translate menus and other stuff written in Japanese
This is called MidoriIku pricing or Miiku in short. also known as Guringo price or GuGo for short. A pricing strategy gift from Mexico.
Lmao😂, what the heck. I would say it's more like 緑行け though.
"Foreigner tax" is a real problem in many many countries.
It happens everywhere. I'm Chinese but when I was in China I don't even bother buying stuff. They can tell immediately I'm not from there by just looking at me without saying a thing. I just tell my mom's friend what I want and they get it for me. They don't price tag things. Just go hy memory and what they feel like telling you based on the way you dress, speak, walk... The way you carry yourself. Even if you're local Chinese and they sense you're money they'll charge you more.
To be more specific and just in case people don't know China is a huge place. I did not mean all of China. I did not experience this every square inch I visited in China. Higher chance of this happening in tourist areas. It's probability. Nothing to do with racism or lack of ethics or whatever. It's called the market. If you want to pay one million for something that's worth a dollar that is you're right.
Did you visit 4th tier little villages in China? Or is this something 30 years ago? I found this so hard to believe because I never experienced any of it in the last 10 years or so
You just have to haggle. It is very common everywhere in all countries in Asia and the rest of the world.
Yup it’s what happens when you have no ethics or morals
Sorry to hear that happened to you. I’m Chinese and I’ve never seen that happen though. I lived in Shanghai for 7 year where there were plenty of expats, we always share only one menu. Honestly, most restaurants in China don’t even have an English menu. So I guess you probably ran into some extremely sketchy places…
I agree..mainland china is the worst of the Asian Countries
There’s a foreigner price in Thailand. The signs will say in Thai Thai price and farang (foreigner) price.
Its so out in the open there its crazy
Speak a bit of Thai, pretty much guarantee they will charge Thai price!
I noticed that a lot of highly homogenous countries have a tendency to treat foreigners a bit badly or be overall discriminating. I kinda noticed this because I have also been in Japan a couple of times now and many are kind of cold towards foreigners or non- Japanese people. I’m also from Norway and we are a highly homogenous country and a lot here are sadly quite cold to foreigners too. Talking to exchange students they tell me it’s extremely difficult to be accepted into the social circles as a foreigner and that’s kinda sad.
As someone who is adopted I did not face too much racism, beside exclusion, while I gew up. Never invited to birthday parties and so on. In the recent years I have noticed it more, which has made me feel like I have lost my identity as a Norwegian. People who mock me, putting on a "chinese" accent, despite the fact that Norwegian is my native language and I have a normal west Oslo dialect. Twice in the last year I have met someone who outright refuse to speak Norwegian to me, while speaking it to other customers. It is a surreal experience.
On the flip side of this, my country has a lot of internalized racism (racism on their own race) and treat foreigners very highly. It's a massive problem for national self-esteem, though.
@@exileexecutus God, that's awful. I noticed that people are generally becoming more hostile too, and the crime rate particularly in Oslo is sky rocketing. Idk what's going on with people. I'm really sorry that you have to deal with that stuff it's so immature.
Thanks for sharing. Will be on the lookout for that when in Japan 😮😮😮
Experienced this in several countries. It's also dubbed the "locals discount/price"
At most hotels in Las Vegas, there is a “locals” discount for people with a local address and photo ID showing your address
Same in the Florida Keys
At one point Apa Hotel was doing the same thing with their rooms when you’d reserve a room on their site using the English language page vs the Japanese language page.
It was like 1000~2000 yen difference on a 8000 yen room so it was a non-insignificant amount of money.
Haven’t checked recently though, this was in 2013~2015w
Japanese people are friendly and polite in the surface, now you know 😂
@@jaker9901 please read all the comments, I am not the only one saying that
Dude called all Japanese ingenuine because of ONE restaurant 💀
Have never heard or seen something like this while being stationed in Japan. The Japanese ARE friendly and polite. There are exceptions to the rule, who knew that!
Try doing business with the Chinese and let me know how it goes 😂😂😂. Got friends who work in the steel industry and have plenty of stories to tell about the Chinese, I have first hand experiences too.
@@user-pn3im5sm7k It doesn’t sound like just one restaurant according to all the comments here
@@user-mm2bz5pf9y That's crazy. First of all the story in the video lost all credibility when she stated she was with a "Japanese crew"...Giving half the table a different menu makes no sense no matter what way you look at it
What comments? The ones who also say they have never seen this despite living in Japan for 20 years? True.
Hands down the Japanese are some of the most mannered and polite in the world...I say that as a veteran who has been stationed there and as a captain at an airline who has been to many nations. Tokyo is my favorite airport to be stuck at for a day or two. None are as welcoming as Japan. I have many great Japanese friends who Id stick up for and vice versa.
I wouldn't have had a problem if you had just said you hated Japanese people instead of cowardly fishing for an excuse to make a terrible generalization on 125 million people with a weak story. Not saying this tourist trap doesnt exist at all but you'll need to try way harder than desperately fishing for attention with unlikely tales
@@user-pn3im5sm7kThe Japanese has been fooling you all along, wake up buddy, we threw the little boy and fat man at them for a reason.
This happens in every country that relies on tourism for its economy. In Paris there are countless very expensive restaurants that French people will never visit.
Yeah. Sounds like a wonderful wholesome welcoming place.
Lmao yup. Sounds like they will do great as the whole world changes around them and they dont 😂
It isn't believe me.
