Millions view Thai English teacher's tweet after boasting about line jumping at Los Angeles airport immigration in US

[webfact]

Daily News Thai Caption: Sorry for the misunderstanding

 

More than 1.7 million people viewed a tweet that was subsequently taken off Twitter by a well known Thai English tutor called "Khru Phee Ann".

 

Writing in Thai, tweeters had been regaled by Ann about how to appear American and join the priority queue. It was about her advanced language skillss, she claimed.

 

She said what with being fluent in English she was taken for an American citizen.

 

She had just loaded her big bags and was having her hand luggage checked when an official remarked on her attractive coat and they got talking.

 

Ann was apparently told: "Gurlll you on fireeee. Where did you get that coat?"

 

The official then took Ann in hand and led her to the US citizens line where she was told that she could show her driving licence.

 

Netizens suggested there was something fishy about immigration helping a person in this way. Even US citizens have to use passports.

 

They condemned Ann for boasting about her experience. 

 

After taking down the tweet Ann explained in a clip it had been a big misunderstanding.

 

She had been taken to an automatic machine for checking-in by a helper who was not actually immigration.

 

She had told them she was not a US citizen but a Thai and was ushered back to the foreign line, reported Daily News.
 

-- © Copyright  ASEAN NOW 2023-01-19

 

- Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here.

 

Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

 

Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information

[daveAustin]

Bit of bs baffles ‘brains’ going on there by the looks. 

[flyingtlger]

13 minutes ago, webfact said:

tweeters had been regaled by Ann about how to appear American

Huh?

[RandolphGB]

Helllooo han-sum man you help me passport, na?

[KannikaP]

13 minutes ago, flyingtlger said:

Huh?

See previous post about Americans.

[PJ71]

who cares....

[Berkshire]

31 minutes ago, webfact said:

She had just loaded her big bags and was having her hand luggage checked when an official remarked on her attractive coat and they got talking.

 

Ann was apparently told: "Gurlll you on fireeee. Where did you get that coat?"

 

The official then took Ann in hand and led her to the US citizens line where she was told that she could show her driving licence.

American men are easily enamored by a pretty face (and a hot body).  I should know, being an American.  An equally fluent English speaker who happens to be a Thai guy (or an older, less attractive female) would not get the same treatment.  It's not just immigration, but other aspects of life.  An attractive female in the US can easily talk her way out of getting a speeding ticket.  But a guy?  Forget about it. 

[worgeordie]

So her big lie turned out to be a big misunderstanding when called out,

why do these people bother ,I mean tic tockers, influencers, some bloggers,

the World seems to be full of shallow ,self serving idiots, I blame the smart

phones , too smart to be in the hands of the majority of them ,take a selfie,

take photo of my lunch ,every meal in fact before I eat it , 

 

regards worgeordie

[ezzra]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

More than 1.7 million people viewed a tweet

Geee, never thought there are soooo many board people, apparently, 1.7 million people who has nothing better to do it seems, all in all funny story...

[Liverpool Lou]

11 minutes ago, ezzra said:

Geee, never thought there are soooo many board people, apparently, 1.7 million people who has nothing better to do it seems, all in all funny story...

"...1.7 million people who has nothing better to do it seems..."

Don't forget that by reading it you are one of those whom you are disparaging.

Edited January 19, 2023 by Liverpool Lou

[metisdead]

Some troll posts criticizing the placement of the news article and the replies have been removed.  

[NanLaew]

She didn't jump US Immigration, she was checking in and was simply boosted into a priority check-in by a airport staffer who liked her attire. The assertion that they then sent her back to the plebs check in because she wasn't a US citizen is just so much more nonsense.

 

I hope my lunch is better than this.

[samtam]

17 minutes ago, ezzra said:

Geee, never thought there are soooo many board people, apparently, 1.7 million people who has nothing better to do it seems, all in all funny story...

I'm on board with that.

[Liverpool Lou]

22 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

she was checking in and was simply boosted into a priority check-in by a airport staffer who liked her attire. The assertion that they then sent her back to the plebs check in because she wasn't a US citizen is just so much more nonsense.

You were there to witness what happened?

[Liverpool Lou]

33 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

I hope my lunch is better than this.

Better than what?

[NanLaew]

28 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

1 hour ago, NanLaew said:

she was checking in and was simply boosted into a priority check-in by a airport staffer who liked her attire. The assertion that they then sent her back to the plebs check in because she wasn't a US citizen is just so much more nonsense.

You were there to witness what happened?

You didn't read the OP?

 

She was checking in for a departing flight. The US does not do face-to-face outbound immigration checks. That duty is served either by the airline's check-in staff or an Immigration self-service kiosk once you are airside (after check in). US citizens don't have a separate bag drop and check-in option.

[Liverpool Lou]

9 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

She was checking in for a departing flight. The US does not do face-to-face outbound immigration checks. That duty is served either by the airline's check-in staff or an Immigration self-service kiosk once you are airside (after check in). US citizens don't have a separate bag drop and check-in option.

You were there?

[spidermike007]

You know social media is out of control, when something like this goes viral. Is this a positive force for contemporary culture? I think not. I consider twitter, Instagram and tik tok to be some of the most corrosive forces around. It gives everybody a platform to complain and moan, about the tiniest little things. Netizens? Please. 

 

So, are we moving forward as a civilization? If there were intelligent alien species out there, why would they have the slightest interest in contacting us? 

[ThaiFelix]

2 hours ago, worgeordie said:

So her big lie turned out to be a big misunderstanding when called out,

why do these people bother ,I mean tic tockers, influencers, some bloggers,

the World seems to be full of shallow ,self serving idiots, I blame the smart

phones , too smart to be in the hands of the majority of them ,take a selfie,

take photo of my lunch ,every meal in fact before I eat it , 

 

regards worgeordie

Some people just dont deserve technology ????

