1 hour ago, PopGun said:

Typical Thai street justice, and an example of fair play.

Yes typical Thai street justice but how on earth 3 (4?) on 1 can be considered fair play is beyond me.

And again the fact it came to violence over a couple of energy drinks is quite appalling behaviour, the shop would have had multiple CCTV videos of the 'culprit'

everyone who comes into Thailand (legally) has their finger prints and faces recorded in the immigration database and every hotel or house master is supposed to report the 'aliens'

residing at their residence to immigration police so it would have been very easy for the police

to capture the 'alleged' heinous criminal as he tried to flee the country but most likely way before he even finished packing bags at the hotel.

On 5/24/2026 at 10:59 AM, johng said:

We don't know if he stole anything.

My guess would be some sort of misunderstanding, perhaps the shop had one of those misleading signs with some Thai language and then a big 'Free' in English.

The Thai reads something like buy this that and something else then get this 'Free' foreigner justs sees 'Free'. ???

Its usually advertised as buy 1 get 1 free , but you need to be member to claim the offer .

Its not for non members

20 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

He said 3 times that he had already paid for everything

That's the problem. He didn't say it enough times.

2 hours ago, johng said:

Have you been on the vodka again ? the attackers are Thais the attacked seems to be Brit.

How can someone with an Irish accent be British ?

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5 minutes ago, mlkik said:

How can someone with an Irish accent be British ?

From Northern Ireland , which is British

On 5/24/2026 at 7:29 AM, save the frogs said:

british accent.

just saying.

Wondered how long it would be before the idiot brigade would raise its holier than thou comment.

Must surely be a record, you crawled out from under your rock after 27 earlier replies with none of them sinking as low as you. JUST SAYING

Coming to you from the number one retirement city in Thailand.. What a clown show.

4 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

He said 3 times that he had already paid for everything

CCTV usually resolves these issues if you stay and discuss it. 7-11 usually has every aisle covered.

On 5/24/2026 at 10:59 AM, johng said:

We don't know if he stole anything.

My guess would be some sort of misunderstanding, perhaps the shop had one of those misleading signs with some Thai language and then a big 'Free' in English.

The Thai reads something like buy this that and something else then get this 'Free' foreigner justs sees 'Free'. ???

I’ve seen some over reach in my time but suggesting that a foreigner walks into 7-11 and see a paragraph of writing with the word “free” in it and so thinks stuff in the shop is actually free, pretty much takes the biscuit.

I couldn’t make this stuff up…..but apparently you can. 👏👏👏👏

Lots of LIbTard comments. Must be crazy in your chit hole country, if this would be a only a misunderstanding.

Best response is the one that said he needed a good beat down. Most others are just a puss comments.

Some parts of the world, when you FAFO.

1 minute ago, NedR69 said:

Lots of LIbTard comments. Must be crazy in your chit hole country, if this would be a only a misunderstanding.

Best response is the one that said he needed a good beat down. Most others are just a puss comments.

Some parts of the world, when you FAFO.

Pardon, could you say that again ?

4 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

From Northern Ireland , which is British

Great Britain is made up of the 3 mainland countries which are England , Scotland and Wales.

These 3 countries are British.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland are made up with Great Britain and Northern Ireland..

Northern Ireland are not part of the mainland of Great Britain ,they are part of the United Kingdom .

I have a UK passport and I am British , but my passport is the United Kingdom Of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

If Northern Ireland were part of Great Britain our passports would just say Great Britain and not say United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

5 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

From Northern Ireland , which is British

The accent is from Ireland and not from Northern Ireland which also is not British. Northern Ireland are part of the U.K.

They are not British. Northern Ireland are from Northern Ireland not Great Britain.

Great Britain is England ,Scotland and Wales.

10 minutes ago, mlkik said:

The accent is from Ireland and not from Northern Ireland which also is not British. Northern Ireland are part of the U.K.

They are not British. Northern Ireland are from Northern Ireland not Great Britain.

Great Britain is England ,Scotland and Wales.

"British" refers to anything pertaining to or originating from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, including its people, culture, and language. It encompasses the collective identity of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, as well as the British Overseas Territories.

