Positive post about Thai people.

[SAFETY FIRST]

23 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

 

It's amazing how miserable, moaning, complaining, whinging and whining you are about other foreigners, yet never seem self-aware enough to realise it.

 

 

That's great, but it's shocking how much delusion you show in order to achieve this point of view.

Omg, you are a pest, go away. 

You do know that you can keep scrolling, you don't have to reply with hostility. 

 

I never interact with you unless you antagonize me, I always see your never ending comments I disagree with but I scroll past. 

 

You are the snotty nosed kid at school I remember, always annoying everyone, I'm sure of it. 

 

[save the frogs]

11 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

You are the snotty nosed kid at school I remember, always annoying everyone, I'm sure of it. 

I bet you he was the kind of kid who sat at the back of the class making spitballs, but he still did his homework. 

[Liverpool Lou]

19 hours ago, kwak250 said:

When i say ran Thailand down it could mean having a moan about the restricted selling times of alcohol or the thai government ,
Are you telling me you have never had a moan about anything in Thailand?
Never moaned about anything? 

soi dogs?

Corruption..

Inverted price structure. .

.noise and pollution?

 

Yes, I can honestly say that I have never moaned about any of the things that you reference, although I have to admit I don't even know what "inverted price structure" means.  I cannot remember when soi dogs were ever a problem in the parts of Bangkok that I have lived in or go to.

 

I have never complained about corruption as that would be hypocritical, I doubt that there are many people who have not had some benefit from corruption, whether, just to give a couple of examples, it is police "discretion" on traffic offences or enjoying a drink after official hours.   I'm sure that others have experience of taking advantage of other areas that corruption may affect.

 

What "noise" is it that you assume people should be complaining about?

 

No point in complaining about pollution unless you can do something about it and complaining sure doesn't.

 

I must admit that I have moaned about my two Thai  ex-wives.

[BangkokReady]

37 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

You do know that you can keep scrolling, you don't have to reply with hostility. 

 

It's kind of sad that you can be so hostile yourself, then view someone simply pointing something factual out about you to be hostile.

 

37 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

I never interact with you unless you antagonize me, I always see your never ending comments I disagree with but I scroll past.

 

Your pattern of interaction is generally one of being antagonised by people for no good reason.  🤷‍♂️

[BangkokReady]

27 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

40 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

You are the snotty nosed kid at school I remember, always annoying everyone, I'm sure of it. 

I bet you he was the kind of kid who sat at the back of the class making spitballs, but he still did his homework. 

 

People generally don't like it when someone holds a mirror up to show them their true nature.  🤷‍♂️

[ChrisKC]

Yes, good to see a positive thread about the Thai people in general.

 

I have been living in various parts of Thailand for 22 years and my position on Thai people, without comparing with anywhere else, is just about 100% positive.

 

If I were to make an observation about the negative attitudes of many Farang, I would say that most complaints come from those who live in areas where there is a large population of resident foreigners and of course many tourists. This has the effect of local Thai people having their daily life culture compromised and more likely for conflict to occur and subsequent complaints arising.

 

Most of the reporting of these conflicts originate from Pattaya, Phuket, to a lesser extent around Chiang Mai, and  parts of Bangkok.

 

For those of us who live in areas of Thailand where there are few tourists and foreign residents; we are more immersed in everyday Thai life so they and said foreign residents co-exist in an atmosphere of easier tolerance of our differences!

[SAFETY FIRST]

30 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

 

People generally don't like it when someone holds a mirror up to show them their true nature.  🤷‍♂️

You are that snotty nosed kid who annoyed everyone at school. 

 

Get off your warrior keyboard, go and play outside, get a life. 

 

Omg, AN has several annoying pesky members but you top the list. 

 

[Photoguy21]

Some people just like to moan, the OP I hasten to add is not one of them. What gets me is the people who moan about Thailand but don't leave. If they find it so distasteful then why do they remain here? I get the impression that ones who complain have never really left their own country. Maybe Thailand is the first country they have visited. I would also think that many of them live their life around the bars which is not a representation of the country. This of course is only my opinion and I am sure others will tell me I don't know what I am talking about.

