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1 hour ago, Just Weird said:

Begging is illegal in Thailand, it doesn't matter if you're calm, polite, relaxed and "not pushy", and you wai after pissing-off everyone that you approach.

 

Good luck in funding your "college" education" (yeah, right) by mooching off others who have actually worked for their money.

You could have just said its illegal. No need to be rude and aggresive like a typical westerner

Lets say you already have enough money for visa , food and you have a place to live in thailand but you cant get a job without education so you panhandle to make money for college savings.

Basically asking people outside in a polite and relaxed manner if you can get 10 baht for a water or something. If they dont wanna give 10 baht then you just politely say "thank you" make a wai and then leave

Is panhandling as a foreigner legal in Thailand as long as you are not pushy,  and you act calm and polite?

Can you get arrested for panhandling?

Please only serious answers i just wanna know about the law of this

Thai people's english grammar is so funny haha!!

When they mean "Where did you go? " they say "Where you go" 

"Your friend" becomes "My friend you" in thai style english grammar haha! ????

"Your son" becomes "My son you"

"Where is your son?" thai people will say "My son you where"

"Whats your name?" becomes "My name you" 

????

"What are you eating?" thai's will say "What you eat" 

"I'm going to Big C" thai's will say "I go Big C"

"Don't have" becomes "No have"

"What country are you from?" thai people will say "What country you"

It's fascinating how bad thai people's english grammar is hahaha! ????

10 hours ago, sirineou said:

 The OP is a dog whistle post and the hounds have sure answered. This thread tells more about as that it does about Thai people. 

"you think too much" "not think too much" is simply an attempt of people who are not native english speakers to communicate the concept that you are over analysing a subject in a language foreign to them.

 As for the last example of "stop think, make headache" well..... I guess it makes my point.   

What do you mean by "dog whistle post"? Please explain.

2 hours ago, grollies said:

Relax, he's trolling you, ignore him.

Thank you , will do! :)

18 minutes ago, norrska said:

You are the one who is arrogant.  Why do you go to a foreign land and expect everyone to pander to your nonsense.  If you do not like it, go home!

Pander to my nonsense? Is a simple polite and normal “and you?” too much to expect when you greet someone with a friendly “how are you?” ?

10 minutes ago, grollies said:

Due to the standard of his written English, sentance composition and structure and the fact he's lived in Thailand for two years which, maybe erroneously, I discounted the idea he was Thai.

 

He maybe a well-educated Thai ex-pat, Japanese, Chinese, African.....who knows?

 

Ah, well, I've just spotted he's Iranian so he's not farang but rather kaek kow (middle eastern).

 

In which case the op probably has an unrealistic expectation of civility from Thai with which I sympathise but you do have to learn to go with the flow old chap.

 

I hasten to add I have great respect for Iranian people, my Mum sheltered the daughter of the late Shah's secret police during the revolution.

 

 

Thanks man I’m glad to hear you like Iranians . Iranians are good and kind people but sadly the government in Iran is very bad and I hope the corrupted Islamic regime will finish in a couple of years . A few months ago people were protesting in Iran against the government because they worked for several months without getting their salary etc.

9 minutes ago, mauGR1 said:

Thanks, i have to say though, that if you chat online with unknown people, in a language that is not their own, you can expect and excuse that to a certain point.

Yeah though even when I asked them in thai language with Thai alfabet using google translate they still answered in this rude way often. 

And these were not stranger Thai girls on Facebook , it was from the tinder app that I started the conversation and tinder is a made for the purpose of making friends :/

1 minute ago, norrska said:

Whoever wrote this knows nothing about foreign cultures outside his/her own.  Why would they expect that a stranger should provide them with an answer to this very personal question.  Go back to your country please and do not return!

I had a feeling that some people like you would reply in this arrogant and conceited way to my thread before I wrote it, and now it’s confirmed.

what do you even get from being this arrogant? does talking bad to other people make you happy?

1 minute ago, mauGR1 said:

Not only Thais, but so many rude people around everywhere.

You can partially excuse the younger generations, but i would expect a little more from grown-ups.

Just the other day, i had a brief exchange of messages with an ex girl friend from homecountry.

In the last message she said: How are you ? Bye !

I was baffled, i found that to be so shockingly rude...

I feel you bro it’s sad what has happened to people of this world :/

Sometimes I start a friendly conversation with a thai girl on the line app and I say “hi how are you?” and they don’t even reply with “hi” or hello” . Just one word “fine” and nothing more , so rude!! :/

9 minutes ago, KittenKong said:

It's not rudeness. They simply don't care how you are.

That is litteraly the definition of rudeness. Its a lack of basic human decency. 

Even if they don’t care they should still understand some basic human decency to ask back, I mean all over the world people understand this instinctively but Thais don’t seem to get it sadly :/

I like thai people in general I think they are good people but this lack of basic mannerisms makes me kinda disappointed about Thai people.

26 minutes ago, poanoi said:

for me its the other way around, i get asked how i am,

i have no idea why i am asked, i answer OK and hope thats the end of the discussion

Exactly I heard the just “ok” many times aswell 

why is it so hard for you thai people to be polite and ask the person in return “ im okay how about you? or just a simple “fine and you?”

or are you thais not aware of how rude it is to not answer “and you?” In return? is it a thai culture thing?

15 minutes ago, pearciderman said:

 

How did you tell that he was a caucasian westerner from his post?

I am Iranian so i dont think it counts as a “farang” :)

49 minutes ago, grollies said:

Not my experience, most friends and family ask me and my wife.

But I don’t mean only thai strangers that I just met, I also mean thai people that I have been friends with and known them for a long time they still just reply “im fine” but not “im fine and you?”

I find it so strange I really hope a thai person see this thread and can explain 

One time on the line app when a thai person answered the carefree and rude “im fine” to my “how are you question” I replied “im fine too thanks” because I thought I could remind her to be more polite and maybe letting her know in a discreet way that she forgot the “and you?” then she got even more rude and said to me “I didn’t ask 555”

Hello, 

So has anyone else noticed this about Thai people?

When you ask them “how are you?” then most Thai people will just answer “fine” or “I’m fine” and that’s it , they don’t reply “and you?” or “im fine how about you?” like everyone else in the world would do , but thai people rarely do it.

Even when you ask them in thai language “Sabai dee mai” they just answer “Sabai dee” but not “Sabai dee, Khun la?” 

I asked my friend who’s also living in Thailand if he also noticed this about Thai people , that they rarely reply back with “and you? “ when you ask them “how are you ?” And my friend noticed this exact same phenomenon about Thai people.

ofcourse not all Thai people reply in this rude way when they are asked “how are you” but most Thai people do reply like this rude and carefree , they don’t ask in return like “I’m fine how about you?”

why do you thai people do this? I’m not trying to be mean at all with this thread but I’m genuinely curious as to why thai people answers in this rude manner, just “im fine “ . Where’s the “and you ? “ ???

I hope a Thai person can explain this to me because I find it very strange , I mean all over the world everyone knows that you should answer “and you?” Or “how about you?” but most Thai people don’t understand this basic polite manners.

both me and my friend have lived in Thailand for 2 years and we both noticed this rudeness of not answering “and you?many times , both when we talked to thai people in the line app and in outside in real life.