It's coz of stupid things like this i go to Savanakhett once a year to renew non O, can't be bothered dealing with the immigration cretins and all their stupid requests.
A whole lot of fuss about nothing IMO.
Do we really expect the Thai authorities ( whatever dept ) to be able to figure this out and track / enforce it?
Personally i'm not worried.
It sounds like you might be defending Soi 6, that clearly explains the quality of expat you are, Leo wife beater and Bata 150baht sliders engaged i assume?