I like peace and quiet on BTS compared to ghetto Toronto subway and that s hole that is Rome.

That being said, no need to make a spectacle out of it. Have thais already forgotten about the fire that killed 35 people? Get your house in order.

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A mixed race Thai man warns a group of Italian students causing a disturbance on the BTS skytrain, demanding that the wrongdoers come out to apologize and show their sincerity. Facebook user Landy Labor Lab posted a video of himself talking to and warning the group of Italian teenagers about the incident, calling for the man who made a rude gesture and the woman who insulted Thai people in the skytrain video to step forward and show their true sincerity.

Edited July 25Jul 25 by nexus7

Silly Italian kids, should be more like Thai vocational students. You know those sweet respectable thugs and bullies who stab and shoot each other in public places. Our saintly Thai lady has perhaps not experienced the joys of Thai teenagers at some BTS stations where they congregate.

Send them back home with a 5 years ban.

What on Earth is it with Thais, the other week it was people burning to death in a fire and hardly a squeak out of the Thais. Talk too loudly on the BTS and the Thais get an apology from the Italian Embassy. If only Thais would get so passionate about the important things in life.

11 hours ago, flaming dragon said:

My only question is how many Thais has she lectured about making noise on public transit? They blast their music on their phone and shout into the phone set on speaker for all to hear. My guess is that she's lectured zero Thais because she'd get the s hit punched out of her by some taxi rider type.

How many times have you been on the BTS and have had Thais blasting their music or shouting in to a speaker phone?

I would say zero.

Just out of interest, this is a Thai lady and her point of view that lives in Bangkok and uses BTS daily , it was posted on Khaosods Facebook page:-

Nirun Kem

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As a Thai person who regularly uses Bangkok’s rail transit system, I’ve never considered people speaking loudly to be a problem. On the contrary, it makes me happy to hear tourists talking and laughing in public. To me, it simply shows that they’re enjoying their time in Thailand and creating happy memories here. 🇹🇭"

From my perspective, the real issue was that a Thai woman who was particularly sensitive to the noise decided to film the tourists without their consent. Even after the tourists clearly waved to indicate that they did not want to be recorded, she continued filming anyway. To me, that was a violation of their privacy and a form of harassment, which is also poor manners. Given those circumstances, I think it was understandable that the tourists responded the way they did in the video.

At the same time, Thai society is facing a growing problem with extreme nationalism. Many people online can no longer distinguish between facts and ideology. Instead, they join online and offline witch hunts, intimidating and harassing tourists in uncivilized ways—tracking them down to their hotel and targeting them across social media. That behavior is equally deserving of condemnation.

I sincerely apologize to all visitors on behalf of those uncivilized individuals.

As someone who frequently uses public transportation, I find many other issues far more disruptive than people’s voices: overcrowded trains, too few train services, platforms that are too small for the number of passengers, an insufficient number of ticket machines, and too few elevators and escalators for elderly people and those with mobility needs.

These are the issues that genuinely affect the daily commuting experience. Compared with them, I simply don’t see the volume of someone’s voice as an important issue at all.

What a fantastic though unfortunate case study in intercultural misunderstanding and conflict! Different cultures have different rules and values around acceptable conversational volume and the need (or not) to be considerate of others. The article notes that the Thai norm is: public transport is generally treated as a shared, relatively quiet space, unlike New York or Mumbai or Napoli. We all have experienced this conflict usually at mild annoyance or resentment, viz. English and Americans, Thais and Chinese. So when a Latin macho culture, especially in the form of young, foreign, perhaps "entitled" tourists, comes up against East Asian culture in the form of an adult local woman commuting and feeling disrespected, you might expect more conflict.

I have sympathy for her as my best friend as a kid was an Italian. When I first went to his place for lunch I though his loud, Italian family were arguing and that violence might break out at any moment. I learnt that it was just there normal family conversational level.

