Why do Thai people ignore Foreigners when they are speaking and begin speaking over them, interrupting them?

[NanLaew]

On 12/15/2019 at 3:48 PM, safarimike11 said:

This happened to me a couple of months ago: I was in a Tesco Lotus Express. I had a number of items in my basket and went to the checkout - one of 3 checkouts. I got to the front and the girl served me. She had just billed all the items and told me the total cost and I paid her. She was about to give me my change and this Thai woman customer pushed in front of me with a packet of noodles. The check-out girl (who was probably new) stopped serving me to attend to this other customer; she already had the till open, so I said to this customer (something like): "She is serving me; why can't you wait until we are finished?" The customer said: "Just moment" - by which she meant that I could wait / it was okay for her to push in being as she was just buying a packet of noodles. By this time I had lost it and said: "No, not just a ****ing moment; she is serving me / I was first / you can wait till I am finished". By this time there were 2 other women waiting in my queue, and I said to them: "What, is it okay for her to push in in front of me because I'm not Thai"? (completely wasted as they obviously couldn't understand a word of English). By now, the checkout girl was completely flustered and just handed me my change. Not the first or last time this type of thing has happened.

 

Maybe she has a different notion of "express" service as in a Tesco Lotus Express (that hasn't existed for more than a couple of months already.)

[safarimike11]

10 hours ago, NanLaew said:

 

Maybe she has a different notion of "express" service as in a Tesco Lotus Express (that hasn't existed for more than a couple of months already.)

Five and a half years on: This used to be a great Tesco Lotus Express. Unfortunately, around 3 years ago they changed the shop layout to resemble a 7-Eleven (don't ask me why), so I don't use it anymore.

[ZigM]

On 6/2/2025 at 11:04 PM, Lorry said:

That's the problem. 

You didn't understand that you are baby here, you cannot even speak. 

And of course, don't have the social skills that are expected here.

In this situation,  it's for you (and me, and all the other foreigners) to learn. Not for them.

Lorry is at it again. 
Instead of reading and understanding my post which is open for discussion, he insults. He is a typical troll, a cyber bully, if you wish. Someone who picks a single sentence out of a post without context and then throws insults at the author to upset them. Lorry must be really bored,

 

Google explains: "An Internet troll is an individual who deliberately provokes or upsets others within online communities, particularly on social media platforms". Sounds like Lorry, right? Lorry has made some 3,400 posts since 2021. Wow, that's a lot! Lorry wrote in a post in 2023: "There was one Thai female there who was the single-most rude Thai person I've dealt with in over 30 years. She never once allowed me to finish a single sentence". Lorry also wrote in that same post: "The remainder of the time she only would speak Thai and bullied my wife until my wife was shaking".

 

Perhaps Lorry should follow his own advice instead of insulting someone that he knows is correct. Looks like Lorry has had similar experiences. He should contribute instead of insult. Alas, a troll can only do what a troll does - troll.