What Thais Can Learn from Netflix—Part 7 (Series on Thai Values 4.0)

What Thais Can Learn from Netflix—Part 7 - https://www.leadwithcq.com/blog/even-more-candor-what-thais-can-learn-from-netflix-part-7-series-on-thai-values-4-0/

EVEN MORE CANDOR

Decades ago, as a young boy I found myself being dragged to see a dentist. Anesthetic gels and injections weren’t common back in the day.
In the waiting room I heard the awful, high-pitched whine of the dentist’s drill in the next room. I was absolutely terrified of the pain that was about to swallow me. When my turn came, I bravely climbed the dentist’s chair and braced for the horror about to begin. The split second he began to drill I felt a sharp pain and kicked into high alert, writhing and shrieking at the top of my lungs. A dutiful dental assistant was trying to hold me down so I wouldn’t squirm off the chair. I was winning that battle.
This pathetic scene dragged on with little forward progress. Finally, the dentist asked my parents to return home and leave me with him. Two hours later, Dad called for an update. In the background he could still hear me screeching and wailing.
I don’t remember how things ended that day, but for me, this memory gives special meaning to the idiomatic phrase, “That’s about as much fun as a root canal.”

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