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4 minutes ago, sikishrory said:

"Fled" to Bangkok, or left a review, thought nothing of it and continued his travels in Bangkok.

Try reading more than just the headline. Or is it too hard for you to get past the big letters?

No one in Thailand has ever been arrested for leaving a review saying the service was bad, or that the food wasn't good. I have done it myself for Sea View Resort in Koh Chang (yes, the one who prosecuted the other idiot) and the management responded and apologised for the incident and vowed to improve service because it was a fair and balanced review.

This moron had a dispute over access to his condo and (allegedly) bombarded the restaurant with one star reviews and also got his mates to join in, such that their Google rating dropped from 4.9 to 3.1. That is obviously going to have a negative effect on their business and is a form of defamation. I don't believe it should be a criminal offence, but it is in this country and some others. Don't defame businesses or people and you'll be fine.

He was stupid, vindictive and petty.

 

1 minute ago, transam said:

I don't need to report my thoughts to you, either. 

My thoughts are my own......😉

Says it all. 

You didn't believe someone who summarised the video and you asked for a link. You got the link which supports the summary given an all of a sudden you don't want to share your opinion despite having asked for it.

Magnanimity is not one of your strong points is it...
 

2 hours ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

DC answer would be like ..

 

Never trust any video that is that low resolution. You are easily fooled (which explains how you believe any anti-EV rubbish that gets posted). Fact check:

https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-biden-karine-jean-pierre-553342159944

Or if reading the article is too much here's the actual, unedited, exchange:
 

https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-biden-karine-jean-pierre-553342159944

1 hour ago, Bandersnatch said:

 

Thanks @Pib  this is an excellent short and sweet summary.
 

I am surprised nobody has commented. Maybe they are stunned into silence 🤐 

 

I own a BYD Seal Performance and for the money it’s the best car I’ve ever driven.
 

I think we know why no-one has replied, right @transam?

4 hours ago, Robert Paulson said:

I don’t think people who are that bad at swimming are so stupid. A drunk person maybe. Well in short as I say I think it’s more the person than the threat of the phuket waters. 
 

A lot of things I said are misunderstood. The main thing I said though is you can’t really have strong “out” currents. Meaning water that pulls you straight out. A wave or waves can pull you out, but only very ephemerally. Water doesn’t move straight out in a constant flow to sea or else where would the water come from? It would disappear from the shore if that happened. Again as I say a surfer will rarely get a free ride out into the waves without paddling. But they will often be pulled to the sides, left or right, parallel to shore. 

Will you please stop with this nonsense. Rips can AND DO flow straight out to sea. They exist in small pockets so of course all the water doesn't immediately disappear out to sea. Are you really that dense? I have been in the exact rip that sadly killed this guy and it almost killed me and I wasn't drunk or "on qualudes".  Educate yourself.
 

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People really don’t get it. My guess with the man is something foul or really stupid like being drunk or who knows what the hell. As Tony montana said maybe he was on qualudes 

Speculating on the sobriety of the dead guy (who came from a land locked country) based on zero evidence. You really are a class act.

2 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

 

Almost all of what you wrote has absolutely no relevance to my asking about service in Thailand. And perhaps you could point out to me where I wrote ALL Thais, as I can't find it.

The title of this thread is "Why is Thai service so abysmal?".  Not, "Why is service in Thailand occasionally less than I would like", or "Why did I get so bent out of shape by a couple of minor service incidents in Thailand?".

10 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

A new rooftop bar opened in Bangkok last month, 61 floors up in Bangkok's tallest office building. Of course, I can't name it because I could end up in a cell. I saw a YouTube video of the place and it looks great, Thai-themed. I thought I might visit when I'm in Bangkok next week, but they do not accept cash. Cash has worked all over the world for hundreds of years, but progress means it is no longer good enough in an increasing number of places.

 

So I was curious what would happen if a foreign credit card (mine) was refused (as I haven't used it except for on-line bookings since it was renewed). I'm certain I am not the only one who could be embarrassed, and it could be especially damaging if someone was hosting business colleagues.

 

I wrote to the contact address on their website and it was returned as not found. That website also shows the place open from 6AM to 2am. On the second time of calling them they answered the phone and couldn't answer my question. They said they would ask the manager and call me back. They didn't. This classes itself as a top-class, five-star business, and they have absolutely no clue how to respond to customers. Or are too arrogant to care.

 

Another time, I went for lunch with my wife and her brother. He and I both ordered the same dish. One arrived. I let him go first, and he finished his before mine arrived. When my wife asked why they had been delivered so far apart the waitress burst into tears like a five-year-old. There have been many other instances, such as my ordering roast chicken and it was delivered stone-cold, straight out of the fridge. In this case, it was a western-run pub - Scruffy Murphy's - and the farang manager replaced it, didn't charge for it and gave my sister and I a free Irish coffee. In a Thai-run place I'd have probably got a shrug of the shoulders and maybe a 'sorry, sir'.

