Menken Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Farang pee is more yellow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee65 Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 On 3/22/2023 at 12:41 PM, ikke1959 said: What would happen if Thais are being double priced in a western country???? The Western prime minister would take a knee, the media would apologize, Thais would be designated 'people of color' and given free accommodation for life. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flexomike Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 On 3/22/2023 at 10:04 AM, chuang said: 300 bahts annual fee and you feel the pinch,, don't use it.. Build your own swimming pool... 150 baht if over 61 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markclover Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 I identify as a 61 year old Thai man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Tom Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 On 3/22/2023 at 12:38 PM, ikke1959 said: I am a citizen of Thailand now , but I don't have the nationality.... and I pay taxes here and I am still threated as a foreigner, with double pricing You are a foreigner, not a citizen, you pay tax because you make money here, it's for no other reason, to think otherwise is delusional. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chalawaan Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Take a dump in the pool. They s- on you... only seems fair. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chalawaan Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 1 hour ago, markclover said: I identify as a 61 year old Thai man. Are your pronouns Anutin Charvinakul? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinRacing Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Get them on technicality. It says “foreign” hence not a reference to persons. Go up to them and pay the local fee. “I’m not foreign” is your answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NORDO Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 As our lustrous PM replied, "You just don't understand "Thaism". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikke1959 Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 6 hours ago, Doctor Tom said: You are a foreigner, not a citizen, you pay tax because you make money here, it's for no other reason, to think otherwise is delusional. Yes I am a foreigner and I don't earn money here, but i have to pay tax over my pension here, as I live here 180 days or more in a year... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ifmu Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 dont go ...... or go .......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshadow Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 On 3/22/2023 at 12:26 PM, n00dle said: you pay the paltry 10 bucks for an annual membership and be thankful. yeah but might have to pay for the use of amenities !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 On 3/22/2023 at 12:48 PM, Liverpool Lou said: We all pay tax here, that doesn't make us citizens. If you are a foreigner, which you are, why would you expect to be treated as a Thai?. How would Thailand manage if all expats, retiree's, long stayers suddenly started packing and making arrangements to leave. I am not saying that we should be treated as Thais, but the Thai authorities should remember what we expats are contributing to their economy, taking Thai families out of poverty etc, and should treat us accordingly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gomangosteen Posted April 23, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 23, 2023 10 minutes ago, NoshowJones said: How would Thailand manage if all expats, retiree's, long stayers suddenly started packing and making arrangements to leave. I am not saying that we should be treated as Thais, but the Thai authorities should remember what we expats are contributing to their economy, taking Thai families out of poverty etc, and should treat us accordingly. You're having a laugh, surely. If there's a Thai phrase for 'don't let the door hit you on the way out' then that would apply. Any 'contribution' is miniscule in the scheme of things, offset by the hordes of derelict old alcoholics one step away from a balcony leap. 1 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
condo62 Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 A legitimate question but a few tossers don't get the point unfortunately....as long as non-thai go there they will keep doing this as they have for many years.....just don't go there or anywhere this happens that's all you can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1FinickyOne Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 On 3/22/2023 at 11:54 AM, richard_smith237 said: Any examples people provide in attempt to justify dual pricing because it happens ‘in the west’ is easily countered because those examples are based on age, sex or residency (and local residency) and never based on nationality alone. So, you are saying 'things are different here' - - - maybe I am old school, but I never expected everything to be the same... and I might like some things and not other... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1FinickyOne Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 15 hours ago, NoshowJones said: the Thai authorities should remember what we expats are contributing to their economy, taking Thai families out of poverty etc, and should treat us accordingly. Sure, there should be Farang Appreciation Day - - - but only for the farang who help a family and we must means test that as an appropriate level of support must be measured... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1FinickyOne Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 15 hours ago, gomangosteen said: Any 'contribution' is miniscule in the scheme of things, offset by the hordes of derelict old alcoholics not to mention the extra police costs of rowdy young farang who get drunk and think they can beat anyone up, if they are displeased or want to show off for a lovely lady... