British Teacher Assaulted by Phuket Tailor in Front of Her Children

[CG1 Blue]

23 minutes ago, Felton Jarvis said:

She cannot win this. She is a Caucasian. If the tailor is Thai, she may as well report to jail.

But the tailor isn't Thai. How many Thai tailors do you see in Phuket etc.? 

[Chongalulu]

2 hours ago, AustinRacing said:

Third world mentality when a woman dares to stand up against a man who thinks he’s superior. Leave me with the guy for 5 mins and he’ll apologize to the woman. 

Yes,you'll beat him senseless with your keyboard I'm sure... 🙄 

[MalcolmB]

1 hour ago, Hakuna Matata said:

This is a specific behavior towards women in Phuket as the majority of the local population is Muslim.

No it isn’t.

 

Thai Muslims make up approximately 35% of Phuket's population, and many are still concentrated in the area around Kamala, Bangtao and Surin where the migrant Malays originally settled.

[CHdiver]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

According to Ms. Inder, the disagreement began when she visited a tailoring shop to discuss a dress alteration. The negotiation turned heated, and the shop owner, angered by her insistence, allegedly slapped her, causing her to fall while her children watched in horror.

So she goes into the shop, then is not happy with the price quoted, wants a cheaper price and starts to argue when she does not get it. I am sure it's not the only Tailor Shop around. So why not stop being a bitch and leave the shop and go to the next? 

 

It's not an excuse for what the Tailor did, but that question has to be asked imho.

[Neeranam]

17 minutes ago, soalbundy said:

Is he of African persuasion? Are you a mixture of all that is good and true?

Bangladeshi. 

Huh?

[MalcolmB]

6 minutes ago, Thumbs said:

So the Thai mobs demanding justice for a woman being assaulted are reserved for female doctors only… 

And Thai women. It is admirable how the Thais stick up for each other.

 

It appears the English woman’s husband didn’t even bother showing up, let alone the country getting behind her.

[MalcolmB]

46 minutes ago, WDSmart said:

Does "in front of her children" increase the severity of this incident?

And did the kids actually care? 
 

[Neeranam]

9 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

 

You are a Thai citizen, you are not Thai though. 

I am Thai.

Was Henry Kissinger American?

Is Arnold Schwarzenegger American?

Is Madeleine Albright American?

is Rishi Sunak British?

[MalcolmB]

19 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

Shopkeeper should be punished but i don't understand why she didn't look for another shop when she didn't like the price but chose to stay with her children.  

Imagine how entitled her kids are going to end up with a mother like that.

[Liverpool Lou]

22 minutes ago, WDSmart said:

42 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

What other way is there to spell "gaoled"?

The way I, and most of the English-speaking world, now spell it is "jailed."

"Jailed" would be the spelling of "Jailed", not an alternative for "Gaoled", just as "Imprisoned" is not an alternative spelling of "Gaoled".   Perhaps you're confusing spellings with meanings?

Edited Wednesday at 08:18 AM by Liverpool Lou

[HappyExpat57]

The only legal action I've ever personally witnessed: A friend of mine, a club owner, had hired a manager who ripped him off, stealing everything from the club including literally taking the copper pipes out of the walls. My friend took him to court, only to find out the thief's brother-in-law was a local police officer.

 

My friend was barely able to keep HIMSELF out of jail for the "slander" he recorded in the form of the police report.

 

No way would I, a foreigner, EVER bring charges against a local.

[WDSmart]

15 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

"Jailed" would be the spelling of "Jailed", not an alternative for "Gaoled", just as "Imprisoned" is not an alternative spelling of "Gaoled".   Perhaps you're confusing spellings with meanings?

This is the best site I found which promises to tell the difference between "jail" and "gaol," but I didn't see any difference cited in it. 
Difference Between Jail and Gaol | Difference Between

Please tell me what you think is the difference between those two terms. Thanks...

[Spock]

1 hour ago, impulse said:

 

Why do people move to a country, then demand the same standards they left behind?  Monetary compensation is the local standard.  They aren't going to change centuries of culture for her...

 

But she can demand the same standards as back home and she has. Hope she wins.

[Spock]

57 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

No doubt, just a communication problem.

 

And, she was probably treating the tailor like she treats her students.

 

I am glad I was never educated in an international school down there.

 

I do not like the teachers who are here today and gone tomorrow.

 

If you want to enroll in a school with English language instruction, then try the UK, or the USA.

 

Nobody slaps someone without reason.

I have never seen it happen.

 

Glad she is not teaching any students that I know.

 

 

You make an initial assumption and then just run with it. Your post contributes absolutely nothing helpful to the discussion, but thanks for your contribution anyway.

[Liverpool Lou]

28 minutes ago, WDSmart said:

45 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

"Jailed" would be the spelling of "Jailed", not an alternative for "Gaoled", just as "Imprisoned" is not an alternative spelling of "Gaoled".   Perhaps you're confusing spellings with meanings?

This is the best site I found which promises to tell the difference between "jail" and "gaol," but I didn't see any difference cited in it. 
Difference Between Jail and Gaol | Difference Between

Please tell me what you think is the difference between those two terms. Thanks...

