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1 hour ago, Furioso said:

I see the Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE Plus is now on sale for 20,000 baht.

 

I know Honor and Redmi tablets are cheaper but prob not near the quality of the S9 series 

I just got the FE and the slim keyboard direct from Samsung Thailand.  Total cost was just over 19,000.  The Chinese brands are cheaper but I already have a Samsung Phone and laptop so I am now in the same universe for all three devices.  Samsung was running a sale before Songkran and the only additional cost was the charger for 490 Baht.  For some reason Samsung does include the charger with the tablet.  So far the the FE is working very well.  I thought about the FE+ but for my needs the smaller FE works fine.  

1 hour ago, youreavinalaff said:

Renouncing his British citizenship would deem him stateless. 

 

Why would he do that?

 

Regardless of the hatred on this topic, it should be remembered Harry is a father and needs to take care of his family.

I'm certain the US would accept him with open arms.  Also, he is married to American and has a very big house in Santa Barbara. Also, what is the significance of "renouncing residency"?  

This is a ChickenSxxt move. If he actually had any balls leff (Markle probably has them in a sack) he would take his passport to the Briitsh Embassy and renounce his British citizenship.  Ironically I am watching season 4 of The Crown( the episode where Margaret Thatcher is meeting with the Queen). Olivia Coleman is great as the Queen but Gillian Anderson is awful as Thatcher.  

1 hour ago, Sheryl said:

What on earth do you mean? What did a judge have to do with it?

 

Both his criminal case and his civil case (the subject here) were decided by juries. 

A judge always impacts how a trial proceeds.  The Mark Furhman tapes with his therapist should have been excluded.  But Judge Lance Ito allowed them to be played in court and in front of the jury.  These taps were part of his therapy sessions where he uttered the "N" word repeatedly. 

I have testified in criminal trials over 100 times and I could tell in the first few minutes whether a judge was pro prosecution or defense. Judge Ito was married to Margaret York.  That is Captain York of the LAPD.  At times during the 11 month trial it looked like Ito was pro defense? Of course this is just my observation and I could be wrong. 

1 hour ago, charleskerins said:

your professor was a smacked ass

Yes he was an ASS but he was right. 

2 minutes ago, NoshowJones said:

No's 1 and 2 are not minor things, there are hours of difference in them. No 3, yes quite minor.

#3 is minor but when it happens on a regular basis and the Gym membership fee is nonrefundable then it becomes a moderate issue. 

58 minutes ago, pomchop said:

I went to a 7 11 and a little thai lady jumped the line ahead of me.  Almost ruined my life but i have managed to deal with the humiliation caused me.  Then I got on baht bus and one of the buzzers did not work. and not even a sign in english saying out of order...another big nightmare but once again i buckled down and got over it.  Then i tried to walk across the street at a crosswalk with a red light and nobody stopped for me....What a horror show that was.  I could have ended up in a hospital before they were ready to deal with me....and nobody would care one tiny bit.

 

But somehow i have managed to survive another day, to go  back to 7 11 , ride a baht bus and get across the street.

 

The nerve of these thai people living like they do and not having discussion groups to see if they can amend their ways to be more to my liking.

I thought standards of courtesy were universal.  Apparently I was wrong. I was not talking about things like cutting in line or a buzzer not working.  But when a business shows someone blatant hostility and rudeness just for coming in for service or a driver leaving a slippery surface where a passenger would step on and then laugh about it? To me this is concerning.  Of course this is just my opinion.  

34 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

One thing that I've noticed after living in Thailand for a decade and a half is that the cities and areas that attract a lot of tourists, and expats, like Chiang Mai, Samui, Phuket and Pattaya in particular, seem to have a lot of locals that are somewhat jaded and they just don't seem very interested or amused by us. My guess is that there are a fair number of foreign lowlifes, fools or arrogant folks, that they deal with and, they're just over it.

 

If you want to get warmth and kindness and humor from the Thais, my recommendation is to move away from those areas, there are plenty of smaller towns where the locals are people delightful to be around. 

 

Also I find Thai people quite intuitive and they're very responsive to the energy that you're putting out, so if you're putting out good energy and your humorous, and you're making the exchange pleasant and fun, they will often times respond to that in a nice manner. 

I am not a touchy, feely or sensitive guy but I would like courtesy.  If I show you courtesy then it should be returned.  I am not like some who feel "they all hate us".  However, at times I feel the same way.  If you are open for business then expect someone to walk in and expect service.  If you are a driver logged into Grab then expect a rider to hail you.  As a driver ensure the floor of the vehicle does not have a slippery substance that could cause a rider to slip.  Lastly, if a business publicly states that it is opens at a certain time them do so.  ff not then change your opening time.  This is my point about this subject:  This country is very inconsistent and often it's people react with anger when one simply asks a question.  

