Popular Post HandsomeTallFarang Posted August 26, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 26, 2023 (edited) Exit condo, and not more than 20 steps onto sukhumvit, Bum #1 locks eyes with me and raises a suspiciously-in-new-condition metal mug and shakes it. Ignores all the Thai people walking past him, including hi-so office workers. Just determined to guilt trip and try to bait westerners into giving money, since the Thais know not to give these scamming street urchins a penny. I power-stride past him. Not today, dude. But that didn't last long as Bum#2 was just a stone's throw away from Bum#1. Appeared to be a working-age male with no physical disability. Still raised hand out to me expecting free money. This one didn't even have a cup or bowl to beg with. Maybe it was just a bridge troll demanding a toll for using their precious sidewalk, I don't know. And last but not least, Bum #3 outside of the 7/11 I go to. On the steps. Impeding foot traffic. This time it's a woman, surprised she couldn't rent a baby to hold to increase feelings of sympathy from gullible tourists ???? has a plastic cup with what I thought I saw to be only a few 1 baht coins. Yeah, I'm sure that's totally all she has, she definitely doesn't take anything larger than a 5baht coin and stuffs it away, again, to try to invoke feelings of "aww poor thing only has a few coins!". Thais breeze right past her, not so much as a glance. They're smart, they know this is a con. I've never seen so many able bodied people targeting me for begging in my life. Real flippin' nice to leave my building and get harassed for money right away. Zero shame. Everyone in this country is trying to extract resources from me, one way or another. Dual pricing, begging, trying to get roped into giving free English lessons... Go bother your countrymen for resources, you're supposed to be on your best behavior for guests in your country, not automatically feel entitled to their resources. ???? Edited August 26, 2023 by HandsomeTallFarang 2 7 14 1 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dmaxdan Posted August 26, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 26, 2023 Let's hope that one day you won't be homeless, destitute or broke... 5 6 5 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HandsomeTallFarang Posted August 26, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 26, 2023 Just now, Dmaxdan said: Let's hope that one day you won't be homeless, destitute or broke... And if I am, I will have the deceny and self respect to not target and feel entitled to money of those who had nothing to do with my situation. 4 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 2baht Posted August 26, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 26, 2023 How long did you spend in the monastery? ???? 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post transam Posted August 26, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 26, 2023 That's what you get for being above average height and handsome....???? 3 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HandsomeTallFarang Posted August 26, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 26, 2023 Just now, transam said: That's what you get for being above average height and handsome....???? ???? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bobbin Posted August 26, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 26, 2023 Every so often, even on AN, there comes a poster so tone-deaf, so entitled by the fortune of birth that it almost takes your breath away... Go home Rainbow Yankee.. 4 1 2 1 4 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sigmund Posted August 26, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 26, 2023 They target foreigners due to the quality tourist-one week millionnaires who freely distribute notes, till they end up broke at the airport and cannot afford even a bottle of water. 3 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HandsomeTallFarang Posted August 26, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 26, 2023 (edited) 6 minutes ago, bobbin said: Every so often, even on AN, there comes a poster so tone-deaf, so entitled by the fortune of birth that it almost takes your breath away... Go home Rainbow Yankee.. You're right, I should sit around feeling horrible for them and hate myself for not being born into poverty. I should just go give away all my money and possessions right now! It wasn't so much about the act of begging, just the sheer number of incidents of it happening rapid-fire. Move on past Bum #1, there's Bum #2 ready to pick up the slack. Getting accosted for money three different times in the span of less than 5 minutes is staggering. This isn't me disliking the less fortunate, it's me disliking how often it's happening specifically to me in what seems like inhuman frequency. Edited August 26, 2023 by HandsomeTallFarang 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post transam Posted August 26, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 26, 2023 2 minutes ago, HandsomeTallFarang said: You're right, I should sit around feeling horrible for them and hate myself for not being born into poverty. I should just go give away all my money and possessions right now! I think your trousers will be too long............ 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post marin Posted August 26, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 26, 2023 Sounds to me like you live in a crappy neighborhood. 2 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigmund Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Dmaxdan said: Let's hope that one day you won't be homeless, destitute or broke... Let's hope that one day you will have enough cash to learn to hang on to it???? Edited August 26, 2023 by Sigmund 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CharlieKo Posted August 26, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 26, 2023 7 minutes ago, HandsomeTallFarang said: You're right, I should sit around feeling horrible for them and hate myself for not being born into poverty. I should just go give away all my money and possessions right now! It wasn't so much about the act of begging, just the sheer number of incidents of it happening rapid-fire. Move on past Bum #1, there's Bum #2 ready to pick up the slack. Getting accosted for money three different times in the span of less than 5 minutes is staggering. This isn't me disliking the less fortunate, it's me disliking how often it's happening specifically to me in what seems like inhuman frequency. Your Post is more a reflection of you than the beggar's looking for a few baht. You sad person. 3 4 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigmund Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 17 minutes ago, transam said: That's what you get for being above average height and handsome....???? Definately not your case ... ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bobbin Posted August 26, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 26, 2023 6 minutes ago, HandsomeTallFarang said: You're right, I should sit around feeling horrible for them and hate myself for not being born into poverty. I should just go give away all my money and possessions right now! It wasn't so much about the act of begging, just the sheer number of incidents of it happening rapid-fire. Move on past Bum #1, there's Bum #2 ready to pick up the slack. Getting accosted for money three different times in the span of less than 5 minutes is staggering. This isn't me disliking the less fortunate, it's me disliking how often it's happening specifically to me in what seems like inhuman frequency. If giving a dollar or two is going to so significantly reduce your net worth you have bigger problems than a few beggars.. What brought you to Asia? You didn't know that there are many people living on what you spend on a Starbucks coffee? Why not put a buck or two aside to share? You will feel better about yourself.. