Marksamui Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Following on from my what needs to be fixed thread, what would you be most disappointed that they lost? For me I would be dissappointed if they lost the personal service that has gone in many western countries to cut costs. The small things like the guy that pumps the gas for you and cleans the windscreen for free, its not unique to Thailand, but its a nice touch that I would hate to see lost so they can save some money.. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richb2004v2 Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 I was struggling to think of anything but I will go with the service at the petrol pump. Very good. Ah, also the latest movies for 70 baht on DVD. Thats good. Well, except when they swear that the movie is perfect quality only to discover when you get it home that its actually filmed with a video camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Sitting down on a warm Sunday with wife and kids, grandmas, grandads, aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces and friends sipping on scotch and soda whilst everyone busies around producing an inordinate amount of food (most of which I don't eat) and whiling the afternoon away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DP25 Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Free service at the pump stays only exists because those guys get paid peanuts. Hopefully in the future people who want those services will have to pay more for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richb2004v2 Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Free service at the pump stays only exists because those guys get paid peanuts. Hopefully in the future people who want those services will have to pay more for it. Very true. This is why this service is generally not available in the developed world. Because people are not desperate enough as standards of living are so much higher. Lots of things are better for us here because of this situation. I'll scratch that from my list then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkjames Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Free service at the pump stays only exists because those guys get paid peanuts. Hopefully in the future people who want those services will have to pay more for it. hmmm maybe. perhaps it has something to do with technology and lack there of, or probably more to do with pu yai's who would not know how or could be bothered to get out of their BMW's to try and locate the gas cap. despite the recent heat wave, i would not change the weather here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heng Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 The lack of any aggressive revenue collection (of the IRS type) department. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kan Win Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 For me "What Would I Never Change About Thailand" The simlies of the local folks :jerk: and your as well The 'Wai' greeting The free drinking (?) water that you get all over the place and ice as well , but those times are a changing and charging only for bottled water that is. Turning 'Tom Yum Gong' into a English like style Curry with pineapple and coconut as its main ingredients The 30 days "stay to enter stamp" into Thailnd free at the Airports. Came here first in 1984 only got 15 days The traffic going from left-hand driving to right-hand Paying me "Fine on the spot" when I do mistake whilst driving in Nakhron Nowhere, as I Kan not find the Cop Shop to pay it there All the road signs only in Thai Monks receiving their daily Alms The Kingdom of Thailnd as a Kingdom Yours truly, Kan Win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maigo6 Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 What I wouldn't like to see changed............ Land ownership laws, they're fine as they are. Farang price and Thai price, it's kinda cute actually. Visa regulations. ( although I feel they are too relaxed ) Songkran Festival. Being able to pay 200 Baht for speeding at over 100 MPH on the highway. Mai Pen Rai attitude. Being able to get things done very quickly by just paying a very small ammount of tea money as opposed to waiting for months when not paying. Still being a sexy man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
think_too_mut Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Free service at the pump stays only exists because those guys get paid peanuts. Hopefully in the future people who want those services will have to pay more for it. Very true. This is why this service is generally not available in the developed world. Because people are not desperate enough as standards of living are so much higher. Lots of things are better for us here because of this situation. I'll scratch that from my list then. Your developed world could be called a stone age or Mad Max-II when seen from Japan. People in Japan are not desperate but customer service is best on the planet, in every possible regard. Little known, but Thais draw their inspirations not from the West, but from Japan, Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore. 10,000 Japan visas for Thais are issued every week in Bangkok. Only Thai Airways has 59 flights a week to Japan. Little travelled poverty packers from Springfield Missouri (US) or Leichester (UK) do not know that. Anything is better than their crime ridden city council estates. Or better than dull winters with ploughing snow while their overweight wives complain about something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 The goils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiamSuzi Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Well if the US is stone age, why do the Japanese keep wearing their collars up like it's still cool when that US college jock fashion trend went down the toilet eons ago? I agree, their customer service rocks though! Your developed world could be called a stone age or Mad Max-II when seen from Japan. People in Japan are not desperate but customer service is best on the planet, in every possible regard. Little known, but Thais draw their inspirations not from the West, but from Japan, Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore. 10,000 Japan visas for Thais are issued every week in Bangkok. Only Thai Airways has 59 flights a week to Japan. Little travelled poverty packers from Springfield Missouri (US) or Leichester (UK) do not know that. Anything is better than their crime ridden city council estates. Or better than dull winters with ploughing snow while their overweight wives complain about something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Little kids pointing and shouting "Farang, farang!