Being an iphone, I would have not touched it. They are obsolete after 2 OS updates! 

I don't know ... I would never do a thing like this ... but the times have changed since I was young , and so have the people .

This is why today nobody can trust somebody else anymore .

Before Life was better because people were not so ugly and selfish same today ... some " quality of life " has gone with this .

10 minutes ago, Somtamnication said:

Being an iphone, I would have not touched it. They are obsolete after 2 OS updates! 

I'm an Android guy. I wouldn't have been tempted.

 

Anyway, who leaves their expensive phone sitting on a sofa?

 

Yeah, I went there. 

 

This couple of pasty  ne'er-do-wells might be career crims or it might just be a crime of random opportunity.

 

It might be fun to do a candid camera type video with a BAIT phone and watch which people do and don't pocket it.

 

Where is My Dude Nate when you need him?

Farang thieves do go on holiday..BUT, where they come from they are probably used to a police warning and sent on their way..

Well they ain't in farangland, so stick them in prison for a few days sucking fish heads, then wish them bon- voyage with a wai.......

2 hours ago, Get Real said:

I don´t get it. I was raised to react in a different way. If I found something laying like that, I would go and leave it at the reception. I thought that was common sense.
However, today we appearently heve grown ups in disguise of normal family travellers, that suddenly get a kick out of stealing.

Another thing that I for my life can´t get. Still nobody understands that there are cameras and webcams everywhere today. Stupidity out of enormuos proportions.

As well as I don't get why we call that "stealing from a staff"....It looks like a "lost phone". The 1st person responsible ( ouh what a strange word in LOS) is the one who let the phone there! 
Of course, it doesn't mean that the behaviour of the couple is good...

20 minutes ago, MeHere said:

 

I think the reply was in the spirit of that people who believe a 12 month sentence for petty theft are being a bit alarmist and extreme.

Whilst the suggestion that they need therapy and to be kept under observation is also rather extreme 

9 minutes ago, transam said:

Farang thieves do go on holiday..BUT, where they come from they are probably used to a police warning and sent on their way..

Well they ain't in farangland, so stick them in prison for a few days sucking fish heads, then wish them bon- voyage with a wai.......

in farang land...they are responsible ( ouh wait what is that word?) for their lost...they do not let an iphone unattended then "complain" that it has been "stealed". (the consequence)

If you want to be tracked anywhere in the world, carry a piece of electronics with Tx capability and a unique network address. 

 

CCTV, SIM cards etc are really taking the fun out of it.

 

Hope they get caught, name and shame.

After this has gone viral they will be waiting with open arms at immigration when they 'attempt' to leave!

When in Rome

6 minutes ago, geisha said:

Hope they get caught, name and shame.

what you really thinking is the best part, finding out what nationality they are

:0)

im going with French. just got that look about em

Really are they that desperate for cash the ruck sacks are probably full of stuff the have stolen. I have seen Russians  not saying they are Russian but many times stealing in Pattaya in the shops I have even told the staff before they are so blatant about it. One was filling his girlfriends rucksack with toiletries in Best Supermarket at the dolphin roundabout.I hate it the Thais are so trusting. Lock them up I hope they find them.

Forgive my ignorance but what are they even going to be able to do with that phone?  If its an iPhone and lockable they have just stolen a brick.  Sell it for parts?  Two falangs selling a hot phone for parts to a Thai?  Even assuming they can find a buyer without getting the police called on them how much would they get for it?  A few hundred baht at most?  Is that really worth not only taking the chance at being caught and jailed but likely being banned from the country?  The stupid is strong in these two.

23 minutes ago, Vermor said:

As well as I don't get why we call that "stealing from a staff"....It looks like a "lost phone". The 1st person responsible ( ouh what a strange word in LOS) is the one who let the phone there! 
Of course, it doesn't mean that the behaviour of the couple is good...

So, good work! Know you managed to blame a Thai person partly, for theivious foreigners bad and unlawful behaviour.

As you probably know, it´s not against the law to leave or forget your phone somewhere. Maybe you would be very happy if it happened to you and somebody gave it back to you, or you could find it in the reception because some good people left it there for you to find.

