You are right and I really don't like carpet. My first apartment had thick pile carpet and I pulled it up and replaced it with tiles ( 450 x 450 )

Yes, carpet is bad for health. I especially don't like carpet in hotel rooms. Imagine how dirty it must be.

In Pattaya this is not a problem.

Carpets are ideal for a busy man, a jet-setter. The thing is this:- the more expensive your watch is the heavier it will be. In your hurry to catch that plane to bangkok your watch will smash to smithereens on a Chinese-type tiled floor. On a carpet, no problem.

A Chinese tourist had a panic attack and fainted after she accidentally broke a jadeite bracelet priced at $60,000 in a shop in southwestern Yunnan province, according to a report by online news site Chinanews.com.

The woman, whose identity wasn't disclosed, tried on the bracelet in a shop in the city of Ruili, a major jade trading centre. But when she took it off, it slipped from her hands and broke in two on the tiled floor, the report said.