[Ben Zioner]

22 hours ago, kwak250 said:

You have to admire the efficiency here I know back in the U.K it would take weeks

Yes it is the same when you want to get laid.

[BangkokReady]

19 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

You are that snotty nosed kid who annoyed everyone at school. 

 

And you are an angry racist person, who thinks that things that Thai people do are fine, but when a foreign person does the same, they are bad.  You also believe that, on a public forum, other users aren't allowed to disagree with you, and you react aggressively towards them when they do.

 

19 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Get off your warrior keyboard, go and play outside, get a life. 

 

What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

 

19 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Omg, AN has several annoying pesky members but you top the list. 

 

The fact that you cannot bear to have anyone contradict you, or to point out that you are wrong, is something you should probably see someone about.

[SAFETY FIRST]

4 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

 

And you are an angry racist person, who thinks that things that Thai people do are fine, but when a foreign person does the same, they are bad.  You also believe that, on a public forum, other users aren't allowed to disagree with you, and you react aggressively towards them when they do.

 

 

What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

 

 

The fact that you cannot bear to have anyone contradict you, or to point out that you are wrong, is something you should probably see someone about.

I'm worried about you.

Have all those school beatings given you brain damage?

 

Please get some professional help.

 

Your Mental health should be monitored. 

[BangkokReady]

6 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

I'm worried about you.

Have all those school beatings given you brain damage?

 

Please get some professional help.

 

Your Mental health should be monitored. 

 

I haven't said anything that isn't true.  I can understand you don't like to hear this about yourself, but I think it's probably important that you do.

 

There's nothing wrong with polite disagreement, nor with someone challenging someone else's behaviour.

 

It's up to you what you do with this information, but I think that a little introspection would be good for you.

[SAFETY FIRST]

9 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

 

I haven't said anything that isn't true.  I can understand you don't like to hear this about yourself, but I think it's probably important that you do.

 

There's nothing wrong with polite disagreement, nor with someone challenging someone else's behaviour.

 

It's up to you what you do with this information, but I think that a little introspection would be good for you.

You're here for an argument ONLY.

 

I know your type, that snotty nosed kid had the same attitude. 

 

[kwak250]

3 hours ago, ChaiyaTH said:

Lmao so because you had good luck with a washing machine guy at one occassion, you thank the nation entirely? Meanwhile I needed 5 electricians before finding out a rat bite my main electric cable, while our wooden house was at risk of fire as well us for being electrocuted, all having certified papers...

 

It's like saying taxi drivers here are great because you have this 1 in so many times that you do have a nice one. Which is super rare lol. But if it comes to motorbike mechanics, you win on that, they are always doing good on that. But it is kind of hard to mess those tasks up as well.

Might need to find a qualified electrician if you need 5 so called electricians 

Had many items repaired over the years and always the first electrician will find the fault.

Is your friend Bob by any chance?

[BangkokReady]

14 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

You're here for an argument ONLY.

 

I know your type, that snotty nosed kid had the same attitude. 

 

Disagreement is often part of debate, sure, but I don't only disagree with people.  I share information or request information as and when, share an opinion, make a joke, and so on.

 

All I have done is read your comments and respond honestly.  I understand that you don't like that, but I feel that is more an indication of an issue you have, rather than one I have.  I cannot make you see things as they are, because you don't want to.

[animalmagic]

5 hours ago, kwak250 said:

That right there is what i am talking about!

That's not all.  My wife and I do not have kids, so we have helped our niece with education wherever possible.  We paid for her boarding school, not the best possible as we couldn't afford that, which was not too far from where she lived.  Our niece researched much better schools nearby and discovered a very famous one much closer to home.  this school offered free tuition to students who passed the entrance exam and were in the Top 10.  Our niece studied hard and applied, eventually achieving the fourth highest marks and being offered the free scholarship.  She told us afterwards that we no longer had to help with tuition fees.

