Bearnagh

My wife and I Went to Kaad Suan Kaew the other day. We took our baby (10 weeks) in her pushchair.

We entered the building from the car park on the 1st floor. We actually wanted to go to the ground floor. Having an infant in a pram meant that we needed an elevator. When we went to the elevators near the front of the building however, it became clear that they only went to floors above and didn't go down. We went over to the information desk and asked if there were other elevators in the building that would take us down. The girl on the desk said "no" and pointed us towards the escalators. Thinking that perhaps she somehow hadn't noticed the baby in the pram, we pointed to it and asked how we might get it down. Her answer --- this is astounding --- "just take it down on the escalator… I'm sure it'll be ok… nobody will mind."

Well there was absolutely no way we were going to attempt to carry out such a crazy and dangerous manoeuvre with a 10wk baby. My wife asked her if there was perhaps somewhere we could park the pram for 15 minutes and we would simply carry the baby downstairs. We were told that there was not. My wife then asked if the pram might be parked close to the information desk for a short time. That was refused. So there we were, effectively stuck on the 1st floor. Thankfully a nearby jewellery seller had overheard this episode and kindly offered to mind the pram for a while, to allow us to carry the baby and go downstairs. The information lady was disinterested.

When we got into the 'Central' shopping centre, inside the complex, we soon realised that there were indeed other elevators which access all floors. We need never have faced any problem at all!

What kind of training goes into the provision of the information service at KSK? For the person behind the desk not to know something as fundamental as where the elevators are is staggeringly poor… but to advise people to take babies in prams onto an escalator (which overlooks a 50ft drop to the ground floor) is utterly unacceptable and positively dangerous. I know that in the UK, every escalator in every building has a sign forbidding you to take prams or buggies on it.

I wonder what she would have advised someone in a wheelchair?  "Don't shop here. Go home" ?

Yes… we did ask to speak to a duty manager… that too was refused.

Sorry Kaad Suan Kaew…. FAIL !

Hi,
I'm looking for a new gas oven. I'd like a built-in one, same dimensions as the many electric ovens that are available around the city.

So far I can only find stand-alone oven/hob combos. Does anyone know if there is a specialist outlet in Chiang Mai, dealing with gas appliances?

Thanks...

(PS - I realise that there was a thread about ovens only last week but my query relates specifically and only to GAS ovens. The previous one was about electric ovens).

Does anyone know of any specialist dealers in or near Chiangmai for Electric pianos?

I looking for something fairly decent and would appreciate sales staff with good product knowledge as opposed to the department store approach.

Thanks.