OneMoreFarang

I think in general many Germans are straight forward and they say what they think. For some people they are too direct - and the Germans don't realize that if nobody tells them. I think that is good for work in general - if it's about work. But human relations are something different...

I don't think you mentioned it already, how old is this German? For me it sounds like two options: Young and unexperienced or old with a bad attitude.

Obviously vehicles should stop at zebra crossings for pedestrians. And it seems more and more drivers do that. But recently I see another trend. It seems some pedestrians now think that they can always cross zebra crossings, even if there is a red light for the people and a green light for the traffic. Some pedestrians seem to see the zebra stripes and just walk - now everybody has to stop for them. I saw that now a couple of times. I don't know if that is a new trend and how common it is.

I just read all the comments in this thread and somehow I think it's funny that almost everybody here pretends they would never ever do such thing. But when we read here about Arabs racing with motorcycles or Chinese misbehaving many agree that those Arabs and those Chinese are the bad guys. Does that mean it's ok to say bad things about i.e. Chinese but it's not ok to say something bad about Israelis? Or is it only bad if a German does those things? IMHO many of us need(ed) some time to get used to Thailand and used to working with many nationalities and cultures. And many of us also had to get used to lots of pretty girls in offices who smile a lot. And we had to learn that even if they smile at us that doesn't mean they want to go out with us. Personally I think what would have happened maybe 20 years ago? Would he have received a written warning? Would he have received an explicit verbal warning? Or would have someone talked to him colleague to colleague and explain to him that certain behavior is not such a good idea? Why not try to remind him in a friendly way first and use only warnings if it is really necessary?

I think that many of us can guess where people come from just by looking at them. Obviously we are not always correct. But if a German, a Brit and an American are in front of me, without saying anything, I think there is a good chance that I can guess who is who. And many others will be able to do the same. Now, is it a good idea to say this openly in a conversation? I guess if I tell someone "you look like a Brit" then that is probably not really a problem. But if a German tells someone "you look like a Jew" then this is more problematic... Personally I think relative few people are really racist in a bad way, like "all black people are bad" or something similar. Often we just describe what we see or experience. I.e. I could say: I see many black guys near Soi 3 and 5. Some of them offered to sell drugs to me. Is that racist? Or just an observation? IMHO only make an issue out of it if it is clearly racist. And maybe give the new guy a little time to get used to Thailand and many nationalities - at least if he is qualified and you want to keep him.

It's (almost) never a good idea to provide anything for free. When people have to pay at least a part then they think twice of what they use, and they are a lot more motivated to study if they have to pay for it. I think there are already opportunities in place i.e. for doctors who get their education paid and then they have to work x years in government hospitals. I think that is fair and something similar can probably be offered in many different ways.

Electricity always helps for little inspirational shocks if the wife or maid work too slow. ????

I am sometimes surprised if they actually follow the markings on the road. But it doesn't happen very often.

It's always interesting what those Netizens discuss all day. Next: I saw a car with a flat tire. How exiting!

He had and probably still has the red shirts and the MiB.

I didn't eat pork for a few years. And later I eat it again and I didn't have any problems anymore. Like I said, I have no idea if this works for others, or for how many people it worked. But I accepted no pork for a couple of years in exchange for a good skin.

IMHO there is still a big difference between accused criminals and convicted criminals. If people have evidence against anybody in this or any other government then bring them to court and convict them. In Thaksin's case that happened after left office and the same can happen to Prayut. My point was and is that too many people want to replace one bad government with another one. If Thais really wanted a corruption free government, then they should vote for honest politicians. Or at least they should not vote for known corrupt and/or criminal politicians. Voting for known corrupt people and hoping to get an honest government is just stupid - not only in Thailand.

What kind of anchors are best for perforated bricks? (I don't know if that is the correct term for these bricks.) If I use "normal" anchors like below (from HomePro) this works in part. But maybe half the anchor is in the hole of the brick. Not good. Are there special anchors for these bricks? How are they called? Do you have a link from a shop in Thailand? Thanks The bricks for which I need anchors: I used these. They are just about good enough to hang a picture or something similar. But definitely not good for heavy load. This is a general question. I might want to hang a picture on the wall or maybe something heavy. Thanks

I like to use cable trays under the ceiling in my new condominium to make cabling and cable maintenance easy. It seems most of the time this is only used in industry and maybe offices. What do you think about this? Here is some more information: I am renovating my condominium from scratch. All the old wiring is already removed. I plan to install lots of LED lights, sensors, home automation, etc. Most of this I will do myself with HomeAssistant, NSPanels, etc. Some will be installed right away but likely I will add things later on. A long time ago when I was young I worked a couple of months for an electrical installation company. I helped them with electrical installations in houses and industry. I think the way things are done in industry (including offices) if a lot better to work on and maintain than the typical house wiring. This is why I want to use cable trays instead of the usual pipes along the ceiling. I plan to use cable trays separated for high voltage (220V) and low voltage (24V for LEDs, LAN, PoE (48V), etc.) I plan to install the cable trays between the concrete ceiling and ceiling tiles. That will make it very easy to access it. This is an example of such cable tray. The picture does not show ceiling panels (like I plan to use). I plan to use maybe something like this, not sure yet: https://th.rs-online.com/web/p/cable-trays/7707058 For the record: A qualified Thai electrical engineer will make sure that all is according to the regulations.