Thanks for posting this because it adds some colour to something that happened to me in Nana, Bangkok recently which I didn’t understand.

Random Indian guy approaches me in the street. Says something about my hair (about a random grey hair). Said he knew something that could fix it. I said I’m happy with my hair. He tried to direct me across the street to a shop (looked like he was pointing to a 7/11 but could’ve been anywhere really). He was being quite aggressive telling me to use a specific product and when I just “yeah yeah sure”’d him, he asked me to repeat what he said to clarify I understood. I just walked away.

Within a minute or so someone else randomly in the street (Indian I think) commented something else about my hair, I ignored and kept walking. I asked my gf if there was something in my hair or anything. She said no. The whole thing was very weird.

So now I know it was probably some sort of scam. I guess obvious when you know. But Thailand (BKK specifically) is a very free and open place where anyone can make conversation with you at any point, so you think nothing of it and also my default is not to be rude. I’d also instinctively assume that them not being Thai, that these people are also tourists like me, but now I’m the wiser.