I know what the words mean but you're confusing spellings and meanings.  You started this by posting about different spellings;  now you're on about meanings!

Edited Wednesday at 09:03 AM by Liverpool Lou

[Thingamabob]

Very, very unusual in Thailand. Who said what to whom and why are the key questions.

[WDSmart]

2 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

You're confusing spellings with meanings.

Okay, then, would you please tell me the definition of the word "gaol."

[Liverpool Lou]

1 minute ago, WDSmart said:

4 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

You're confusing spellings with meanings.

Okay, then, would you please tell me the definition of the word "gaol."

You've just looked it up and posted about it, why do you need me to define "gaol"?

[Liverpool Lou]

24 minutes ago, Spock said:

You make an initial assumption and then just run with it. Your post contributes absolutely nothing helpful to the discussion, but thanks for your contribution anyway.

Just as your post admonishes him for "contributing nothing", your admonishment contributes exactly the same, nothing, also!

[Cabradelmar]

Why would she be discussing a personal matter with a tailor with her students in tow. I'd love to know what she said to him. Doesn't take much to set off a Thai. Of course, if she was so inclined, she could have used this event as a learning experience for her children in terms of self control and waking away from conflict as opposed to leaning in. 

[BobBKK]

1 hour ago, Neeranam said:

I am Thai.

Was Henry Kissinger American?

Is Arnold Schwarzenegger American?

Is Madeleine Albright American?

is Rishi Sunak British?

 
You are a Thai citizen by application

[WDSmart]

3 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

You've just looked it up and posted about it, why do you need me to define "gaol"?

I would like to know what your definition of "gaol" is. If you don't want to (or can't) define it, at least let me know if the definitions I found online are compatible with your definition.

[ujayujay]

It would be interesting to know which tailor shop it is. Who wants to risk being beaten by the staff when shopping in a store?

[thesetat2013]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

with many calling for more stringent enforcement of the law to protect expatriates and tourists alike.

haha.. will never happen

[NativeBob]

1 hour ago, GammaGlobulin said:

I do not like the teachers who are here today and gone tomorrow.

If you want to enroll in a school with English language instruction, then try the UK, or the USA.

Nobody slaps someone without reason.

I have never seen it happen.

Exactly! every word agree I with.

[BritScot]

6 hours ago, bob smith said:

Was the kick from Swiss david also 'bound to happen' ?

 

She was sat on his steps after all...

 

bob.

No! It turned out to not be on the property deed/border. Please keep up.

[ujayujay]

2 hours ago, Hakuna Matata said:

This is a specific behavior towards women . Many individuals are very arrogant and self assured, to say the least.

 

This incident would probably never happen in the North or North East of Thailand. What do you think?

 

Phuket is a very snobbish place. Many locals have been corrupted by the big money they can easily extract from foreign tourists. What a shame.

 

I would certainly avoid Phuket by all means.

 

Sorry for my bad English, this is not my first language.

Nice try, but you are wrong.....the MINORITY of the Phuket population is Muslim

[n00dle]

14 minutes ago, Cabradelmar said:

Why would she be discussing a personal matter with a tailor with her students in tow. I'd love to know what she said to him. Doesn't take much to set off a Thai. Of course, if she was so inclined, she could have used this event as a learning experience for her children in terms of self control and waking away from conflict as opposed to leaning in. 

 

You start off with a ridiculous question and just dig yourself a deeper hole from there. 

please show me where any news story on this indicates that her "children" means her "students"?

 

I'm not even going to address the liability (read stupidity) of inferring that getting knocked off your feet by a slap in front of your children should be used as a teaching moment. 

 

 i seriously question your intelligence 

[bob smith]

6 minutes ago, ujayujay said:

Nice try, but you are wrong.....the MINORITY of the Phuket population is Muslim

it's definitely a sizable minority then!

 

every man and his dog seems to be muslim down there...

 

bob.

[n00dle]

1 hour ago, CHdiver said:

So she goes into the shop, then is not happy with the price quoted, wants a cheaper price and starts to argue when she does not get it. I am sure it's not the only Tailor Shop around. So why not stop being a bitch and leave the shop and go to the next? 

 

1 hour ago, FritsSikkink said:

Shopkeeper should be punished but i don't understand why she didn't look for another shop when she didn't like the price but chose to stay with her children.  

 

1 hour ago, GammaGlobulin said:

she was probably treating the tailor like she treats her students.

 

I am glad I was never educated in an international school down there.

 

I do not like the teachers who are here today and gone tomorrow.

 

If you want to enroll in a school with English language instruction, then try the UK, or the USA.

 

Nobody slaps someone without reason.

I have never seen it happen.

 

Glad she is not teaching any students that I know.

 

This is a fine festival of victim blaming without a clue to what actually happened. 

even if she were a bitch, is the assault justifiable?  t

 

For those asking whether or not having the children present is relevant, most people modify their behavior with kids present -- not doing so is kind of a red flag that raises questions about the deeper nature of our tailor.