Umlungu

They wouldn't have a clue. Why ask? Dunb, dumber, dumbest.

Ignore your experience, put it out of your mind, look for a position elsewhere, preferably in adult education. I lasted three days in my first job (high school) in Bkk, threw in the towel even though the principal begged me to stay. Tried primary school level, which was even worse. It's all politics in Thai schools, utterly and totally disgusting conduct towards foreigners, jealousy and covering up their incompetence. It is all about show, appearance, fun and frolic, entertainment, games - like eternal play school. It is not about teaching and serious learning - and the general educational outcome level proves that, not only in regard to English language acquisition where Thailand ranks last in ASEAN. After a bit of experience you should try private students, online or in person. Companies also pay well, you are teaching adults, who are occasionally more motivated because English language might be an obligatory qualification for career advancement. Thailand doesn't deserve foreign teacher input, effort and commitment. Pity the kids, though, they are missing out big time, with a bad education system and very questionable tertiary qualifications.

Thailand, the hub of ................ . Fill in the blank with whatever comes to mind.

Thirdly - dream on, just for show, health insurance on the back of an arrival or departure tax, blah blah blah, try and claim that..... Documents? Who hands out the policy docs? Scooter hire? Immigration? Passport control? 7/11 perhaps?

Cashed in already. Brit paid him out - according to the article.

All true. However, making eye contact as a pedestrian or traffic participant with a vehicle driver is practically impossible these days with all the black window tinting.

Awful. Especially the mention of sun drenched roads and warm tarmac. Really, I want to stay polite, and so I'll only suggest to stick to relevant issues (for example, had the tarmac/road been wet, but warm?) and try and organize the facts - if you actually know them and have confirmed, researched them - so that a clear picture of the accident emerges.

Traffic, including pedestrians crossing roads, is unpredictable in Thailand. Pedestrians are the weakest participants involved, so bicycles, motorbikes, normal cars, SUVs, pickups, lvans, lorries, buses and large truck need to adapt their on-road behaviour accordingly - which the rider in this instance evidently did not do as no time to react. The fact that the pedestrian was intoxicated is of minor importance. What I have been told about Thai law is that, irrespective of circumstances, the stronger party always carries the bulk of responsibility and liability.

Pity that moron on the bike didn't sustain some real damage. Bikes and riders like him use 2nd Road as a race track, speeding, swerving from lane to lane, producing a hell of a racket with their bike noise, revving without reason, going through red lights - all the things they can't do at home they live out here.

Why not? It's the stupidity, man.

Lawyers, accountants, estate agents, real estate developers, tradesmen, hardware and furniture stores, pool builders, cleaners, DBD..... and so on. Everyone benefited from this French lady's investment and spending and consumption.

Read again: The maid did nothing wrong. The farang lady might have. Learn to read and get the facts straight before ranting off.

As predictable as sunrise. How convenient to clamp down on company ownership when it suits. How about all the thousands of similar cases and the precedent set here where only the state will inherit any assets involved. Obvious;y the government is happy to entrap people over their lifetime and tolerate what is essentially a legal loophole, and then cash in when the the time comes. How about closing off the loophole from the outset - clear and concisely, but that might impact on foreign investment.

Agree, you've summed it up perfectly.

Fai foxing.