Another Farang bully makes the news.

[Foek]

Looks more like a clumsy accident to me , but blown out of proportions by the employee of the restaurant.

More water in the dish , more profit.

Look at it  the positive way ☺️

[richard_smith237]

3 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

21 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

... Its amusingly pathetic how you're still clawing for relevance in a dead exchange - you're not provoking me, you're just embarrassing yourself - it’s amusing how hard you’re trying.

Soo, little boy. Take a chill pill now.

 

Yawn....   still trying even 24 hrs later - this is why you are known as a bit of a forum t!t... 

[richard_smith237]

20 minutes ago, Foek said:

Looks more like a clumsy accident to me , but blown out of proportions by the employee of the restaurant.

More water in the dish , more profit.

Look at it  the positive way ☺️

 

It looks rather deliberate to me....   he asked for the water, unscrewed it, then poured it in.

He even 'appeared' to be laughing about as they pushed him away.

 

I'm not sure how this could be looked at in a positive way, other than this didn't escalate into a violent encounter. But, interfering with a restaurant or food-vendors foods is inexcusable and simply wrong.

 

 

 

[roo860]

On 5/24/2025 at 11:03 AM, BexMan said:

Things must be pretty calm in Thailand if this is making television news.
 

Just wondering, would this have even made the news he was a Thai?

It's the norm for these Thai 'news' channels, the morning news on Ch32, 34 etc is full of these breaking news stories, that's the actual scope of their reporting.

[roo860]

On 5/24/2025 at 11:07 AM, SAFETY FIRST said:

It's why the Thai's hate us now. 

 

So sad, when I first arrived, I was treated like a KING.. 

 

Very strange to read comments like its nothing, just normal behaviour. 

 

To those of you thinking about relocating, retiring to Thailand, forget it, you've missed the boat. 

 

Too many nasties here now destroying the lovely Thai hospitality, it's disappearing quickly. 

 

Well Skip I have to disagree there, I've never been hated around my area of Thailand, in fact I'm a bit of a cult figure around my area, I've often heard Thai people say, 'there goes that cult'. 🙂

[richard_smith237]

51 minutes ago, roo860 said:

It's the norm for these Thai 'news' channels, the morning news on Ch32, 34 etc is full of these breaking news stories, that's the actual scope of their reporting.

 

Stories like this - which barely qualify as news - are effortlessly sensationalised. There's no powerful figure involved, no major player caught red-handed, nothing of real consequence. It's low-level fluff designed to provoke curiosity, and once a bit of 'netizen outrage' is stirred into the mix, the spotlight intensifies. Suddenly, everyone can pile in, feel morally aligned, and join the pile-on of outrage - this is somewhat amplified when a foriegner is involved and a mild surge of 'nationalism' can get thrown into the mix.

 

 

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Just the other evening on the skytrain, a group of lads - clearly a few drinks in but entirely harmless - were talking, laughing, full of banter, with the occasional profanity thrown in and drew a little attention...  Nothing out of the ordinary, just loud but benign banter....  When looking for the positives, they made space for others around them, gave up seats for the elders and females - just decent and spirited lads on a night out.

.... But it only takes one person with a smartphone to capture a moment, slap on a caption like "Rude loud Farangs Invade BTS" and toss it onto social media. Cue the chorus of boomers wetting themsleves and losing their minds, demanding deportation and prison sentences over a moment that, in reality, was little more than rowdy chatter on public transport.

 

 

The optics in the media can be easily distorted - blown out of proportion and exaggerated for the benefit of the minions and fools who cry “nuclear offence” at every trivial slight. That’s not to entirely dismiss the incident in question (pouring water in a vendors soup pot), but let’s be honest: on the very same day stories like this surface, there are far more pressing and horrific events happening. People are being shot, kids are stabbing and killing each other, pensioners are being beaten, thousands are being scammed out of their life savings...

But those stories don't carry the same cheap thrill. Instead, the ‘face of a farang’ becomes an easy and convenient lightning rod for the “deport him!” mob - a quick win for those desperate to feel morally righteous without ever looking deeper....

 

 

 

 

 

[madone]

On 5/23/2025 at 1:07 PM, Quentin Zen said:

if in America and they are forced to throw out the food and sanitize the kitchen, that's 5 million USD

are you high quentin?

it doesn't cost 5 million to build even a high-end restaurant kitchen let alone clean one.

 

[Gottfrid]

2 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Yawn....   still trying even 24 hrs later - this is why you are known as a bit of a forum t!t... 

And you still have nothing else to do, then be hooked on me. Richard, I already have a wife, and I don´t swing that way. Now, walk away!

[BritManToo]

On 5/24/2025 at 1:11 PM, richard_smith237 said:

Arguably, a lot of the ‘nasties’ are long-timers who feel their ‘market share’ shrinking with the influx of younger men competing on the same hunting grounds and they 'blow a fuse'...

I always found they were happy to accept money from any guy ...... young/old/fat/thin .... all the same price.