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Old Jan 12, 2006 | 6:40 am
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Originally Posted by Caloy
IIRC, the "touts" you mention are actually meeter & greeter reps from the different hotels. They all have a signboard indicating which hotel they represent, with the person's name they should meet & greet.
There are a lot of those too, but usually they stay put and yawn quietly as they wait for their guy. The touts gary_nj is referring to, on the other hand, do their best to shove clipboards in your face, yell "Taxi meeester!" and get you into their limo/illegal cab. I used to hate them with a vengeance, until I figured that a forceful Mai ao khrrrrrrap gets them to shut up.
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