Very strange morning.

Around 7am this morning I was waiting for the red light at Theprasit and Sukhumvit when I felt my motorbike start to move forward, I look around and there's a black pick up pushing my bike, all the riders around me gave the car driver a strange look. The driver stops and tells me I should go (he was turning left from the middle lane). 
I was in the middle lane, both right lanes turn right. Anyway, Chinese Thai guy, I didn't argue, just roll my bike back and continue to wait.

 

Next, around 9am I'm in Tesco, at the register, the checkout chick had a problem with her terminal. 
There was an elderly European guy (60 or 70) waiting behind with his wife/friend. Suddenly he starts to yell at me aggressively, telling me to FO and quite a few other nasties. I walk over to him (I'm younger, tall and very fit), I'm thinking how did this guy get to this ripe old age with this childish behavior, I kept my cool and asked why are you so angry, he continued to yell. 
The section manager was there assisting the checkout chick, she's come over to me and asked I come back, I asked for her to get security, security arrived and did nothing.

 

OMG, over the years in Thailand I've had a few strange things happen, all were between myself and foreigners, never ever had any strange situations or issues with Thais. 
 

With your luck today I trust you have not bought any lottery tickets ????

Stay inside for the remaining of the day ....."Murphy law " is around you ...tomorrow all will be fine again ...????

Stay in bed longer...getting up early has it`s drawbacks.......

For the unknowing: this obviously happened in Pattaya.

Surprised?

5 minutes ago, david555 said:

Stay inside for the remaining of the day ....."Murphy law " is around you ...tomorrow all will be fine again ...????

Very true, some days you have to get the message 

maybe the geezer in Tesco's thought you were paying with a QR code ????

5 minutes ago, Lemsta69 said:

maybe the geezer in Tesco's thought you were paying with a QR code ????

i had that expieriance a few day ago at Lotus ...Thai lady with 2 full loaded shopper cars ....could no succeed paimentQR several tryings....

 

Finally she had to run to the ATM for cash.....i wonder why she just not used the card and pin...

Anyway i hold my smiling nerves ...????...when my pay turn i just smiled to cashier and showed my 1000 baht bill  and said this works always.....

this proves Cash is still king ....whatever new digital things they try to introduce ....????

Even more stranger.... there are no Tesco's here now...

regards Worgeordie

Just now, worgeordie said:

Even more stranger.... there are no Tesco's here now...

regards Worgeordie

Perhaps he drove there with the Doc in the DeLoren ?

40 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

Even more stranger.... there are no Tesco's here now...

regards Worgeordie

..Lotus now ......lucky we have you  "for ever sharp mind guy..." ????

1 hour ago, david555 said:

i had that expieriance a few day ago at Lotus ...Thai lady with 2 full loaded shopper cars ....could no succeed paimentQR several tryings....

 

Finally she had to run to the ATM for cash.....i wonder why she just not used the card and pin...

Anyway i hold my smiling nerves ...????...when my pay turn i just smiled to cashier and showed my 1000 baht bill  and said this works always.....

this proves Cash is still king ....whatever new digital things they try to introduce ....????

ser, I'm all in favour of digital payment systems and am quite glad that Thais are keen to embrace the new technology. 

 

anything that annoys grumpy old farang gets a thumbs up from me ????

 

ps. present company excluded, we're all happy souls in here ????

stay inside, avoid any public places..... Karma is after you 555

17 minutes ago, Lemsta69 said:

ser, I'm all in favour of digital payment systems and am quite glad that Thais are keen to embrace the new technology. 

 

anything that annoys grumpy old farang gets a thumbs up from me ????

 

ps. present company excluded, we're all happy souls in here ????

On condition they can handle it ......if not ....it is an annoyance ......and not only to the old grumpy farangs ....????

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

Very true, some days you have to get the message 

And on the other days you have to get the massage. All will be well.

1 hour ago, worgeordie said:

Even more stranger.... there are no Tesco's here now...

regards Worgeordie

Some haven't got the message yet.

"Lotus's", probably the most stupid choice for Thai speaking people.

And here it will have an effect, less choice for foreigners and higher prices.

The mornings are the best part of the day.

 

Most mornings I'm out riding the bicycle, today there was a marathon, the city is full of road blocks etc, I didn't want to get in the way so I went for a ride on the dark side on my scooter. 

 

Found some elephants, what a beautiful bloody animal.

 

Yes, after my Tesco experience I'm staying put in the house for the day, great day for indoors, 3 NRL games on today. 

Just thinking about being out and about at 7:00 AM makes me shutter. I am getting my best Rems at that hour. I usually get up at the crack of noon.

