moe666 Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 8 hours ago, DLock said: Most posters are happy she made a success of herself. But you miss the point, or as a Thai apologist, choose to. Thailand can never provide the same opportunities granted by most western countries. They are xenophobic, scared and protectionist of foreigners gaining any foothold or taking any jobs or money from Thais. Nothing wrong with pointing out the obvious, unless you prefer to just ignore it like a proper Thai. Your call. You knew the rules when you moved here you could not own land, certain jobs were off limits, and blah blah. But you came knowing full well the rules but you came anyway. Go home or stop complaining geez you guys are like broken records. If you need a job that bad why are you here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moe666 Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 4 minutes ago, SteveK said: So she's earning more than the president of the USA by driving a truck? I highly doubt that. no he makes 400,000 a year plus benefits several million playing golf oneof them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 4 hours ago, Airalee said: If she was really an “owner operator”...as many here are claiming...and making US$33,000/month...then why is she posing in front of a Werner Enterprises truck? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Enterprises Must be a long line at Werner's door trying to get a job there. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emptypockets Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 I take my hat off to the young lady. I cannot imagine how her life must be so different living and working in the US from 20 years old. It must have been quite a learning experience for her. How she got there and her actual income is of little interest to me. I wish her all the best. To the posters alluding she is a <deleted> - I feel so sad for you. It shows your p!ss poor attitude to Thai people and women generally. She's driving a delivery truck not an interstate big rig. Lets face it - the highlight of a lot of posters life has been being able to live long enough to get a pension and then live in Thailand as they couldn't survive elsewhere. Some won't be able to survive in Thailand in the near future either. As I said I take my hat off to her for getting off her bum and having a go. Google Iggy Azalea, another young woman who had the guts and a desire to have a go and has done wonderfully well. Left Oz to go to LA alone when she was 16 years old. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 Some troll posts using derogatory characterizations have been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, JaiLai said: She's a truck driver, she has not invented a cure for cancer... Or television or radar or the microwave oven or the double-hulled super tanker and hundreds of other ridiculous things that the Thai bashers frequently touts as proof that Thai people are incapable of anything just because they haven't invented anything. Thanks for the affirmation. Edited November 7, 2019 by NanLaew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Mega Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 1 hour ago, moe666 said: That is only 30,000 a year a bit low for a truck driver but most are only making 40,000 to 45,000 a year a month no How is 1m baht a month equal 30k usd a year..... your calculator broken ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katana Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 Here's her FB page https://web.facebook.com/SupavadeeChar and she's got some Youtube videos here: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaiLai Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 28 minutes ago, NanLaew said: Or television or radar or the microwave oven or the double-hulled super tanker and hundreds of other ridiculous things that the Thai bashers frequently touts as proof that Thai people are incapable of anything just because they haven't invented anything. Thanks for the affirmation. i lived in a shoe when i was a boy, now i'm loaded ( no fans tho ) note - i'm not a truck driver tho.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAGA 2020 Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 11 hours ago, mikebell said: A million a month for a Thai driver driving on the 'wrong' side of the road - scary. Nope it's the right side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooBigToFit Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 (edited) Well I looked into this. The story seems to be all screwed up. She did want to be a policewoman but never went to the interview. She studied at Maha Sarakham university and did the Work and Travel program to the US. Source of my info: https://mgronline.com/live/detail/9620000098365?fbclid=IwAR09aEzLF6-HBTgsrXgH3j9Kuy0K2Tg5ZsdezI9lA5Se3WfSaYiGYkQW8P8 Another vid of her being interviewed. She hasn't been driving that long in the US or at least it doesn't seem like she's posting videos to her youtube. This youtube account is someone else's. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_Ah80weHKg Edited November 7, 2019 by TooBigToFit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monomial Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 1 hour ago, emptypockets said: She's driving a delivery truck not an interstate big rig. No, actually she is driving an interstate big rig. She has posted pictures of the sleeper cabin in the back on her facebook page, and she says she has visited all 48 states in the continental USA. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVENKEEL Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 Aside from obvious salary misprint, think about all the bar girls reading about her and wishing to meet a US truck driver.....oh dahling you truck driver?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monomial Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 6 minutes ago, TooBigToFit said: Well I looked into this. The story seems to be all screwed up. She did want to be a policewoman but never went to the interview. She studied at Maha Sarakham university and did the Work and Travel program to the US for university students and seems to just have stayed on in the US. She makes around 100,000 baht a month driving. If I am wrong about any of this please let me know. Source of my info: https://mgronline.com/live/detail/9620000098365?fbclid=IwAR09aEzLF6-HBTgsrXgH3j9Kuy0K2Tg5ZsdezI9lA5Se3WfSaYiGYkQW8P8 Another vid of her being interviewed. She hasn't been driving that long in the US or at least it doesn't seem like she's posting videos to her youtube. This youtube account is someone else's. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_Ah80weHKg That article says she makes around 50,000 - 60,000 baht per week driving after all expenses such as fuel and truck payments and splitting with her partner, which is consistent with what she has reported elsewhere. Namely she can earn around $8000 USD per month when she works hard. Not a glamorous life in the US, but a good one and I think most Thais consider that kind of money a significant amount. