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I went to the pharmacy today to buy some medicine. As usual the pharmacist said " Sorry, no have". In the UK, US or Japan they say "Sorry, no have but will get for you in couple of hours...can you come back then?"

Having lived in the UK, US and Japan I can see that the level of service here is appalling.....and fully meets the expectation of the customers because they don't know any better and so they put up with lousy service all the time. 

I have been in Thailand now for more than a decade and what I can say about hotels is that they are cheaper that UK or Japan but the service is bad and gets worse each time you stay there. Last year I stayed at a lovely hotel near Nana....it was small and intimate but during the pandemic had no kitchen so you had to go out to eat. This year they have opened the kitchen, but it smelly like a greasy spoon and the food (breakfast) sucks badly. What happened to the reception staff who were so wonderful and friendly last year when my wife was temporarily disabled and they could not do enough to help her? Well they are no longer there and the staff are now hiding away so as not to interact or help residents....the service has gone from 5 star to 1 star in 12 months. 

Sadly more welfare 'rights' mean means more dosh sloshing around the system....which leads to yet more and more corruption and abuse in Thailand. I can just see a poor peasant going to claim his, let's say 1000 baht and the uniformed cashier hands him 500 baht....what does he do? Who does he complain to? 

And think people have to cheat to pass the police exam.....it must be really difficult, eh?

Why not fire these people instantly....why are they still drawing a salary? 

If it is against the law to fire such people, then change the law. Time is running out on Thailand's ability to reduce corruption to any sort of reasonable level. Did Prayut vow to eradicate corruption? Isn't that what the coup was all about?

Nothing self-serving in this statement by Jatuporn.

Great headline. Thank you, you saved me trying to pee up my own nose. 

Sadly the police have zero credibility in such cases.

BTW, is Joe Ferrari in jail yet or is he out on bail?

7 hours ago, marcusb said:

I politely disagree with that. 

 

I'll go out on a limb and say the vast majority of tourists in Thailand are on visa exempt.   Visa on arrival currently 45 days, why would regular tourists bother with a formal visa. 

My view is that if the public and tourists are required to be totally au fait with Thai laws then we should expect no less from the RTP

Just now, nigelforbes said:

What country in the world that has a sizeable tourist industry, doesn't give its tourism function a decent budget to do their job? Yet give Thailand Tourist Authority a budget  to do their job and suddenly it's money that's thrown away, just because this is Thailand....really?, 

TAT are incompetent. Use the money to hire someone with a functioning brain. Watch their forecasts in future and see how deathly accurate they are.

I read it as Park Imports because I'm stupid and thought there may be some corruption in the parks department......god forfend.

Preecha looks as honest as the day is long. Who could possibly want to question him about any illegal activities.....it's pretty obvious he knows nothing.

TAT being given billion to throw away. TIT. Where is the neutron that people in gubmint share?

Were these noodles not already banned by the Thai FDA? One would imagine that anything for human consumption that has been laced with pesticide needs banning asap.

Yes come back quickly Mr T and bring happiness to the people......we've been waiting for it since 2014.

10 hours ago, liddelljohn said:

when will they allow Big bikes 500cc plus  to go on the Motorways like in civilised countries

 

Never, I hope. 

7 hours ago, kwilco said:

It seems to be the van needs to be looked at.

Buses and public transport account for about 1% of road deaths.

 

Of curse when they happen they are multiple and grab the attention of the media. However th toyota Commuter vans are made in Thailand and account for over 90% of te market - this means they are by far the most common vehicles in accidents.

This van or similar models are also available in Japan and Philippines. They aren't sold in Europe as they don't comply to EU regs.

This doesn't mean the van itself is inherently unsafe, 

However not for the first time, I believe the occupants were killed in the subsequent fire - this poses the question of what were the "3 explosions" described by the sole survivor. Te LNP system I would imagine is fitted post production and again one should surely confirm that this was fitted according to rigorous safety standards,

Human error my have been the initial factor in the accident but it seems quite possible that what could have been just injuries was turned fatal by the behaviour of the vehicle and the road environment in the crash.

 

For comparison, a double decker overturned in the UK last week with 71 people on board - no explosion, no fire and no deaths.

Where did you get the information that public transport deaths are only 1% of all deaths on Thai roads? Are these the infamous 'at the scene' deaths or the real death rate? What is the market share of Toyota Communter vans in Thailand (I'm sure more people are killed on Honda motorcycles than other brands of motorbike, but this reflects the dominance of Honda in the market and not any poor safety on behalf of Honda motorbikes themselves). I agree it is time to phase out these vehicles from hell, to put GPS in the cab to notify authorities of speeding and to make after-market modifications like LPG/NPG conversions subject to eye-watering fines.

A positive development. I hate motorcycle tub-tuks. Apart from the rip off pricing, they are smelly, dirty, noisy, unsafe and uncomfortable with rude ill-mannered drivers (yes I realise I am generalising and that the odd driver may not be a pig).

Overall I find nothing 'loveable' about this medieval form of transport. I would always rather walk than use a tuk-tuk.

Yes, lest we forget......he rolled into power with tanks behind him and a promise of eradicating corruption and 'returning happiness to the people.' Personally I don't see that he has done anything at all about endemic corruption and I'm a faring so I can't comment on whether happiness has been returned to the people as farangs were specifically excluded from having happiness returned apparently as we were happy enough already.

If I were a betting man, I would bet that this is totally untrue, that the citrus spray has no activity when measured properly,  and that the citrus nasal spray never sees the light of day (outside Thailand.)

I thought convicted killers were barred visas for Thailand. Why did I have to get a police report from home to get my visa?

Wouldn't a picture of the online shopping app be a good idea so people could recognise it and avoid it?????

It doesn't really matter how it will work......the one thing about Thailand is that all systems must make several random changes to their operation each year that make no improvement to their efficiency or utility.