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21 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

The best way to stay COVID free here in Thailand as a tourist is stay away.. all the requirements made to visit a country for holiday will surely be an invitation to come..

Here is something else people might be thinking. Why would anyone want to visit a country where the local population (and migrant workers) aren't vaccinated? Even if you were wearing a condom, would you knowingly have sex with someone that has AIDS?

22 hours ago, DavisH said:

Teaching conversation one-on-one is different from a  classroom setting with teenagers. So class management skills are required, and not just content knowledge. You can have great knowledge of content and no idea how to present it. That's a distaster for students who need to pass external exams after high school. 

And what makes you think I don't have that skill set? Obviously you failed to comprehend the fact that user training in IT is done in a classroom setting.

On 2/18/2021 at 3:29 PM, fvw53 said:

 

Yes indeed .....but teaching requires also skills and it is not enough to have English as mother tongue to qualify as a teacher

I'm not so sure about that... I don't have a teaching degree, but I did a lot of user training as part of my 40+ year career in IT. My Thai girlfriend is learning to speak conversational English from me, and she's darn good at it ????

On 2/18/2021 at 9:59 AM, ikke1959 said:

Of course Foreigners are a threat in Thailand. Get rid of them as soon as possible. Thai people can teach them without speaking or understanding a word.. Don't believe it?? try to talk with a Thai English teacher and you know

Yes I have heard a few (degree holding) Thai English teachers speaking English before. It's hilarious! ???? The #1 thing this country seems to be proficient in is making a complete fool of itself.

On 2/18/2021 at 8:57 AM, darksidedog said:

It is interesting that as the crackdown on foreign teachers took hold a few years back how Thailands standings in English ability began to steadily fall. There is an ignorance at the top of the ladder, an ignorance that is having a far more negative impact on its young people than any amount of teachers without a work permit ever could.

You seem to be missing the point. Educating the peasants is clearly becoming a threat to the current political institution.

On 2/18/2021 at 8:38 AM, realfunster said:

Quick ! Divert the submarine & vaccine money to tackle this national crisis !

I thought this was what they were using the submarines for? To fire torpedoes at illegal teachers ????

21 hours ago, Dazinoz said:

Of course you can ASK. But TiT you could get any type of reply.

I think stupidity is in the curriculum of the education system here along with cheat, lie, deflect and "not my fault".

10 hours ago, Wiggy said:

I rather not know. 

A turd on a pubic hair perhaps ????

On 2/9/2021 at 10:32 AM, Husain Tula said:

I have never seen anything given free to expats in Thailand.  This would be a first.

Unbelieva-"BULL"

On 2/12/2021 at 2:14 PM, brewsterbudgen said:

Thai unemployment benefit?

No

On 2/10/2021 at 4:05 PM, GrandPapillon said:

wahoo, that's quite low for the highest paid salary. Are these Thai only? surely no farang would accept such low salaries for those jobs position?

I was paid more on unemployment than any of these people ????

On 2/11/2021 at 8:11 AM, tonysilly said:

Tuk Tuk drivers have to look for new job?? Good luck, no job in Thailand where you can sit in your ass all day and just rip off tourist!!!  

I have NO SYMPATHY for these people ????

On 2/10/2021 at 9:57 AM, sandyf said:

Back in 2003 I had an accident and had broken ribs. I was taken into Pattaya Memorial and they took my passport until they had been paid. Although I had insurance, they weren't interested, had to be cash. Never been to a private hospital since.

I would have reported the passport stolen. You simply gave to them to make a copy for identification purposes and they refused to give it back to you.

On 2/10/2021 at 8:54 AM, brewsterbudgen said:

I would imagine that most foreigners have insurance so won't have to pay the "dual price" themselves.

How can this be enforced as it is clearly unconditional?

2 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Exactly, some idiot is paying for it, it's like buying lady drinks online you can see the video's on YT 

Some years ago I installed the WeChat app on my phone because of the amount of Chinese guest we were getting it seems like they all use it, obviously now there is no Chinese guest coming but it's full of Thai freelancers I must get 2 or 3 a day contacting me, 

I didnt want to un install the app as it still have previous guest contact details.

 

I have never had any problem getting what I want without paying for "lady drinks"...

On 2/7/2021 at 10:33 AM, redwood1 said:

 

And you dont think landlords are more than happy to keep raising the price when a booming is going on?........Look no further than Sihanoukville were rents went up X5  X10 and left many Cambodians homeless...

I agree 100%! They take advantage of, dual price, cheat, rob and scam foreigners every chance they get. I have absolutely NO SYMPATHY ????

On 2/7/2021 at 6:52 AM, ChipButty said:

Loads of them working online, I see one on FB the other day selling her photo's for a 1000 baht

Why would anyone want to pay for 1,000 baht for photos when you can buy the real thing for 700 or less? And online porn is free! ????

On 2/4/2021 at 2:39 PM, skorts said:

My wife and I (both from the U.K.) do our 90 Day Reporting on-line. This is our 2nd time. We used the web link 2 days ago and both got instant "report to your local Immigration office".

I then did mine with instant “Approval” using the App. 
My wife got a “rollback error” using the App. 
She want back to the web link and got instant “Approval”. 

I can no longer get the app to launch on my phone, and it never worked properly for me. Sometimes the web application works for me and sometimes it doesn't and can't get past the first page same as many other people.

On 2/4/2021 at 11:55 AM, Orton Rd said:

Baskets and tires are just excuses, it's the riders and drivers of cars who are to blame, not the vechiles

As for the many riders I encounter riding on the footpaths in Bangkok I have absolutely NO SYMPATHY for them ????

18 hours ago, tonysilly said:

There are no Freaking Tourists!!! Jesus!! Open up for what!!  For 2 Cheap Charlie Expats!!! 

Reopen everything and order all the hotels closed until further notice. Makes perfect sense to me ????

22 hours ago, Pilotman said:

Indeed I am. over many many years, all over the World. Read and  learn. 

On 02/02/2021 at 10:42 PM, CharlieH said:

Probably a few (a lot) of resident expats will be checking their balances/banking affairs shortly in and around Pattaya.

 

This is not the first time this has been publicised about bank staff behaving in this manner.

 

Very unsettling for many.

What I don't understand is why so many people wouldn't do their homework before investing, especially living in a country that isn't what I consider "reputable". 3.5% interest per month (42% annually) to me is a dead giveaway that it smells of ????????

On 02/02/2021 at 9:46 PM, Jingthing said:

Not a typo. What I can gather online is that she is from a Latino family or maybe Filipino as they often have Latin names. The accused male has a common black name. The San Francisco neighborhood was in the Western addition historically a black neighborhood. Both accused are from Daly City a nearby heavily Filipino city.

Are they suggesting that people of colour are racists? I don't believe ????

On 02/02/2021 at 9:46 PM, Jingthing said:

Not a typo. What I can gather online is that she is from a Latino family or maybe Filipino as they often have Latin names. The accused male has a common black name. The San Francisco neighborhood was in the Western addition historically a black neighborhood. Both accused are from Daly City a nearby heavily Filipino city.

Maybe the suspect(s) visted Thailand in the past and were dual priced because they were foreigners and that was their motive? Who's to say...

12 hours ago, Pilotman said:

Indeed I am. over many many years, all over the World. Read and  learn. 

Pickled in the sauce and self proclaimed from your very own thrown (bar stool) no doubt...