Why do Thai people giggle when I tell them I'm about to go visit Isaan ?

[jerrymahoney]

1 hour ago, Lacessit said:

The only standing foreigners have here is based on the size of one's wallet, nothing else

... or the only standing foreigners have here is based on the size of one's (hush yo mouth), nothing else.

Edited November 7, 2022 by jerrymahoney

[huangnon]

17 hours ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

It would be better to ask the person as to why they giggled , how would you expect other people to know why a certain person giggled about something ?

Could have been just a titter. Or even a minor chortle.

[Lemsta69]

2 hours ago, JimTripper said:

Don't get into personal talk with service personnel, it lowers your social standing.

You can keep your social standing, I'll talk to whomsoever I please. My Dad was a taxi driver, it's an honest profession, so why should I be ashamed to talk to a Thai cabbie?

 

ps. A Thai business man is the last person in the world I aspire to be like.

[Lemsta69]

2 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Jesus wept, you're worried about social standing? Here's a newsflash - farangs have none. That is why Thais call us farangs.

The only standing foreigners have here is based on the size of one's wallet, nothing else. Although I suppose someone who speaks perfect Thai might get a bit more respect.

Take a look at how Thais treat their elderly, then compare it with how elderly foreigners are treated.

as soon as a farang is granted Thai citizenship he is immediately conferred the status of Khun Ying. Don't believe me? Just ask Neeranam ????

[Mac Mickmanus]

2 hours ago, Lacessit said:

 

Take a look at how Thais treat their elderly, then compare it with how elderly foreigners are treated.

How are elderly foreigners treated in Thailand ?

[Aussieroaming]

People giggle sometimes because they think people are saying funny things.

[Lacessit]

9 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

How are elderly foreigners treated in Thailand ?

With less respect than elderly Thais.

[Mac Mickmanus]

3 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

With less respect than elderly Thais.

In what way ?

[Lacessit]

21 minutes ago, Lemsta69 said:

as soon as a farang is granted Thai citizenship he is immediately conferred the status of Khun Ying. Don't believe me? Just ask Neeranam ????

Does that mean with his foreign appearance he gets the same social standing as Thais? Or did he have plastic surgery?

 

I have a friend who is Burmese, English is his only language because he was taken to Britain as an infant. I wager on appearance alone he is more socially accepted than this six foot roundeye.

[Lemsta69]

5 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Does that mean with his foreign appearance he gets the same social standing as Thais?

in his dreams maybe ????

[Speedhump]

1 hour ago, In the jungle said:

I have heard it called many things but that is a new one to me.

If you know your rhyming slang, buffalo do 'grumble and grunt' . 

[Speedhump]

22 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

With less respect than elderly Thais.

I find I get plenty of smiles and respect, and I certainly don't go out of my way to demand it. There again I do walk around with a friendly face all the time, life is good. 

[GarryP]

7 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Does that mean with his foreign appearance he gets the same social standing as Thais? Or did he have plastic surgery?

 

No, when we get citizenship we are still looked upon as foreigners. I think that is normal. When I walk into a post office, bank, etc. why the hell would they think otherwise if they didn't already know we had become Thai citizens.

 

Back on subject, there is still a lot of looking down on people for the North East, but it is slowly improving. I know that some of the staff in my office are from the NE, but you will never hear them talking in their local dialect to each other in case others hear them. Sad but true. 

[ed strong]

No Thai person with any money moves to Issan, but if you manage to make money in Issan you leave pretty quickly.

 

Also the same way UK people giggle when you say you are going to Thailand, the driver knows that you are probably looking / or have a wife and wonders why you choose to find one in Issan. Its certainly wouldnt be a Thai persons first choice.

 

Edited November 7, 2022 by ed strong

[ed strong]

37 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

In what way ?

Have you seen how Thai people respect their elders, even if they are not technically right the Thai will always believe the elder before any young Thai or old falang.

[Foek]

Lots of trailer trash out there.

Lived with a Udon woman for 2 years and all she could talk about was money money money.

Better stick to the North.

 

[Mac Mickmanus]

6 minutes ago, Foek said:

Lots of trailer trash out there.

Lived with a Udon woman for 2 years and all she could talk about was money money money.

 

 

Was it always sunny, in a rich mans World ?

[ThailandRyan]

48 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

In what way ?

Why do you follow and post in these OPS if your not in the country and have no clue.

Edited November 7, 2022 by ThailandRyan

[Mac Mickmanus]

3 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Why do you follow and post in these OPS if your not in the country and have no clue.

Me ? just woken up on a cold Monday morning , having a coffee and waiting for the rain to stop and got bored talking about Trump and American Politics

[GarryP]

23 minutes ago, Foek said:

Lots of trailer trash out there.

Lived with a Udon woman for 2 years and all she could talk about was money money money.

Better stick to the North.

 

That is a very big brush you have. Stereotyping all women of the NE from your experience with one. Hope she got her money's worth.

[alex8912]

11 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Issan is 20 province's 

And it's NOT a province in Thailand. 

[JimTripper]

4 hours ago, Foek said:

Lots of trailer trash out there.

Lived with a Udon woman for 2 years and all she could talk about was money money money.

Better stick to the North.

And you kept refusing. No wonder she kept talking about money...????

[London Lowf]

10 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Good night John boy... 

Family Guy?

[cowellandrew]

Because your Gik lives there!

☻

[Baron Samedi]

6 hours ago, Lemsta69 said:

You can keep your social standing, I'll talk to whomsoever I please. My Dad was a taxi driver, it's an honest profession, so why should I be ashamed to talk to a Thai cabbie?

 

ps. A Thai business man is the last person in the world I aspire to be like.

Yes, yes and yes !

[Foek]

16 hours ago, JimTripper said:

And you kept refusing. No wonder she kept talking about money...????

Taking care a woman without a job and  her 2 kids during covid without having income self and help her set up a company ?

Never enough. Sorry maybe they not all like that but most people i know had bad experience with Isarn ladies.

[Foek]

20 hours ago, GarryP said:

That is a very big brush you have. Stereotyping all women of the NE from your experience with one. Hope she got her money's worth.

She got it , i set up a company for her and she was making more money then me , but still not enough.

[ThailandRyan]

23 minutes ago, Foek said:

She got it , i set up a company for her and she was making more money then me , but still not enough.

That is because she had to work instead of sitting on her tush while the money was handed to her and she was fed grapes by the peasants. Sound like you had a Isaan version of a Jewish American Princess......

[Laphroaig27]

Because it's a boring, backward hellscape every Thai living there wants to avoid? Any Thai not living there see you as completely daft.

[JimTripper]

7 hours ago, Foek said:

Taking care a woman without a job and  her 2 kids during covid without having income self and help her set up a company ?

Never enough. Sorry maybe they not all like that but most people i know had bad experience with Isarn ladies.

It could be you. Most people won't keep asking if you set firm limits.