May 13, 20232 yr Popular Post Just noticed this at my local friendly pharmacy. For those of us who think Thais are not “welcomsing” towards foreigners, let this be a reminder. ????????????
May 13, 20232 yr Popular Post Bit of proof reading would not go amiss to change foreigner welcomes to foreigners welcome
May 13, 20232 yr Popular Post 15 minutes ago, AustinRacing said: For those of us who think Thais are not “welcomsing” towards foreigners, let this be a reminder. This only proves that at some point this sign was printed and it was subsequently displayed in this window.
May 13, 20232 yr Author 10 minutes ago, RichardColeman said: Bit of proof reading would not go amiss to change foreigner welcomes to foreigners welcome The pharmacist speaks English quite well. I was surprised he’d approved it. Reminds me of my previous job where a new facility was purpose-built to impress foreign customers, English writing everywhere on the walls (mission statements, goals etc) and riddled with errors. The manager in charge looked at me, bursting with pride “what do you think na?”, expecting my approval. “You got a minute?”, I replied.
May 13, 20232 yr Popular Post 36 minutes ago, RichardColeman said: Bit of proof reading would not go amiss to change foreigner welcomes to foreigners welcome You don't know this is an error. They might have hired an elderly male foreigner as an official greeter to hug arriving customers. Imagine a pharmacy having their very own hansum man on staff! Foreigner Welcomes!
May 13, 20232 yr Popular Post 58 minutes ago, RichardColeman said: Bit of proof reading would not go amiss to change foreigner welcomes to foreigners welcome It's charming the way it is. Gawd help us if Thailand becomes like Singapore, or worse...England! ????
May 13, 20232 yr Popular Post Foreigner Welcomes: Dutch Welkom Finnish Tervetuloa French Bienvenue German Willkommen Irish Fáilte Italian Benvenuta Norwegian Velkommen Polish Witamy Swedish välkommen
May 13, 20232 yr Popular Post I sign like that would scream 'overpriced' to me. Was a local pharmacy at a mall (not Boots or Watsons), and all the local farangs raved about it on local forum. They spoke English, so helpful & nice ... ... along with being 5-10X as much as the popular one the locals Thais used.
May 13, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, RichardColeman said: Bit of proof reading would not go amiss to change foreigner welcomes to foreigners welcome Wait...............isn't "proofread" one word? Hahaha! I see what you did there!
May 13, 20232 yr Author 6 minutes ago, KhunLA said: I sign like that would scream 'overpriced' to me. Was a local pharmacy at a mall (not Boots or Watsons), and all the local farangs raved about it on local forum. They spoke English, so helpful & nice ... ... along with being 5-10X as much as the popular one the locals Thais used. Believe it or not it’s much cheaper than mall pharmacies. It’s situated opposite government hospital. People cue at the front, usually not allowed to enter, staff stand by the door, about a meter high, taking orders. They carry stuff that some mall pharmacies don’t. It’s a proper pharmacy with no cosmetic stuff.
May 13, 20232 yr Better had they put the "S" on the right word ???? Don’t miss the latest headlines from Thailand and around the world. Get the Asean Now Briefing newsletter, delivered daily. Sign up here.
May 13, 20232 yr Well, I would like to know where this pharmacy is, because I don't seem to be welcome at most of them, until I open my wallet.
May 13, 20232 yr Author Samut Sakhon almost opposite government hospital on Ekachai road. If you’re struggling to find a specialized medicine or using them regularly, maybe worth investigating. I buy blood pressure tablets in large quantities from there. About 50thb cheaper per strip, a box has 4 strips, a saving of 200. PS-I’m not affiliated with the pharmacy.
May 13, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, NoDisplayName said: You don't know this is an error. They might have hired an elderly male foreigner as an official greeter to hug arriving customers. Imagine a pharmacy having their very own hansum man on staff! Foreigner Welcomes! nah, you'd need an object...
May 13, 20232 yr Popular Post 2 hours ago, AustinRacing said: Just noticed this at my local friendly pharmacy. For those of us who think Thais are not “welcomsing” towards foreigners, let this be a reminder. I visit Thai shops small and large all the time. I don't remember such a sign anywhere. Maybe they had one, maybe not. I also never had the feeling like I am not welcome. I am a customer who wants to buy something. Why would my nationality or skin color or whatever matter?
May 14, 20232 yr 9 hours ago, AustinRacing said: People cue And this thread is about bad spelling! 555
May 14, 20232 yr 10 hours ago, NoDisplayName said: You don't know this is an error. They might have hired an elderly male foreigner as an official greeter to hug arriving customers. Imagine a pharmacy having their very own hansum man on staff! Foreigner Welcomes! It still means nothing in proper English.
May 14, 20232 yr 9 hours ago, CanadaSam said: Well, I would like to know where this pharmacy is, because I don't seem to be welcome at most of them, until I open my wallet. Come to mine in Phitsanulok. Friendly & helpful, and I pay Thai prices. Same at Lotus's pharmacies as well. Maybe it's YOU they don't like. 555
May 14, 20232 yr 11 hours ago, RichardColeman said: Bit of proof reading would not go amiss to change foreigner welcomes to foreigners welcome Really?
May 14, 20232 yr 8 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said: Why would my nationality or skin color or whatever matter? Sometimes people have different feelings about certain nationalities or races and this affects how they treat them, regardless of what the actual individual is like as a person.
May 14, 20232 yr 11 hours ago, AustinRacing said: The pharmacist speaks English quite well. I was surprised he’d approved it. Reminds me of my previous job where a new facility was purpose-built to impress foreign customers, English writing everywhere on the walls (mission statements, goals etc) and riddled with errors. The manager in charge looked at me, bursting with pride “what do you think na?”, expecting my approval. “You got a minute?”, I replied. I speak Thai reasonably well but I'm hopeless at reading and forget about writing it. If you've got another minute, let the pharmacist know you've highlighted his business in the English language media.
May 14, 20232 yr 11 hours ago, RichardColeman said: Bit of proof reading would not go amiss to change foreigner welcomes to foreigners welcome Only 1 farang at a time i think.
May 14, 20232 yr 24 minutes ago, BangkokReady said: Sometimes people have different feelings about certain nationalities or races and this affects how they treat them, regardless of what the actual individual is like as a person. Always treated well. They are just doing a job.
May 14, 20232 yr 11 hours ago, AustinRacing said: The pharmacist speaks English quite well. I find that most pharmacies have staff that speak English pretty well.
May 14, 20232 yr 10 hours ago, KhunLA said: I sign like that would scream 'overpriced' to me. Was a local pharmacy at a mall (not Boots or Watsons), and all the local farangs raved about it on local forum. They spoke English, so helpful & nice ... ... along with being 5-10X as much as the popular one the locals Thais used. Often, when I go to Boots or Watsons, there are those katoeys, who can speak English (and who probably were hired for that reason), who ask me what I want, but I rather look by myself. (The paracetamol or whatever I want to buy is in the two aisles away from dozens of aisles of cosmetics, I know that by now...)
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