Anyway, good on you to take away some blame from your much beloved foreigners. I am sure you will find some people here that will continue in your footsteps.

2 hours ago, ezzra said:

Hang on to your enthusiasm everyone, the very same would have happened had a non farang person see that unattended phone and that phone would be gone as quick if not quicker.. so what is all the fuss here?

just because they're foreigners? talking about casting the first stone...

What makes it worse is your in someone elses  country. And its shit like that who make us look worse than we already are

2 hours ago, Jeremia Juxtaposed said:

European????

Exactly! !! Could be Australianseen, North or Latin Americans maybe Israelis or or ???

3 hours ago, Get Real said:

I don´t get it. I was raised to react in a different way. If I found something laying like that, I would go and leave it at the reception. I thought that was common sense.
However, today we appearently heve grown ups in disguise of normal family travellers, that suddenly get a kick out of stealing.

Another thing that I for my life can´t get. Still nobody understands that there are cameras and webcams everywhere today. Stupidity out of enormuos proportions.

 

Totally agree. They appear mature people who receive the courtesy of using someone's rest rooms. And then abuse that courtesy and show themselves to be dishonest petty criminals.

 

I hope the get caught and receive more than a fine.

2 hours ago, ezzra said:

Hang on to your enthusiasm everyone, the very same would have happened had a non farang person see that unattended phone and that phone would be gone as quick if not quicker.. so what is all the fuss here?

just because they're foreigners? talking about casting the first stone...

What makes it worse is your in someone elses country.  Its shit like that who make us look bad.

3 hours ago, Get Real said:

I don´t get it. I was raised to react in a different way. If I found something laying like that, I would go and leave it at the reception. I thought that was common sense.
However, today we appearently heve grown ups in disguise of normal family travellers, that suddenly get a kick out of stealing.

Another thing that I for my life can´t get. Still nobody understands that there are cameras and webcams everywhere today. Stupidity out of enormuos proportions.

These are pieces of $hit with criminal minds. I’ve had family with plenty of money and the dirty scum would still steal from people. It’s an adrenaline high or just a mentality. Disgusting people that need severe punishment. 

Its a mobile phone,,, not worth anything for them. Worth much more for the owner..  just go to the reception with it.

Morans!   No more Thailand for them in the future... after prison maybe they had enuf of Thailand anyway..

Good camera..  they soon have the police knocking on their hotel door for sure.

19 minutes ago, tingtongtourist said:

27 minutes ago, geisha said:

Hope they get caught, name and shame.

what you really thinking is the best part, finding out what nationality they are

:0)

im going with French. just got that look about em

 

Ah... another French-hating Thaivisa member ... great, so the tension is released and you won't have to take your pills today, mate.

 

Thank you Thaivisa for allowing all those lovely brigades (Thai Bashers, Hang'em Highers, French Haters, Islam Haters, etc) to release the intolerable pressure they have to deal with on a daily basis because the world is so stupid it doesn't understand that they are RIGHT. And why are they right ? Because.

If it wasnt for Trump and Brexit , things like this would never happen

3 hours ago, lemonjelly said:

12 months each in the slammer, set an example..... dirty lowlife.

Send them on the first flight to Afghanistan, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somailia, Sudan, Yemen or Iraq - countries  were fingerprint technology dont exist as they know how to deal with such personalities....

When in LOS don't do as they do. Looks like it was a set up. Who'd leave their iPhone in a public area as that? Wouldn't surprise me if the phone was insured,

2 hours ago, Jeremia Juxtaposed said:

European????

you sound lIke a brexiteer. They could have been British!

 

2 hours ago, Jeremia Juxtaposed said:

European????

 

1 hour ago, IamNoone88 said:

If you leave a phone unattended ... its going to get stolen 95% of the time. Doesn't make it right but this was a preventable loss by the phone owner. Hope they get the low-life that took it.

I beg to differ. In Chiang Mai, you can leave things unattended. You can park your scooter with jacket, shopping, bags hanging out, with keys in the ignition, no one will touch them. You can forget your phone at the pool and it will be there the next day. That's the beauty of this town, I hope it will last, but the actions of such people make me doubt it.

 

 

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