5 things you hate most about Thailand

[mancub]

Foreigners who speak bar-girl English

The cruelty shown to animals 

The smell of fermented fish

Lack of Common Sense

and being bitten/stung by all sorts of winged (or otherwise) beasties ....especially paper wasps !

 

[brianthainess]

2 minutes ago, Screaming said:

I recently bought a large block of cheddar cheese manufactured in the Netherlands called Grand Or. I purchased it at Makro. It is a 2.25 kilogram block and cost 1,293 Baht. I am really enjoying it. 

Same I buy NZ cheddar no rennet around 700b 2k.

[jak2002003]

1.  The heat combined with the air pollution in Chiang Mai in the 'pollution season' . 

 

2.  Overpricesd and dubious quality versions of western food at so called French or Italian restaurants. 

 

3.  Noise from base music speakers from neighbours. 

 

4.  Stupid wanna be hiso expats that think they are the bees knees...trying to impress their fellow  expats with their tall tails of how much money they have or how successful they are...all the while wearing cheap clothes and driving about in old cars. Lol

 

5.  Mosquitoes 

Edited July 21, 2023 by jak2002003

[Goat]

31 minutes ago, Keeps said:

Chinese Tourists

Indian Tourists

 

 

Prayut and Prawit

Police

Brits, especially ones that complain about other foreigners

Sex tourists and sexpats who marry prostitutes

Expats who cant read or speak thai after years living here and then complain endlessly that Thais are stupid.

[orchis]

1 hour ago, Celsius said:

Miniature condo rooms

Don't blame Thailand for your lack of financial accomplishment.

[Gottfrid]

See how we got all the unhappy and miserable foreigners going in this thread. First, it should be forbidden to start threads like this. Anyway here is my five in order of relevance.

 

1. People who live in or frequently travel to Thailand who start threads like this.

2. People who live in or travel to Thailand and complain over everything. (Stay home!)

3. Crazy foreigners who fall or jump of balconies. (Even more temple jumpers).

4. Foreigners who can´t accept the Thai ways. (You are the guest, remember!)

5. All the fools who still come to Thailand to open a bar and be the pimp of the town.

[Swiss1960]

Brits in Thailand 

Russians in Thailand 

Chinese in Thailand

Americans in Thailand 

Indians in Thailand 

 

[473geo]

Only one, not Thai specific but applicable in LOS covers many areas

 

Pretense

 

 

 

 

[proton]

String music genre, detest it

Soi dogs, kill them all

Mad drivers

Double charging

Vloggers and Tik Tok idiots (foreign ones)

[Kwasaki]

9 minutes ago, Swiss1960 said:

Brits in Thailand 

Russians in Thailand 

Chinese in Thailand

Americans in Thailand 

Indians in Thailand 

 

You can put Swedish as No.6. we brits don't mind. ????

[nikmar]

37 minutes ago, Goat said:

Sex tourists and sexpats who marry prostitutes

what about sex tourists and sex pats who only use prostitutes?

[brewsterbudgen]

1. Food in restaurants not being served at the same time.

2. Motorbikes / helmets (or lack thereof)

3. Speeding/tailgating drivers

4. Dripping canopies

5. 90-day & TM30 reporting

[Celsius]

23 minutes ago, orchis said:

Don't blame Thailand for your lack of financial accomplishment.

 

That is why I married up with a wife who already owns a house and a car. No need to build a house in analz of Isaan and sweat in fear not to upset her uncle and bro

 

 

[proton]

5 minutes ago, Celsius said:

 

That is why I married up with a wife who already owns a house and a car. No need to build a house in analz of Isaan and sweat in fear not to upset her uncle and bro

 

 

House on a mortgage, car on a loan, champion! ????

[bob smith]

pollution.

ignorance of the general populace. 

msg in food.

traffic.

local driving skills. very horrific. 

deference to elders/those in power.

lack of accountability

failure of the locals to admit their mistakes

greng jai culture

lack of decent drainage systems. terrible flooding/need a boat during rain season.

high price of farang food.

difficulty to find a shirt that actually fits me.

noise

cocky taxi drivers/hawkers who need a good slap.

mercenary hookers that could get blood out a stone and who spoil a good night out.

in laws.

naff beer.

lack of a functioning democratic government.

inattentive waitresses/bad service in general

90 day reporting.

barbaric visa requirements. they be asking for a pic of me in the buff next!

 

i could go on, but my fingers are starting to hurt.

 

oh wait,

 

hospitals. sick of being forced to have my blood pressure checked for every little thing and being forced onto a drip for a cough/cold.

 

there, that'll do. I feel so much better now! ???? 

Edited July 21, 2023 by bob smith

[Celsius]

17 minutes ago, proton said:

House on a mortgage, car on a loan, champion! ????

 

I don't think so bud.... My super duper wifey does not do bar economics

[Gecko123]

With the relaxation of the TM-30 requirement and the on-line 90 day reporting system finally working, immigration has never been better.

 

Really don't have any complaints. Neighbors are considerate, no crime, no drugs; peaceful village life. After reading about what's going on elsewhere in the world, feel like dropping down on my knees and thanking God I live here.