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post n00dle Posted April 26, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 26, 2023 On 4/23/2023 at 11:22 AM, NoshowJones said: How would Thailand manage if all expats, retiree's, long stayers suddenly started packing and making arrangements to leave. I am not saying that we should be treated as Thais, but the Thai authorities should remember what we expats are contributing to their economy, taking Thai families out of poverty etc, and should treat us accordingly. Thailand would manage just fine. We are a drop in the bucket. 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n00dle Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 On 4/22/2023 at 2:02 PM, scorecard said: OK but in some villages there's an annual membership fee and a fee every time the facility is used. So? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandtee Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 On 3/22/2023 at 11:34 AM, CLW said: Send it to Richard Barrow Or the Bangkok Governor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWRC Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 Some people must have small lives, you either pay it and use the facility or you don't. The amount is a pittance anyhow, most would spend more than that on alcohol. If you don't like what they do here in Thailand perhaps you should relocate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hummin Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 Who want to use a public pool in Thailand? Anyway, if I lived nearby and it was a great pool, and way better than the public pools we have gone with the family, I would have paid the Annual fee, but still, those croweded dirty pools, I do not let my dogs swim even. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimeMachine Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 3 minutes ago, JWRC said: Some people must have small lives, you either pay it and use the facility or you don't. The amount is a pittance anyhow, most would spend more than that on alcohol. If you don't like what they do here in Thailand perhaps you should relocate. Yeah fair comment but at the same time people do have to stand up to their rights from the beginning, because it may just escalate. Double pricing pool one day, farang slaves working in the rice field for a dollar the next 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hummin Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 4 minutes ago, TimeMachine said: Yeah fair comment but at the same time people do have to stand up to their rights from the beginning, because it may just escalate. Double pricing pool one day, farang slaves working in the rice field for a dollar the next Who say you have rights in Thailand? Think about it, you choosed to live in a Army state 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 On 4/23/2023 at 10:30 PM, 1FinickyOne said: On 3/22/2023 at 7:54 AM, richard_smith237 said: Any examples people provide in attempt to justify dual pricing because it happens ‘in the west’ is easily countered because those examples are based on age, sex or residency (and local residency) and never based on nationality alone. So, you are saying 'things are different here' - - - maybe I am old school, but I never expected everything to be the same... and I might like some things and not other... Some of us choose to voice discrimination when its witnessed... Others brush-over it without a concern which doesn’t dual-pricing acceptable... its just perhaps ‘less unpalatable’ given that other things are generally cheap here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 30 minutes ago, JWRC said: Some people must have small lives, you either pay it and use the facility or you don't. The amount is a pittance anyhow, most would spend more than that on alcohol. It seems you don’t quite get the point of principle... What if the bar charges you 200 baht for your beer and 80 baht to Thai’s.... its pittance, right ? 30 minutes ago, JWRC said: If you don't like what they do here in Thailand perhaps you should relocate. ah... the unimaginative ‘If you don't like it go home” [elsewhere] comment.... the golden-droplet of halfwittednesses used by those of a cerebrally challenged mindset attempting to polish a turd... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesimps Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 On 3/22/2023 at 11:54 AM, richard_smith237 said: You don’t get it... its not about the money at all.... It's about the underlying discriminatory attitude that such behaviour expresses. It is these practices themselves which are cringeworthy, as is the ignorance expressed in such comments as yours which shrug off and diminish such attitudes because its ‘only 300 baht’.... ------ Unfortunately, those employing such practices will never understand why this is wrong, they can’t be re-educated, they are locked into their underlying discriminatory attitudes - this all stems from the message the government sends out that dual-pricing is acceptable and is state sanctioned in hospitals and national parks. I have never seen one argument that justifies dual pricing based on nationality or race. Any examples people provide in attempt to justify dual pricing can be easily countered Any examples people provide in attempt to justify dual pricing because it happens ‘in the west’ is easily countered because those examples are based on age, sex or residency (and local residency) and never based on nationality alone. I think it comes from the assumption that all farang are rich and all Thais are poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropposurfer Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 Why don't you try yelling and screaming incoherent rage filled abuse at the pool staff, then post as many insulting things as you can come up with all over social media about it, then make up a huge sign insulting the pool owners and picket all day. LOL ???????? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hummin Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 37 minutes ago, jesimps said: I think it comes from the assumption that all farang are rich and all Thais are poor. All the falangs they want returning to be wealthy enough to not complain about double pricing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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