Rampant Rabbit

1 hour ago, jacko45k said:

Well I might wonder which carrier and how long the transit is.... hopefully not Biman.

Its 2  stops which doesnt bother me, all I need  is a lie  flat bed, New  Planes first world airports, first class  lounges, new 787 dreamliners........ not Bangladesh Airlines

On 7/29/2022 at 5:40 AM, KIngsofisaan said:

Let's see 6 Thai workers at 10,000 baht a month.

bwhaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ha ha 10k a month, which century was that in?.........try minimum 12k and upwards for field work PrachuapKhirikhan

On 7/29/2022 at 5:40 AM, KIngsofisaan said:

I know 100's in Isaan that would love to have a job out of the fields

hmmmm

On 7/28/2022 at 10:57 PM, dia1 said:

Every employee is a human with ambitions and goals

No not  in Thailand, most just drift thru  life  day to day...........enter the reality of many Thais, they give almost zero though to tomorrow.which is why they up and  leave a  job.

OP  I  feel  your  pain, its  quie simple  though, many of them are  bone  idle from what Ive seen over 10  years, they also  have no thought of saving or  of tomorrow, they get a fist  full  of cash and off they go...........then a  few weeks  months later their  reality sets  in and they go off  for  another  job.

Ive said this  before but salary is  not the  deciding thing for them, they often get  bored also.

In my 10  years Ive had two decent workers, the rest  have been total drivel.

Burmese..........doesnt make much difference these  days, found them going the same  way.

Ive posted  the same for  years  , to be met with the "if  you paid them a decent wage " blah blah blah,  usually posted  by a bunch of clueless  morons.

I  have one lad  now, hes doing the work usually done by two  people, but he does it with ease and has lots of free  time , proving to me what I always  knew that two  people is  overkill, not  only that he only  has 1.5  hands........lost 3  fingers in an industrial accident. His salary is 15k a  month +  house electric  water ,  motorbike, fish. Ive used him 3  times over that ten years but he does get bored, it  maybe with age he sees  its  his  best choice, his salary increases  each year by 1000 a  month.

He worked  here  about 8 years  ago, stayed for 18  months left, came  back 18  months later stayed 18 months   left, came  back 14months  ago now.

Many Thais simply dont have any get up an go...........but they have plenty of GO.............oh yeah and theyll  tell all their friends  you were a  krap employer also.

Dreading the day when my lad leaves.

4 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Ok, take off that bikini. ???? 

 

ok big  boy

ZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz 4  .there  adjusted  for  Thailand

4 hours ago, KhunLA said:

depends where you buy your pizza at, but I'd struggle eating just 1 of these ...

Pah....was  that the side order?  heres  mine a  few  years  back  since  closed  down 

17 hours ago, MikeN said:

He used to post regularly in the Bangkok Photographers Facebook group but haven’t seen him there lately. Perhaps he got tired of people pointing out that his “fame” from a few magazine articles didn’t mean he was above the law .... he had a habit of breaking in to private property to shoot his pics. Also used to fly his drone in prohibited areas.

Thankfully  no Thais ever break their laws  either...

31 minutes ago, mikebell said:

Our Ambassador will make as much headway with Somsak as all the UK pensioners did with him.  Surely we have Human Rights too?  And this ain't right!

Hes  on that good  old  fashioned railway...........the gravy train

3 hours ago, stoner said:

2 weeks ago standing in royal bank in ontario canada the display behind the teller was advertising for black entrepreneur loans. 

 

so if i fill it out online and identify as a black man yet show up to the bank as a white man....what then. 

 

will i be denied the loan ? 

 

 

its a "grey"  area............identify as grey that way you cover both colours ....however

2 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Cavepersons/cavepeople .......... pleeeeeeese!

disgusting .....cave  dwellers........... surely

3 hours ago, stoner said:

2 weeks ago standing in royal bank in ontario canada the display behind the teller was advertising for black entrepreneur loans. 

 

so if i fill it out online and identify as a black man yet show up to the bank as a white man....what then. 

 

will i be denied the loan ? 

 

 

Yeah  I mean how could they deny you, play them at their own  stupid  games, Im gonna  I dentify as Black, Transgender, Physically  Impaired.......I  think when I see  forms  asking for that from now  on Ill  put  that

10 hours ago, Kinnock said:

All this nonesense will evaporate when people have real challenges in their life.  And a combination of Russian aggression, environmental degradation and rising religious extremism will provide these real challenges in the next few years.