Tourist companies and tourists obviously need to understand intercultural communication but intercultural competence is not valued and unlikely.

Thais who are so sensitive to any car and truck drivers blaring their horns on the road better never venture to Italy!!!

i have never experienced loudness and obnoxious behavior from thais on a train

7 hours ago, Front Row said:

B. How do you get to ICON Siam on the Sukhumvit line?

True. The train lights went out towards the end of the original video, meaning they'd just passed Surasak, guess they got off at the river (Saphan Taksin) and took the shuttle boat.

8 hours ago, motdaeng said:

"by the way, english is not her native language. why judge her for using words that may not have been the best choice? many people sound more direct or awkward when speaking a language that isn't their own ..."

could it be that you don't speak multiple languages?

if you do, I'm surprised you didn't understand it ... but, never mind 😀

Swear words are always diluted when used in a second language, whether by Italians or Thais. One very good reason why non-Thais should never learn how to swear in Thai.

However, I'd wager that the more conservative Thais on the train would have been far more embarrassed by a fellow Thai calling STFU down the carriage than hearing it from a bunch of boisterous teenage tourists from halfway around the world.

3 hours ago, Scouse123 said:

From my perspective, the real issue was that a Thai woman who was particularly sensitive to the noise decided to film the tourists without their consent. Even after the tourists clearly waved to indicate that they did not want to be recorded, she continued filming anyway. To me, that was a violation of their privacy and a form of harassment, which is also poor manners. Given those circumstances, I think it was understandable that the tourists responded the way they did in the video.

Good to hear the real issue being explained here by another Thai.

Poor Thailand, it seems the idiots coming here are not only sex tourists.

4 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Poor Thailand, it seems the idiots coming here are not only sex tourists.

Thailandcultural experiences

4 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Poor Thailand, it seems the idiots coming here are not only sex tourists.

Thailandcultural experiences

Is that an Italian thing to cover up your genital area while apologizing?

1 hour ago, lamyai3 said:

True. The train lights went out towards the end of the original video, meaning they'd just passed Surasak, guess they got off at the river (Saphan Taksin) and took the shuttle boat.

green line to bts krung thonburi, then gold line

UPDATE

Italian woman wrongly targeted over Bangkok BTS video

Riding trains while Italian has become hazardous.

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UPDATE

Thai Woman Accepts Apology After BTS Tourist Dispute

1 hour ago, Yagoda said:

green line to bts krung thonburi, then gold line

They got off at the next stop for Taksin pier.

11 minutes ago, lamyai3 said:

They got off at the next stop for Taksin pier.

some guy asked directions, i probaby responded to the wrong person

2 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Is that an Italian thing to cover up your genital area while apologizing?

Almost like they're lined up to defend a free kick, right after the World Cup...

Under aged tourists....? If they were so young why were they not supervised.

Storm in a teacup!

5 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Under aged tourists....? If they were so young why were they not supervised.

Storm in a teacup!

I figure that someone is going to get fired or severely reprimanded. I mean, they got the Italian Embassy involved. That's some serious s--t.

1 hour ago, Georgealbert said:

UPDATE

Italian woman wrongly targeted over Bangkok BTS video

Had the group of tourists been Thai they would likely have filed a counter-complaint down at the police station for the woman's profanity and loud arguing, and the whole matter would have been settled with wais and without any fines being handed out. The fines may be in line with the government's new zero tolerance of bad behavior by tourists, but they are just going to give those eager to produce and consume social media tattletale-ism content a smug sense of self-satisfaction that will unfortunately encourage more of this unhealthy behavior.

Edited July 25Jul 25 by Gecko123

Poor Italians, they were feared during Covid and now looked down on again!

Aren't there laws here about filming people without permission?

2 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Aren't there laws here about filming people without permission?

I thought permission was required unless it was 'incidental'.....

Doubtful they were Italian .. no hand use while talking ......... I'll bet they were Sicilian !

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