[SheungWan]

2 hours ago, worgeordie said:

So her big lie turned out to be a big misunderstanding when called out,

why do these people bother ,I mean tic tockers, influencers, some bloggers,

the World seems to be full of shallow ,self serving idiots, I blame the smart

phones , too smart to be in the hands of the majority of them ,take a selfie,

take photo of my lunch ,every meal in fact before I eat it , 

 

regards worgeordie

Life in the dumb phone lane is so much better.

[ThaiFelix]

9 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

You know social media is out of control, when something like this goes viral. Is this a positive force for contemporary culture? I think not. I consider twitter, Instagram and tik tok to be some of the most corrosive forces around. It gives everybody a platform to complain and moan, about the tiniest little things. Netizens? Please. 

 

So, are we moving forward as a civilization? If there were intelligent alien species out there, why would they have the slightest interest in contacting us? 

To add us as friends?  ????

[Sig]

2 hours ago, Berkshire said:

American men are easily enamored by a pretty face (and a hot body).  I should know, being an American.  An equally fluent English speaker who happens to be a Thai guy (or an older, less attractive female) would not get the same treatment.  It's not just immigration, but other aspects of life.  An attractive female in the US can easily talk her way out of getting a speeding ticket.  But a guy?  Forget about it. 

So, because you're an American, you speak for all American men??? That is one heck of a generalization. It may be the case that men (EVERYWHERE) are "easily enamored by a pretty face (and a hot body)", the insinuation that America is more this way (both being enamored and that of giving exceptional treatment to such women) than other countries throughout the world is just plain and simple BS. And in my experience, although limited to 20 some-odd countries, I'd say that this is less likely to happen in America than nearly every country I've gotten to know to some degree. There is such an extreme push to treat women "equally" in America, I believe this kind of behavior is MUCH more limited than most of the world's countries. An attractive female in the US CANNOT "easily talk her way out of getting a speeding ticket". You apparently don't know many police officers and how a woman attempting to use her beauty to get out of things is more likely to guarantee a woman a ticket than not, by the vast majority of officers. I'm guessing that you must be reliving a time of your youth many decades ago when what you describe may have been more likely than these days. Virtually everyone I know in America despise, to the nth degree, women who try to use their beauty to gain an advantage!

Edited January 19, 2023 by Sig
Moderated a bit....

[Berkshire]

3 minutes ago, Sig said:

So, because you're an American, you speak for all American men??? The insinuation that America is more this way than other countries throughout the world is just plain and simple BS. And in my experience, although limited to 20 some-odd countries, I'd say that this is less likely to happen in America than nearly every country I've gotten to know to some degree. There is such an extreme push to treat women "equally" in America, I believe this kind of behavior is MUCH more limited than most of the world's countries. An attractive female in the US CANNOT "easily talk her way out of getting a speeding ticket". You apparently don't know many police officers and how a woman attempting to use her beauty to get out of things is more likely to guarantee a woman a ticket than not, by the vast majority of officers. I'm guessing that you must be reliving a time of your youth many decades ago when what you describe may have been more likely than these days. Virtually everyone I know in America despise, to the nth degree, women who try to use their beauty to gain an advantage!

No need to get all defensive.  I never suggested that this happens more in the US than other countries--you did.  While this kind of thing is hard to quantify, most attractive women will tell you they get special treatment for all manner of things...mostly from men of course.  It's even been pointed out in TV shows, like Seinfeld.

 

But the entire point of my post was that the Thai female in the OP suggested it was her fluency in English that got her the special treatment.  I'm saying it wasn't that at all, but rather it was her physical attractiveness.  Are you agreeing with me or the girl in the OP? 

[khunjeff]

1 hour ago, NanLaew said:

She was checking in for a departing flight. The US does not do face-to-face outbound immigration checks. That duty is served either by the airline's check-in staff or an Immigration self-service kiosk once you are airside (after check in). US citizens don't have a separate bag drop and check-in option.

When her claim was challenged online (by a friend of mine, among many others), she changed her story and said she was actually talking about a US domestic flight - but was unable to explain how being mistaken for an American could have possibly helped her in that case, since there are no separate US citizen lines for domestic security, check-in, boarding, or anything else.

 

The assumption among Thais is that she just invented the whole tale as a marketing ploy to sell her English classes: "look, you can be like me and speak English so well that people will mistake you for an American!" 

[smew]

bad publicity is better than no publicity... and people will do anything to get it " one crowded houur of semi glorious life is worth an age without a name"    

[swm59nj]

She gave her Wai of apology.  Now everything is ok. For a story that makes no sense whatsoever 

[wwest5829]

3 hours ago, Berkshire said:

American men are easily enamored by a pretty face (and a hot body).  I should know, being an American.  An equally fluent English speaker who happens to be a Thai guy (or an older, less attractive female) would not get the same treatment.  It's not just immigration, but other aspects of life.  An attractive female in the US can easily talk her way out of getting a speeding ticket.  But a guy?  Forget about it. 

"City girls just seem to find out early
How to open doors with just a smile
A rich old man and she won't have to worry
She'll dress up all in lace and go in style - Your Lying Eyes (Eagles).

[BananaStrong]

3 hours ago, PJ71 said:

who cares....

1.7 million and counting!!!

 

you are reading and posting about her.

 

why be negative?    She is a supER SaSTAR

[PJ71]

3 minutes ago, BananaStrong said:

1.7 million and counting!!!

 

you are reading and posting about her.

 

why be negative?    She is a supER SaSTAR

She's a mong!

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, daveAustin said:

Bit of bs baffles ‘brains’ going on there by the looks. 

Or some free advertising... helps with the likes?