mikebell

My experience dates back to January 2023. I tried to elicit some information about parking charges during a holiday to Samui with my daughter from UK. After three emails (in English which are often not answered in Thailand whatever the company) I gave up & my daughter found the required data from UK. On arrival we found the security screening of our luggage to be a joke as much as the youngsters manning the machine did. After a couple of searches they gave up & we wheeled our cases across to another area allowing any terrorist ample opportunity to interfere with it. The waiting area was dirty & unfinished; ridden with mosquitos. Passengers could not buy refreshments from the sole vending machine unless they had a Thai app on their phone; my daughter & husband newly arrived at BKK did not have (nor did I.) After a delightful return journey via Samui airport (all that an airport should be), I collected my car for the return journey to my home in Pattaya. The parking charges were less than I thought though I had to wake up the guard at the (open) gate to pay so he might have been dreaming. The security-minded admirals who ban photos during take-off/landing have obviously never heard of Google Earth/Maps.

All have failed at U-Tapao.

Whilst this elite squad of brave officers were apprehending the criminal workers, the centre of Pattaya was suffering untold mayhem in 40 degree heat as traffic tried to decipher the new laws against traffic movement. I spent two hours going nowhere before giving up and going home, spending money only on burning fuel and adding to the air pollution. In two hours I did not see a single policeman.

The Army will not allow it.

Like every soi decorated with dog faeces/urine? It is so Mediaeval.

The writer has a fine sense of humour.

There are none; they've got even fewer cops than Pattaya's Invisible force.

Next they are going to prosecute taxi drivers with non-working meters. Watch out for low-flying pigs.

Standard Operating Procedure by the local Fuzz. Do nowt till you have to.

Officials are promoted or relegated only on WHO they know, not on any failure to perform.

I should think NOT!

Meanwhile, in Chiang Mai, deaths from Respiratory diseases out number daily fatalities on the road.

No sense of irony! They eliminate all opposition in the name of the King.

I fell for this one when a Monday was tacked on to a long weekend & alleged to be toll-free. They lied.

Top 5 according to this chart.

Thank you so much for taking the time for this helpful answer.

There's CCTV cameras all over; some of them work; nobody watches them unless the complainant publicises police inactivity on social media.

The police at Dongtan dormitory have had enough.

I'd like to know where MAN(chester UK) figures. It's dirty & full of disgruntled employees who vent their dissatisfaction on those who pay their wages.

Luckily few police can read English or many of us here would be facing denial of future visas.

Is it complex? Where would I start? The bank?

Still, wasting millions of gallons on Songkran was worth it.

I thought it was the Navy. They ban you from taking photos of landing & taking off in case they reveal classified information. Those making this edict have never heard of Google Maps or Google Earth!

It is a career dream of many Thais to get a sinecure as a Civil servant in an A/C office where they get to lord it over the public whilst achieving nothing.

It's hard enough to get a 6 month visitor visa! How will she answer the questions on belonging to a Terrorist organisation?