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40 minutes ago, Roo Island said:

Jeez. Just making a simple comment. No reason for the attack.

No offence intended mate 👍

12 minutes ago, Muhendis said:

 I think you need to go to specsavers.

Au contraire...

The person in the middle of the photo is the aforementioned Anne Jakrajutatip of JKN, who now owns MUO.

A transgender woman.

52 minutes ago, sheldoncollier said:

Elaborate please.

You probably don't want him too. I expect he is referencing some conspiracy theory or another. 

More likely a previously undiagnosed congenital or acute medical condition, a gradual darkening of skin in peripheral areas (hands/feet) would point to an onset of a pulmonary circulation issue of some kind. 

Anyway, RIP little man, too soon.

1 hour ago, jippytum said:

50 million baht budget for one year is a very small budget.  Many insurance companies in Thailand offering health coveragen lost billions during covid some going bankrupt. I know this is for tourist visa holders but go fund me requests for help in Thailand are usually for massive hospital bills following accidents.  

1) Yes, it is not a lot

2) The ones that went bankrupt were mostly/exclusively the ones offering the completely braindead and greedy COVID insurance for THB 1,000 with a THB 100,000 cash payout for a positive test not linked to any related health issues or actual medical costs. You may even remember a brief social media fad of people licking handles and sticking things in their mouth/nose to get infected and their payout. These companies were a bunch of complete idiots, as were the insurance regulators who gave their approval to such policies.

You've probably got the convenient options right there.

For an alternative, you could look at Air Asia X --> connect on Air Asia from SG to KL --> Air Asia X has direct flights to Sydney and just this week restarted flights to Gold Coast.

Both flights about THB 30k round trip in "business".

Would be interested to hear the update once/if it is all sorted out !

4 hours ago, Srikcir said:

For some time now the rate of inflation has been 2.5%. So a less than 5% pay rise doesn't seem extraordinary.

 Indeed, salary increase inflation has been running well above underlying inflation and reasonably above GDP growth for pretty much the last 20 years. If you read the annual reports such as the one in the OP it’s typically around 5-7% increase per year. Even during COVID 6-8-10% pay rises were being given.

Perhaps more reflective of a limited talent/resource pool, worsening demographics and high competition for people in the job market than anything else ?

Thailand :

Corruption potential in {insert applicable noun here}

No.

Any more questions ?

I am sure the OP is sensible enough to realise that after going to this barber shop as a regular customer for 10+ years that a brief question/statement in basic Thai will highly likely confirm that you can get the Thai price.

If the issue is their practice of double pricing, then you can go always go elsewhere.

I didn't see it on here but recently there was a video of a European customer ranting at a barbershop in Pattaya and he ended up clipping the hairdressers own hair in a fit of rage before running out without paying.

I could see why they might want to charge a premium to foreigners (tourists) given the challenges in communication and the often higher expectations from foreign customers when compared to the local working class Thai people who would typically frequent the 60-80-100 Baht barber shops. 

10 hours ago, webfact said:

The company has strategically limited its expenses by reducing its workforce by half

Hmmm...more details are needed but :

1) Was this initially COVID related or 

2) Were they really that overstaffed ??

3) I hope they haven't overcooked the redundancies leading to maintenance and/or service issues ?

I am still waiting for re-instatement of my small investment in THAI, as part of my RMF. It was written down/off by my RMF fund manager a few years ago. 

I assume they thought it a safe bet- being State owned at that time - until the government pulled out the rug. 

I'm surprised no-one has launched a class action lawsuit, a lot of shareholders/investors must have taken a hit. 

Nothing new here...

A quick Google says that "pure" Thai gold (22-23k) is not best used for highly ornamental pieces/settings as it is too soft, so it might be they have mixed it with some alloys for this piece ?

Maybe it's 18k/14k/10k carat gold ? Having said that, if it was the lower end of the purity scale, the colour difference should be clearly visible from Thai standard 22-23k.

As Lopburi3 mentions, many moons ago I took a 18k gold item to a Thai gold shop, they were not interested in the slightest.

35 minutes ago, Emdog said:

"Despite the current AQI reading at a moderate level of 28 micrograms per cubic meter (µg/m3), it remains 1.12 times higher than the World Health Organization's recommended level of 15 µg/m3." What hole do they pull these numbers from? Check right now for Bangkok is 153-184.

These morons worried about tourists, don't give a damn about the health impact on Thai people

Beat me to it ! Lord knows where/what they are talking about.....

51 minutes ago, Gecko123 said:

Need to read full article. First three paragraphs make it sound like the cop summarily executed the daughter's boyfriend, but there was an altercation immediately before the shooting, allegedly initiated by the boyfriend.

I have but I am still a bit confused.

The article seems to suggest Ann's father was there and his colleague shot the boyfriend when he charged with a knife.

The final paragraph then states that no connection was found between Ann and the man purporting to be her father.  Maybe the father sent some police minions to pick up his daughter ?

Anyway I suppose it will become clearer in due course...

2 hours ago, jonclark said:

Oddly though when exiting the UK (for UK nationals or foreigners) there is no immigration to go through - Airline counter Check-in, self scan boarding pass, security, done. 

Yep - that's the best way to remove the outbound issues...you could then move those IOs to working on the inbound queues as well....

On 1/23/2024 at 7:30 AM, webfact said:

Additionally, Torsak announced that the results of an investigation into the alleged misconduct of two police officers from the Aranyaprathet district police station have been forwarded to the National Anti-Corruption Commission. The officers stand accused of coercing Panya Khongsaenkham into a false confession of the brutal murder of his mentally unstable wife, Buaphan Tansu, known locally as Pa Kob.

A secondary issue to the main story but don't let this gem slip by unnoticed.

They truly are a disgrace.

1 hour ago, StayinThailand2much said:

 

Thanks. Looking into this. But I'd need a place that opens 8.30 in the morning. Guess, Starbucks won't open that early.

I think most Starbucks open at 6.30am.

2 minutes ago, JoePai said:

Big fans to blow it back ?

Is that you Plodprasop ?

Depression can give people irritability issues but this feels rather like it is another mental health condition.

Perhaps something lost in translation ?

It was a very pleasant drive to work today, I'd say about 20% of the usual traffic.

There's no need for everyone to rush back to Bangkok, please take a few extra days off with your family and come back to work next Monday