13 minutes ago, cyril sneer said:

virtue signalling

 

It's called forum for a reason. Your opinion is welcome.

 

Perhaps the truth hurts?

Yes, we farang demand way too much privilege.

 

We'll be complaining about having to sit at the back of the bus next. Or having to give up our seats for a Thai National.

 

Oh wait a minute, we're considered too dirty to even be allowed on ????.

 

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People dont want privilege, A nonsense article OP who quite frankly is ignorant of the country he is referring to.

I agree with what I perceive to be the OP's basic point, but not necessarily the way he explained it.

Many come here to take advantage of the many good and cheap aspects of a country with some wide open attitudes and a generally lawless culture, but bitterly complain when something doesn't work in their favor. They then bemoan the lack of western style control or law to prevent such.

Good and bad, Thailand is what it is. A moaning Nigel is never going to change the culture, the politics, the system of corruption nor the attitudes of the population. Change has to come from within and will be most likely driven by a younger tech savvy generation.

Back in home country most of us would never be able to achieve the best aspects of life we can build here.  To enjoy our time it becomes necessary to fit in to the system, not constantly complain nor try to change it. If something cant be tolerated, avoid it or suck it up. Overall it will always be cheaper to live here than in the western world, despite many who try to sell something different.

23 minutes ago, pixelaoffy said:

People dont want privilege, A nonsense article OP who quite frankly is ignorant of the country he is referring to.

 

UK or USA?

It was a great post until the part after the word So.

So many harsh comments !!

 

He is only addressing ex members of SAS and French Foreign Legion !!

I disagree with your assessment.

 

There's a reason why in many many countries including US, UK, Singapore, (I was a foreign students in Singapore myself.. but on a half scholarship so I paid the same fees as local Singaporeans) foreign students pay higher price. Because there are limited seats in the classrooms and had the foreigners pay lower fees, many more foreign students would come and flood the universities, it's a filter, so they do this to protect local enrollment in universities. Similar logic with why foreign nationals can't buy landed properties in many countries including Thailand, and this is Fair.

 

Ticket prices to attractions and tourist sites, it's still somewhat ok, because if you can show your local ID, you pay local prices and usually these locations are packed with tourists, so government is giving priorities to domestic tourism. Ok, sure.

 

What is disturbing, is the food prices, taxi trips, even Thai massages. Personal experience. 

I was in a not-cheap three island boat tour in Krabi, and and in one island, there was a food stall there and they charged double price for food for farangs by the look and their skin. My question is, if they don't charge double price for farangs, they are going to run out of rice and eggs so the locals can't eat or what? If they want to make more money, then why they can't charge more for Thais there, because Thai people who were on that boat trip are well off Thais who can certainly pay higher price. Many of foreigners in turn are not richer than the locals.

Give me a reason why, in this case, other than the sellers are basically racists.

 

 

 

 

Where are these white foreigners in Thailand demanding anything?

 

 Thais have never struck me as very Raceist, non PC definitely. If they see a Clown , Black or White thats what they call. Unlike Whites who can only criticise Whites without being called Raceist by today New Gen Brainwashed.

4 minutes ago, Destiny1990 said:

Where are these white foreigners in Thailand demanding anything?

 

Just a few faceless Chumps in Fan Rooms.

Thai massage, outside touristy area. My father was charged higher price more than advertised by the masseuse, being a foreigner. Why?

Because if my father didn't go for that massage, there are many Thais queuing outside waiting for massage and my father took their opportunity getting a massage? funny the queue was invisible I didn't see them at all.

Or is the masseuse really going to run out of energy massaging a foreigner hence higher price?

We are fellow asians. My wife who is Thai paid regular price. I paid regular price, I speak Thai (they probably thought I was Thai too). Customers appreciate being treated fairly.

 

What about those for example, white people who are Thai nationals and hold Thai IDs, so their whole life they are looked at as tourists who some locals think that they must pay higher price for everything.

 

 

 

 

Jokes on you I'm a non-white foreigner. I'm a fellow asian. I hate double pricing on regular everyday things here in Thailand. If any Thai travellers come to visit my country of origin which is Indonesia and being charged double price on everyday things, and I happen to be there, I'm gonna defend you all from some of my rubbish fellow countrymen.

Nationality means nothing. Good people are good people and bad people are bad people.

To all those that have started sentences with 'so'. Please don't.

The OP is a Troll with too much time on his hands. 

Either that or he needs to go home ???? 

1 hour ago, Psimbo said:

To all those that have started sentences with 'so'. Please don't.

 

So what are you gonna do about it?

15 minutes ago, Boon Mee said:

The OP is a Troll with too much time on his hands. 

Either that or he needs to go home ???? 

 

Why do you write that? Because he has posted some observations in a humourous manner?

 

Why not just reply in a humourous manner or not reply at all? Unless the comments are rather too close to the bone for some...

 

Thailand belongs to the group of developing countries.

It is still developing which is a process so the things have not been in order yet.

I like things to be in order but not perfectly so Thailand works for me ????????

Pravda obviously failed the mathematics exam when he said 0.1% of foreigners overcharged for visiting parks. All foreigners get overcharged, making it 100% ????

we just want our seat on the bus.

6 hours ago, Keyser Soze666 said:

So what is your point??

 

Btw, generally speaking I absolutely loathe 'expats' Vile, weird, know it all failures, in the main.

Now there is one post of yours i agree with.   I am sure you won't mind if I include you in my

loathing  ????      Oh,  and vice versa of course

The OP lost me with the Topic headline

 

nonsense topic. time to close it down?

Up till the time i settled here I traveled in many countries and this idiocy you write about I found in many places. People who think just because they can afford a plane ticket and hotel believe they are 'lords' over the locals. Thailand has a way of making these fools eat some humble pie, one of reasons I enjoy living here. The one's that stay here and still complain, well, that kind of speaks for itself lol..    

A pathetic waste of time, space and calories. 

OMG !   there are another 194 countries to choose from in the world !   just pick one if it

fills your needs better than Thailand.    

 

even Nancy L  and that guy riding the baht busses in Pattaya are still here. 

 

 

 

My time in the Legion was rather boring as I sat around smoking Gauloises all day and chatting amicably with P.C Wren who kept claiming that his brother "Beau" Wren was posted down Fort Zinderneuf way-which I later discovered to be a bar at the bottom of Soi Bidet..

 

Martial glory is not all that it is cracked up to be..

2 hours ago, Psimbo said:

To all those that have started sentences with 'so'. Please don't.

Yes, its as bad as To All.

3 hours ago, Old Croc said:

Back in home country most of us would never be able to achieve the best aspects of life we can build here.  To enjoy our time it becomes necessary to fit in to the system, not constantly complain nor try to change it

good post.      If i can expand a bit,  where in the world are we not forced to "fit into the system"?

 

I have been trying my best for 50 years to slip and slide through the cracks of the horrible (to me)

pressure to abide by the LAWS  and conform to the norm .   Quite a struggle , one that seems

to get even more difficult in the modern world.  And this is only on thiavisa !