[NoshowJones]

On 3/31/2025 at 2:10 PM, spidermike007 said:

That Thais are not kind is simply not true, it applies to to a lesser extent on Phuket and Samui and areas where the locals are jaded and deal with a lot of butthead foreigners (Pattaya), but for the most part I find the Thai people as delightful as ever, they're still very light-hearted, it's very easy to get them to smile and laugh, and they're great fun. 

 

The other aspect of this is that the Thai people are fairly intuitive so what you get back is often times a reflection of what you bring to the table. If you're grouchy and ornery and overly serious, they're not going to respond to you. But if you're lighthearted with a nice smile, kind-hearted and respectful, you get all of that back in abundance. Most Thai people are quite lovely. And I love to be around them, and I love it here. 

 

And how about Thai women? 

Combine their innate femininity, and the level of comfort they have in expressing that, it makes them very appealing. I see a  Western woman sometimes, who is beautiful, but cold as ice, and more masculine than I am, and there is no appeal, whatsoever. 

 

I think it can be described as the ability to manifest the dignity within femininity. Or, a woman who is not trying to be a man, having lost her sense of womanhood, along the way. 

 

Or a woman who is in touch with her body, and not plagued with feelings of shame and a fake sense of purity. Also, some Thai girlfriends, lovers and wives realize that a man enjoys sex, and allowing them that enjoyment, freedom and pleasure is just not a big deal. 

 

Lastly, there is a comfort level in the playing of roles here. It is an amazing quality many Thai women have. Allowing a man to be a man, and enjoying being a woman and acting like one. What is more appealing than that? And who wants to be with a woman who is more masculine than we are? 

 

 

Excellent post here which I agree with. If we could just get an improvement on their road behaviour and certain immigration issues, the country would be almost perfect.

[NoshowJones]

3 hours ago, Photoguy21 said:

Some people just like to moan, the OP I hasten to add is not one of them. What gets me is the people who moan about Thailand but don't leave. If they find it so distasteful then why do they remain here? I get the impression that ones who complain have never really left their own country. Maybe Thailand is the first country they have visited. I would also think that many of them live their life around the bars which is not a representation of the country. This of course is only my opinion and I am sure others will tell me I don't know what I am talking about.

There are a lot of expats who cannot leave Thailand because of having Thai families. Bought there houses etc, so no, you don't know what you are talking about.

[sandyf]

4 hours ago, ChrisKC said:

For those of us who live in areas of Thailand where there are few tourists and foreign residents; we are more immersed in everyday Thai life so they and said foreign residents co-exist in an atmosphere of easier tolerance of our differences!

Quite. My father in law died on Christmas day 2011 and was interred, with his wife whose remains had been exhumed, in a new tomb. This week being Quing Ming we went to the tomb yesterday and dined with them as we have done every year. Normally it would have been the weekend which gets quite busy but as my BiLs wife is having chemo they decided the weekday would be better.

Whatever one thinks of the Thais it cannot be denied that they have a great deal more respect for their religion and customs than the so call "advanced" economies.

[bogozy]

13 hours ago, Don Giovanni said:

Most who work in high tourist areas, such as Phuket and Samui are pure scum.

 

I've stood near the bakers oven before and heard how they talk about farangs after fleecing them.

 

Disgusting.

 

The Don.

They have had very nasty first hand experiences with butthead farangs.

I no have problems with thai people 

Pay respect, give kindness, accept the way of their mind, I am helpful, they give back me all. Yesterday I was stranded in the city center, át evening. The last songthaw has gone. I ask a motorcycle taxi man, how much the fare to the outskirt? 150, I ask softly, 120? He laughed, khun! the last red light junction is 10 kilometres from here, and your home are situated far beyond! 

I laughed, said, yes khun. You are right, I accept the 150.

We drive home, in a nice mood. Say good farewell at destination.

 

[georgegeorgia]

12 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Omg, you are a pest, go away. 

You do know that you can keep scrolling, you don't have to reply with hostility. 

 

I never interact with you unless you antagonize me, I always see your never ending comments I disagree with but I scroll past. 

 

You are the snotty nosed kid at school I remember, always annoying everyone, I'm sure of it. 

 

And you Sir had umpteen sick days through your working life without medical certificates,so stop calling the pot kettle black or whatever the saying is ! 

