wildewillie89

Seem a bit sour...aww cheer up

That issue has already been discussed at length considering you kept harping on about it.

Seeing as other neighbours are starting to balls up now re the business then the issue of having support also seems to be going the OPs way. I can see why he is feeling optimistic. 

That issue has already been discussed at length considering you kept harping on about it.

Seeing as other neighbours are starting to balls up now re the business then the issue of having support also seems to be going the OPs way. I can see why he is feeling optimistic. 

Yes, like I said earlier, if many people complain it will add weight. However, it is not necessary for action to be taken. 

Why do you feel the need to comment like a know it all when you have no understanding of the system? Judging by your comments in the whole thread you care more about the rental agreement than the actual issue anyway. No knowledge, no interest. How bored are you? Lol 

And the law says, whether farang or Thai, whether tenant or owner, every resident has a right to complain. 

2 hours ago, JLCrab said:

There was a recent topic on here of a noisy late night karaoke being shut down in a matter of days. The difference is it was the management of several buildings who complained to the Amphur not one or two individual rental tenants. When the management of the building itself refuses to take action against a late night nuisance, then maybe there are other variables to consider.

 

 

Completely different factors. The Amphoe usually doesn't deal with cases like this (special occasions). They only deal with cases like this when it becomes public interest (not just one or two people complaining). For example, a dog biting one person the Amphoe will rarely deal with. However, if that dog has bitten many people and the community go to the police and they still don't do anything, the Amphoe will step in as it is troubling for large volumes of people. 

There may well be other variables, but if the place responds to neighbours annoying them, then highly unlikely those variables exist. 

1 hour ago, mat999 said:

Actually I have been away for a while. My wife never got around to going to the City Hall with a Thai friend to interpret, before we went away. There has been a change- a neighbor apparently snapped and went ballistic at the woman who owns it. It has been closed mostly since we got back. I think it was just open and noisy the first night back a few days ago, maybe Saturday. I nearly started shouting at her as it was very obviously the owner who was making the most noise. My wife took an interpreter in the daytime and complained to her and got a predictably bad look, but that was all. The neighor was out again last night at another disturbance, I think he may now be on the ball and standing up for himself. I have a good feeling that the end is nigh for the crazy witch. If not we shall go to City Hall soon.

Hopefully. 

Usually these things are easily fixed with a quick confrontation (like back home). Sadly though, it is one of those ridiculous TV unwritten rules that has come about due to absolutely nothing - don't confront people or you will be murdered lol. A moderator even once seriously told me don't stop to check if people need help in a car crash. Just utterly amazing the paranoid fear people have that they will not even provide assistance in any situation. I'm really not sure how they cope with everyday life here. I was asked to help lift a guy down who hung himself not long back, couldn't imagine the response half the people on this forum would have given to not do it in fear of some imaginative repercussion.

Go to the public health official in the municipality first if you have to. As the tribunal will just tell the municipality to investigate it first anyway. However, tell the municipality officials if you're not happy with their investigation then you will take them to the tribunal. That will at least make sure that their papers are following the law to the letter and are not lazy. 

1 hour ago, mat999 said:

Actually I have been away for a while. My wife never got around to going to the City Hall with a Thai friend to interpret, before we went away. There has been a change- a neighbor apparently snapped and went ballistic at the woman who owns it. It has been closed mostly since we got back. I think it was just open and noisy the first night back a few days ago, maybe Saturday. I nearly started shouting at her as it was very obviously the owner who was making the most noise. My wife took an interpreter in the daytime and complained to her and got a predictably bad look, but that was all. The neighor was out again last night at another disturbance, I think he may now be on the ball and standing up for himself. I have a good feeling that the end is nigh for the crazy witch. If not we shall go to City Hall soon.

Hopefully. 

Usually these things are easily fixed with a quick confrontation (like back home). Sadly though, it is one of those ridiculous TV unwritten rules that has come about due to absolutely nothing - don't confront people or you will be murdered lol. A moderator even once seriously told me don't stop to check if people need help in a car crash. Just utterly amazing the paranoid fear people have that they will not even provide assistance in any situation. I'm really not sure how they cope with everyday life here. I was asked to help lift a guy down who hung himself not long back, couldn't imagine the response half the people on this forum would have given to not do it in fear of some imaginative repercussion.