This happens in Italy too. Not with a tax, but inflated prices in general. My advice is, if you see a menu written in English by the entrance, walk away. No local would ever eat there
Well that's disturbing 😮i'm traveling to Japan soon for vacation soon so this is good info to know
I've lived in Japan for 16 years and never seen this type of thing. But I can imagine in some of the seedier areas of Tokyo it might happen.
Don’t go to the touristy areas.
dont go their! Go china instead!
9 years in Japan, never seen it. Worry about things that might be an issue for you not this
I am leaving Japan tomorrow after 14 days here, hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
In Indonesia, tourist spot that manage by government will charge foreigners more money.
Same thing happens in Mexican resorts. If you hire a tourist, they’ll just charge you extra if you don’t know Spanish. One of them asked my Mexican friend if he knew Spanish, friend replied yes, and the tourist said “ok, I’m not charging you extra” 💀 be careful out there 🤝
You probably use google translate.
Tourist is not the word you're looking for.
Tour guide maybe?
@@RonLarhztourist is like traveller, and an actual word 😂
@@RonLarhzbtw I'm neither native or use google translate, I just studied english for 20 years 🤷🏻♀️ and it always amazes me that some natives can't even spell their/they're, or don't know the word tourist 😂
@@purrrrrrrpleDon't forget, some of them can't tell the difference between lose or loose... 💀 It annoys the hell out of me.
@@purrrrrrrple You completely missed the point and arrogantly came to the wrong conclusion. The original comment by @ChasingLions_ mentioned "hire a tourist". But you don't hire a tourist, you hire a tour guide. That's what @RonLarhz wrote about.
I’m Thai and i see this all the time here in Thailand. Most of the time things are more expensive for foreigners especially things like taxi or tourist attractions entrance fee. But for Thai businesses abroad especially restaurants, they always give a discount to their compatriots and cook the food with particular “Thai taste” 😊
Sounds racist
@@RusticRonnie Unfortunately it is. That’s how things are here and also in most of Asian countries too i believe. Can’t say for all of Asian countries though. Being Asian from Asian country myself, i feel like Asians are kinda passive racist you know, even among Asians ourself.
I was in Thailand weeks ago. Thank God, I never encountered something like that. Most of the people I encountered are really hospitable and welcoming
@@destructodisk9074 same here for ones that has the blood but don’t speak language. But imo it’s kinda in between racist and not, depend on what you define racism. So you are Filipino but didn’t grow up there i presume. From my experience, we Thai and Filipino are very similar and get long quite good, maybe even better than the rest of SEA. And FYI, my English is this good thanks to Filipinos. I studied with teachers from the Philippines when i was young.
@@freddthurman3935 Don’t worry, there is a way to deal with things like this and it’s not as widespread as in the past. It’s depend on the place too. If it in the very famous place/city with a lot of foreigners or tourists so there is a chance to encounter this “foreigner price”. But in the place that’s not a tourist attraction, the local businesses are just don’t bother to set a “foreigner’s price”. But again, it’s depend on place and what kind of business are we talking about. So far, the business that do this the most often is taxi meter. They’ll offer you a price instead of turning on the meter which is most of the time more expensive than using the meter(i believe it is illegal but i’m not sure) sometimes they do this not only to foreigners but Thais too, like those who obviously not from around there.
if this would be the case in an european/american country (canada,usa) the world would freak out.
would it tho? westerners think we have them on our minds much more than we actually do. I might even argue that if that happened over where I live (middle east) and ppl got word they would freak out even more.
@@fmamamaba1460 You're not understanding the mindset of us especially in English speaking countries. We would freak out because of the concept of equality. Everyone pays the same no matter what they look like. Different prices for someone else foreigner or not is a concept that shocks us.
@@ajohnson9630 I wan replying to the original commenter saying that the rest of the world will freak out rather than those countries, I mean that’s what I understood from his comment 🤷♀️
That’s more about the individuals in American/European society and how they deal with things. But yes some would put it on themselves to cancel the restaurant and make a whole spectacle of it. That may seem like the world to you, but it isn’t. You realize the world is large and vast and people from different parts of the world use different social media, right? So the reaction you think you are getting from the world is most likely just a small portion of the society you’re already surrounded by. There are plenty of barriers you have from hearing the opinions of the world, including language.
No they wouldn't, honestly nobody would care. There are some shady restaurants all over Europe that'll do this sort of things to gullible tourist. I've experienced similar in Spain when a restaurant attempted to charge me over €10 in VAT alone, a waiter thought I didn't speak Spanish and I threatened to call the police.
This is common in a lot of places. When traveling ask for the local menu.
Happens all over the world for many things, not just in restaurants. It’s a shame because once people cotton on to it they’ll find it hard to trust other places who are genuine too
Happens many places, but not everywhere, doesn't happen in Western countries
@@dsdgdsfegfeg Really? Been to a convenience store without listed prices recently? Depending on the clothes I wore, prices ranged +-$10 for basically anything.
I'm not even going to touch contractors/drivers extorting extra once they have you over a barrel.
@@dsdgdsfegfegTourist traps, pharma companies, basically every corporation.
First of all. Who tf is this girl. Damn.
I have travelled to 60 countries and believe me it happened to me in at least 52 countries, Chill it happens all over the world 🙏
An ok excuse would be that exchange rates aren’t always the same and when they print menus it’s multiple at a time so that days price is the one they get
In Thailand a lit of shop signs have three prices: the local price, the out of towner price, and the foreigner price. It's a known thing in most non-tourist places outside of "western" countries.
And how do you single these out?