'Where you come from? What your Job? How long you stay Thailand?'

[Straight8]

15 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Don't know, as I never use taxis, and if I did, I wouldn't talk with them.

I guess horse and cart is your main source of transport out in the parts of Thailand you reside? 😜

[SAFETY FIRST]

1 minute ago, CharlieH said:

FYI: That phrase actually comes from being POOR and is rooted in not having enough to eat.

Oh, that's sounds about right, she comes from a very poor family. 

 

[Dionigi]

16 hours ago, Tuco Ramirez said:

It's the same old spiel, time and time again when one is forced to interact with a local.

 

Is this how they are taught to interact with foreigners when they are at school?

 

 

How many here can say the same things in Thai?

[1FinickyOne]

16 hours ago, fredwiggy said:

The problem is some foreigners that spend a lot here, showing off how much they have by building a huge house

Thankfully that doesn't happen in the USA... what % of new home builds are McMansions w/a side of fries on the side... 

[fredwiggy]

15 minutes ago, 1FinickyOne said:

Thankfully that doesn't happen in the USA... what % of new home builds are McMansions w/a side of fries on the side... 

Night and day comparing Thailand to the US, lifestyles, income, % of foreigners.

[BritManToo]

10 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

Night and day comparing Thailand to the US, lifestyles, income, % of foreigners.

Yep, far higher percentage of foreigners in the US.

[ElwoodP]

Flame removed.

[newbee2022]

Not your business.

Publish YOUR CV here

[1FinickyOne]

16 hours ago, fredwiggy said:

Then the wife shows their friends what they have and they want it too,

just human nature, isn't it? My wife has plenty and yet she still looks at things and thinks about the profits to have been made... it doesn't mean she is not happy w/her choices... I guess it is human nature to want more. 

And I think it goes on everywhere...

[fredwiggy]

20 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Yep, far higher percentage of foreigners in the US.

Less than 15% of people living in the US are those who moved there. Thailand has less than 6%.

[fredwiggy]

1 minute ago, 1FinickyOne said:

just human nature, isn't it? My wife has plenty and yet she still looks at things and thinks about the profits to have been made... it doesn't mean she is not happy w/her choices... I guess it is human nature to want more. 

And I think it goes on everywhere...

True , but more so in a poor country.

[BritManToo]

9 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

Less than 15% of people living in the US are those who moved there. Thailand has less than 6%.

Apart from the Native Americans ...... you all moved there .......

[1FinickyOne]

29 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Yep, far higher percentage of foreigners in the US.

Actually, they call the foreigners fruit pickers and field workers and people who do jobs that nobody else would do... I can't imagine what the USA would be without them - hungry maybe? 

[RayOday]

 

 

[alien365]

It's amazing how often I get asked if I know of any good single foreigners for them or their friends. I got asked this earlier in the week in a pet shop in front of the male staff. I said no, which is the truth, and told her to find a good Thai man. 

[1FinickyOne]

5 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

True , but more so in a poor country.

I have often wondered about that - - who worries more about money, rich people or poor people... With the rich, it is as if they have just whet their appetite and the thirst for the bigger boat or more expensive house has just begun. Their does seem to be an increasing interest in 'tiny houses' in USA - that would be my style... 

[fredwiggy]

7 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Apart from the Native Americans ...... you all moved there .......

 

7 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Apart from the Native Americans ...... you all moved there .......

No, we were born there. Most of us have relations that moved there long ago. Native Americans ancestors also came from Asia.

[KhunLA]

14 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Apart from the Native Americans ...... you all moved there .......

 

It's theorized they aren't even 'natives' ... possibly coming over at Bering Strait.

 

Although as @fredwiggy points out, most were born there, and a few generations of.   If want to get technical, some suggest, we all came from present Africa.   

 

Where's my reparation at 

 

13 minutes ago, 1FinickyOne said:

Actually, they call the foreigners fruit pickers and field workers and people who do jobs that nobody else would do... I can't imagine what the USA would be without them - hungry maybe? 

 

Things might cost a wee bit more, or as it IS progresses now, farming out of the little (huge) owners, to the corporations.   Gates & hedge funds are already the largest owners, planting their GMOs & poisoning the masses, or so I read.  

 

Glad not to be involved in their experimenting.

[1FinickyOne]

1 minute ago, KhunLA said:

 

It's theorized they aren't even 'natives' ... possibly coming over at Bering Strait.

 

 

Things might cost a wee bit more, or as it IS progresses now, farming out of the little (huge) owners, to the corporations.   Gates & hedge funds are already the largest owners, planting their GMOs & poisoning the masses, or so I read.  

 

Glad no to be involved in their experimenting.

Me too...

[1FinickyOne]

4 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

Native Americans ancestors also came from Asia.

hill tribe people - -  I had an Otavalan Indian friend from Ecuador visit me here - everyone thought he was Thai and he noted some similarities in the languages

[Gottfrid]

17 hours ago, Tuco Ramirez said:

...is there such a thing?

 

Tuco.

No, not that you know of. For the rest of us, we have managed to get a little bit more insight.

