I thought I would update this group of what happened to us last night in Sathorn 12, as I assume this will happen to many others if it has not already and we are all in the same neighborhood.
Around 9pm last night, eight Thai men walked into Lady Brett, started taking pictures and a couple of them took seats at the bar. They behaved like they owned the place, although they dressed like slobs as expected. Although the black jackets and walkie talkies must have made them feel legit.
Luckily, I happened to be having dinner at the time with a bunch of friends and noticed things didn’t seem right. Once I realized these people were not guests, I got up to ask whats going on and who they were. They immediately said they were police and I needed to go down to the station to pay for a ‘music license’ to play music from the streaming website we use. I asked them to see this music license law and they gave me some ridiculous hand written paper. I asked who I pay and they pointed to this old dude and said he was from IMC, Independent Music Corporation. At this point, I knew something was up.
I ushered all of them out of the restaurant and onto the sidewalk where the circus continued. They kept asking me why I am so worried as it’s not a lot of money and I should just pay the 10,000. No one would give me ID. No one was in uniform. So I quickly snapped pictures of each of them, went back inside, locked our gate and told them to send me an official notice if we have broken the law. They went on their way and I have hear nothing back today.
I am not sure if this mysterious music license law exists, although I do recall the boys from Opposite getting taken down a few months back for it. I held my ground and all seems ok. I just thought I would share this lovely story with you all since we are neighbors.
Bribery attempts at their best!
And here are the stars of the show….