Go to the public health official in the municipality first if you have to. As the tribunal will just tell the municipality to investigate it first anyway. However, tell the municipality officials if you're not happy with their investigation then you will take them to the tribunal. That will at least make sure that their papers are following the law to the letter and are not lazy. 

Anymore cherry picking?

People's views are always a little contradictory about these sorts of things. One minute it is I live here and 'it is safer than back home'. The next minute it turns into a paranoia that Thai are jungle people and I don't want to complain about my neighbour, toot my horn or stop to help people in case they turn around and shoot me. What was back home for many people? Iraq?

Regarding the deep South red zone, I would say the 'do not travel' warnings are justified. However, if have the opportunity to go there with people who can look after you I would recommend it. It is quite a pretty place and the people who aren't fanatics are amazingly warm (even by Thai standards). Plus not many dogs for all those who are scared of the dogs in more travelled areas of the country. 

Just asked my father in law (ex Army officer and now politician). He was just answering without looking into it. He said government official no problem. Politician no problem. Regarding army officer, he said yes that rule exists. However, if have a close family member who was an officer then the rule isn't applicable anymore. He said our son would have no problems becoming an officer (if passed the test), but advised against it anyway lol. 

If these are supposed to be jokes then please don't quit your day job.

Numerous times in our discussions you have implied age brings qualities such as experience, knowledge and maturity (full well knowing that I am only in my 20s), and why should you listen or even respect someone younger than you.

You have really shown these qualities in this thread. Anymore rubbish that needs to come out of your mouth before you feel better about yourself again? If so, go ahead, annoy other members with the useless notifications. If not, then seriously, get out and about in the world and get some of that experience and knowledge you are clearly lacking. Time for me to do exactly that, but enjoy your computer screen for the rest of the day. 

Put them in  a box. 

Whatever helps you sleep at night. 

And that's why he came to Thaivisa to ask the question of what to do next. I answered his original question with the proper processes. It is up to him if he wants to go down those paths or not.

Personally, I don't really see a need for a follow up with something so small. 

2 hours ago, JLCrab said:

Bump @ 30 days.

From what he was saying he was wanting to go to the tribunal first. If he got an appointment quickly (that is if the tribunal isn't busy), then the tribunal would have to contact Tessaban and tell them to investigate the matter before a full hearing would occur. Which is why normal procedure is to go to Tessaban first, just like the West as my previous comment stated. Unfortunately here, most completely ignore common sense and go police.

Completely forgot about this. You really need to get out more if you're tracking something as small as this in your diary in the hope of being right lol.

1 hour ago, Laza 45 said:

My girl loves gold.. sure, she likes to wear it on special occasions.. lots of gold ..big face.. but the main reason she likes it is because it is a form of saving money.. if she needed money in a hurry she would just take it down to the gold shop and sell it or take it to a pawn shop and collect it later.. it is an old habit and seems to work for her and her family.   Blenders and things for the house don't make it.. 'it is for the house.. not me..'..  A dinner out with family and a birthday cake is always a winner..     Buying gold.. 1/4 bhat doesn't do it.. 1/2 is acceptable.. 1 bhat is for true love and wishful thinking... 

 

As a form of saving money is a good way to look at it from the girls point of view. I ended up with the opposite, the Mrs will be lucky to put on a dash of make up lol.

I think a lot of face ends up in people's own imaginations rather than actually achieving the desired outcomes if that makes sense. 

Got my Mrs a blender (which was really for our daughter's food). Another gift wasn't strictly a gift but the timing coincided with her birthday...that was a puppy for the family.  

From what I saw back home and living here, Thai really couldn't care less if you give a gift or not - as usually it is their work friends who make a big deal out of their birthdays. Maybe just take them out for dinner or have a small party at home with friends/family. 

Speaking to other people in our city we know who date farangs and the Mrs looking at the Thai forums, the social media generation really couldn't care less about the actual gold, just more 'showing it off' to their friends on social media (which could explain other comments about it having to be a certain price). So I would be sure I knew the Mrs pretty well to buy something like gold as I would want it received for the right reasons. 

