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Fair enough but why wear the shirt? its like dressing up as santa and not actually liking xmas.

@streetlite Try cleaning your ears out

@AdamRich I think there should be rethink then on the definition.

So, funny the criticism on here. I don't know about the other posters on here but the beaches in Thailand especially Phuket are a million times better than my hometown's beach and even the nice beaches in the UK are usually ruined by the abysmal British weather.

@scubascuba3 That's hardly the passenger's fault. as i have been on many a motorbike taxi and they don't even offer you a helmet (yes i know you could insist on one) and i doubt they even have one for a passenger as Thais are very tight people. which always makes me laugh considering they're always calling the foreigners tight. And it might not even be a head injury anyway. so again that would be the drivers fault because no doubt they was driving recklessly or drunk.

The Thai man was probably losing the fight and couldn't have the loss of face so stabbed him

Like the Police all around the world they take the easy jobs. God forbid! they try and catch some real criminals because they might put up some resistance and would possibly be armed.

As long as they're wearing their masks they'll be alright, safety first.????

@SunnyinBangrak Either that or have the wrong price labels on something or not getting the deal they're promoting. etc, etc, etc. And 7 staff are the worse when you point that out, they just look at you dumbstruck. but he still had a completely OTT reaction. whatever it was.

@Yellowtail I think I'm morally superior because i think its a bit out of order to be having a go at a young bloke who could have lost his life and his family are worried sick and i have a bit of empathy. Jog on ya melt

@Yellowtail Not about how much i donated. its about people going out their way just to come on here to say it's his own fault. WTF

The usual outpourings of sympathy here.

@Jack Cook Probably had their masks on though

Caught between a rock and a hard place there Thailand. as you want your beloved chinese to come here but then you will have to complain to the powers that be of your beloved china. how can you brown nose them and complain at the same time? its a tricky one. no doubt you'll find a way to kiss their ass somehow. As even COVID hasn't stopped you kissing their ass even though because of them you probably lost millions of millions of pounds.

@Dcheech Yes cuz they're millons of Thais that read this???? I can't tell you what i think of you because that would get me a ban on here

Great! more concrete eyesores to ruin the beautiful Island and the stunning views

@Donbuie3 Advising not requesting.

I can assure in general its nothing to do with the thais not wanting to be different. as i get the blue buses regularly in Phuket and the general majority of passengers are tourists but a lot of time if Thais are on board they will wear masks. so in that situation they're the ones actually being different, as all the foreigners are mask free. And it isn't a case of them not wanting to be different to the rest of the thais because for starters ive seen it when its just one Thai on the bus wearing a mask, so they're no other thais to see them and also I've seen 2 or 3 thais on the bus and one of them is wearing a mask and the other one or two aren't . So, i think a lot of them must still hold their irrational fears over covid.

I agree with you about the mask wearing at school and i know you said you will have a word with the educational officer at the school at the start of the new term but i fear masks will now be part of a school uniform. because if they haven't ditched them now they never will. Also if i was a parent i would just tell my kids not to wear the masks as its not mandatory and maybe the schools have their own rules but if every parent told their kids not to wear them they would soon ditch the ridiculous rule

Seeing the video the taxi driver didn't help matters driving that fast

which means the uncrowded countryside will then get crowded.

Why don't they try a scare and fear mongering campaign like they did with covid. and at least it would be true, instead of the covid campaign which was mainly based on lies and manipulated statistics.

As Thailand won't address the situation It's a shame the world's media don't highlight the issue more and I know its not their job to, as all the responsibility lays entirely at Thailand's door but maybe if the spotlight was suddenly shone on it and Thailand started to lose tourism because of it they might finally do something about it.

I think I'm cynical till i come on here and read the posts. JESUS CHRIST! where is the empathy of some of the people on here?

And the most infuriating part of their culture is telling you/leaving everything to the last minute. you're not really aware of this till you start working with them. And by god ! it can wind you up.