Knife-wielding Portuguese lady refuses to pay taxi in Phuket (video)

[richard_smith237]

Taxi drivers attempting to rip of customers again.... 

... Foreigners getting the blame when they don't put up with it. 

 

 

Just this week with Wife and Son, about 10 taxi's in a row wanted to charge is 1000 Baht to get home (after a concert - obviously a busy area near the stadium).

 

We went to a nearby restaurant and ate instead...   towards the end of the meal with had the Grab App, Bolt App and In-Drive App going with most drivers cancelling on us... eventually we got a ride for 145 baht.

 

 

When there was Uber generating competition taking a taxi in Bangkok used to be as easy as it is in any other city - Now Bangkok has become like Phuket with ayhole drivers never using the meter and Grab drivers accepting and cancelling. 

 

I think I've only taken two taxi's so far this year that used the meter without issue.

about 75% of the time I try to order a Grab they cancel.

[bob smith]

28 minutes ago, Denim said:

Phuket , the hub of rip off locals and wack job foreigners. 

 

Blow up the bridge , cut the anchors and set it adrift into the ocean or tow it to Vladivostok.

agreed.

 

what a dump!

 

bob.

[thecyclist]

3 hours ago, freeworld said:

Smoking cannabis in the car, is this actually allowed and does it make people more aggressive?

No, it's not allowed, and Cannabis makes you less aggressive. Alcohol and speed ,on the other hand, can make you more aggressive. 

[impulse]

And Portugal is on the boards. 

 

Closely following the Italian guy.

[Red Forever]

Hmm....smoked cannabis in the cab and then became aggressive.

Over to you weedheads.

[Red Forever]

1 hour ago, bob smith said:

agreed.

 

what a dump!

 

bob.

Wise words Bob 

[alesaldana]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Nadiya Serivna Varshawa.

Definitely Portuguese 😂😂😂

[PETERTHEEATER]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

The taxi driver asserted that this was not the initial instance of Varshawa evading payment for a taxi ride. He recounted how Varshawa frequently feigned anger or mental instability to avoid settling the fare.

Which taxi driver was this? The report started with a named female taxi driver.

[Excogitator]

Considering her name and her psychotic disposition, I'm willing to wager my left nut that she originates from a certain mammoth-sized slavic nation...

[Digitalbanana]

3 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

... Foreigners getting the blame when they don't put up with it. 

And rightly so if they pull a knife on you no?

[thecyclist]

2 hours ago, alesaldana said:

Definitely Portuguese 😂😂😂

Sounds Russian to me.

[Mavideol]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Nadiya Serivna Varshawa.

a Portuguese with name like that....nope, niet Portuguese, more like exiled Ruskoff in Portugal, send back to origin, yah 555

Edited April 3 by Mavideol

[Mavideol]

6 hours ago, ChipButty said:

On the Thai TV news they say she's Russian, 

which I strongly believe, quality tourists at their best.... a Portuguese women will never do anything like that, I know as I was married to one

[Mavideol]

6 hours ago, VinnieK said:

If she's mentally ill, she's not going anywhere.

I bet she's broke too.

tomorrow headline will say, Russian lady was behavior erratically due to menstruation  555

[rexpotter]

That is a not a Portuguese person, its another Russian nutcase.

[Gottfrid]

Just another one to pile on the deportation stack.

[Liverpool Lou]

5 hours ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

Which taxi driver was this? The report started with a named female taxi driver.

...and continued as she escaped police custody in a second taxi that became involved...as the article clearly reported

[PETERTHEEATER]

1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

...and continued as she escaped police custody in a second taxi that became involved...as the article clearly reported

OK. I've got it now. Thanks Lou.

[borderhopper2005]

＞Knife-wielding Portuguese lady refuses to pay taxi

 

Don't call such a trashy thug LADY.

Deserves to be called Bitch instead.

Lady means a law-abiding decent polite female.

A lady would not dodge taxi fare at knife point.

[NicoBKK]

22 hours ago, ChipButty said:

On the Thai TV news they say she's Russian, 

from the name not really Latina

[john donson]

'A Thai man, believed to be a hotel employee, was heard trying to stop the foreigner'

 

 

heard?

