Things that annoy you in Thailand

[scubascuba3]

I'll start

 

old bald guys with bandanas 

[KannikaP]

Being asked to pay Bht 45 for a can of beer in bulk (12), and only 41 individual cans. 555

 

Oh yes, and BOB!

 

But seriously, the littering, which Thais just do not seem to see.

The volume of the music at parties, funerals, weddings, markets etc.

 

[proton]

Soi dogs

Pleng String

Foreigners

Restricted booze sales time

Tax on wine

The Mrs

[hotsun]

Trying to find things that work and food that doesnt make you sick

[cdemundo]

I have one that bugs me.

I take a taxi to work 5 days a week.

The inability of a significant percentage of taxi drivers to find my condo is a mystery to me.

 

It is located 1 km off Ramkhamheang Rd., take one main soi and make 1 left turn and you are there.

The security guard calls me a taxi and sometimes 2 taxis cancel because they can't find the place.

Sometimes I can see the taxi stopping in the middle of the soi and apparently giving up and turning around unable to continue another 200 meters.

 

Grab charges a 20 baht flat fee on a 60 baht fare and often no Grab taxis are available in my area when needed so I rarely use Grab.

 

The taxi drivers always show up with a little scrap of paper with directions on it from the dispatcher.

The drivers are unable to find the condo on a regular basis, I would say on the order of one out of ten.

What I can't figure out is why the dispatcher considers this acceptable and doesn't try to improve the directions given.

 

Only needs go "east on Ramkhamheang, left on soi xx0, after 600 meters left on soi 1x.

Continue 400 meters Condo on the left."

Alternatively, my condo is on Google maps, only need to enter the name of the condo to get directions.

 

I don't get it.

 

 

 

[NorthernRyland]

2 hours ago, KannikaP said:

The volume of the music at parties, funerals, weddings, markets etc.

 

What did these people used to do before they got access to the electric speakers and amplifiers? they should start doing that again.

[Hummin]

2 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

I'll start

 

old bald guys with bandanas 

Hairy guys in Tank top. Favorite Tank top Chang and Singha

 

[nrasmussen]

Mosquitoes!

[swerve]

No beer sales 2 to 5 in the afternoon.

[quake]

Dangerous drivers and riders.

[blaze master]

Thai people.

[blaze master]

2 hours ago, KannikaP said:

Being asked to pay Bht 45 for a can of beer in bulk (12), and only 41 individual cans. 555

 

Oh yes, and BOB!

 

But seriously, the littering, which Thais just do not seem to see.

The volume of the music at parties, funerals, weddings, markets etc.

 

 

They love and respect their country so much they treat it like a toilet. 

 

Its sad.

[Nick Carter icp]

The weather .

Its often either too hot, too wet or too polluted to do anything outside

[Hummin]

1 minute ago, Nick Carter icp said:

The weather .

Its often either too hot, too wet or too polluted to do anything outside

Rain season can be good, but to much flies and mosquito.

 

[The Fugitive]

No Spanish/Portuguese style clean, comfortable and air conditioned combined cafes/bars/restaurants open from 6am until midnight (or when the last customer decides to go home).

[FritsSikkink]

3 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

I'll start

 

old bald guys with bandanas 

Entitled foreigners.

[save the frogs]

13 hours ago, cdemundo said:

I take a taxi to work 5 days a week.

why not use the same driver ? make an arrangement.

[bkk6060]

The horrific drivers and deaths.

[save the frogs]

11 hours ago, Hummin said:

Hairy guys in Tank top. Favorite Tank top Chang and Singha

 

 

But you don't need to stare at the men .... unless you're in bars all the time.

Keep your eyes on the prize ... stare at the thai girls. 

[Hummin]

18 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

 

But you don't need to stare at the men .... unless you're in bars all the time.

Keep your eyes on the prize ... stare at the thai girls. 

Honestly, just embarrassing to see foreigners tourists and expats who can not dress decent when they are in Thailand. Do not ned any special dress code, but try to appear a bit clean and think about how they present themselves. 

