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18 hours ago, metempsychotic said:

 

while the government have surely dropped the ball, people are travelling less for "smut" either way.

 

Millenials are <deleted> each other and the incels that would be all over it are afraid or unable to travel to foreign shores.

those that have traditionally flocked to pattaya are ageing fast. 

i have seen an increase this year of friends and friends of friends traveling this way. they are coming for islands like koh phangan, or doing wakepark tours of bkk and phuket. they are all 30-45 and are travelling for lifestyle and activities now and pattaya is not on the radar. 

they want proper massages, good food, beaches, sunsets, hikes etc. 

A good night out involves proper music, cocktails and dinner. Many are vegan, but all are willing to spend on food. the bars may be a curiosity but certainly not a priority. 

 

10 years ago, people i know might have had a few days in pattaya on the itinerary, but I cant think of a single visitor through my doors that has had plans to go to pattaya for something other than business in the last 5+ years 

many things have changed. Pattaya really hasnt.

 

Well I don't know how you have concluded that "people want proper massages, cocktails, vegan meals and the bars are just for curiosity" . And you are saying this will draw tourists from many different countries and families. Are you living on planet Earth ?? We are talking about planet Pattaya - it's a world of it's own - unique.

14 hours ago, DaRoadrunner said:

Note to all bar owners. If you want customers, this is how ALL waitresses should dress.

Trouble is : all the guys walking around in the restaurant would look like zombies - arms in front of them - with hand cupped out at chest level, as if drawn to two huge magnets and flag poles in their trousers (unable to sit down). All with glazed over eyes.

17 hours ago, fforest1 said:

Hey if family mart has bags its goodbye 7-11.....

Yes, exactly !! time consumers rebelled. If these shops want our business THEY and government have to find a solution. Ummm maybe paper bags? - I don't care what sort of bags, unless it's and 'old bag'. Then I dig my heels in - don't want any old bags :)

4 hours ago, Chazar said:

I  dont think naked breasts can kill though!

Those could if she turned around quickly and they clouted you on the temple.

5 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

Stone the crows !

If the uniform was unacceptable, maybe the uniform can be removed completely ??? Would that attract a fine I wonder ??

5 hours ago, keith101 said:

Personally I find large boobs very unattractive and ones of this size downright ugly but that's just my opinion . 

Thank you - your opinion noted with bemusement. Are you gay or do you prefer miniature nom ??

15 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

He's not alone....

Hands up any Thai businesses that want a mini recession >??????????

19 hours ago, Blackheart1916 said:

Not true, condoms are not single use, I use mine plenty if times, I just wash the fxxx out of it. Everyone does, don't they........?????

I'm sure what you are saying is 'poppy - cock' ????

22 hours ago, Vacuum said:

Most people have a kitchen. It's normally used to cook food in.

hahah not much loom in Thai kitchen

4 hours ago, Henryford said:

I always reuse the plastic shopping bags as waste bags. So now i will have to buy plastic waste bags and throw those away instead !!

Just what I said. Also, my biggest gripe is that thick plastic wrap around some kitchen gadgets or electrical items etc . You know the wrap I mean. The one that's almost impenetrable except for a jackhammer or dynamite.

4 hours ago, fforest1 said:

Why do you think the cardboard is waterproof? Its because of plastic...lol

Wroooooooong !! It's a wax coating (like bees wax)

9 hours ago, DUNROAMIN said:

The worst offenders are the small street vendors, 2-3 plastics bags for sauces, 2-3 bags for salad and meat, then one more to carry all together. I cant see that stopping too soon, how are Thais going to carry their dinner home, Tupperware!!!!!!

Some places in the west put Chinese food in cardboard waterproof containers. Maybe the Thais can emulate them.

16 hours ago, Searat7 said:

Technically the supermarket bags are not for single use as most of us use them for trash bags too.  I think the stores really need to effectively display and promote bags we can safely use for trash in the future. Throwing loose garbage and trash in our building bins is not a good option. 

True - now you have to 'buy' plastic bags to put trash in. The replacement non single use plastic bags are a disaster - much thicker and instead of 100 years they take 10,000 years to degrade. Why hasn't someone been sensible and invented  single use, planet friendly (other than paper) bags that degrade and integrate into the soil or water?? money driven that's why.

