NorthernRyland

As best as I can but I don't think she was listening or could understand me. None of these people speak any English, that girl may have not been Thai even. The rest of the kids in there know me and never had any problems. I would guess most Thai absent of understanding why I'm giving them too much money would just accept it and let the computer tell them what to do. Honestly good on her for speaking up and trying to think for herself. I wish more Thai people did that.

The other day at Lotus' I made a purchase for 181 baht and paid with a 1000. Because my change was going to be 819 baht and not divide evenly into bills I tried to give the girl and extra baht coin so I would get back 820, all paper no coins. Well the girl refused. I tried to explain to her why I wanted this but she continued to refuse so I gave up. After I got my change back I told her , look at all these coins this isn't what I didn't want. Of course she just gave me the blank stare Thais use when they "play dead" to avoid confrontation. To be fair this is the first time this ever happened. I told my landlord about this later and asked what was up and she just said it was a village girl and it's to be expected.

wait, you're making 400 pounds in how many hours?? what do you do? Sounds like consultant or lawyer. My brother has done some consultancy in Bangkok and around Thailand helping to design kitchens for resorts and makes some fat cash too.

I don't know what I would buy. More expensive whiskey and gummy bears probably. I guess if I wanted to waste money I could let my wife buy some junk she doesn't need. 🤷

what are you buying that costs so much? A Thai family with one kid would be spending less than half of that and have house and car payments.

Could be so. I only know what my wife earns and she's a manager so she tells me how much some of the other employees earn. Sometimes I see a for hire sign and of course we know the minimum wage. The rest is deduction.

The point of the thread was supposed to talk about why this happens and now here we are. 😂

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It comes with authentic illegal Burmese workers as neighbors also. You can sit outside in the evening and barbecue birds on the patio. It's a really family friendly environment.

I'm just trying to make sense of this. If you have any information to contribute please do.

well yeah American middle class is hurting and that's why they're upset. What do you think this is all about anyways? 39k USD per year is hard so you need two incomes to even start scratching the surface and with house prices you may be stuck renting or in a high stress mortgage for 30 years. Not good times to be an American on the lower levels.

These are 1,500/month. One room and a fan. You can't lose!

It costs 300k a year to raise a family in Bangkok really? That's as much as middle class Americans in a major city would be spending. 120,000 USD per year is high income for any country in any city.

That's about right in my estimation also. What "Thai middle class" means may not be clear either. I'm thinking of the suburban family that drives a new car (financed) and has a mortgage on a two story home in a project and takes their kids to the mall on the weekends to eat at some Japanese chain restaurant. So debt, two full time jobs and not much free time. Sound familiar? Personally this lifestyle horrifies me and is one of the primary reasons I don't want to live in America.

I just made a thread about this and it accumulated a number of interesting economic figures. The short answer is it varies widely and no one agrees. 😂 Oh great, that picture of the tumor a user posted become the thumbnail. How lovely.