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKr Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 (edited) 11 hours ago, Curt1591 said: Once again, I'm not talking ever month ...https://www.indeed.com/salaries/Owner-Operator-Driver-Salaries good link. the article is mentioning "making more than Bt1 million a month" what supports your idea that this is about revenue of an owner operator. Salaries, obviously, much more modest as demonstrated in the link. (and I, apparently, should have read all posts, see #134 above ) Edited November 7, 2019 by KKr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooBigToFit Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 That sounds right Monomial. " When buying a car for yourself in 1 week without fully deducting the fuel cost, which is $ 6-7 thousand a week, equivalent to 200,000 Thai baht per week. This is our income. But if the fuel is deducted, it will fall to about a hundred thousand to two hundred a week But we have to come in half because we drive 2 people, so there will be fifty thousand to six thousand a week per person One month is about two hundred thousand. Meaning it's just like a driver company But a bit more Is here, as you know, a lot of taxes Num Pim paid tax of approximately 15,000 baht per week that was taxed. The truck that I paid is not including tax, about $ 170,000 in Thai money, about 5-6 million in installments, $ 2,700 per month. If Americans can pay in 2 houses, it is very much. I choose to pay for 3 years because the car after 5 It's already a year. When I was a waitress, I worked and collected $ 1,500 per month. But when I drove a truck to the bank for $ 4 thousand a month without use, there was a lot of difference. After deducting expenses, we have more money to save than doing other things. " Google translate.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooBigToFit Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 (edited) There are tens of thousands of Work and Travel university students who go for the summer in the US. I wonder how many just stay on. I know that my students who did it met others from around the world working there. They stay together in 10 people to a house when they go for the summer. Some of them are lifeguards even though they know nothing about lifeguarding and aren't great swimmers. I bet in the coming years we will hear more of these university students who came with these programs and found a niche to do well in. I wish I knew more about the option out there when I was a kid. I think a lot of the opportunity a kid has revolves around what he sees growing up. Most kids in Esarn don't know how many odd jobs there are in the giant corporations or how much money a person working abroad can make doing stuff they can learn like welding or driving trucks. Even in the US the kids don't know what jobs can really pay well. I wonder why there is so little direction given by the schools and government to help kids and others looking for work connect to these opportunities? Edited November 7, 2019 by TooBigToFit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PatchinExPat Posted November 7, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 7, 2019 After reading most of the comments, and seeing all the hate and disrespect for thai people , both in Thailand and the USA, and add in the fact that she is a beautiful young lady, I have great fear for her safety . If the average man she encounters in the USA is even close to as ugly and mean as those posting here, I have great fears for her. You dumb clods should be ashamed of your selves. She , whether making 1 million or just a 10th of that , is a self supporting , responsible person , not depending on or costing you one dime. Isn't that what we hope most people are today. I would sure hate to spend even 1 minute in the company of most posters on this forum, they are hateful people with no self respect. 3 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catoholic Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 14 hours ago, webfact said: making more than Bt1 million a month. driving a truck? lol ... the media is not only corrupt it's stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emptypockets Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 2 hours ago, Monomial said: No, actually she is driving an interstate big rig. She has posted pictures of the sleeper cabin in the back on her facebook page, and she says she has visited all 48 states in the continental USA. I defer to your more in depth knowledge. The OP stated that she was a delivery driver. Either way, good for her for getting out, doing something and hopefully having a great, varied, and interesting life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 23 hours ago, webfact said: “I have been living in the US for 5 years now and speak English every day, but I haven’t forgotten my native tongue and I try to use it as often as possible,” she said. I can't possibly comment ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 14 hours ago, tifino said: but, what does she actually drive?? - a HiAce? even a little F250 is called a 'truck' As in Thailand; here a pickup is called truck and a school boy or girl is called a student ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 (edited) 11 hours ago, EVENKEEL said: Aside from obvious salary misprint, think about all the bar girls reading about her and wishing to meet a US truck driver.....oh dahling you truck driver?? And about a french truck driver ? euro is stronger than US dollar ... Edited November 8, 2019 by Assurancetourix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uesnyc Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 23 hours ago, DLock said: I'm pretty sure she is making more than USD$1,000 per month. It may not be USD$33,000, but long haul truck drivers do ok, so I would not be surprised if she was pulling decent money. ...and good on her. I hope she is. Interstate drivers can easilly do 3k USD or more per month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car720 Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 She wouldn't last 2 seconds in Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLock Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 I do enjoy watching the Thai Visa Old Crusty brigade get triggered by a young, attractive girl making more money in a month than they can hold in a bank account to maintain their O-Visa. She is far more successful that you. Get over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 21 hours ago, DLock said: 5-pages on a 6-page thread dedicated to disputing money of a young Thai girl truck driver made good. Priceless. And complaining that they do not have the same opportunities in Thailand, as if any of them would like to be a truck driver on Thai wages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue bruce Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 1000 US dollars week is a reasonable figure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLock Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 4 minutes ago, GarryP said: And complaining that they do not have the same opportunities in Thailand, as if any of them would like to be a truck driver on Thai wages. Happy for the girl and cheer her on in the Land of the Free. If you don't laugh at the inequality of the situation, then that says ore about you Kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 20 hours ago, poohy said: Good for her! Shame it could never happen here for a non thai But poor reporting much more like 1 million THB a year Why not? Came here when I was 19 and been making a decent wage since then. Nowhere near Baht 1m though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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