burman

Yes, well said.

Quite surprising for a Thaivisa business to come out with this "Thai trait' racist nonsense.

^ Pattaya is like a fan convention.

If it wasn't me sitting in this area it would be someone else

Fair point. And you are saving those customers from a similar fate, almost providing a service in fact by taking the heat.

Enjoy guilt free knowing you looked at the alternative.

I say you don't take his seat next time, but take the seat next to it.

When he comes in, he is happy and gets his seat. The mangeress is also happy because she's not getting stressed out by 'two little boys fighting over a seat in class' which she doesn't need or deserve.

And you can ask him why he is obsessed with getting that seat everyday. Maybe he's a really nice guy.

I wholeheartedly admit that I would probably also be playing the childish game.

But I'd like to think I'd try the alternative as well.

I've experienced being served different food because I am a farang too. It doesn't happen often, but it does happen.

I think it's a juvenile Red Necked Keel Back snake.

Snakes in Thailand

It says on this site, it does have some poison, but I believe it's a rear fanged snake which makes it far less dangerous than it's front fanged cousins. Like all snakes, best left alone and avoided.

Rhabdophis subminiatus (Red-necked Keelbeck Snake)

Thai: ngoo lei sam

Length: Up to 130 cm

These snakes are usually a lot smaller. The average length is approx. 70 cm.

Occurrence: Throughout Thailand

Behaviour/habitat:

Rhabdophis subminiatus is an adaptable snake which is at home in the woods as well as in residential areas and gardens. It prefers life near to water. The snake is active during the day. Their food is made up of frogs and fish. If threatened, they spread out their red neck area and erect themselves.

Danger: Bites can lead to severe poisoning in humans.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=189015

Why start two topics on this?

Yep, new card, new number, it's the first thing to do. Better to be safe than sorry.

You would honestly like to know what I would do in your position?

Leave. Sod it off and fly to Thailand, find a job, open a business, try a different way of living.

To be honest, I'd be scared of getting my head blown off if I stopped the car.

could get your head blown off if you tried to escape too , a motorcycle can usually out accelerate a car and they are easier to manoever too.

i'd wait until they come alongside , brake sharply thereby allowing them to move ahead and then speed up and mow them down , but in a panic situation i'd probably mess it all up.

Sounds like a tricky maneuver to me Tax. On second thoughts I'd try to swerve into the biker with the gun. But really, stopping would be the last thing on my mind.

I will have to get down to Thailand's top tourist destination sometime soon and give Death Race 2008 a try.

To be honest, I'd be scared of getting my head blown off if I stopped the car. I really don't know what I would do in that situation actually, I think panic would make me put my foot down more than anything.

Why does it matter if it's a Thai or farang that owns them?

Bloody hel_l, I'd put my foot down, aiming directly for the bike in front.

Phuket sounds frightening these days, the amount of reports that I see about the place.

How do they force a car to stop?

Also very high pressure tactics, for selling lady drinks

How very high pressure are these tactics?

Just say 'No'.

Well as long as no one is blaming the Thai guys for doing anything wrong, I guess we are alright. Thailand's face is saved once again!

How long did you live in Phuket for Jonnie?

girls have attitudes all over the world. They are probably just little snobby rich girls who think they are too good for the job they have.

Yes, it's usually rich girls who work in shops for 30baht/hour...

well i consider them idiots as they actually go out of their way to lose business rather than gain it.

But it's not their business is it.

By ignoring you, they get paid the same money and have to do less work.

Congratulations, good luck to you all.

I always tell of these trashy sales girls as to what they are good for

Which is...?

^ The above post not included in my praises.

It's hard to sell 1000s of fake DVD's in a shopping mall quietly.

Steve has been spot on with his posts in this thread. Bottom line is mid east tourists have a lot of money to spend, they are the high quality tourists that TAT is aiming for.

A lot of white foreigners will be disappointed by this, no doubt fearing their lesser spending power will not be able to keep them the 'top dogs' which they always seem to think they are.

My wife thinks that possibly she owed money and that the two guys were working for a money lender and that she was possibly being taken - forcibly - to talk to someone about her debt

And it turns out she was just drunk...

Your wife should become a novelist.