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BritManToo Posted August 26, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 26, 2023 10 minutes ago, HandsomeTallFarang said: It wasn't so much about the act of begging, just the sheer number of incidents of it happening rapid-fire. Move on past Bum #1, there's Bum #2 ready to pick up the slack. Getting accosted for money three different times in the span of less than 5 minutes is staggering. Your mistake is making eye contact with them. Pretend they're not there, and they won't bother you. 1 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 Just now, Sigmund said: Definately not your case ... ???? How true......So, I never get bothered like the OP........... 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 16 minutes ago, Sigmund said: They target foreigners due to the quality tourist-one week millionnaires who freely distribute notes, till they end up broke at the airport and cannot afford even a bottle of water. You must plan it better next time, chum.............???? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post FruitPudding Posted August 26, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 26, 2023 28 minutes ago, Dmaxdan said: Let's hope that one day you won't be homeless, destitute or broke... Damn right, cos they wouldn't give you sh*t 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigmund Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 5 minutes ago, transam said: How true......So, I never get bothered like the OP........... So true........ that's why you use all those silly emoji's to distract.... 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lacessit Posted August 26, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 26, 2023 Being asked for money does not create an obligation to give it. I don't know why the OP is picking on Thailand, I've been dunned by beggars in New York and London. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 1 minute ago, Sigmund said: So true........ that's why you use all those silly emoji's to distract.... Really, I don't think so, ol' chum...........???? 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorecard Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 42 minutes ago, HandsomeTallFarang said: Exit condo, and not more than 20 steps onto sukhumvit, Bum #1 locks eyes with me and raises a suspiciously-in-new-condition metal mug and shakes it. Ignores all the Thai people walking past him, including hi-so office workers. Just determined to guilt trip and try to bait westerners into giving money, since the Thais know not to give these scamming street urchins a penny. I power-stride past him. Not today, dude. But that didn't last long as Bum#2 was just a stone's throw away from Bum#1. Appeared to be a working-age male with no physical disability. Still raised hand out to me expecting free money. This one didn't even have a cup or bowl to beg with. Maybe it was just a bridge troll demanding a toll for using their precious sidewalk, I don't know. And last but not least, Bum #3 outside of the 7/11 I go to. On the steps. Impeding foot traffic. This time it's a woman, surprised she couldn't rent a baby to hold to increase feelings of sympathy from gullible tourists ???? has a plastic cup with what I thought I saw to be only a few 1 baht coins. Yeah, I'm sure that's totally all she has, she definitely doesn't take anything larger than a 5baht coin and stuffs it away, again, to try to invoke feelings of "aww poor thing only has a few coins!". Thais breeze right past her, not so much as a glance. They're smart, they know this is a con. I've never seen so many able bodied people targeting me for begging in my life. Real flippin' nice to leave my building and get harassed for money right away. Zero shame. Everyone in this country is trying to extract resources from me, one way or another. Dual pricing, begging, trying to get roped into giving free English lessons... Go bother your countrymen for resources, you're supposed to be on your best behavior for guests in your country, not automatically feel entitled to their resources. ???? Best you go to another country, do you need help, I will prepay the taxi fare to the airport if you can prove you have a onw way ticket to leave. 1 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorecard Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 5 minutes ago, Lacessit said: Being asked for money does not create an obligation to give it. I don't know why the OP is picking on Thailand, I've been dunned by beggars in New York and London. And inside the campus of the Uni of Texas at Austin. Beggar was in fact a local, a redundant science professor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HandsomeTallFarang Posted August 26, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 26, 2023 10 minutes ago, FruitPudding said: Damn right, cos they wouldn't give you sh*t Yup. Would report you for stealing the Job from a Thai (beggar/scammer) 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post scorecard Posted August 26, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 26, 2023 17 minutes ago, bobbin said: If giving a dollar or two is going to so significantly reduce your net worth you have bigger problems than a few beggars.. What brought you to Asia? You didn't know that there are many people living on what you spend on a Starbucks coffee? Why not put a buck or two aside to share? You will feel better about yourself.. And to correct one point, my Thai son and his wife regularly give to beggars and often buy food in plastic bags to give to beggers. Also to give to 2 little girls always selling flower garlands at a big intersection not far from our house. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2baht Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 9 minutes ago, Lacessit said: I don't know why the OP is picking on Thailand Could it, by a long shot, be that's he's actually in Thailand and NOT New York or London! ???? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeTallFarang Posted August 26, 2023 Author Share Posted August 26, 2023 (edited) 3 minutes ago, scorecard said: And to correct one point, my Thai son and his wife regularly give to beggars and often buy food in plastic bags to give to beggers. Also to give to 2 little girls always selling flower garlands at a big intersection not far from our house. That's sweet of them. I'm willing to wager money that they (beggars) wouldn't do the same for you if the roles were reversed. Edited August 26, 2023 by HandsomeTallFarang 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkk6060 Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 (edited) Anyone complaining about this would have difficulty surviving in many places in the U.S. Edited August 26, 2023 by bkk6060 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacessit Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 1 minute ago, 2baht said: Could it, by a long shot, be that's he's actually in Thailand and NOT New York or London! ???? I assumed from his mention of sukhumvit he is in Thailand. Is there anything else of total irrelevance you wish to add? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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