Pensioner's plea! Thais have robbed me blind and I can't get home

[johnmcc6]

Did I miss something? Who stole his money and how did they do it? The mind boggles at the possibilities.

[soistalker]

Years ago, there was an Englishman face down in his lunch and blind drunk at the airport. I pulled him up, and when he came to, he told me he had no money and was living at the airport. He didnt ask for money. I often wonder what happened to him.

[hansnl]

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

Dutch state pension is 50,000bht/month.

If he waits a few weeks, he'll have money again.

Not true.

That can be the maximum.

[Bluespunk]

 

Who are the people in the circle near the top of the picture?

[soistalker]

There are Europeans and English in my condo getting taken for that much every month by some old Thai slapper they call wife or teerak.

[Cereal]

Gotta say, he's looks pretty good for a guy that's 70 years old.

[soistalker]

1 minute ago, Bluespunk said:

 

Who are the people in the circle near the top of the picture?

Thai <deleted> exposing him with little to no sympathy.

[NCC1701A]

looks like a retired CEO of some big tech firm taking a break during his golf game. Not a broke Farang. Must have early dementia because a Thai would never do what he claims.  

[dutchbull]

1 hour ago, robblok said:

He has a state person.. everyone has one in the Netherlands. around a 1000 eur per month. How can he be robbed of his ticket.. sounds fake to me. 

Not every Dutchmen get state pension (AOW) it depends how long you actually lived in Holland (working or not working)

between 15 and 65 years you get for every year 2% so if you live in Holland these period you get 50 times 2% is 100% about 50000 baht a month for single unmarried person

every year you not have lives in Holland they deduct with 2%

for instants if this man lived abroad with Dutch passport for 40 years he only get 20% etc etc

[soistalker]

Just now, NCC1701A said:

looks like a retired CEO of some big tech firm taking a break during his golf game. Not a broke Farang. Must have early dementia because a Thai would never do what he claims.  

Dripping with sarcasm...delicious.

[mike1967]

I get robbed blind every time I go out!!!????????????

[Vacuum]

3 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

 

Who are the people in the circle near the top of the picture?

 

The robbers?  Btw. how much for the hat?

[NextStationBangkok]

1 hour ago, car720 said:

He obviously is sick of living.

 

Probably leaving ?

[scorecard]

1 hour ago, blackhorse said:

Nothing worse than a farang begger in 3rd world. I bet if you offered him a non refundable ticket he would beg for the cash so he could buy it lol

 

What's the old saying 'Fools and their money are soon parted'.

 

I got posted to Thailand, first day another farang (a local employee) asked for money, other staff members advised me to never give the 'begger' one baht. 

 

He spent all of this salary on girls 'pay for fun' and expensive gifts all the time for girls he knew only from bars.

 

He eventually got into serious trouble with finances and his family from home sent just enough money for a return ticket. 

 

The night before his flight home he went to cowboy for a final escapade. He spent every baht he had in the world. He walked back to his room, next day he begged around his apartment building for just enough taxi money to get to the old inter, airport. He arrived in Australia with not one baht or one cent to his name. He approached the police at the arrival airport, they drove him home. 

[Vacuum]

3 minutes ago, Cereal said:

Gotta say, he's looks pretty good for a guy that's 70 years old.

 

Yeah, had looked worse if he had more money....

[NextStationBangkok]

1 minute ago, Vacuum said:

 

The robbers?  Btw. how much for the hat?

 

That's for hats-off to the buyers. ????

[seancbk]

1 hour ago, smedly said:

so at 70 he has no state pension from home ? I find that hard to believe, how about booking a cheap room for 2x months and saving your income for an air ticket instead of making an idiot of yourself 

 

 

Why so hard to believe?  I won't get a state pension of any kind.   I won't get any pension of any kind for that matter.

[Artisi]

1 hour ago, Borzandy said:

Sure, that cannot be Thais who robbed this man.

Correct, in the words of his master, "no Thai would do that" 

[Chao Lao Beach]

5 X 18b (wholesale cost watches) Sold, not a bad day in Thailand.

[thaikahuna]

This doesn't pass the smell test. If he is not here on retirement extension or other long term visa, he'd be required to have a return ticket or one for onward travel. If he is a pensioner he should have received funds on the first.

[Sir Charles]

Someone knows his name?

[murraynz]

1 hour ago, RotMahKid said:

Only if you lived in the Netherlands for 50 yrs, for every year from your 15th till your 65 you get 2%. If you lived less longer there it's costs you 2% per year. I know dutch persons that came here when they were 25 and never left, then it's not so much you get.

nz has a similar system--we have to have lived in nz 45yrs---pension is reduced proportionately if youve been away from nz...our pension is only about 36,000thb for 28days-non taxed-its not asset tested.

i dont think anybody should cut all ties from their home country.. they should make sure that they have some sort of savings to cover illness etc..before moving to thailand...

if not...they dont deserve any sympathy if they'run out of money'

[wgdanson]

39 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

 

Who are the people in the circle near the top of the picture?

They are the Messenger group who forwarded this photo to someone else.

[PhilippBKK]

is it for a new comedy show: "Farang Pranks Thailand"

Loser.....

[jayboy]

39 minutes ago, scorecard said:

 

What's the old saying 'Fools and their money are soon parted'.

 

I got posted to Thailand, first day another farang (a local employee) asked for money, other staff members advised me to never give the 'begger' one baht. 

 

He spent all of this salary on girls 'pay for fun' and expensive gifts all the time for girls he knew only from bars.

 

He eventually got into serious trouble with finances and his family from home sent just enough money for a return ticket. 

 

The night before his flight home he went to cowboy for a final escapade. He spent every baht he had in the world. He walked back to his room, next day he begged around his apartment building for just enough taxi money to get to the old inter, airport. He arrived in Australia with not one baht or one cent to his name. He approached the police at the arrival airport, they drove him home. 

 

That's an extreme case but in it essentials maybe not so unusual, a naive young foreigner hypnotized by the gripping yet illusory charms of Bangkok nightlife and ending up in financial ruin.

 

In fact doesn't something like that happen to the young hero of Jack Reynold's "Woman of Bangkok"?

 

Somehow it's easier to forgive in a young man, plenty of time to get things right if he's a fundamentally decent sort.Less easy to forgive in the middle aged and old.

 

"The world is what is is.Men who are nothing or allow themselves to become nothing have no place in it"

V.S Naipaul

[PhilippBKK]

Thailand needs more of these quality Western tourists to counter those terrible Chinese

[unamazedloso]

Dont need a sign. Its just the norm.

 

[bluesofa]

23 minutes ago, Sir Charles said:

Someone knows his name?

His name is Mex.

Thai Mex.

 

[Vacuum]

26 minutes ago, thaikahuna said:

If he is a pensioner he should have received funds on the first.

 

Already spent on R&R.

[Bangkokazy]

There are hundreds of beggars around Thailand.
One more.

Make not much difference.