androokery

You stated the problem with culling (killing) the dogs is that the process is too slow. This silly sterilisation exercise is a lot slower. Are you saying there's a third option or that we're all doomed?

I find it abhorrent that you suggest the victims of these horrific dog attacks, many of whom as you point out are kids, somehow have themselves to blame.

Are you saying killing the dogs isn't a way to tackle the problem because it wouldn't have the desired effect? In that case I think you are wrong. But maybe you're saying it's not realistic to expect Thai society to choose that option? Or that it would be morally wrong somehow?

How do you share a gene pool with dogs? Are you counting your lineage back to a common ancestor in the Jurassic era? And how can you NOT have heard about people being attacked by dogs and suffering horrible injuries, such as multiple bites to the face? Are you being intentionally obtuse?

*Sigh*, sorry Mr Smart, I'm not a native English speaker and neither, obviously, are you ????

Calling them a "nuisance" is understating the issue quite dramatically. They can and do cause more than a "nuisance". Having your face chewed off might be a "nuisance" to you but it would be catastrophic for me. I.e. if my face was chewed off. If it was yours I'm now leaning towards a totally different position. One that is closer to thinking it sounds annoying.

There's a pack of dogs near my condo. They control an abandoned plot and they confronted me quite often when I just moved in, but no real attacks when I made them aware I would fight back. Now they mostly ignore me. But these are huge dogs, gone are the days of the slender medium sized dogs. These are German shepherd size. And some idiots come to feed them in the mornings. There is a rival pack in an area one street over. Sometimes, often at night, there is some kind of conflict going on, let's call it a turf war. And coming home late at night on foot or even on a motorbike is decidedly not safe for me. This is IN A CITY. It is infuriating that people defend these dogs and that some even feed them.

That's horrifying. Do you have neighbours?

The consequences of your position causes a lot of problems for me. So... you might just be a problem to me.

If I accidentally drive down the wrong residential side soi I have to execute a u-turn really quickly to avoid being attacked. And those are not even street dogs, they are guard dogs without gates. It drives me nuts that this is allowed. I'm in a public area. I should not be attacked.

That's where it's supposed to be. Or what were you getting at? A visually attractive mindset?

They have yet to see a price tag that can't be challenged. But they are very frequent customers at the massage shops where I know the owner. So they actually spend a lot.

I work in the travel industry. We've found that the customers/guests/travelers are as happy or happier during the planning and dreaming phase of their journeys as they are during the actual trip. So he might be on to something with this perpetual state of preparation. Just imagine what kind of stunners he is enjoying in Isaan right now... before he's even left his sofa.

Sounds like a good plan, when you have the time. I find that "lining up ThaiFriendlies" is not a strategy that works very well with the Isaan girls' fluid concept of time and dates. I find that quite often they will "forget" a date and then send you a message just as you left town about wanting to meet.

The owner was fined 1000 baht for not showing the prices: https://thephuketexpress.com/2022/08/09/update-phuket-restaurant-owner-fined-1000-baht-for-not-clearly-showing-food-prices/ I find it odd when the fine is so much lower than the profit that was made.

I have the same experience - but they're not actually in Buriram when they tell me where they're from... so maybe the prettiest girls who are still actually in Isaan are in another province? They seem to be in whatever city I'm visiting though.

I don't tell people to avoid the place entirely. I just point out that there are other, nicer, cheaper, more welcoming places in Thailand.

When there are no prices on the menu you just know it's going to be insane. Walk away.

I'm guessing this is written slightly tongue-in-cheek? (Is it keyboard-in-cheek then?) If the prices were a little bit on the high side before (yes, they were, often exorbitantly so), maybe the last two years could have brought some catharsis to the businesses in Phuket, maybe some weeding out of the less serious business operators would have occurred? And the price level should actually have been adjusted downwards to reflect the need for new and repeat customers. I know we always joke about how Thai businesses put prices up when profits go down. And it is very much not a joke in Phuket - or in other parts of Thailand. It's a reality. And I don't think it can go on. They're pricing themselves right out of existence.