Some petty gripes yet you slander all Thais / all of Thailand. Overall I would say the service in Thailand is pretty good - much better than in the UK at least. Of course like everywhere things can be hit and miss but I rarely have service issues here.

My friend's wife just flew from Bangkok to Auckland with their daughter and 80 kgs of luggage. It got lost, and five days later they have not found it. Not only that but after the initial complaint in the airport they said someone would ring her - they never did. Her husband is a gold member but there's no office in Bangkok, he had to call Sydney and spent 35 minutes on hold before getting through to someone who said they are trying to locate the bags and would call his wife to explain. They didn't, they still haven't.

This is Qantas by the way. 

Oh and when I last visited Australia I got served rancid fish and chips and they still charged me. However most other places in Australia I had decent service - just like here.

Think I'll go and make a butt hurt "Why is Australian Service So Abysmal" post because I've has 2-3 bad issues.
 

4 minutes ago, Robert Paulson said:

People don’t understand at all. “Rips tides” are not even a thing. A real rip tide would be like somewhere that water bottlenecks like at an outlet for boats and the tide is outgoing. That’s a riptide you can swim against. There’s none of this on the beaches of phuket. There’s way action which is very small, and tidal currents which don’t pull close to the shore when there is no bottleneck effect 

I won't say what I really think as I would get a suspension, but you clearly have not a single clue what you are talking about - you are completely and utterly wrong. 

And your earlier ridiculous post saying Thailand has small waves - riptides have nothing at all to do with wave size. Please take your misinformation and pathetic drivel elsewhere, what you are saying is potentially dangerous.

2 hours ago, dinsdale said:

An interesting video is linked but here's a screen shot of BYD quality.

 

 

Oh my God, here we go again.

1. That is not a BYD.

2. That is not an EV.

3. It is not real.
4. It is a stunt from a movie set.

5. Did you not think it odd that people were filming before it happened and didn't flinch once?
 

The mind boggles about how gullible people are who will swallow anything no matter how ridiculous - as long as it fuels their anti Chinese / anti EV viewpoint.

And that awful YouTuber posts it as fact that this was an EV vehicle that exploded while charging. And morons lap it up without question. It is very very sad.

2 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

Yes, all of the Japanese, European and US automakers used creative accounting, only the Chinese automakers and the people that worship them can be trusted to provide reliable numbers, 

Who worships Chinese EVs? I know people like the ones that are good, why wouldn't they?

Haven't seen anyone on here raving about the big (ugly) cat, in fact I haven't seen anyone say a good word about it - it is pig ugly and nothing special. Haven't seen anyone raving about Zeekr's offerings as they are frankly a bit odd. We've also criticised BYD's offerings that aren't in Thailand yet - I forgot the name but it looks like it could only be used as a taxi as no one would buy it for personal use.

Atto 3, Seal, Dolphin, the MG range, the Deepals however are all excellent cars and great value so yes, people talk about them. Oh and they are selling well.

Toyota's EVs are an overpriced joke and rightly laughed at.

1 hour ago, transam said:

But you go off on a tangent trying to "belittle", hence my post...

Besides, you are not the be-all and end-all on the subject.....

But come on, if you post a video that claims that a petrol car that's on fire after it smashed into a heavy lorry and a movie clip of an exploding car are Chinese EVs randomly catching fire / exploding saying :"this will make you think twice" then you deserve to be belittled. Watching an obviously and ridiculously fake video makes him think twice about Chinese EVs but he's not capable of thinking twice before posting it, or doing even the slightest bit of research.

Anyone with two brain cells can see they are fake and that the YouTube guy only posts fake anti China stuff now matter how outlandish it may be.

21 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

Please provide a synopsis. 

 

And why would anyone post anything they have no opinion on? 

I'l give you one - it is more anti Chinese EV nonsense. Complete drivel. The internet is full of this rubbish.

The guy talks about the terrifying news that Chinese EVs keep randomly catching fire or exploding. Scary huh? The third clip "of an EV randomly catching fire" he shows is a petrol car on fire after it smashed really heavily into the back of a lorry. The fourth clip of a terrifying Chinese EV exploding was in fact not an EV. Nor Chinese. Nor was it real - it was a stunt from a movie. After that I switched off.

All I can say to Photoguy who would now think carefully before buying an EV, please use your brain, do some research, and don't just believe everything a random guy tells you on YouTube. I mean look at his channel and tell me if it is impartial looking. And his "Fields of abandoned Chinese EVs" has been debunked many times. The man is a liar and has a clear agenda.