Does anyone know that saying ?

Did I get it correct?

[georgegeorgia]

30 minutes ago, bogozy said:

They have had very nasty first hand experiences with butthead farangs.

I no have problems with thai people 

Pay respect, give kindness, accept the way of their mind, I am helpful, they give back me all. Yesterday I was stranded in the city center, át evening. The last songthaw has gone. I ask a motorcycle taxi man, how much the fare to the outskirt? 150, I ask softly, 120? He laughed, khun! the last red light junction is 10 kilometres from here, and your home are situated far beyond! 

I laughed, said, yes khun. You are right, I accept the 150.

We drive home, in a nice mood. Say good farewell at destination.

 

May I ask do you hold onto the driver with both hands around his waist ?

[ChaiyaTH]

20 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

 

 

If Thailand was so bad, then people wouldn't choose it over their own countries, or any other countries they could live in.

LMAO what a garbage comment and opinion. Many western countries are simply hell and super expensive, the fact that Thailand on these ends is a lot better, and for that reason is very livable is ZERO excuses for all the things that happen here that are really bad and really not good. Neither does that make them acceptable.

To be some wannabe idiot who sticks his head in the sand, to then pretend it is all daisies, and that such negativity can't possible exist, well that is absolute stupidity at it's core. At the same time you entirely forget that we are not in the same times anymore as we were decades ago, there is zero guarantees for Thailand keeping the position it once had, in fact there has only been a decrease of expats + retirees here.

 

With other words: the point has already been proven on every end, the only thing that keeps your illusion alive it the mass group tourism that props things up to keep it alive, and avoids a collapse.

 

Also even one hates all this, that is no different than many people still in their home countries, coping with that to then still decide and live there as XYZ is good enough in XYZ country for them. This applies as much to Thailand. At least that is honesty, not ass licker work with a snotty nose.

[ChaiyaTH]

The fact posts like this are needed actually proves it all. It happens seldom and it clearly was a big highlight. Nuff said.

[JackSinclair]

Well here's a positive spin you never hear of.......I accidently left my wallet containing 20 million baht in the back of a taxi. The driver found me and returned it all intact. 

[SAFETY FIRST]

9 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

And you Sir had umpteen sick days through your working life without medical certificates,so stop calling the pot kettle black or whatever the saying is ! 

Does anyone know that saying ?

Did I get it correct?

I do interact with you, I find your postings very interesting and at times hilarious. 

 

You're a typical Aussie, you can take a joke, you're cashed up (assets anyway) and not miserable, bitter or nasty, just enjoying life..........not like some here 😡

 

 

I think it's the pot calling the kettle black. 

 

[Don Giovanni]

On 4/1/2025 at 10:22 AM, theshu25 said:

Been there over 45 times, Never ever had a problem with the thai peopel. Only problem i ever had was with a Polish guy that wanted to fight me, Not too bright that guy. I will go to live in Hua Hin end of next year.Perfect place for me,resonably quiet, and good golf courses.

Golf is the worst sport.

 

No wonder the polish guy wanted to give you a good thumping! It's a shame that he didn't..

 

The Don.

[Photoguy21]

21 hours ago, NoshowJones said:

There are a lot of expats who cannot leave Thailand because of having Thai families. Bought there houses etc, so no, you don't know what you are talking about.

I have a Thai family and a house here but if I really didn't like it I would seriously consider leaving

[richard_smith237]

18 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

And you Sir had umpteen sick days through your working life without medical certificates,so stop calling the pot kettle black or whatever the saying is ! 

Does anyone know that saying ?

Did I get it correct?

 

Doubtful - with a user name like his, he likely works as a safety guy on a rig... where you work not matter how sick you are !!... its unlikely he ever had a sick day in his life... 

 

But... his hypocritical fragility, collossal chip on his shoulder comes from spending half his life in a position no one respects and everyone laughs at behind his back...  

 

 

[quake]

Thailand is fine and it's people.

But anyone that thinks it's  utopia here,  is an idiot.

and needs to take these off.

Life is good here, most days.