Lived here for 20 years and still haven't seen it all

[petedk]

I guess when you have lived here for 20 years you think you must have seen it all and nothing surprises you any more. At least that is what I thought until last Saturday.

 

I was driving into the car park of Big C and following a Toyota Camry which was doing about 20 km/hour. I have learnt to be patient and take it easy so I just followed behind the car (no choice really as it was the way in to the car park). Anyway the car slowed down, turned on the catastrophe lights ready to back into a parking place and then it stopped, blocking my passage. I waited... and waited... and waited.... then I lost my patience and gave a small beep of the horn and the driver wound down his black tainted windows.

 

OMG surprise number 1. He was a very frail looking guy of about 80 years!

Then surprise number 2. The passenger next to him ( a lady of about 40) was doing the steering!

 

Eventually he (they) backed in enough for me to pass. I parked and when I got out of the car and walked to Big C came surprise number 3. He could hardly walk! He was being supported by 2 women and walked very slowly.

 

I really dread to think what could have happened. His reaction time must have been 100 times slower than a normal person.

 

How can a person like that get away with it? 

How can his family allow such stupidity?

[sungod]

Once you think you have seen it all, know it all its time to worry as you have clearly lost the plot.

 

Always remember the time when we were in the UK, my wife saw a very old couple pushing a pram with a dog inside.....

Edited August 24, 2020 by sungod

[Hank Gunn]

I’ve only lived here for a little over three years and that story didn’t really surprise me.

 

Not much more shocking than seeing a guy riding his motorcycle (small bike) on a major road, in the wrong direction, using only one hand; the other holding a phone into which he was intently staring while holding an infant in the crux of his arm. TIT (This Is Thailand.)

Edited August 24, 2020 by Hank Gunn

[OneMoreFarang]

An old guy lives in my building and he has a car which is almost as old as he is.

Ok, he is about 80 and his car maybe 30 or 40 years old.

The car is not only old but looks like it had more than one accident.

Whenever he drives everybody (like the security guards, motorcycle riders in front of the building) hide far away from where he could possible drive his car.

Luckily he also uses his horn a lot so drivers in the building don't use any ramps at that time.

And he does that since years. TiT!

[Kwasaki]

20 years here you say,  do you live in a bubble,  nothing strange about what happened to you IMHO. 

[Orton Rd]

saw a kid laying flat across the top of his motorbike with feet pointing to the back wheel on the seat a few weeks ago, no helmet or shoes but did wear a stupid grin. Came over a bridge at some speed on a busy road, may well be dead by now!

[PatOngo]

1 hour ago, petedk said:

How can his family allow such stupidity?

Possibly it runs in the family! ????

[holy cow cm]

Just going on my motorcycle to go running then get my daughter from school this old old dinky small Peugeot car was doing about 25kmh on a side road next to the railroad tracks that everyone standardly does 80kmh for the norm. Finally got to a place to pass them and it was geriatric Ma and Pa Kettle with Pa behind the wheel. Who knows, maybe Ma was playing with Pa's limp gear shift trying to make it work.

[petedk]

2 hours ago, sungod said:

Once you think you have seen it all, know it all its time to worry as you have clearly lost the plot.

 

Always remember the time when we were in the UK, my wife saw a very old couple pushing a pram with a dog inside.....

haha I see that every day here. Some guy puts his dog in a pushchair and takes it for a walk.

[petedk]

1 hour ago, Kwasaki said:

20 years here you say,  do you live in a bubble,  nothing strange about what happened to you IMHO. 

I have seen many strange things. Believe me.

 

I just think that this was one of the worst. 

[petedk]

1 hour ago, Orton Rd said:

saw a kid laying flat across the top of his motorbike with feet pointing to the back wheel on the seat a few weeks ago, no helmet or shoes but did wear a stupid grin. Came over a bridge at some speed on a busy road, may well be dead by now!

Seen that often while traveling to work with a bunch of colleagues. At first we videoed him, but then realised that he did it every day.

[Puchaiyank]

This was a great story! An 80 year old man being supported by two young Thai puying!  

 

I'll have some of whatever he's having...????

[petedk]

2 hours ago, Puchaiyank said:

This was a great story! An 80 year old man being supported by two young Thai puying!  

 

I'll have some of whatever he's having...????

No no not young Thai puying. They were middle aged. Could be his daughter, I guess

 

I remember once in Phuket seeing a foreigner who could hardly walk being "escorted" by a couple of teenage girl, but that as obviously money talking.????

Edited August 24, 2020 by petedk

[TLeaf]

I saw a father tipping his kid upside down and drowning him in the public toilet sink shouting 'poochai, poochai' / you are a boy not a girl you are a BOY!

 

Being an alien I'm not really in the best position to speak to the police so I ignored it.  They treat me like a criminal I might as well become one.

 

The boy was fine and they left the area,

Edited August 24, 2020 by TLeaf

[Saraburi121]

You could probably create new forum  sub topic "Thought I have seen it all here until.."

Would be some great stories for sure!

[tandor]

16 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

20 years here you say,  do you live in a bubble,  nothing strange about what happened to you IMHO. 

..the ole dude driving maybe a young dude..he had two very younger women with him..good luck to him.

[rwill]

The result of the lifetime licenses.  At least there is plan to have them come in at a certain age, 70 I think, to take a driving test.  Of course if they fail and lose the license they will just drive anyway.

[Caldera]

Nice one.

 

He's probably the only one with a driver's license, so by law, he's the one who needs to be behind the wheel, no matter if he does the steering or not. ????

 

[The Fugitive]

18 hours ago, petedk said:

haha I see that every day here. Some guy puts his dog in a pushchair and takes it for a walk.

An elderly lady in UK took her pet tortoise for walks in an old pram. Apparently she had tried putting it upon a lead but it was too slow even for her.

[NoshowJones]

20 hours ago, PatOngo said:

Possibly it runs in the family! ????

You mean in most Thai families. ????

[tandor]

5 hours ago, Caldera said:

Nice one.

 

He's probably the only one with a driver's license, so by law, he's the one who needs to be behind the wheel, no matter if he does the steering or not. ????

 

.at least he fore-warned the OP by putting the hazard lights on..well one of 30 digits pressed the 'nuke button'.

 

Edited August 25, 2020 by tandor

[Wullie Mercer]

On 8/24/2020 at 4:34 PM, Orton Rd said:

saw a kid laying flat across the top of his motorbike with feet pointing to the back wheel on the seat a few weeks ago, no helmet or shoes but did wear a stupid grin. Came over a bridge at some speed on a busy road, may well be dead by now!

How they used to street race here 30 years ago.