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On 8/25/2023 at 9:12 AM, bobbin said:

Yesterday I was surprised and not pleased to see "No Weed" signs posted at the main entrance of my Condo building and in the lifts...

 

I blame the young Russian men who have been hanging out near the main entrance in groups ranging from 3-5 smoking reefer and cigarettes, with the odd beer in sight as well.

 

But the signs say no smoking weed in public, bringing the "hazy" situation of public smoking of cannabis to the fore. Firstly, a condo is private property, not a public space. Secondly, my understanding was that you can smoke anywhere as long as no one is complaining. If someone does complain then you have to move on or stop..

 

I think these signs are going to "disappear" or be vandalized..

 

 

What? You have to wait to be told before you move on or stop?  You can't use your judgement to determine if it's appropriate?

When cannabis was legalized and the shops started multiplying like 7/11s no one really cared, I didn't care one way or another, but then they started taking the piss, smoking the stuff on pub terraces, in family restaurant gardens, at entrance to condos, around the pool, on steps of 7/11 and so on. The signs quickly appeared.

They won't disappear, but you might see more of them, as it seems some cannabis users need to be told explicitly that this ain't appropriate at places where it should be obvious.

33 minutes ago, Highlandman said:

 

That surprises me because most hospitals in Thailand still have nearly 100% of visitors/patients in outpatient settings wearing a mask and this includes children. 

Definitely not in the last month. BNH and Samitivej. 80% maybe 70% at Samitivej. Both doctors I interacted with last month were not masked, of course neither was I. At Chula earlier in the year I'd say probably around 95% though, I think anything associated with the government will be the last to return to normal.  Even the left over masks signs from the crazy times are peeling off or colours fading out now.

4 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

 

My experience is that PEA are brilliant at fixing things. All hours, all weathers, they'll come out and do what needs to be done. 

True, it's one area of government that actually works, fixed up a blown transformer within an hour or two near me, and when they upgraded the lines each part was only down for an hour there abouts, impressively fast.

 

1 hour ago, RandolphGB said:

 

If a cafe can wrongly charge 12 baht to one person for one 'free' coffee, they can do it for other items, to other people, on other days, which in a year adds up to significant amounts. 

 

Yes, absolutely, and all those 12 bahts going into the pockets of hard working people, it could add up to thousands over the years, heck they might even be able to afford a small break away from Bangkok or a treat on their birthday at this rate. Nothing makes me sicker than hard working people getting a small bonus from the pool of service charge they accumulated.. 🤮 I've called BBC Panorama and they are on the way..

For 5 points, the red bike with mirrors removed and thin tires belongs to which party...

zinio.com

A few boozers stock reprinted english newspapers, but online is the way, also note Nat Geo physical is no long published they stopped it last month, all digital now.

On 1/27/2024 at 9:10 AM, impulse said:

 

They lost me when they banned walking on the beach (middle of winter) but let the liquor stores stay open.  Then even more so when the left side of my face went numb the day after my 2nd Pfizer.  But for 6 months, the doctors insisted it wasn't the shot.  A year later, they conceded it was probably the shot.

 

Shocking the things that the pro-vax pro-covid crowd supported. At one point unvaccinated people in Austria weren't allowed to leave their house, a clown CEO of major international airline banned unvax passengers from traveling home, in the US governments workers risked losing their jobs without the shot certificate, students were told they couldn't come to campus until they had received two full shots and a certificate..

Madness on reflection, and still today you see some of the clowns behaving like still in 2021

✅ Pony tail

✅ Elephant pants

✅ Yoga positions

100% has a macbook that he can sell... probably has a lifestyle / travel blog/youtube channel too.. all goes hand in hand

Rain clouds 🛩️, more free masks, and use our 1960's diesel buses!!!  

Whilst I don't doubt the pilots decision, I wonder if there was a collective effort between all staff at TG to handle this smartly as would be with Singapore Airlines or Emirates, get the operations center to pro-actively reschedule on-wards flights where the airline has responsibility (same ticket number) - talk to passengers if in doubt on suitable arrangements but still allow further change if deemed unsuitable once at MEL, ensure a couple of hundred litres of drinking water prepped at SYD and loaded for the 4 hour delay, unlock the trolleys for soft drinks and snacks, provide timely cabin updates, ensure those with infant children or medical needs have everything they need and so on.

I can empathize with the complainer if they were stuck on the tarmac for 3 hours (not saying that was the case but as an example) with no update or refreshments, that would bring out the Karen/Ken in a lot of people.

A good airline in my book is one that manages the shlt show properly - i.e. when things go wrong they are on top of it. e.g. If missed next leg, walking off the gate, spot a sign, here you go Mr X here's your new boarding pass for your final destination and 20USD voucher for some food. no mega long queue at transit ticket office.

57 minutes ago, DualSportBiker said:

My last flight with TG was from Zurich to Bkk in 2008. I was on a business trip and any Co trip over 4 hours I flew business class. Typically we'd fly Singapore Airlines as we were based in Singapore, but this was what they got me. The lass next to me was TG staff. They were overstaffed and she got the short straw for not working that leg. They put her in business class and did not upgrade one of many regular gold-card holding customers. When I asked her why she was not in economy and an upgraded customer in her place she simply asked 'Why would we do that?' In her experience, customers never got upgraded.

 

That is the attitude you get with Thai Airlines. They were there for their benefit alone. Passengers are just along for the ride. Pay up, shut up, and be grateful for the privilege of being allowed on their ageing and poorly maintained aircraft. 

To be fair they do have some relatives new planes, I was on 787 to London recently and it seemed clean and fresh, but yeah the service is atrocious, I asked for a beer whilst watching a movie in the afternoon to be told that the bar will be open in roughly 6-7 hours, ask again then!

Across the board economy catering has got worse over the last decade, the applies to everything from Qatar Airways to Emirates, but Thai Airways catering is something else, absolutely horrendous on international. I wouldn't fly them international again even if they were the cheapest.

The only good thing is that they cancel and reschedule domestic flights so often that you can generally bet on a free flight change if you got something booked a few months out..

And always late, gets worse as the day goes on, but sometimes they can't even get their noon flights out on time.. Also annoying is they don't declare it's late until the last possible moment, even if they are fully aware of a long delay as inbound flight is nowhere to be seen, on domestic the lounges are prior to security so that's annoying as hell.

1 minute ago, rattlesnake said:

 

I think a lot of people have learnt a valuable lesson. The authorities, the "science", the "experts" do lie, and the "conspiracy theorists" were actually right. Think about how far the Overton window has shifted over the past three years. A reminder below from two years ago, when a call to ban the unvaccinated would get 12 likes and 2 thanks. Today it would get 30 laughs.

I think that Qantas CEO that actually implemented the no vax no fly policy got the boot, good riddance... People forget how extreme these covid warriors actually went... 

Onwardticket often use Vietnam Airlines business class for BKK outbound, so i gather they are full refundable albeit maybe 20k+, I reckon that will be the cheapest option, look at their direct website and see the terms.

Are you sure about Kor Ror 2? I thought it had to be within a year

Don't think we got e-mail confirmation but do have a pdf saved saying "Informed" is that the same as completed in the logic of Thailand? It shows in green so I just presumed that task was boxed off...

My money is on the 500baht and the wai.

13 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Perhaps she'd just picked it up from the street and wasn't the thief that you accuse her of being.

Perhaps - why do you care?