1 hour ago, david555 said:

..Lotus now ......lucky we have you  "for ever sharp mind guy..." ????

Most are called Lotus’s quite why I do not know. It’s not good English 

3 minutes ago, musicscene said:

Most are called Lotus’s quite why I do not know. It’s not good English 

That's because it was thought up by a THAI !   5555

3 hours ago, Excel said:

With your luck today I trust you have not bought any lottery tickets ????

This would be exactly the time to buy a lottery tkt... on a typical day, you lose... viva atypical!

3 hours ago, david555 said:

i had that expieriance a few day ago at Lotus ...Thai lady with 2 full loaded shopper cars ....could no succeed paimentQR several tryings....

 

Finally she had to run to the ATM for cash.....i wonder why she just not used the card and pin...

Anyway i hold my smiling nerves ...????...when my pay turn i just smiled to cashier and showed my 1000 baht bill  and said this works always.....

this proves Cash is still king ....whatever new digital things they try to introduce ....????

Not quite.  When I tried to pay with good old cash money for my Subway sandwich on Silom, I was told "Solly Mister:  Only bank transfer or payment ap."

I removed myself to KFC.

Twenty years from now, cash money will be on those Facebook lists of things that have totally disappeared, like phone directories are now.

54 minutes ago, musicscene said:

Most are called Lotus’s quite why I do not know.

With respect, for reference (basic):

 

Lotus Supercenters were set up and operated by the CP Group in 1994. In 1998 the British Supermarket chain Tesco took a stake to create Tesco Lotus. In 2003 CP Group sold most of its shares leaving Tesco Lotus to rapidly expand throughout Thailand. When Tesco decided to pull out, in 2020 CP Group submitted the winning bid to purchase Tesco Lotus (Thailand) and Malaysian Tesco operations. During rebranding in 2021 by CP Group, Tesco was dropped and Lotus's was introduced. CP Group also own MAKRO in this part of the World. (Wikipedia)

4 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

I've had a few strange things happen, all were between myself and foreigners, never ever had any strange situations or issues with Thais. 

This statement is hardly consistent with your first moan, or do the Chinese Thais (who largely run and own the country) not qualify as real Thais in your mind?

 

4 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Anyway, Chinese Thai guy, I didn't argue, just roll my bike back and continue to wait.

39 minutes ago, dddave said:

Not quite.  When I tried to pay with good old cash money for my Subway sandwich on Silom, I was told "Solly Mister:  Only bank transfer or payment ap."

I removed myself to KFC.

Twenty years from now, cash money will be on those Facebook lists of things that have totally disappeared, like phone directories are now.

In 20 years many things probably changed , i shall not see that anymore i guess ...????

 

The world could even not be livable ......20 years looks like eternity ????

Might be facebook is then just something from history and non existing anymore ....????

 

 

 

32 minutes ago, Guderian said:

This statement is hardly consistent with your first moan, or do the Chinese Thais (who largely run and own the country) not qualify as real Thais in your mind?

 

Yeh, road traffic issues are an other animal. 

 

It's like a dog's breakfast. 

 

You're comment made me think about the elderly Australian guy who ran over a Thai guy on Soi Kophai and threatened him with a machete, a few years back, the Thai guy (gold shop owner) bashed the Aussie in front of his daughter at the school, he was picking her up.

 

I didn't mention it but the the Chinese Thai guy looked p1ssed out of his mind. He was harmless, if he had of been aggressive he would have run over the top of me. 

I thought it was someone I knew, pushing me from behind. I've been driving/riding on roads from 17yo, never experienced that before, strange feeling. 

 

These are the dangers on our roads early Saturday and Sunday mornings, drunk drivers who've been out drinking all night. 

 

You're probably looking into my post too deeply, thanks for bringing it to my attention. 

 

30 minutes ago, Burma Bill said:

During rebranding in 2021 by CP Group, Tesco was dropped and Lotus's was introduced.

Don't care WHO rebranded Tesco, Lotus's is still bad English. Aparrently it means Lotus'Smart, so I read somewhere.

5 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

For the unknowing: this obviously happened in Pattaya.

Surprised?

There are good days and bad days in Pattaya, just like like every other town and city in the world. Even jungle clearings in Isaan. 

Concentrate on the good events in your day, not the bad. You'll have a more peaceful, happy life. 

A few weeks ago I was riding my motorcycle in the left lane and there was a pick up truck right behind me. Then I saw in my rear view the truck moved to the right lane and came next to me with "left turn signal on" and honking. I realized that the driver is looking for trouble. I looked at the truck and continued my way. Then the driver came back to the left lane and turned into a soy on the left. 
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