i live in Hua Hin and there are police road blocks set up on every road out of town .

 

 

39 minutes ago, Kaopad999 said:

I'm happy that Thailand is not controlled by the liberal elite like most parts of the western world. 

Yeh Facist elites are far better , history doesn't lie...

59 minutes ago, MrPatrickThai said:

Strange headline!

 

Is the fact that he is white(farang) the point of interest?

 

Is the fact that he is probably a tourist of interest?

 

Can you imagine the New York Times saying, "well dressed African....." or the Guardian writing, "well-dressed Asian......"

 

 

 

If we were living in New York, I'd expect the headline to be 'Well dressed Tourist.....' although it would be difficult to determine that a person is a tourist just from CCTV.  In this case they'd probably put 'fat, old white man caught on CCTV shoplifting'.

Here in Thailand most of us want to know if the person was Thai, or Non Thai and as we have a convenient term to describe Westerners why not use it?   

Don't know about you but I have zero interest in stories about Thai's shoplifting, but a story about a farang does interest me slightly.

 

Smartly, not sure..... He looks like lost and found Thai porn star's husband Harold ? 

1 hour ago, Just1Voice said:

Idiot!  Clear views on not one, but TWO cameras!  Identify, arrest, convict, 6 months in a Thai prison, deport & blacklist. 

 

Wow 6 months for petty theft , whats the sentence for stealing a country ?

Doesn't look like he was trying to steal it.  Looks more like he was just carrying it off to find where to pay.  

Although he didn't look like the sharpest tool in the shed either.

19 minutes ago, White Christmas13 said:

is that him?

 

you haven't seen me naked yet

1 hour ago, MrPatrickThai said:

Strange headline!

 

Is the fact that he is white(farang) the point of interest?

 

Is the fact that he is probably a tourist of interest?

 

Can you imagine the New York Times saying, "well dressed African....." or the Guardian writing, "well-dressed Asian......"

 

 

 

This is an expat forum, of course the main point of interest in many of the stories is the fact that the story involves an expat.

5 minutes ago, soalbundy said:

you haven't seen me naked yet

I think I give it a miss

4 minutes ago, seancbk said:

Doesn't look like he was trying to steal it.  Looks more like he was just carrying it off to find where to pay.  

Although he didn't look like the sharpest tool in the shed either.

 

What is it that looks to you like he was not trying to do exactly what he did do?

1 hour ago, anterian said:

Alzheimer's attack, he forgot to pay. 

A couple of troll posts removed

A senior moment - it comes to us all at some point...

i live in Hua Hin and there are police road blocks set up on every road out of town .
 
 

His mobility scooter is speeding off into the sunset.

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I like how he looks directly at the camera, perhaps pondering if it's a fake one ???? Not exactly oceans "whateventh"-material this plod ????‍♀️

1 hour ago, Boon Mee said:

That fat old Geezer is 'smartly dressed'? 555 

Guess because got on long pants and a shirt? ???? 

Quite a standard outfit of so many baby-boomers farangs here. Lol

Smartly dressed?.

I was expecting a top hat and a bow tie.

In other words, he wasn't wearing a Chang muscle top

1 hour ago, kwak250 said:

Not exactly good at it i bet its the first time he tried it ..

This inexperienced old fart of a shoplifter just want to feel his heart beat a little faster than when he is together with his wife of a lifetime  - In Thailand there are several ways to make this happen and shoplifting is obviously one of them ....

1 hour ago, MrPatrickThai said:

Strange headline!

 

Is the fact that he is white(farang) the point of interest?

 

Is the fact that he is probably a tourist of interest?

 

Can you imagine the New York Times saying, "well dressed African....." or the Guardian writing, "well-dressed Asian......"

 

If "farang" wasn't in the headline, most (including yourself) probably wouldn't even be reading this thread.  It's also a point of interest because it's not common to see a "well-dressed" farang shoplifting.  Pretty darn rare, actually.     

Problem is, we ALL look like that sooner or later here. 

48 minutes ago, Kieran00001 said:

53 minutes ago, seancbk said:

Doesn't look like he was trying to steal it.  Looks more like he was just carrying it off to find where to pay.  

Although he didn't look like the sharpest tool in the shed either.

 

What is it that looks to you like he was not trying to do exactly what he did do?

 

Did he really look like he was trying to hide the bag he selected, or simply make sure he had a good hold of it in the one hand he was using to carry everything?   

He walked away with the bag in clear view in his hand.   It doesn't look like the kind of shop where you use a shopping basket, so you pickup items you want and then have to go find where to pay. 

Smartly dressed? Could you be more serious? 

 

1 hour ago, billsmart said:

I just bought a new one like that for THB 220... ????

From a fat farang?

He only weighs 60 kg but this was his 3rd shopping stop of the day. His shirt was stuffed with other items he stole. Smart dressed but dull witted.

Smartly dressed? Ha! 

Not very smart move to be so 'smartly dressed'.

3 hours ago, Boon Mee said:

That fat old Geezer is 'smartly dressed'? 555 

Guess because got on long pants and a shirt? ???? 

He’s not too badly dressed- at least he was not wearing those elephant pants. Compared to the guys you see nursing a beer for breakfast- this is sartorial elegance. 

 

Mind you I have a suspicion even if he was wearing Armani , with his fabulous figure - would look the same. 

2 minutes ago, Jimdandy said:

Not very smart move to be so 'smartly dressed'.

Not smart to make such a move in front of a cctv unless you are there for a few seconds of fame ...

Another Cheap Charlie tourist, who gives us all a bad name, Shame on him.  I hope bad karma strikes him down the road. his clothes suggest he has money, enuff to pay anyway.

Geezer