bob smith

its always nice to hear things like this. means it isnt just me and there really are serious cultural obstacles that hinder foreigners here on a daily basis. give your wife a high 5 from me! ????

its not your/my job to help them out, is it? why dont they ask their government for handouts if they are so needy? they have enough money in the coffers but just choose not to allocate it to the poor. that aint my problem, its up to the thais to fix their welfare system.

its pretty much been my experience as well mate. selfishness is rampant here

its real and I would apprciate real replies thanks

i have just started a new job for a thai company, work permit, B visa the lot. However i want some advice about working with thais. it seems the work culture is vastly different here than to the west and other asian countires. i have workd in singapore, japan and taiwan. here they seem to enjoy gossipping and eating more than they do work. they try to get me to join in the bickering about whoever is not there but i dont wantr to get involved., recently i have been given the cold shoulder at the office due to my non conformity in gossping and bickering. all i want to do is do my job and go homewithout any fuss. last friday a girl asked me why i didnt bring any food for her because it was her birthday and all her friends had brought he chocoolate, i told her she should hav e told me it was her birthday and she said no i should have asked!! i was aloso recently asdked for a donation of money to tgive to the monks, which i refused (they wanted 500 baht) and now many ppl at the office wont talk to me. i refused because i am not budhist and never go to pray so I thought they would understand, but it turns out i was wrong. is that really how it works here in the office? i would like to add that i dont rreally need the job, its just something to pass the time but i would like some adivce and how to deal with thai people in the workplace. thank you.

Tell him to try Yala or Pattani.

where is this law? all i know is all farangs, regardless of nationality need an IDP wiht their home licence.

1000 baht??? it was 200 baht last time i got pulled, where the hell are you lol. pants well and truly pulled down there mate!

what is it to do with then?

they are sensitive souls, aren't they? ????

i fail to see your point. you asked has anyone ever seen thais attack westerners unprovoked. i have seen it, therefore i gave you a truthful answer. do with that what you will

yes, i have seen it. more than once. thai's are bullies, especially when drunk and in big groups. but they couldnt fight their way out of a paper bag alone.

dont listen to a word these buffoons have to say. yesterday i was out walking and could smell the weed in the air. it was delightful and i'm a non smoker.

havent used a green/pink taxi for years. awful service and they mostly drive like lunatics.

that's a bit drastic don't you think?? i much prefer the accidental falling off a balcony scenario thanks.

raise the minimum required investment to 80 million baht then! surely then they will come and invest in their droves (thai business 101) ????

wish I could've bet my house on that happening as it was a dead cert! (it may have been a bit difficult with not being allowed to own it but you know what i mean ???? ) anyone who didn't see this coming is either braindead or living in cloud cuckoo land.

speechless. you belong in the dark ages m8.

Why? They have wifi in cambodia too dont they?

I wonder when he was arrested at the scene of the crime whether or not the coppers used the steel monkey rods to incapacitate him or whether he was chauffeured to the station in a limo equipped with a tv and a fridge full of champers. one rule for the rich, another for the poor (and farangs)

I never have overstayed my visa and I never will. I truly am a model citizen.

i personally would find it weirder sleeping next to a fat 50 year old bag of spuds that snores her head off half the night and never makes me breakfast in bed but each to their own m8.

it sometimes is ????

he has (aparently) overstayed his visa. he hasnt killed anyone, has he? it's heavy handed and you know it.

Looks like a whole lotta fun to me and not a single mask in sight!. double rooms for $9 a night and the beers are a dollar a pint and no immigration officers busting in checking visas/testing your pee etc.... Thailand needs to get its act together sharpish, i feel like moving there myself! who knows, maybe i bloody well WILL!! ????