JimTripper

When I lived in Bangkok I regularly shopped at Klong Toei market for fruit. Occassionally, I would see live rats on top of the fruit display tables. Huge ones, like you would need a broom to shoo them off huge. I had one glare at me as I walked by ontop of the oranges. Some are not very afraid of people. They are used to people walking around. To this very day I still wash all the fruit, even ones with skins. They may come from Bangkok where those wholesale markets are and the rats live. I also stopped liking chicken after seeing them in cages there...

Cavities are cavities. It's what's attached to them that counts 🤷🏻‍♂️

Not my experience. They must have changed the policy.

Move to Siem Reap Cambodia and apply for a Thai digital nomad visa.

They are intentionally trying to make it complicated. They don't understand things so they need more and more verification to understand what they are given. Even with ample documents most Thai's will require verbal confirmation in order to proceed. It's similar to giving a map to a taxi driver. They can't understand it, but need to talk to a noodle vendor on the way for directions.

In my experience there is not much you can do. It's either put up with it or forfeit your deposit and move. A lot of the time they know you can hear it and like to see you annoyed. Hopefully, you negotiated a one month deposit and not two months in case this situation came up. Living around other foreigners in the future also helps.

Ask the store for a refund due to non-delivery. Document email sent with read receipt. If no response or refund within 30 days dispute the charge with credit card bank with reason non-delivery of goods.

Did it have a blood stain on it?

Not when you're older and there's a big age gap.

It's a hooker, not a freelancer.

I tried to avoid it and failed. Ended up moving. I did not have a motorbike to drive away though, maybe that helps.

Sounds like you are moving around and not living there long term. There's a big difference!

Depends on where the Op is staying. The real question is, when you go out of expat areas what do you do there? You have no reason to be living there. You can get things cheaper, but if you don't fit in or have expat activities it does not work out. Most Thai's are living in those cheap areas because they are working during the day, flopping in at night, or going to school. If you're a single guy, it's not the right location.

I tried TF and Tinder. I kept getting hookers. They wanted me to pay for it. Feels like there are thousands of them on there doing it for a living. They appear to meet anybody who responds. I wonder how many guys they are having sex with. Hundreds?

By moving in with others where there is little to no privacy. Anything split 4 ways becomes affordable.

A lot of guys are running from something. Either some sort of personal or financial problem. They are never adequately prepared when they arrive because that preparation is not coming their way due to problems where they came from. It's not a matter of knowing how much they need or going back home to work. In Cambodia, I called it 'flotsam & jetsam'. It's like that stuff that washes up on the beach from the ocean, like the dislodged plantlife and debris on the waterline. It has to go somewhere, but it does not really belong anywhere, and is not really a part of the beach. It's stuff that is in limbo, getting broken down and recycled into something else, or being transformed to support the growth of something else.

I put that down to being tired and frustrated. He has been going on 17 months constantly moving and living in cheap guesthouses. That's what the immigration policies do to you basically. They keep you moving around constantly so you never dig in. With more money you lessen the effect, but even on a retirement visa you experience that same sort of thing. It's never really gone.

I found an injured bird on the street once and brought it into a vet to be "put to sleep" in which I would pay the bill. There was no reasonable chance of recovery. Unfortunately, they would not do it. Apparently the Buddhist thing is that they think it's suffering is preferable to euthanasia. I'm not sure the bird would agree. I ended up bringing the bird to the local temple where they accept injured animals and learn what's best from the lesson presented!

There are a lot of guys in south east asia having a hard time. Most will say everything is great when you talk to them. You only suspect something is amiss when they move away. Makes sense I guess. Why burden someone else with your problems in casual conversation. There's nothing you can really do about it, that they can't do themselves.

Disabled is offensive as well. I prefer handicapable. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Probably, but not linked to the election or politics. People don't care that much about who wins 🤣. It's the deteriorating economic conditions that will be the cause.

Not if he was skint at home. His lifestyle could be better here, thus he moved.

Many people "don't get" the humour angle, so be careful who you use that with.

Many people are in more sketchy situations then the bar guy.