petedk

I came here in 1999 and construction was ongoing then. What about the accidents before 2018?

Of course they should care, but they don't go aroung filming Thais breaking the law, do they?

It's not already April 1st, is it? I can't count the number of times I have seen police trying to pull (Thai) motorcyclists of their bikes when they don't stop.

I've often thought of that, but it won't work as it means the police have to lift their fat XXXX and get out. There are 5 pub near us sharing a huge car park and I've seen cars (on our CCTV) crawl out at 3 am , sometimes hitting the gate. Just 2 or 3 police officers standing there could either earn a private fortune or make the police station wealthy.

Someone wrote that the new law was being ignored. These two shops have been open since it became legal to sell cannabis and now they have closed. You are right it may just be a coincidence, but let's see how many others close.

I noticed yesterday that at least 2 well established weed shops on Thong Lor have turned the key and today the shops were emmpty. So it's not being ignored.

So the law says that "the sale of alcohol is from 11 am to midnight" and sales to intoxicated people are forbidden. Does that mean that from now on we won't have drunken, screaming girls leaving the pubs next door at 4 am?

Hang on, hang on! Most of the bars around here are partly owned by cops. Who's going to fine them?

Absolutely! My work place had meetings, seminars, courses outside working hours and often on public holidays. Severe illness with a doctor's certificate was the only way out. When I worked in the west, all meetings, seminars and courses were mainlt held in working hours.

I disagree. Mt workplace had very very similar ideas. We were "invited" to parties, "meetings? (social events) and if we refused , they wanted a valid reason. The only validity they accepted was illness with a doctor's certificate.

Sure the employee can go through the labour law, but then they will be blacklisted. I have seen and heard about this many times.

In other words "I was driving too fast.", but of course he didn't say that.

Never! And they never do u-turns on Zebra crossings nearly hitting the pedestrians as they cross

I agree with you, but recently when I extended my visa, I booked a time online. The officer wanted a hard copy of the booking. Crazy!

My brother just arrived from UK. They didn't want to see either online or hard copy. They said they could see in the system.