11 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

"British" refers to anything pertaining to or originating from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, including its people, culture, and language. It encompasses the collective identity of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, as well as the British Overseas Territories.

The original and native language of Northern Ireland is Irish (also known as Irish Gaelic).

1 minute ago, mlkik said:

The original and native language of Northern Ireland is Irish (also known as Irish Gaelic).

I was just explaining why people from the UK can have Irish accents

An altercation over a drink at 7-11? I've never been in a 7-Eleven and gotten grief from the staff so one has to presume that this guy made a big deal about a very low cost drink. So that is the ultimate example of causing your own problems in life, and inflicting them upon others. What a goon.

Thailand does indeed seem to be attracting quite a few lowlifes these days and for some reason they seem to be concentrated in the Pattaya area. Yikes.

On 5/24/2026 at 3:13 AM, BusyB said:

Whatever the ins and outs of this story, if I was unjustly accused of stealing in a shop, and couldn't settle things with the staff (like, prove I hadn't) then I would be the one calling the police. Not running away and fighting.

Look at the kid and tell me his IQ is above 70. Take that into account and the pieces fall into place.

On 5/24/2026 at 10:06 AM, Nemises said:

Worst trade deal in Pattaya history: walked in for a 15-baht energy drink, walked out with no bike, no bag, and no shoes.

He must have read "the art of the deal"...

22 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

Thats what you think he should have done, but how should he have reacted when the four Thai guys started hitting him ?

We were already beyond points 1 to 4 by then.

If he hadn’t even left the shop with goods then technically it wasn’t theft , staff accused him of theft and demanded a store “fine”

question is is the fine the goal ?

what store is it?

12 hours ago, flaming dragon said:

Look at the kid and tell me his IQ is above 70. Take that into account and the pieces fall into place.

Gotta be honest here: I didn't feel like ruining my morning by watching yet another reel of senseless farang violence outside a 7-11. But I figured pretty much as you have parsed for me. Thanks for confirming.

And I say again: it will make no difference if such types come in on 30 or 60 day VE. They don't care about overstay anyway.

On 5/25/2026 at 6:02 AM, baansgr said:

What do you suggest?

My suggestion would have been to let them walk.

Solving this legally would have required letting him/them go, and the police finding them later. No one at the store had the legal right to detain them, let alone assault them. The only people with the right to physically detain anyone are the police and/or registered security guards. I've never seen a security guard at a Seven. Who were those thugs in black shirts?

Feel sorry for the guy, I mean i'd be upset/do something stupid if i forgot to pack shirts for my well deserved vacation...

On 5/25/2026 at 3:54 AM, 10baht said:

Free 90 scratch that 60 ? no 30 day visa.

Many countries offer a 90 day visa (Australia, Japan etc.) and they don't have the problems we see here.

The scum will still arrive on 30 day visas. Thailand has to start screening visitors and enforcing basic civil society laws a sis done elsewhere.

On 5/25/2026 at 2:17 AM, StevieAus said:

Read the article

I did, did you?

Staff accused the pair of stealing two bottles of energy drink. Employees reportedly stopped them before they left the store and attempted to discuss payment of a store fine

If the person does not leave a store with the merchandise or consume the goods without paying , a theft has not occurred.

The shop workers wanted to impose a "store penalty". Who do you think would have kept the money? The clerks or the shop? Looks like a nice money maker. Accuse someone of stealing and demand a penalty fee. Of course the people would would run. Looks more like an attempted shakedown that failed.

8 hours ago, JensenZ said:

My suggestion would have been to let them walk.

Solving this legally would have required letting him/them go, and the police finding them later. No one at the store had the legal right to detain them, let alone assault them. The only people with the right to physically detain anyone are the police and/or registered security guards. I've never seen a security guard at a Seven. Who were those thugs in black shirts?

Did you work for Gregg's?...we all know this wouldn't work...best thing is not to theif in the first place...as said before, this ain't the west, this is Thailand, lucky they didn't get shot

How unusual Thais not fighting fairly and one on one. I wonder if it had been a Thai stealing they would have done the same?