I have been living in Thailand now for 10 years and I never really missed anything much until recently. These days, I think I miss the Western thought process about business and customer satisfaction ideas that I saw in the US. Return policies, warranties that were honored, and getting what you pay for. For example, in the US, a business owner is happy when you patronize his business and thanks you for doing so. I just had a Thai friend that owns a business here tell me that customers should be thanking him for providing them his products and services. I just do not get that. Do not get me wrong, I am happy here. However, I have pretty much given up and having those expectations.
Now that I think about it, I could sure go for some Folgers dark roast coffee and can you get Costco to open a branch here?