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25 minutes ago, zzaa09 said:

Hmmmm...

Same as it ever was.

Good song

14 hours ago, Kaopad999 said:

 

4 hours ago, Chelseafan said:

Theyve met 30 times and still can't make a decision!.? What are they waiting for? 

The envelopes

On 7/26/2022 at 4:47 PM, Bangkok Barry said:

And using common sense and not telling you to report back on a date they are closed is out of the question.

You do realize where you are????? TIT

4 hours ago, pokerface1 said:

Thais need to rebrand drunks who drive as Terrorist's. Then the courts should follow through the same way and lock them up for 20 years.  

Yes but good luck with that .money number 1

2 hours ago, wombat said:

At least this one was only 30k and not the usual 100k variety ...bloke must have been a poor cousin.

I was just gonna say what's happened to all the 100,000 bht chains?

2 hours ago, IamNoone88 said:

The photo above in which he gesticulates with two fingers, says it all as to this guys character. 

Another quality tourist

9 hours ago, lextsy said:

Western society is boring but you really get used to processes being put in place and those processes being followed. Once you move to Thailand you realise what a cluster f&@k things are.

 

i recently finished a renovation on my condo, a 2 week job blew out to 3 months, it was escalated to the biggest boss at home pro sukhumviht in Pattaya (who was doing the Reno) who had to personally come to my place on multiple occasions to check the work (all this for a 40k baht job).

 

A few things which occurred. 
1) Home pro hired anyone as subcontractor and denied liability when the contractors wife who he was “training” cleaned my fridge and table with a scourer. In the end contractor had to pay me out 10k baht for new fridge doors and the table was sent off 3 times to get repaired (before I threw it out the third time)

 

2) TVs were wrapped in plastic and put face down on the bed. Painting plastic was then put down on the bed and the new painting team stood on 2 out of 3 tvs. Broken. Store Manager gave me 10k off a new TV and staff of course took the broken tv home to fix

 

3) They robbed me of 500b of classic Thai notes I was collecting 

 

4) They painted one roof with super gloss wall paint and one wall with matte roof paint 

 

5) My Thai building manager then said to me once it was all over “Why are you cleaning and painting yourself?” After 3 months of incompetence.

6) 2 brand new Samsung q65 tvs had severe shadowing in the dark and had to return both. Once at the shop I asked if this has happened before and they said no only farang complain ??? Lol

 

Basically everything had to be done 2 and 3 times, they have not grasped the do it once and do it properly antic because their time is worth so little. 

This is just a snippet of a 5 month working holiday where I decided to renovate a condo. 
 

Extrapolate this into everyday society, and dealing with “non educated” thais (cannot put everyone in a bucket) or should I say “Not used to western standards” thais. On every single level you come face to face with total incompetence and id say a well raised 11 year old Aussie kid has more common sense than most thais.

 

(Not talking about BKK or the thais I worked with in an office environment) 

 

Basically if you are going on a holiday and you don’t need more interaction than ordering a taxi you will run into this continual incompetence. 
 

Actually the only time things were done to my standards was interacting with my Visa agent who had everything down pat from visa extensions, to getting Thai license and opening a bank account.

 

My frustration was immense for only 5 months. Imagine being an expat after 20 years, living in a village and dealing with locals on the reg you will probably see they all started off with Rose Colored glasses and slowly the place has made them angry.

 

saying that…… only 35 days till I’m flying out ???? 

But apart from that .....????

5 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

many people that post regularly on the forum are not even in Thailand.

 

not sure why they bother !!

I hate that ....????

1 hour ago, Excel said:

Surprise surprise

You beat me to it.

1 hour ago, jacko45k said:

Slippery roads, Sat Nav failure, micro sleep?

Brake failure ?

5 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Affluenza? 

Affluenza for who? not the masses that's sure

4 hours ago, Jingthing said:

And why wouldn't they?

Thailand is out Amsterdamning Amsterdam with better weather and better food.

Yeah look how it's turned out for Amsterdam???? 

3 hours ago, smedly said:

correct

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Imagine you are a man in Pattaya and you want to have some fun. And what do you do?

Ride motorcycles together with other men in Pattaya.

Losers! 

 

It's been going on for years.They used to race  up beach road at 4-5 am twenty odd years ago.

"And the beat goes on,and the beat goes on" as the old song says

6 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

A TM30 report is no longer required after entering the country with a re-entry permit. The regulation was changed in June of 2020.

I didn't know that.Good Information Joe.

2 hours ago, connda said:

All U-Turns in Thailand are "U-Turns Of Death."

There's another one at the University in Ubon. I was thinking it was that one until  I opened the story

Thailand's authorities continued to show that they had not fully thought through the consequences of the change in the marijuana laws 

Surprise surprise!

1 hour ago, JeffersLos said:

It going through the lights in reverse wouldn't surprise me. 

Or halfway and stop.

It's  worse all over the country.I came back about nine weeks ago and it was quieter then than now.I used to get a quiet [ish] Sunday morning Motorcycle ride in.Good luck with that now.