 

One thing is backpackers, yoga fanatics,  and combayai style on the Islands, but grown up men in more "prominent" tourist areas, manage to dress okay and not look dead poor. 

 

 

[wasabi]

Motorbikes cutting in front of you after you've looked both ways and think it's safe to cross the street.

Air pollution

Food poisoning

Unhealthy food

water dripping everywhere

Muscled up farangs who think I give a damn about their eye candy Thai girls.

Thai Masseuses who try to crack my neck

 

But it's still fun, I generally like Thai people and it's cheap to live here.

 

[nightfox]

Ordering at restaurants and getting your main course first and then when your finished you receive your appetizers.

[save the frogs]

11 hours ago, Hummin said:

Honestly, just embarrassing to see foreigners tourists and expats who can not dress decent when they are in Thailand. Do not any special dress code, but try to appear a bit clean and think about how they present themselves. 

 

 

 

Not everyone dresses well back home either.

But yes, good point. 

[Lemsta69]

10 minutes ago, Hummin said:

Honestly, just embarrassing to see foreigners tourists and expats who can not dress decent when they are in Thailand. Do not any special dress code, but try to appear a bit clean and think about how they present themselves. 

 

 

 

If I dress more nicely will that stop the streets of Bangkok from smelling like shìt and clean up all the discarded cooking oil? Will it increase wages for the downtrodden serfs and increase the price that rice farmers can get for their crops? Will it mean less annoying white-skinnd hi-sos in ads and on the telly? Yeah, didn't think so. I could go on but you get the picture. 

[blaze master]

Just now, Lemsta69 said:

 

If I dress more nicely will that stop the streets of Bangkok from smelling like shìt and clean up all the discarded cooking oil? Will it increase wages for the downtrodden serfs and increase the price that rice farmers can get for their crops? Will it mean less annoying white-skinnd hi-sos in ads and on the telly? Yeah, didn't think so. I could go on but you get the picture. 

 

Next time you're strolling down soi 6 you better make sure you have a three piece suit on. 

[Hummin]

4 minutes ago, Lemsta69 said:

 

If I dress more nicely will that stop the streets of Bangkok from smelling like shìt and clean up all the discarded cooking oil? Will it increase wages for the downtrodden serfs and increase the price that rice farmers can get for their crops? Will it mean less annoying white-skinnd hi-sos in ads and on the telly? Yeah, didn't think so. I could go on but you get the picture. 

You mean you dress for the circumstances and environment. Gotcha.

 

At the farm I dress same many of those I see who heading out for a good night, so I also indeed dress for the environment I am at the moment

[SAFETY FIRST]

3 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Things that annoy you in Thailand 

Most foreigners 

[georgegeorgia]

3 hours ago, cdemundo said:

I have one that bugs me.

I take a taxi to work 5 days a week.

The inability of a significant percentage of taxi drivers to find my condo is a mystery to me.

 

It is located 1 km off Ramkhamheang Rd., take one main soi and make 1 left turn and you are there.

The security guard calls me a taxi and sometimes 2 taxis cancel because they can't find the place.

Sometimes I can see the taxi stopping in the middle of the soi and apparently giving up and turning around unable to continue another 200 meters.

 

Grab charges a 20 baht flat fee on a 60 baht fare and often no Grab taxis are available in my area when needed so I rarely use Grab.

 

The taxi drivers always show up with a little scrap of paper with directions on it from the dispatcher.

The drivers are unable to find the condo on a regular basis, I would say on the order of one out of ten.

What I can't figure out is why the dispatcher considers this acceptable and doesn't try to improve the directions given.

 

Only needs go "east on Ramkhamheang, left on soi xx0, after 600 meters left on soi 1x.

Continue 400 meters Condo on the left."

Alternatively, my condo is on Google maps, only need to enter the name of the condo to get directions.

 

I don't get it.

 

 

 

Still working at your age ,must be hard up ....or lonely I guess 

[SAFETY FIRST]

59 minutes ago, blaze master said:

Thai people.

This is a very sad comment. 

 

I can only assume that you are one of the many angry, nasty, disrespectful foreigners I see everyday. 

 

[Ralf001]

Tourists.