Being Polite: Army to teach Patong tuk-tuk, taxi drivers manners after vicious beating of tourists

[rooster59]

Being Polite: Army to teach Patong tuk-tuk, taxi drivers manners after vicious beating of tourists 

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Army personnel speaks with tuk-tuk drivers on Patong’s beachfront road. Photo: The Phuket News / file
 

PHUKET: Royal Thai Army soldiers based in Phuket will call in tuk-tuk and taxi drivers in Patong for an “attitude adjustment” briefing after two tourists were viciously beaten in the tourism town last week.

 

The training session, politely called “public transport training for drivers – tut-tuk, taxi and motorbike taxi as the better service”, is being orchestrated by the Phuket Land Transport Office (PLTO).

 

In the attack at about 11pm last Thursday (Mar 28), six public transport drivers – comprising taxi drivers, tuk-tuk drivers and at least one motorcycle taxi driver – beat two male tourists from the UAE to the ground in the middle of Pracha Nukroh Rd in front of Malin Plaza in Patong.

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/being-polite-army-to-teach-patong-tuk-tuk-taxi-drivers-manners-after-vicious-beating-of-tourists-70994.php#cX8UotGGCRfUpOCK.97

 

-- © Copyright Phuket News 2019-04-06

 

 

[fruitman]

Don't forget to tell them what a 'meter' is...

[petermik]

Teaching manners to the taxi and tuk tuk mafia.....you have to laugh at that one ????

[Vacuum]

Just now, fruitman said:

Don't forget to tell them what a 'meter' is...

And how to use it.

[fruitman]

2 minutes ago, Vacuum said:

And how to use it.

And that it's Thai law to use them....

[z42]

These morons still haven't been shut down, and they've been up to the same dirty deeds for decades.

 

Something horribly amiss, very much a mafia culture down in Phuket. Not such a nice place to visit these days is Patong

[LivinginKata]

Wait - today is well past 1 April ...

[Mavideol]

41 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

PHUKET: Royal Thai Army soldiers based in Phuket will call in tuk-tuk and taxi drivers in Patong for an “attitude adjustment”

why only phuket....the majority of taxi drivers, nationwide, needs to be taught attitude adjustment

[sammieuk1]

Hand cupping and back pocket tapping can be taught instantly to the eager to learn but gang booting takes a little longer its all in the swing ????

[Deli]

Not even 12 months boot camp can adjust these p****s

[yellowboat]

Where would Thailand be without the army's guiding hand ? They solved the beach chair issue, so there is nothing they cannot do.  

[cardinalblue]

To have the military to teach about manners and attitude to civilians tells you something very wrong in the Thai culture......

[ChipButty]

16 minutes ago, cardinalblue said:

To have the military to teach about manners and attitude to civilians tells you something very wrong in the Thai culture......

It's getting worse 

[nausea]

3 hours ago, Mavideol said:

why only phuket....the majority of taxi drivers, nationwide, needs to be taught attitude adjustment

You're so wrong. Get outside of the tourist areas and the taxi drivers are, like, pretty decent chaps. 

[rosst]

Be a better idea to teach the police to do their job and control these louts and their bosses 

[Pilotman]

34 minutes ago, cardinalblue said:

To have the military to teach about manners and attitude to civilians tells you something very wrong in the Thai culture......

I find the Army and Navy people fine, polite and accommodating. it's the Police that piss me off. 

[Pilotman]

13 minutes ago, rosst said:

Be a better idea to teach the police to do their job and control these louts and their bosses 

hear hear , well put 

[marquis22]

4 hours ago, petermik said:

Teaching manners to the taxi and tuk tuk mafia.....you have to laugh at that one ????

Easily taught, they just have to wai before the beating!

[harada]

2 hours ago, rosst said:

Be a better idea to teach the police to do their job and control these louts and their bosses 

This may come into the conflict of interest category.

[KenKadz]

"tourists from the UAE"

Sharia Law (eye for an eye) works for me!

[Richard Kuklinski]

3 hours ago, rosst said:

Be a better idea to teach the police to do their job and control these louts and their bosses 

The tuktuk bosses are also the boss of the police, hence, the problem.  ????

 

I wonder if those drivers that did the assault will be transferred to an inactive sala.  ????

[toenail]

The worse “tuk tuk” or songtaew drivers in all of Thailand are in Phuket. These mafia drivers are like toxic vultures ready to take advantage of innocent tourists. These nasty individuals are loud, bossy, rude, cheaters and certainly give Thailand a negative impression. Teaching this particular ethnic group from South Thailand manners or honest values is beyond their comprehension. Sorry, I will walk a couple kilometers before I deal with these scumbags. ( Another frustration visiting Phuket.) 

[Moo 2]

In the Land of Smile, do tuk-tuk and taxi drivers still smile while they are beating up tourists?

It's important to keep up appearances!

[monkeycu]

Will they now say " Give me all your money please  "  

[Xaos]

They dont need to be trained by untrained army. They need to be charged and jailed. 

Edited April 7, 2019 by Xaos