4 minutes ago, lanng khao said:

Youve got to remember that these dogs arnt the little lovable shitzus or dogs as we know them, these <deleted>@kers are almost wild, and when the pack mentality kicks in its everyman for himself, if I've got get the spray out or the snout tickler to save myself multiple injections and a 6000 baht bill, then that's what going to happen..

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Packs, I will generally drive off the most confident dog first, and the rest generally will follow or just stand there and bark. Most don't have the confidence to really act on an attack if they know they aren't backed up by the rest of the pack. I think that is where people get worried. They are fearful of just a bit of talking (or growling). That all it is most of the time, talking - 'we are so scared, please go away from us'. The problem is when people become more scared of the scared dog (fear bite). 

The city I am, the Big C and Tesco are currently doing some significant upgrading (bringing in a cinema). Many more housing estates also seem to be going up everywhere and people in my immediate area seem to be renovating. So couldn't be all bad if people can find money to be buying unnecessarily expensive houses and are looking forward to spending their hard earned on luxuries like the movies. The farming prices are probably the thing many are struggling with. 

Don't necessarily agree with what the boys up the top are doing with a lot of things, but from a purely selfish point of view, it would be good if they stayed in for a few more years. Our local Mayor is ex-army and has been ranked top 20 out of the 8,500 odd Mayors in the country in his first term purely from developing the place. It went from not having running water, to having water, free nursery with dental check ups, markets, canals for farmers, juvenile prison, rice research lab, lined roads, even free wifi for the villagers where the introduced exercise equipment is. Also now looks like Immigration will move there, with plans to build a new school to replace the village schools.  

Every Mayor in the province has since elected him to represent the province with the Governor in the hope for further development and he is also in charge to watch over police corruption (already has forced powerful trucking companies to pay road taxes rather than specific police departments). 

5 minutes ago, speedtripler said:

The real money is not the salary itself, its the money you can skimm off from the garbage  

 

All the bags hanging on the sides of the truck are things they are collecting because they know someone who will buy it

Yes, in the bigger cities. But in most average places the people keep onto that stuff themselves and sell it on. Either to the cars doing the rounds or going to the plant themselves to get a better rate. So for many, unfortunately, the salary makes up a high percentage of their monthly income. One of our guys works as a garbo by day and a waiter at night to get a bit of extra cash.

Even more depressing, depending on the municipality policy, the money that is made from selling stuff on is shared around to the more 'important' figures and a little bit is then given to the garbo guys. 

34 minutes ago, speedtripler said:

From what I've heard, it pays so well that thais don't mind doing it (unlike the backbreaking cheap  farm labour they outsource) 

If it pays 3x as much as a regular job they can go home, have a shower and be pretty wealthy by Thai standards

Most people would consider a job they disliked for 3 or 4x the salary they could get doing anything else because you can buy a house or a nice  truck etc 

Maybe in the bigger cities it can pay well (also depends on the volume of stuff they can sell on). Bigger areas will do their collections during the night, so maybe they pay a bit of overtime.

However, on the most part I am not sure it does pay so well. Usually to secure the job the person will need to pay anywhere between 20-50k. Maybe 15k if a relative. The salary is around 7,000-8,500 per month. 

Doubtful for it to be the hair colour (especially if the hair is that short). 

Other possibilities:

1. Modern technology creates massive male populations for girls to choose from (as many conventional holidays guys use the apps too). It is great for the girls, as in one night they can find many better looking possibilities than what they used to be restricted to in the same age bracket. Not so great for many guys.   

2. If talking guys in their 20s, many 'attractive' Thai women I know now seek guys who live overseas (in their 20s). They 'generalise' from their limited experiences the ones living in Thai as having something wrong with them. They are of the belief the only reason other than family, high paying job etc to move to a 3rd world country from a 1st is they cant find 'fun' back home (so to them added health risks, maybe not as good looking as they previously thought they were before widening their search, odd personalities, why aren't farang girls wanting them?).

3. Prolonged unrealistic expectations. Easy for a young guy in Thailand, everything is handed to them. So they become lazy, girls pick up on this and know what it is all about and really couldn't be bothered with those guys anymore. 

By that logic, the OP should be able to get an appointment in the next few days.