ThailandRyan

Yet I am listed in Wikipedia....for what, well that's for you to seek out.

Strong is the sarcasm with this one..... my friend Yoda said.

How many staff, cleaners, waitresses here in Thailand inform there employer of a tip left? In the US it is mandatory and the tip itself must be claimed on the annual reporting requirement for taxes. Not here. Stay on topic TIT not the US. Tipping has been going on for years here, and I know many in the service sector whose salary is not reduced because they picked up 100 Thb for a tip.

You just can never admit when your Hero has made a major blunder and then been caught in a lie. BTW I am not a Biden fan either, but at least they took action to ensure no one on the ground was injured by falling debris, and have obtained the equipment for study, whereas Trump never did anything except talk the big talk and the Big Lie. Sure intelligence may have been gathered by the balloon, but the the Chines, Russians, and so on already know the locations of our silos, this was probably for a closer inspection, but then until the information is released it is just speculation. Whereas the Big Lie is not speculation, it actually did come from the Trumps lips and his twitter rants.

Ergo, it leads to corruption and technically bribes being paid between the agent and the I/O for which the expat pays a fee. If they relaxed this issue, and accepted the monthly transfers with a smaller amount in the bank then the agents could be done away with. Plenty of folks have tried to use the combination method of income transfers and bank account reduced amount here in many places, only to fond out that their specific I/O wont accept the combination method. It is legal to use the combination method, yet because they disallow it in places it makes using the agent and the fee paid part of the issues. Immigration is the primary cause of the visa extension of stay issues.

The MAGAGA cult brainwashing is strong in this one Yoda.

We don't need no stinking badges.....But as an apprentice member I sure need to be paid for my apprenticeship....

Trumps cabinet let 3 balloons fly across the US without even a thought being given. Read the OP.

I read the title and thought making the smart cities would generate income, but it's the investment that will make the infrastructure for the smart cities. Just how will the smart cities generate income from the platform if it's designed to make life easier and improve quality of life. A smart phone, a lap top, or computer access to websites can not give people food and it does cost money to use the services. Free wifi may help people who don't have the funds for using DTAC, TRUE, AIS or 3B on there phones to talk and message friends but whose funds are being expended....nothing is free in this world, someone pays in the end.

Maybe it's time that agents were also done away with and the requirements made easier for those expats who have problems meeting the money in the bank requirements

Your hilarious. A balloon flying closer in orbit can obtain better information and pinpoint locations a satellite can not get exact.

Half my real age or the age ladies think I am, after all I am a handsome man...

Had a Golden tree snake decide it wanted to play inside of one of the Air Conditioning units compressors today. It was successfully retrieved by a guy down the street who does snake removals. This one came over the wall using one of the coconut trees on the outside of the wall to go up and then down a coconut tree on the inside of the yard.

Did the OP look for the Caricature artist on walking street, he could have had photo's made while he waited in pose.....

So you didnt use the money to bar fine her and give her the cash after your wink wink visit with her.

Are we sure it's not the OP posting about himself..............................

Correct, the fist thing she will do is go through his phone and block contacts on social media, then she will make him stop using FaceBook, WhatsApp, Tinder, POF etc....he may even disappear from view and be kept in the dark about the real world around him.....Plenty of those people have have as you say appeared in 5 years complaining....

in the Big Mango.........

You don't Tip, Your negative as hell, is there any positivity in your life other than being positive most marriages fail?

Life is circular, and he can't fall off the edge if it all goes pear-shaped...well he could if the house has many stories...maybe she has more kids then she us letting on...is her name Nom.....

You have the crypto to do so....just like a few of us others.

We were just there in November great trip. Good restaurants.

In my condo unit, I buy the security staff food now and then and at Christmas and the Thai New Year give them small gifts of appreciation. If we need help with items being taken up to the penthouse where we have our unit we also tip the staff for assisting. At our house I also give items to the gardner and my pool cleaner from time to time. Our housekeeper caretakes both the house and our condo, and is a live in using the maids quarters. We gave her a nice bonus at Christmas and then again for the Chinese New Year. She has been with us for almost 4 years and she is very reliable and enjoys the extra given to her and thus takes extra care of the residences and us. My neighbor in the other penthouse condo in BKK has gone through 4 housekeepers in 2 years as he treats them like feces and expects them to wait on him hand and foot.

Someone must have been playing the Grand Piano's key's hard and fast and the friction started the blaze.....Almost like Cheech n Chong, the house was up in Smoke.....

At all of the hotels I have ever stayed at while traveling in Thailand water has never been limited to just two bottles per room, and no the staff does not get in trouble for supplying you with more and never has there been an extra charge on my room checkout bill. Tipping someone for service is just that tipping them for service. If you accept the minimum and are happy with the service then don't tip. If you want great service and ask and receive more water or the toiletries refilled with more then you tip..it is simple. You must stay at the bottom end 1000 Baht a day or less hotels......my guess is that you also don't pay for the room to include breakfast for you and your partner, and possibly kids. I tend to stay at Hotels that have suites and bathtubs and are on the beach when we travel from the condo in BKK or the House in southern HH/Pranburi. Since my partner loves to take baths ergo we use more toiletries. Yes we take our own but when the toiletries at the Resort is of high end quality we use it as designed. Next you'll be telling me that the hotel should be charging me for how much water gets used in the bath-tub.....moving on, because I am starting to smell a troll.