[Thingamabob]

Entirely normal questions which are put to visiting foreigners all over the world. 

[madone]

17 hours ago, fredwiggy said:

The problem is some foreigners that spend a lot here, showing off how much they have by building a huge house, 2 cars, gold, cash to burn etc. Then the wife shows their friends what they have and they want it too, not realizing many foreigners don't have that extent of money to burn, nor want to,  so some are labeled as a poor foreigner.

what uttter bull<deleted>.

These are common questions and conversation starters, and generations have been taught the same questions.

Then there is common curiosity 

 

Why wouldn't someone talking to you want to know your nationality and whether you work or live here?

[fredwiggy]

Just now, madone said:

what uttter bull<deleted>.

These are common questions and conversation starters, and generations have been taught the same questions.

Then there is common curiosity 

 

Why wouldn't someone talking to you want to know your nationality and whether you work or live here?

You're referring to the OP's questions given to him, and not my statement. I've been here 7 years, and of course I've heard the same questions. Separate.

[StreetCowboy]

17 hours ago, Tuco Ramirez said:

It's the same old spiel, time and time again when one is forced to interact with a local.

 

Is this how they are taught to interact with foreigners when they are at school?

 

 

Is it different when you talk to an expat?

In the last 25 years, those have been pretty much the first three lines of every conversation I've had with any stranger, in whatever country.

It's particularly important in Chinese, so that you can get to grips with their tonal pronunciation, and actually understand what they are saying, I expect.

You need this information so that you can identify the person in your memories 

- Loud Bob from the Contractor who's come from Taipei

- Vietnamese Wong who started in HCM

Other people have no choice but to ask bland, polite and non-descript questions. If we gave an interesting answer, it might divert the conversation to the better.  I've never really tried that...
- Actually, I have
"... Where you from?"
"Samutprakarn"
"Me also Samutprakarn"
"Maybe we can share a taxi home"
End of limit of English.

[Harrisfan]

18 hours ago, Tuco Ramirez said:

It's the same old spiel, time and time again when one is forced to interact with a local.

 

Is this how they are taught to interact with foreigners when they are at school?

 

 

Uranus

Zoo keeper

I stayed 50 years

[madone]

12 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

You're referring to the OP's questions given to him, and not my statement. I've been here 7 years, and of course I've heard the same questions. Separate.

 

No, I am referring very specifically to your response to the OP. Not separate.

 

Seven whole years, no wonder you know everything.

[fredwiggy]

Just now, madone said:

 

No, I am referring very specifically to your response to the OP. Not separate.

 

Seven whole years, no wonder you know everything.

Then why did you reply................,

"what uttter bull<deleted>.

These are common questions and conversation starters, and generations have been taught the same questions.

Then there is common curiosity 

 

Why wouldn't someone talking to you want to know your nationality and whether you work or live here? ..........................If you want to reply to my reply, then word it that way. And as far as my reply, it's dead on. Some foreigners spend extravagantly, showing off, and the locals think all foreigners are this way and some local women want that rich man for themselves. It didn't take 7 years to see this happening, nor to hear about it from local women I've talked to and friends of my ex and now girlfriend. Sorry you don't understand this but that's the way it is. 

 

That you feel the need to come into a topic just to troll me time and again is childish. Adults learn to separate. If I and someone else here disagree on something, even if it gets out of hand with harsh words said, I won't look to trash every topic they enter. If it deserves a response or negative emoji, just like everyone else I'll post them. Some here say things that show they aren't knowledgeable about certain topics, but that doesn't mean they don't know about others. Respect is given when warranted, to anyone.

[Quentin Zen]

Most Thai kids (30 and under) won't ask you three questions.  lol.  They're pretty shy.   What is your name?  instead of What's....that's OK.   The other mistakes are usually because they are nervous.   

 

Where you from?  How old are you?  Are you married?  How long Thailand?   What is your favorite food?   ...   So, yea, conversational English is pretty terrible; however, it's just not taught effectely in school.   Most kids in school won't engage in speaking English unless they have to, with a few exceptions in the front row.

 

Now, I do think Thais can read English better than we can read Thai.  They can write in English OK, not great.   Speaking, nah, too many Non-natives growing up really does throw a wrench in those plans.   Maths, Science, not sure, but at least they are trying both subjects in English.

 

Overall, yes, terrible; however, for 99.9% they don't make more money or get a prize if they improve.   Schools don't care at all....blah, blah, blah gets you a 4.0 and you will 100% advance to the next grade.  lol

 

 

[madone]

21 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

Some foreigners spend extravagantly, showing off, and the locals think all foreigners are this way and some local women want that rich man for themselves. It didn't take 7 years to see this happening, nor to hear about it from local women I've talked to and friends of my ex and now girlfriend. Sorry you don't understand this but that's the way it is. 

 

You are so very full of yourself.

Tell me again how this tangent has anything to do with a simple set of questions asked by people meeting foreigners the world over.

Write me another poorly formatted novel, telling me what a man of the people you are, and that your limited,  biased view of Thailand is universal