Lastly I will reveal a detail about myself that probably makes a difference on how I am treated by the locals.

I am an American but I am not caucasian.  When most Thai first see me I believe they think I am Chinese because I am of Asian descent. I believe this is what sets the course for my interaction with Thai people.  I know many Thai people have had negative interactions with Chinese but I am not a rude Chinese person.  For me this will always be a losing battle.  For grins once I told a Thai person that I was Chinese and this was met with a warm smile and "shei, shei".  So I should learn Mandarin and go with the flow.

Anyway, just another day in the land of smiles.

4 hours ago, BigStar said:

 

Maybe it was simply your own anal retentive attitude they reacted to. I'd really not have expected them to get going promptly at 7 and just made a little joke when they didn't, smiles all around. Waiting in Thailand is par for the course. You should have learned to roll with the flow by now. Been many years since I had an unpleasant interaction with a Thai.

 

 

Oh, poor baby. 👉Expect the unexpected.

 

 

Were you lying on the pavement bleeding out, m'lord? Say this: "Ouch!" Then get in the car and close the door. You ain't owed anything.

 

 

Haven't had a good whinge thread since Monday's Inconceivably Inconvenient Shelves Restocking whinge. We'll see how long this one lasts.

 

 

Thanks.  You know me so well. You must have been present at the clinic to witness my "retentive" attitude? 

51 minutes ago, Thingamabob said:

Not only in Thailand. These days pretty much like this everywhere. 

Based upon my experience of living in 6 countries it is not like everywhere.

43 minutes ago, scorecard said:

 

A little oversensitive.

Your opinion.  Therefore, you must be correct.

37 minutes ago, it is what it is said:

 

i've lived and worked in many countries, as well as amazing experiences there are cultural challenges everywhere, if you want everything to work as it does back home, then stay back home. don;t try to compare other countries to your country, understand and accept the differences, manage your expectations, chill out, enjoy the differences, enjoy life.

Ok thanks.  Then getting upset when a patient shows up at a clinic is acceptable?  Laughing at a passenger who slips and hits his head when he enters a car because the driver left a slippery substance on the floor is acceptable?  Got it.  I have lived in 6 countries and I have not had similar experiences.  

This guy in BKK is ready(just a little early).  Now he has time to upgrade his equipment.  Apparently he thought the water gun fights would last for 3 weeks and not 3 days.  The article says he is a visitor from China. 

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

 

How long have you been here? And you are still surprised that they didn't understand your sarcastic North Korea joke. That tells us a lot more about you than those Thais you complain about.

 

Many countries want the money of the tourists. They don't really want the tourist.

I understand them, living here for decades I see too many annoying tourists. 

I guess most have never heard of North Korea but many know of South Korea? My mistake.  Next time I will make a South Korean reference. 

1 hour ago, Bill97 said:

Take a bath before you go out , Squak

I just took a shower.  Thanks for the reminder.

28 minutes ago, mfd101 said:

Time is not money here, which is one of the main reasons why productivity is low, which is in turn one of the main reasons why most Thais live in poverty.

I think you just summed it up.  I had a professor in college who said “ time is money and money is life”.  This is not true in LOS.  

1 hour ago, Oliver Holzerfilled said:

Good thing it was a blood test and not a prostate exam you might have gotten an extra digit or two for making them start work so early.

Now I know 0700 actually means 0730 or 0800?  Schedules and timetables have little meaning or value in LOS.  Unless it negatively  affects them.  For instance if a train or flight is delayed.  

3 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Many of us are in Thailand because it is different from "home", which is mostly somewhere in "the west".

Yes, Thailand is different, in many ways.

What should change:

Thailand should be just like the west - then why would you come?

Thailand should be Thailand in some ways, but like the west in ways I want it to be. - Really

Thailand is Thailand. Accept it.

 

Obviously, I also noticed problems with opening times and lots of other things which are not perfect.

Do I want to wait until they "improve" their lazy behavior?

Or is it so much better to just accept Thailand is Thailand.

 

 

 

Did most Thai people get the message that the current PM and government want 40 million arrivals this year?  More arrivals mean more problems, more “bad” guys and more chances of cultural misunderstanding and/or misinterpretations.  Some the locals I have met act like they want the borders closed to foreign arrivals,  Sarcastically I asked them “have you ever been to North Korea”?  They did not get the joke.  

2 hours ago, brianthainess said:

Up to them init they don't give a rat's ass what you think. 

That is why I do not say much to most locals.  All I need to do is buy a product or service.  At times the product and service are not great but there is not much a foreigner can do about that.  This has been the most difficult lesson I have learned.  But at times I wonder why?  The I get back to reality.