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Just now, Dan O said:

They ask you to turn off the car as a safety precaution since they are pumping fuel. 

I always get out of the car these days and stand at the back with my eyes firmly on the fuel gauge, up here in the sticks.

12 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

 

The attendants smoke at gas stations in Vietnam (or at least they did a few years ago). 

 

Scared the life out of me.

 

Then they short change you. 

I remember in Vietnam a guy smoking in a boat, he was starting the engine and had just put fuel in.

He was smacking two bare steel wires together to start the engine, whilst smoking.

Also, the boat was about 1 foot above the water level when we were all in it, and the only life jackets were worn by the driver and his mate.

There weren't any for us.

When I pointed this out, he told us not to worry, he knew the water and did this job every day.

15 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

This is an 'oldie'...  

 

What used to happen, is that the 'pump attendant' would not zero the pump which would continue to show the previous volume and price - i.e. 5 litres / 180 baht...   and then continue to pump a further 25 litres (into a car of course)...  charging for the 180 baht for 30 litres and profiting the 180 baht...

 

There used to be many comments on this forum about that, with naming and shaming of some notorious gas stations....   and the advice, always watch to see if the pump attendant zero's the machine.

 

It used to be a relatively common scam... certainly enough for there to have been a few threads on here in the past.

Pattaya used to be notorious for these scams.

14 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

What purpose do you think any old person has?

Family?, children?, grandchildren?, assisting their offspring?

Trying to do something useful and beneficial in their lives, instead of just pissing it against the wall in Pattaya and Phuket?

Hi,

Don Muang airport has a full Air Asia help desk, and they can help you if you go there, don't listen to the naysayers if you go with your forms and proof, obviously.

Also, as another poster has said, if you get no joy there, raise a dispute form with your cc company, showing what action you have taken already in contacting Air Asia.

A good idea would be to include the form you have put on this forum and show them you have been proactive in trying to resolve this matter.

The credit card company, will refund your card, once you have raised a dispute form, and it is registered in their system.

Then they will fight it out with Air Asia, and you are not waiting months for Air Asia to get themselves organized.

Footnote: Always check your spam box for Air Asia responses.

Also, why don't you contact the Bot on Air Asia website again and see if there has been any action. At least you can screenshot it and take it with you to the office to prove inaction.

I have in the past found the Air Asia people at the helpdesk kind and understanding when I have had problems in the past.

1 hour ago, Cameroni said:

 

Even in Thailand that is now usually the case, absolutely.

Yes,

Of course, they do. They want the recklessness, partying, good-looking boys of their youth.

But it doesn't work like that, because most of these guys are irresponsible and just out playing the field, plus they don't have the money for houses, holidays, cars and motorbikes, ( many don't have jobs!) and of course, they are drawn to foreigners for.............. security.

With these girls, it is called' wanting your cake and eating it ' and life doesn't work that way.

I have now watched the video and find nothing in it that I can do in that video by being alone that I can't do now, whilst living with my other half.

I think the video is a load of nonsense, unless these guys were totally henpecked and couldn't stick up for themselves.

If I want to be alone, I just go out alone. If I want peace and quiet, my other half goes and occupies herself doing something else.

Maybe I am spoiled, but we live our lives looking after each other, but not in each other's pockets, which is how the relationships seem to have been in that YouTube clip. On top of each other.

It's these older guys with no purpose in life that spend their days on bar stools, talking about whores and their conquests, pretending to enjoy life, and going home to tiny empty condos and microwave meals.

Not all, the single life suits some people as does solitude, I like solitude, but if the best excuse people can come up with to be alone, is that they have the freedom to take a bar girl back, or go sit at the bar all day with nobody nagging at them, well good luck to them.

There are no benefits in living alone as an old man, in my view.

I am biased as I have a happy longstanding relationship.

However, so far, what has been offered up on this board is the ability to ' have a friend over '  or go to the pub to be with farang friends.

A pretty shallow and weak answer in my book. Getting pissed and shagging when you want to?

I much prefer the life I have, sharing and caring, doing things together including cooking and cleaning, vacationing together, even going to the hospital, immigration, or for a long drive, I find it much better to have my other half there.

BTW, I can sit in a bar alone content in my own company, I don't need or crave company.

My home life and home comforts are different, however.

A fresh clean bed, Netflix movies together, eating together, discussing current news together.

Give me family life anytime, and she feels the same.

22 minutes ago, 1FinickyOne said:

What if your GF is the one who is ill? Are you capable of the sacrifices of being a caregiver? 

Yes,

definitely.

7 hours ago, stevenl said:

If money was involved in this stage it would have gone to the courts. For the doctor to drop charges because of a payment that would have been done months ago.

Yes,

absolutely, as I have stated elsewhere.

And not only the courts, there will be prosecutors and others on the gravy train.

8 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

You could well be right, you could also well be wrong, either way, he was not convicted.  I doubt that there was money involved as the doctor's father has said that she was upset by the ruling, something that she's not likely to say if she had been compensated.

No,

but the court could certainly have been ' compensated '

56 minutes ago, Cameroni said:

 

She hit the child so hard its ear was bleeding and it refused to go to school. This Filipino teacher should be sent back, and is not suitable to be a teacher. I suppose they allow the teacher to continue because it happens a lot, as you say, but it should never happen really.

Don't believe all you read.

3 hours ago, NativeBob said:

Smart Mother ******* are simply "milking" poor Filipina. 

There's no way that will happened from a slap. Even slap from Tyson.

Pathetic!

Sure,

Nothing to occupy their lives, as sure as hell, they won't be doing much in the way of work, and pathetically chasing money and any excuse will do.

4 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

Beating students is only allowed for Thai teachers....

Another job reserved for Thais only.

The truth is the go-go bar scene in Thailand is a dying profession, the ones hanging out in them and the ones working in them are both relics from a bygone age.