ThaiFelix

Does this mean he wont be sending any more greedy, corrupt,  missionaries to the Amazon?

If it was me, with my experience from working for one of a large chain of private bilingual schools for 10 years, I would lie.  I cant speak for govt schools but my school would stop at nothing, and I mean nothing, to save a few baht.

I would be talking to the other teachers there but you say only one is long term.  That would also raise questions for me too??

"I thought she sold oregano"

There used to be a farang run bar/eatery near where I lived when I was in Bangkok.  It was frequented  mainly by farang teachers.  However when Thais came in unaccompanied by a farang they were shown a different menu showing prices 2 to 3 times higher than that on the wall.  It was amazing to see the major uproars when people were told they had to pay more because they were Thai!!

On 1/16/2018 at 1:00 PM, RichardColeman said:

Too well connected to fall for a lowly lo-so

Yeah but how can the headline say the "Hunt on for hi-so" and then state "no report of police action"??? 

8 minutes ago, Kieran00001 said:

 

While Singaporeans remain the least happy people in the world who in their right mind would want to copy anything that they have done?  Anyway, they do have graffiti despite the risk of being spanked.

Gawwwd, there is always one to disagree.  Go scrawl on somebodies wall, it may cheer you up

Always amazes me when you get a pair of idiots, not one alone.  Do they have personal columns online etc where they advertise...

"Hi I am an idiot, 100% genuine idiot guy, 29 yo, seeking genuine female idiot, 20 to 30 yo, to have fun together doing really idiotic things.  Non genuine idiots need not apply."

Give them the birch as they do in Singapore...no graffiti there.

Gives me a lot of confidence!!

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Ronnasit said police and other state officials had to be more transparent in tackling human trafficking problems so they should not be involved in the illegal activities themselves because the international community closely monitored the situation in Thailand. 

Interesting sentence.  So only their reputation matters??

6 hours ago, madmitch said:

Absolutely dreadful to use this pathetic situation as a photo opportunity!

And they made up a placard to boast???....I would have quietly slipped the cheque under the door and run away.  I know they are not the responsible party and its only a donation but to boast about it???  Surprised there are not 50 BIB in the pic pointing!!

Wheres the video?

But does Interpol really know the Thai police are still waiting on them.....does Interpol know anything about it??

Oh no here we go again...govt denials alongside police crackdowns!!

I use SCB for my every day and never had a problem, K bank is good but rarely use,  Bangkok bank which hold my visa funds so rarely used, and Krungthai but only opened recently so cant comment.  In my experience its not so much the bank but the branch...1 for convenience of location and 2 the branch managers level of competence in his staff dealing with farang.   Some branches just dont seem to want farang customers and will give you the absolute run around (rather than be honest with you} while another branch of the same bank will welcome you with open arms.

Recently I opened an account with Krungthai.  I wanted a joint a/c with wife, 1 ATM debit card, and online banking.  They said I could have an a/c in my name only , and card but no online banking.  I politely said no problems I would try another bank but at the same time produced a copy of an online bank statement showing the funds I wanted to transfer to their bank.  Then the situation changed.

You see these people on the front desk are only following rules and procedures often printed in a handbook they consult but you must press them.  Especially if we are taking about more than the average monthly Thai salary in an account.  When I produced the statement of funds I just quietly said to her should she not check with the manager first?  One quick phone call and she gave me all that I wanted (well not all coz my wife was with me lol).

Maybe the guy has mental problems??  50 baht a day?...he could earn a lot more sitting on the corner with a cup.

Really??  This really is old news.  It must have been at least a month ago this law came in to affect...its all forgotten now or they are waiting for day to day updates of whether to enforce or not like riding in the back of pick-ups. 

30 minutes ago, mike324 said:

If you can afford it, you can always hire police escorts in Thailand. I've saw somebody advertising their service online on Linkedin too!

Yes back in the days when "Lady gai" took over the headlines it was said that anyone can hire a police escort.

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Opas added that more than 23 per cent of young people under 20 years old who suffered in accidents were inebriated at the time. It is against the law to sell alcohol to people younger than 20

I was at a new years eve with the Thai wifes family when one of the nephews came home.  He is 17 years old and he was drunk.  Both his parents laughed at him because he was so drunk.  He gathered some food from the table, got back on his bike without helmet again and took off.  His parents never said a word!  I cant say anything because I am already in the bad books for criticizing his father for having a "back door" drivers license saying he should learn the road rules and do the tests for his families sake.  What hope do the young ones have with parents like that.

12 hours ago, AsianAtHeart said:

3) Not only could some of us have avoided this accident, we should have.  Regardless of how quickly a vehicle ahead slows or stops, it is the duty of the driver behind to follow at a safe stopping distance.

The problem with following at a safe distance in this country is that very often, in my experience, some nutter will make the situation much more dangerous by jumping into that space due to impatience.

7 hours ago, cardinalblue said:

If you can change behavior via behavior modification, attitude follows...

 

we have an attitude for the value of safety seats b/c we were raised in a culture where our behavior was modified due to evidence of child seats stats and attitude and compliance follows...

 

thailand lacks that whole entire infrastructure to reach that point of safety thinking....

 

it starts with education buy in and then enforcement...

Unfortunately Thailand's reputation with honesty prevents you from believing their stats.  I mean how the <deleted> can you have road death statistics that dont include those who die in an ambulance, or at hospital, from injuries caused by the accident??

The gentleman in the BMW with the "ornamental" sword will be given 30 days to report, fined 500 baht and a wai.   The vile posters of this video will now be hunted down, prosecuted, and sent to jail for 10 years for damaging the reputation of Thailand.

Where is Khao Maikaew < is that the front beach?

Drink driving: Potentially one year in prison, 20,000 baht fine and six month loss of license.

Drink driving causing an accident: One to 5 years jail, 100,000 fine and one year suspension.

Drink driving resulting in a death: 3-10 years, 60-200,000 fine and permanent removal of license.

But will the laws be enforced and when?

9 minutes ago, observer90210 said:

Naturally, his actions are totally uncouth.

 

But perhaps it was considered that the valet did not pay the adequate bar fine, before aiming to socialise deeper, with the "PR bar Hostess" !?!

Did you read the post??  There is no bar fine because it was after hours