 

hurt ?

 

who writes this crap?

 

[ChipButty]

45 minutes ago, john donson said:

'A Thai man, believed to be a hotel employee, was heard trying to stop the foreigner'

 

 

heard?

 

hurt ?

 

who writes this crap?

 

You'll be surprised 

[Liverpool Lou]

5 hours ago, borderhopper2005 said:

Don't call such a trashy thug LADY.

Deserves to be called Bitch instead.

Lady means a law-abiding decent polite female.

No, it doesn't, "lady" means a woman; law-abiding, decent or polite doesn't change that.

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, john donson said:

'A Thai man, believed to be a hotel employee, was heard trying to stop the foreigner'

 

 

heard?

 

hurt ?

 

who writes this crap?

 

Heard.  Not "hurt".  You wrote your cra...comment, yes?

Edited April 4 by Liverpool Lou

[mancub]

14 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

...and continued as she escaped police custody in a second taxi that became involved...as the article clearly reported

aiding and abetting ?😁

[Californian]

On 4/3/2024 at 8:51 AM, Grumpy one said:

Send her back to Mother Russia, she can help defend against Ukraine 

I don't think that will happen...The correct spelling of this woman's name is Nadiya Serhiivna Varshava and she is an Ukrainian national with Portuguese citizenship.  Her LinkedIn profile states that she is a graduate from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Coimbra, Portugal.  Since 2018, she is been running a business in Switzerland in the banking and financial sector, providing investment analysis and financial accounting services to clients from Ukraine and Eastern Europe.  She also claims on her profile to be fluent in five languages, including English.

It is mind-boggling to see her skipping out on taxi fare in the equivalent of 40 Euros and then attacking the driver with a knife, recorded on a security camera video.  The taxi driver should pursue this case until a substantial monetary settlement is litigated by a competent lawyer.   

Edited April 4 by Californian
correct name spelling

[Californian]

On 4/3/2024 at 8:51 AM, Grumpy one said:

Send her back to Mother Russia, she can help defend against Ukraine 

I don't think that will happen...The correct spelling of this woman's name is Nadiya Serhiivna Varshava and she is an Ukrainian national by birth with Portuguese citizenship.  Her LinkedIn profile states that she is a graduate from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Coimbra, Portugal.  Since 2018, she is been running a business in Switzerland in the banking and financial sector, providing investment analysis and financial accounting services to clients from Ukraine and Eastern Europe.  She also claims on her profile to be fluent in five languages, including English.

It is mind-boggling to see her skipping out on taxi fare in the equivalent of 40 Euros and then attacking the driver with a knife, recorded on a security camera video.  The taxi driver should pursue this case until a substantial monetary settlement is litigated by a competent lawyer.   

Edited April 4 by Californian

[freeworld]

On 4/3/2024 at 11:19 AM, rexpotter said:

That is a not a Portuguese person, its another Russian nutcase.

Really?

 

From other news sources in Phuket.

 

"She has been named as 30 year old Nadiya Serhiivana Varshava, who was born in Ukraine and is travelling on a Portuguese passport"

 

"PHUKET: Police have yet to confirm charges against a Ukrainian woman traveling on a Portuguese passport for threatening a woman taxi driver with a knife amid a dispute over a taxi fare."

Edited April 5 by freeworld

[freeworld]

On 4/3/2024 at 11:02 AM, Mavideol said:

a Portuguese with name like that....nope, niet Portuguese, more like exiled Ruskoff in Portugal, send back to origin, yah 555

It is disappointing

 

"She has been named as 30 year old Nadiya Serhiivana Varshava, who was born in Ukraine and is travelling on a Portuguese passport"

 

"PHUKET: Police have yet to confirm charges against a Ukrainian woman traveling on a Portuguese passport for threatening a woman taxi driver with a knife amid a dispute over a taxi fare."

 

[Skipalongcassidy]

On 4/4/2024 at 12:29 PM, Liverpool Lou said:

No, it doesn't, "lady" means a woman; law-abiding, decent or polite doesn't change that.

Sorry... you missed this one... 

lady /lā′dē/

noun

A woman of high social standing or refinement, especially when viewed as dignified or well-mannered.