6 minutes ago, tubby johnson said:

His name tag says "Charles" so he could be a bit effete.

There were a few English Kings called Charles too, and perhaps one more.....

<Smile> Mai Ow Naa Krap.

This is it in a nutshell.  Short, sweet, and effective.
 

The smile keeps it friendly. 
The 'Mai Ow' is saying you don't want wherever they are selling, peddling, or whatever the reason is that they are trying to engage you in conversation.
"Naa" makes the rejection very polite, as does formally ending with a "Krap" or "Ka"

If they keeping trying to engage you, keep repeating the phrase while smiling, breaking eye contact and walking away.

2 minutes ago, connda said:

<Smile> Mai Ow Naa Krap.

This is it in a nutshell.  Short, sweet, and effective.
 

The smile keeps it friendly. 
The 'Mai Ow' is saying you don't want wherever they are selling, peddling, or otherwise trying to engage you
"Naa" makes the rejection very polite, and does ending with a "Krap" or "Ka"

If they keeping trying to engage you, keep repeating the phrase while breaking eye contact and walking away.

If that don't work a taser will....

1 hour ago, swissbie said:

That's an expression to get in to trouble on the fast lane.. (one of the words you definitely shouldn't use when you don't know their meanings). Or do you want explain the OP how to avoid a discussion by starting a fight?

Loosen up fella it was a joke on the "dark" side. ?

Why don't you want to talk to people?  

You can say - mâi khâo jai     =   I don't understand

maybe start by saying - Kor tord  =  Sorry

Or just say - Pom Poot Thai Mai Dai  = I don't speak Thai.

 

19 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

I was told by my Thai friends just say, sounds to me like "chip high" don't know what means though. ? 

That is a very rude response and could land you in trouble. "Mai kow jai", which means you don't understand them, is the easy way out.

8 minutes ago, Krataiboy said:

That is a very rude response and could land you in trouble. "Mai kow jai", which means you don't understand them, is the easy way out.

I say that followed by You no English....

But, I look at Mrs.Trans if the bloke is obviously drunk, she then tells them to bugger off..

Your telephone has a "fake call" on it.

stop being a dick and be polite.

 

21 hours ago, poanoi said:

is there any not so rude way to block conversations

either from starting in the first place,

"Bonjour, comment ca va?, Parlez-vous Francais?"

or

"Buenos dias mi amigo, hablas espanol?"

 

End of conversation.

3 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

"Bonjour, comment ca va?", "Parlez-vous Francais?"

 

End of conversation.

Aimez vous le Brexit?

1 hour ago, seancbk said:

Why don't you want to talk to people?  

You can say - mâi khâo jai     =   I don't understand

maybe start by saying - Kor tord  =  Sorry

Or just say - Pom Poot Thai Mai Dai  = I don't speak Thai.

 

The last one is I speak Thai not ok.

 

Yet he ordered in Thai.

 

 

1 hour ago, champers said:

Aimez vous le Brexit?

Whatz up bro?

Cool bananas bro

14 minutes ago, Justfine said:

2 hours ago, seancbk said:

Why don't you want to talk to people?  

You can say - mâi khâo jai     =   I don't understand

maybe start by saying - Kor tord  =  Sorry

Or just say - Pom Poot Thai Mai Dai  = I don't speak Thai.

 

The last one is I speak Thai not ok.

 

Yet he ordered in Thai.

 

 

Nowhere in the OP does it say he ordered in Thai.  

If he was able to speak basic Thai (enough to order food) then one would think he'd be able to answer his own question.

 

2 hours ago, Krataiboy said:

That is a very rude response and could land you in trouble. "Mai kow jai", which means you don't understand them, is the easy way out.

I was the way out was just say " kwai ".  

33 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

I was the way out was just say " kwai ".  

Would you mind repeating that, in comprehendible English.

Wrong thread 

1 hour ago, Krataiboy said:

Would you mind repeating that, in comprehendible English.

I was told to tell em " Kwai "  don't know why. ?

5 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

I was told to tell em " Kwai "  don't know why. ?

Sounds like famous last words to me. Why not try it and find out for yourself?

 

11 hours ago, Krataiboy said:

Sounds like famous last words to me. Why not try it and find out for yourself?

 

This is pub fella I have just been having a joke with the OP frankly I don't understand what his worried about

Fart.

5 hours ago, KiChakayan said:

Fart.

He asked how to avoid conversation, not attract it. 

14 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

He asked how to avoid conversation, not attract it. 

S..t

wear to hearing aids the biggest you can find, ,point to them and say battery mot.

On 6/20/2018 at 5:37 PM, Kwasaki said:

I was told by my Thai friends just say, sounds to me like "chip high" don't know what means though. ? 

This is the most polite way, it'll be well received and understood by almost all nationals here.

Your Thai friends are correct.

Too much "pai nai" and "gin mai"?

A quick answer of "kap barn' and "im lao" should finish the conversation before it goes too far.

 

The OP sounds like a miserable bugger. Why not make eye contact, smile, reply to your host's genial enquiries, share a joke, complain about the weather, it's just small talk, make a little effort to understand these most basic language skills, use hand signals if you must. You will be amazed at how much better your day will become.