It's all bull feces. Just a nice revenue earner for the supermarkets.

13 hours ago, Ron jeremy said:

Any highway, any place in Thailand, garbage knee deep.

No good imposing fines. Have the authorities ever thought of having garbage bins everwhere (the big wheely bins) like in all civilised countries and regular garbage collections. It a matter of thinking laterally.

9 hours ago, DUNROAMIN said:

If Thailand put all its communication cables underground you would be amazed how different the place would look. but unfortunately, the government cant even police all the companies involved just to remove all the dead cables, they just keep pilling them on.

Underground cables ?? since when does any Asian country have tidy power cables? they thrive on chaos.

On 11/9/2019 at 9:55 PM, J Town said:

WHEN was it ever a "tourist paradise?"

Always has been a tourist paradise. Don't try to fix notin' that aint broke.

Nothing worse than an angry bargirl.

5 hours ago, emptypockets said:

My guess is that most of the posters have never been in Thailand for longer than a two week mongering holiday in Pattaya ten years ago, yet seem qualified to opine on the values of the country. The vast majority of forum members do not reside in Thailand at all. It really confounds me why someone living in a bedsit in Croydon/Clacton/Newcastle even feels the need to read this forum let alone comment. Why would a 'normal' person do that?

Comprehension is seriously lacking as well. The lady got sentenced to three years jail as well as a not insignificant sum of money in compensation. The suspension of the sentence does not let her off from her crime, it is done frequently in the West as well.

To get diversity of opinion stupido !! Else if you are living there full time you won't see the wood for the trees and your opinion is extremely coloured.

17 hours ago, z42 said:

Disgusting. Only about money for the deceased's family.

Surely the authorities have a duty to punish reckless driving harshly as it is (or should be) a key component in reining in potential bad drivers.

 

I have read about people getting actual jail time and larger fines for defamation.

 

The justice system here proving yet again what a shower it is. Pitiful, truly pitiful.

Money buys anything in Thailand. Absolution of sin, removal of responsibility, abbreviated jail sentences, compensation for 'grieving' relatives, pussy, judges, et al. It happens everywhere, but more open in LOS. Not that bad really (if you have money that is !!)

2 hours ago, SilverBeast said:

Congratulations.  You are telling bold face lies first off.

 

Second they are chasing out people that would like to spend money in Thailand.  Can't have that.

 

Third I ain't going back to Thailand.  I aint going to spend my money there to be treated like that.  Sorry not sorry!

Interesting - but to whom are you responding??

10 hours ago, CLS said:

45.000 surrendered as overstayers to authorities per year? And how many was it before the AI era?

Yes tsk tsk - each got a huge fine for this major infraction. A slap on the wrist, a 10 baht fine and bargirl privileges withdrawn until their next visit to the kingdom.

1 hour ago, Russell17au said:

I hope you are including all the western countries and not just Thailand in your rant about bio-metrics because all the western countries have it including your own home country. So the bio-metrics in your home country is being sold/shared globally? So the Richard Craniums in their immigration uniforms and badges in your home country and all the other western countries should move along and do something useful to warrant their employment? What would you suggest that they do, open the borders to every piece of rubbish to travel to whatever country they want to without any checks?

Have they let you in?? - Where do you place yourself in the rubbish pile relatively speaking - top of the heap or the bottom ?? Many countries of course use facial recognition biometrics. Seems to be quite adequate for them. But Thailand had to go the full hog with fingerprinting + facial biometrics and God knows what else. But I guess there are more over stayers and criminals likely to invade Thailand. Now go back to your pile wise guy !!

22 hours ago, pmh2009 said:

Do you really need a biometric system to check how many overstayers are in the country???  A simple check of the  data compilation from all entry points would have found that!!! 

It's to legitimise mining of data in the guise of catching criminals. NOT !! Probably all the biometrics data is being sold/shared globally. Can't these richard craniums in slick fitting brown uniforms and badges, move along and do something useful to warrant their employment. Is the average Thai concerned with over stayers ??

27 minutes ago, natway09 said:

Just the kind of "quality" tourists we need here.

TAT has really come down to "bottoms" in the bed now

Huh ?? Too sophisticated for me - went right over my head. Can you please explain your analogy. Ahh how many Changs have you had??