 

People coping with homes destroyed by floods, fire, bombs or rockets don't tend to worry about pronouns 

Thought for a long time now the world needs a  bloody great war,  all this krap  will then go out the window, and it is krap in most cases, god  only  knows  why govt's pander to this sheite..........not that theyll be any window  left.

On 7/23/2022 at 6:08 AM, itsari said:

I can understand your frustrations as most foreigners and myself  have experienced something like you have .

Best alternative is do the work yourself .

If that is not possible then buy property that needs no renovation work .

I paid for a concrete floor to be levelled out recently . The whole of the work done now needs to be removed .

First time I have hired people for some time . Now I have bought a concrete grinder for 28000 baht to have a new attempt at levelling the floor . Anyone out there who wants to buy a used concrete floor grinder when i have finished let me know 

Yep 100%  correct, spent  10  years  doing my own house constructions after watching their  pitiful  attempts.

On 7/23/2022 at 4:01 AM, Swiss1960 said:

Bye bye, don't let the door hit your butt. You are obviously not fit for Thailand / have never bothered to understand the country and the people you were coming to visit / work with. 

congrats  on  your assimilation.

It reminds me  of some krap 70s  music a  3  year  old  could  write whereas  this at this  point is  very evocative 

On 7/21/2022 at 10:49 AM, unheard said:

As someone has mentioned in this thread.

If you're experienced in the field and know what you're doing.

Great!

Then you definitely don't need to rely on anyone to complete your building tasks.

This is not what this discussion is all about and your proclaims about nonexistent Thai "quality" are misleading.

There are many quality tradesman in Thailand.

The trick is to learn how to find them, and how to take into account associated cost differences (often very significant) since the field's hierarchy is not the same as in the west.

and I  already said I  hired the so  called  professionals  who turned out to be KRAP and it wasnt a cheap  price  either.

On 7/21/2022 at 12:07 PM, Sametboy2019 said:

My worry is that almost every Thai house after a few years has rising damp of some kind wether it comes through the walls near a bathroom or from just the fact there is no damp course or polyurethane sheet under the oversite.

My friend is currently having a house built  and they have just filled the ring beam up with soil and poured a concrete slab over it. 

The builder told him there is waterproofer in the concrete but im dubious. Even if there is its probably not suffecient!

and  for  just a  few  baht they could  add  GANZUM (waterproofing) to the concrete............probably dont even know or  care, or  the very small  cost

On 7/19/2022 at 9:40 AM, unheard said:

That's not correct.

From what I've seen the established high volume house builders (not cheap) will directly employ specialized crews being sent to remote sites.

If not directly employed then at least utilizing vetted contractors on a long term bases.

All depends on quality of the builder and who they employ.

Quality cost money, as everywhere else.

Ive  employed  out  of  town "quality"  construction crews  before twice, I got  rid  of  both within 2  days, the first were to  put  in  piles for me, sent me a fancy  video of  pile  cutting machines  screwing them in and bashing them in....when they turned  up it was  no  machines, hand  digging  then 8 of them standing on a plank to bash them down, pathetic  to watch, they also cut the piles  in half  claiming it was  too stony......the  price for  a  33 metre  length of  2  metre  piles at 1  metre  spacing was 190000 baht, I paid them a fraction of that and got rid  of them. The other was a  well drilling company, similar  story, fancy brochure shoing all the latest gizmos, none appeared  on the day  just a normal water blasting knackered  old drill. They were both from Bangkok and I am  out  in Praxchuap.

In the end I did  my  own  piles.............. the  few  piles they put  in werent  even neatly  cut  off  just smashed with a hammer and half the length they should  have been....Id  put  up their wonderful  video and  name them  but of  course you cant do that here and therein lies  half  the problem with Thailand....similar with architects way back  in 2008 hugely  expensive price and told me when I questioned it that NONE  of their other  customers  were  bothered  by the prices and perhaps I should  choose a  lesser  company....designed  it myself  in the end. 

18 hours ago, unheard said:

btw, the higher prices charged by the out of town builders will also include the expenses for housing their teams in near proximity to the building site.

The reason you don't see any of those in your area is there for the very obvious reasons.

Quality is not cheap.

my  idea  of  quality and  yours  may  vary........wildly..........spent 30 years  in construction,  ive  seen it  all