 

[alien365]

From what I see, those who answered the question honestly have generally mentioned issues that Thais would likely agree with too. But there's always those who feel the need to hijack the thread and make it about hating westerners. Nice way to make forum members feel welcome. You just can't stop attacking one another can you?

[BritManToo]

17 minutes ago, alien365 said:

From what I see, those who answered the question honestly have generally mentioned issues that Thais would likely agree with too. But there's always those who feel the need to hijack the thread and make it about hating westerners. Nice way to make forum members feel welcome. You just can't stop attacking one another can you?

the bull sees all other bulls as rivals for his cows and will attack on sight.

cows all stick together.

 

Back to the OP,

Nothing really bothers me, I'm quite happy here.

Edited July 21, 2023 by BritManToo

[Hummin]

I enjoy the freedom of being a foreigner in Thailand and choose my poison carefully or avoud them completely!

 

 If I have to choose, Iwould say noise, smoke, the heat in hot season, and smelly streets, but as said, Im able to avoid it completely, so no stress! 

 

5 stupid crazy traffic, and something I have to live with, since enjoy travelling both on motorbikes and cars. So far no issues except a few close calls almost every day riding, but you get used to it, and learn the pattern of the most death traps, and know how to avoid them in time. 

 

Life is great in Thailand, and better than most countries I have been to.

Edited July 21, 2023 by Hummin

[metisdead]

Some baiting posts have been removed.

[Lacessit]

2 hours ago, Goat said:

Sex tourists and sexpats who marry prostitutes

 

Why does it bother you what other people do with their lives? Does their lifestyle affect you in any way?

The term wowser springs to mind.

[Hummin]

8 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Why does it bother you what other people do with their lives? Does their lifestyle affect you in any way?

The term wowser springs to mind.

It paints a bad picture of most foreigners here in Thailand, how some behave! Stereo typing people is not uknown, even here, where treads after treads stereo typing thais, and maybe especially thai women! 

[Lacessit]

1 minute ago, Hummin said:

It paints a bad picture of most foreigners here in Thailand, how some behave! Stereo typing people is not uknown, even here, where treads after treads stereo typing thais, and maybe especially thai women! 

The bad pictures I get here are of loud, drunk, obnoxious, dirty foreigners who dress as if they are about to go fossicking on the local garbage dump.

Thais might think any Thai woman with a foreigner is a prostitute. I've never thought that way.

[Hummin]

2 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

The bad pictures I get here are of loud, drunk, obnoxious, dirty foreigners who dress as if they are about to go fossicking on the local garbage dump.

Thais might think any Thai woman with a foreigner is a prostitute. I've never thought that way.

you have those who believes every woman is a prostitute one way or the other! Just because they have a husband who supports them!

[Goat]

2 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Thais might think any Thai woman with a foreigner is a prostitute. I've never thought that way.

Nah, they are smart enough to figure it out.

[bignok]

So the big 3

 

Traffic

Visa

Farangs

 

Solution - live in a quiet area on Elite Visa.

 

[Doctor Tom]

Why in heavens name would you live in, or visit, a country that you can name 5 things you 'hate' about it? I don't 'hate anything about Thailand, the country I have chosen to live in. If I did, then I wouldn't be here and neither would any sensible person.   Some things irritate me on occasions, some things disappoint me,  many things surprise me, and I'm sad about a few things here, such as the death toll on the roads, but 'hate', no, I wouldnt use that word for anything here.  

[spidermike007]

1. Blaring music. 

2. Ridiculously reckless drivers on the highway. 

3. The highway patrol utterly refusing to patrol the highways. 

4. Everything about the Thai army. 

5. Every politician. 

 

Next four:

6. The complete inability of the Thai people to guess what I am saying, when I do not pronounce the words perfectly. 

7. The heat. 

8. The foul air 4 or 5 months of the year.

9. The completely nonsensical import wine tax. 

 

That is about it. I love most everything else about the place and the people. 

Edited July 21, 2023 by spidermike007

[Lacessit]

20 minutes ago, Goat said:

I am very confident I could drink you under the table. And i will bring my bong along to give myself a handicap.

 

My opinion is in the majority.

 

Dirty, ugly old foreign men who can not actually pull women, parading about shopping centers, in restaurants with impoverished girls half their age and weight is ugly to see.

 

If it wasnt for their economic disadvantage they wouldnt be with you. 

It is exploitation, it is as simple as that.

They dont want to be with you or seen in public with you.

 

If you really wanted to help them you would give them money without making them have sex with you. But you dont, it is perverted.

 

It is pathetic.

 

Just my opinion of course. Along with the majority.

The term wowser does not only apply to people who don't like alcohol, it means a killjoy in general.

 

I drink very rarely, it doesn't mean I object to other people doing it. Their life, their business. Just as my life is none of your business. If you want to kill what few remaining brain cells you have left with alcohol, or develop paranoia with extensive pot use, be my guest.

 

My Thai GF thinks I am the best thing that has ever happened to her, and prays to Buddha every night for a long life for me. Explain how that is exploitation.

 

You proffer the opinion the majority thinks the same way you do - twice. As if it is established fact. It's called begging the question, or arguing in a circle.

 

What's pathetic is your sanctimony.

 

 

Edited July 21, 2023 by Lacessit