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeeGB Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 The ligay shows, they have them in our village temple quite often, it's a sort of Thai classical opera, and all the old ladies like to go and watch it, and catch up on each others news. I think it's great that the old folks have something they can enjoy, my mother-in-law always has a great time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G54 Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 In most cases, I would not change the friendly people. I have met a lot of them and they are simply that - friendly. They want a quick chat, a shake of the hand, to chink glasses or simply to say hello. Also the Family bonds Thai people have in the main. We had those a long time ago, usually in harder times of Ironstone miners and through to the 60's before I feel the bonds started to decline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattayaUnited Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Sitting down on a warm Sunday with wife and kids, grandmas, grandads, aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces and friends sipping on scotch and soda whilst everyone busies around producing an inordinate amount of food (most of which I don't eat) and whiling the afternoon away.Bliss.Tuk Tuks in Bangkok, Street Vendor Carts, as mentioned The Wai (love that to bits) the care free happy nature of locals, floating markets, the temples and monks, Loi Krathong.... Don't think I would change much at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakhar Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 I don't bother to worry about change in Thailand.... because water will always be wet Meaning Thailand is stuck in a moment and it aint going to change, at least for the better, in my life time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrybike Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 friendliness and that welcome smile i wouldnt like to lose and their polite nature ........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JUDAS Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 friendliness and that welcome smile i wouldnt like to lose and their polite nature ........... Have to agree with you barrybike, especially with the good manners on the children here. My parents are regular visitors from the UK and they are constantly amazed at how well the children here are behaved compared with their home country. Recent example, my father was walking to local shops in Uk when a young lad of 12-13 asked him for a cigarette, my father replied that he doesn't smoke and maybe the young lad shouldn't either. The reply, "<deleted> off and die you old c-nt" That's not unusual and a pretty sad relection on society there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddlehead Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 The nightly party in the street in front of our house (or the neighbor's) The food. Friendly people (mostly) The limestone rock formations jutting out of the sea. The prices for the food. The weather. (although 5 degrees cooler would be ok too) The sea The mountains The lack of body hair on the women. The food. (oh did i mention that already?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanook2me Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 live music in good restaurants / bars The only farangs song played at Thai venues zombie - the cranberrys one way - blondie hotel california - the eagles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clausewitz Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Free service at the pump stays only exists because those guys get paid peanuts. Hopefully in the future people who want those services will have to pay more for it. Very true. This is why this service is generally not available in the developed world. Because people are not desperate enough as standards of living are so much higher. Lots of things are better for us here because of this situation. I'll scratch that from my list then. Actually the service at the pumps is better in Japan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrybankruad Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 live music in good restaurants / barsThe only farangs song played at Thai venues zombie - the cranberrys one way - blondie hotel california - the eagles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanook2me Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Not having to go to a bar and be served by some grumpy old t@rt and paying for warm beer before i've drank it Long live the beer/whisky girls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njpski Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 The people the smiles the food the climate the lack of road rage (compared to Australia) the mai bpen rai attitude the closeness of family village life and the calmness it engenders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahtin Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Smile. Hotel California you can californication off, no ploblem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waza Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 The genuine Thai smile, and hospitality......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ourmanflint Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 The smell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanook2me Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Different flavoured popcorn at the freezing air conditioned luxurious cinema complexes Strawberry Cheese Sweet Salty Original have seen lots of other flavours but cannot think of any right now, these were available yesterday oh yeah and going to the cinema being affordable ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanook2me Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 leaving your car out of gear and no handbrake so it can be pushed out of the way when you have double parked and blocked someone in.. A great way to increase parking spaces without having to build more car parks. This always makes me smile as it could not happen back home in the UK as idiots would push the cars into each other etc.... Plus no one would trust anyone enough to do it in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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