Truthhurts

21 hours ago, dcnx said:

Just keep raising the prices because you don’t have customers. That will fix it. 

Just keep complaining about your new country of residence and your life will magically improve. That will fix it...really

So One travel agent is bellyaching that ALL 5 star resorts are charging 150 dollars a night more for 5 star tourists.

No hyperbole, brimful of empirical data and a great opportunity to have a thai bash session for some.

Ah the power of social media

The USA is now the equivalent of the big bully in the school who takes money off weak kids. Very much a reflection of its leader. Someone who had, at best, a chequered education. So much so he has, (along with his tax records, converstaions at state visits with leaders like Putin) hidden them from the electorate so as to avoid scrutiny and accountability. He's a cheat and liar. This latest stunt is a cheap way a garnering a few votes with the murkier side of wall street and some of the trailer park trash that like cowardly bravado.

Let's hope for the world's sake he has consigned to an embarrassing chapter in history next year otherwise I fear a new lee Harvey Oswald might materialize.

It seems as though the notion of.      ' the world owes me a living'           ( especially the third world )       retains a strong following

11 minutes ago, drbeach said:

Rayong? All the "immigrants" which are not really immigrants are Burmese and Cambodian laborers. With a small number of westerners and Japanese mixed in that you'll only spot at hotels, shopping malls and Koh Samet but rarely on the streets. Very few Indians or Africans though. Hardly very "diverse" compared to America.

 

Thailand should really become more diverse. We are living in a globalized world after all. National borders will eventually be dissolved, Thailand will have to accept this fact sooner or later.

 

At this point, Thailand is trying to keep out immigrants and foreigners too - TM30, TM47, TM 28, jobs restricted to Thai nationals (or migrant laborers from Burma, Cambodia and Laos but closed to other foreigners), difficult to get a PR visa or citizenship, dual pricing for foreigners. None of these things exist in America, the land of freedom and opportunity for all. If they did, foreigners would cry "racist" all day long, but it's "business as usual" in Thailand. The wall is not going to keep anyone out, think before you write.

 

I don't know "Fex" but your immature reaction to him when you clearly know that Thailand is far more racist than most other countries doesn't make you look any better.

America under Trump is hardly welcoming immigrants unless they are WASPs.

Throughout The developed world the various electorates are pushing against immigration because of perceived job losses.

Why should thailand and thais be different?

Because we are white?

On 9/1/2019 at 10:00 AM, Fex Bluse said:

I think a few of the responses above are correct.

 

My trick has been to simply ignore them like other Asians do.

 

It is our Western instincts to be polite and respond when someone talks to/at us. 

 

But, here in Thailand, a sales person is regarded as 'lower' than you the customer and as such is not entitled to acknowledgement.

 

Just ignore them until you need something from them, at which time there is a high likelihood they will demonstrate their uselessness.

You talk about westerners being polite then in the next sentence seem to be putting shopworkers at a level to scrapings on your shoe.

I'm sure you demonstrate your undoubted usefulness on a regular basis.

Clearly it goes hand in hand with your humility and equanimity. 

5 minutes ago, jiffers said:

Actually, I think buying a condo was a good investment when I consider the rent I've saved and the appreciation in its value in Sterling. I accept it's not very liquid with the over supply in the market, but if I wrote it off tomorrow I'd still have done okay with it.

Also, I don't live in Thailand for the whole year so it's nice to come here and have my own place to stay, that's worth a lot.

Exactly.

No one can raise your rent, refuse to fix things, rip you off for power bills etc.