BangkokReady

If the 76 year old can't afford an agent, I doubt he's going to be able to get £50,000 together. Likely they'd just be taking him on until he dies and then paying for a funeral.

That or maybe not carry 75,000 baht worth of jewellery for no real reason.

Simply more racist rhetoric in the anti-foreigner campaign that has been underway since tourism returned to Thailand.

So, if the prices are going up, then we have to conclude that there is more demand than there is supply?

Is that different to back home, in your experience?

Surely if all sellers put the prices up, and don't really care if they don't sell, then it is price fixing without competition and therefore not "market rates"?

If it's a problem, then simply don't put the prices up. The issue lies with the sellers' greed. No need to blame foreigners.

"Watcharaphol said that now that he has experienced discrimination based on race, he is going to do all that he can to fight racism against foreigners in Thailand. He said he's planning to take aim at dual pricing on services and attractions and old women tutting as foreigners walk past them, as soon as he returns to Belgium."

You should have shown print-outs of this forum to help her understand your situation.

I'd wager his blood was boiling from the moment he saw the non-Thai getting on the flight and entering the same zone as him. He started to sweat when he saw the farang was much taller than him. His veins started to pulsate when he noticed his shirt was more expensive than his. When the stewardess went to the farang before him, it was too much. He had a Patrick Bateman moment.

One of the downsides of nationalism (or Thai Supremacy), people have a meltdown when they're treated just like everyone else.

It explains a lot if a wealthy Thai doctor with three passports who speaks multiple languages loses his <deleted> just because a non-Thai might be getting his drink first. Superiority complex.

More like "He is a farang and I am a Thai! I should get the extra service and the farang should be being discriminated against!".

They really should have consulted with the TVF. They would have told them that the IOs are always friendly to them and it must be the tourist's fault.

Nice. Not "crackdown on foreign law breakers" just foreigners in general. At least someone is being honest about it.

How bad is it going to get in the UK before something actually changes?

Shocking! ????

I wonder if he's gotten training on Reddit, or similar forums.

There was a lot of time between this, multiple different units turning up, and the gunman eventually being subdued. There was a lot more to it than the first responders being "scared of an AR-15". I think the problem is that your lack of knowledge is causing your understanding of the incident to be limited. You should really check out the timeline on the Wikipedia page. You'd have a much better understanding of what actually happened.

A little unclear as to when this happened exactly. Could have been neighbourhood first responders with small vests and pistols. It also doesn't disprove that they were told to wait. They initially exchanged fire and were pushed back. They were still waiting outside when it was guys with SWAT gear on. If you look at the wiki page, you'll see that they were told to wait at one stage because they thought he was barricaded before he really was. It wasn't until there were SWAT personal there with a bullet proof shield that they were able to go in. Ironically, it seems like one of the main stumbling blocks was the protective measures within the school.

Well, if the school had more armed security, they probably would have taken out the shooter. ????‍♂️ The police weren't scared, they were completely mismanaged and didn't have "permission" to engage. Check it out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robb_Elementary_School_shooting

No way, man. Safes are big. Look:

Is there actually a joke to go with this? I can find the picture on google, but it's always blank. The title is just "A man walks into a bar wearing boxers with a duck".

Must have been quite a strong chap... ????