You can read and write all the books and listen to all the advice you want ,
But
there is three things you need to survive in Thailand. !
first/. Smile , be courteous and mannerly to the Thais , it’s not your country , your just a guest
second /. Don’t expect it to be like which ever country you came from , ie: don’t tell them what or how to do it.
Use common sense , you’ll need ever ounce of it.
Third /. Enroll yourself in there way of life as best you can
they love it, a farang who wants to do it the thai way , is a god.
a lot of farangs / falangs / foreigners on here never stop moaning about Thais and the way of life. Well there is no fences. !
in general most thai people are of good manner and good heart.
it’s the farangs themselves want to change everything and have no common sense
just my pennys worth. !