josephbloggs

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?".

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.

I used to go there a lot back in the day and it was always superb but haven't been since it reopened. I have friends who have been though and the consensus was food was ok (so-so) but service was terrible. Not my first hand experience though so take it or leave it for what it's worth.

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.

Very easily. If you haven't learned about rips and how to survive them your natural instinct is to swim directly to shore and try to fight it, but you still keep going backwards, you get tired and you drown. It happened to me many years ago at this very same beach and it was terrifying. I was lucky and eventually caught a wave that got me to where I could tip toe and I just got back to shore, collapsed, exhausted. Since then I know what to do and also how to spot a rip to avoid it in the first place and I have taught my kids, but many many people don't know. And let's not forget this guy was from Uzbekistan which is a land locked country so he certainly wouldn't have been taught.

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.

Yes, that's the one!

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.

Yes, and? The guy I replied to referred to EVs.

So we should also get rid of lorries, container trucks, BMW X7s and anything else that is heavier than a basic sedan because the US guardrails aren't good enough? Why do they let any other heavy vehicle use the road? Why pick on EVs? There are much heavier cars and trucks out there.

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.

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.

I couldn't agree more. I knew Colin well and this news has been a shock to so many, he was a great guy. The people throwing theories around should be ashamed of themselves and should remind themselves that this story is about the demise of a man who lived here for decades doing good things, and it is likely that his friends and family are reading this thread. Take your amateur theories elsewhere or at the very least show some respect.

So an American has to be loyal to Boeing no matter it's criminal incompetence or malfeasance? What a weird bunch you Yanks can be. Very misplaced patriotism above all else.

And finish when it ends?

What complete and utter nonsense. Your brain washing is incredible.

What???

Panang curry never has potatoes, ever. Yellow curry does, Massaman does, but not panang.

Great story, thanks!

It wasn't originally, they updated they picture after people pointed out how wrong they were.

RIP AN.

More "what ifs". So allow me to "what if" too. What if governments mandated that all new condos need to provide EV charging? What if they also backdated that so existing condos need to add them? Condos also have councils and people pay common fees, so if the people want them they will be installed. I don't think the whole world will be driving EVs any time soon, but they are continuing to grow in popularity, especially in cities (where most condos are). I imagine in future EV charging will be a selling point of a new condo. You live in Bangkok and a young family in five years' time want to buy one I expect EV charging will be a consideration in where they choose, and I also expect it will be a requirement to have charging stations for any new condo. Do I know this for a fact? No. But I expect it - it's my "what if". Do you not expect this to change given the EV uptake? You are talking about condos that were built before EV popularity was a thing. If you are talking of the UK it is 2035. And see my reply above. You think they will mandate EVs without mandating charging infrastructure in buildings? I know the Tories are corrupt and useless but surely not that useless. Then again....

If you have no way to charge your car at home then an EV is not for you - it is not rocket science. Has anyone ever claimed everybody should have an EV no matter what their circumstance? Why do people insist on coming up with ridiculous "what if" scenarios to support their anti EV stance? If you can't charge one you shouldn't buy one. Next!

Erm, much better quality than GM (absolute junk) or Tesla (slightly better than junk). You want your products to be more expensive? If BYD can sell millions of products at a price point that is great for the consumer and makes them money you would rather pay more? For what reason? Please explain why consumers getting a better deal is a bad thing. Oh, and normally you are supposed to post links to back up random facts. I'd rather not be gouged, but obviously you think differently. BYD are still very healthily profitable so all is good, no? Yellowtail would rather pay more for his goods so multi billion dollar companies can make more money. Yellowtail has more money than sense? Tesla's glory gouging days are over, thank you BYD. As for GM, they will die a slow natural death. https://qz.com/chinas-ev-giant-byd-is-slowly-closing-its-profit-gap-wi-1850979109 Profit per vehicle sold:

Jeez, the barrel scraping continues. Let's compare profit per sale of a Rolex vs a Casio. A Gucci handbag vs a M&S handbag. A trip on the Orient Express vs a taxi. Why on earth would you expect a low priced, high volume, mass market product to be as profitable as an infinitely more expensive, high value, limited production luxury product? You really are out of ideas and are beginning to look silly, sorry. I had hopes you were coming around and being more reasonable recently but you've just taken ten steps back with this ridiculous comparison - I have no idea what you are trying to prove. Idiotic comparison and it reflects poorly on you.