John Drake

Yea, people are going to do that in a topic where they are asked to donate money.

If the guy has a job and has insurance, then begging for money on top of that smells really bad. Sounds like he's trying to cash in.

Thai society tends to be much more formal than we outsiders acknowledge. Even in the small remote village in Chaiyaphum, where my wife is from, everyone tries to "dress up" at funerals. In a country where the immigration offices warn you to dress properly for your visit, and where access to temples requires adherence to a dress code, you would think visitors would realize this.

Just planned on being a bum? You don't need to travel like you're Cosmo Topper, but you should be at least be able to put on trousers, a clean shirt, and a tie. At least the guy on the far right in the photo managed to put on his dress sneakers.

Trousers, a shirt, and a tie too much to ask? How about putting down the cigarette while you're in the Wat? Or is this another case of flouting Thai cultural norms? Yea, you show'em alright. Isn't that how this entire episode started? The entire affair begins to look sordid.

Judgmental? You bet it is. This picture tells me a lot. Middle aged men showing up for a funeral dressed like that and smoking a cigarette. The only thing they needed was a can of beer to top it off. And then to come out and beg for money. Incredible.

Just shows to Thais how utterly common some British are.

His attire is disrespectful and vulgar.

Show up at your friend's funeral wearing shorts, flip flops, and a T shirt? And smoking a cigarette?

Why are you so hostile in these topics? What difference does it make to you if someone can or cannot comfortably put away $12,000. I thought the immigration forum was to help people solve problems and get information about what is going on and what to expect at various immigration offices. Not jump down their throat.

This is one time when I wish Thailand would act more like China.

Not clear cut. Plastic wrapping prolongs the shelf life of some fruits and vegetables. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2019-03-25/fruit-and-vegetable-packaging-in-supermarkets-and-food-waste/10925374

Buying online in Thailand means you are adding to the global plastic waste problem Signed, Central Retail Corp.

I'll bet that when your fourth grade teacher asked for someone to volunteer to be the classroom monitor, your hand was the first one in the air, with you saying "me, me, me." What difference does it make to you or me what conditions someone else gets to remain in Thailand? Doesn't effect me whatsoever. Especially during a time when the tourist industry is going bust, the Covid extenders are bringing some money into the country.

It's a pedestrian crosswalk. I never let my zebras cross the street.

It often takes a high visibility person getting hurt for any action to be taken. I think it was about 12 or 13 years ago that someone "important" got killed turning across the traffic and into the main entrance at Mahidol. Within a few days, Mahidol fixed it. Just closed off the road permanently from any right hand turns across traffic.

Tallest midget.

Does Thailand have a tiered level surcharge on electrical rates?

The crosswalk I use to walk to the other side of Phutthamonthon Sai 3 to get to a market and Lotus has zero effect on cars, trucks or motorcycles. In fact, it seems that some drivers speed up if they see you in the road. It's 50 meters from a police station.

A 30 year old man acting like he's a 14 year old.

I saw the unblurred video. She was just a step or two from reaching the sidewalk and must have relaxed for a moment. Same as I do. She had already run the gauntlet. Sometimes, the motorcycles are so reckless there is nothing you can do to avoid them. Just last week, I got to the bottom of a sappan loy and was in the process of turning to go down the sidewalk and a motorcycle roared past on the sidewalk from the blindside of the sappan loy. Another half second and I would have had the same thing happen to me as happened to this young woman.

I don't begrudge you your access through the mail. I would just like the option to go in person.

Would be nice if they would allow us to come into the embassy to renew the passport and pick it up when it's ready, instead of forcing everything through the mail.

What happens is people who have been here for some time tend to think they've figured it all out and take things for granted. Get a little too comfortable. Maybe it isn't the case, here, but it seems so in many of these farang-Thai confrontations (I put up a reminder about a similar story of a young British man who was chased by a Thai guy with a knife because the Thai guy wanted the British guy to buy him a beer; but it was taken down for some reason. But it's the same problem. Cultural assumptions and ways of dealing with foreigners that I would never think about fully understanding). The only place to be complacent is inside your own house by yourself. Some rules I follow: avoid crowds, stay off the street late at night, don't go to places that might mix alcohol with any sort of social confrontation.

Some really nasty people in the comments section to that article gloating over other people getting kicked out with a few days notice. Makes Aseannow look all civil and sophisticated.