How To Tolerate Thai People

[andrewbkk]

A Thai guy recently moved into the house next to mine.

At first he made me sick. The hawking sounds he makes every morning and evening when he takes a shower are disgusting and vile. I wanted to punch his face in.

The guy is the owner of a German car dealership. A few days ago he had a 911 turbo on his drive. Next day, he had a 525. After that, he had an SLK.

So I went and talked to the guy. We talked about his cars. And he's really decent; really polite; really friendly.

He still makes those disgusting noises each and every time he takes a shower, but everything's kind of cool now. I can tolerate him.

I wonder how some of you other guys here in Thailand have learned to tolerate and come to terms with some of the less pleasant characteristics of the local people.

[Jingthing]

Hawking sounds?

Stephen Hawking Sound Clips

http://www.hark.com/clips/sskjgnjlwd-stephen-hawking-joke

[powderpuff]

The Chinese, every morning they hack their guts out.

It would drive anyone crazy.

[Atmos]

Tolerate. I've not (yet) had any run-in with a neighbour, worst overall exp would be in the year I spent living rural and the constant smoke from neighbouring households' rubbish burn-offs. So much for clean country air, I suspect there was a secret roster to ensure there was always at least one fire going.

Grew accustomed to the faint smoked aroma of fresh laundry.

Now we're on the town/rural fringe of a reasonably sized town, no-exit road of about 800m, orchards opposite, one neighbour is only there weekends, other is an older couple who've retired here from Bangkok. Beyond that, more orchards and some houses 200m away.

Only noise issue would be a gang of marauding chickens.

Long may it last.

[andrewbkk]

The Chinese, every morning they hack their guts out.

It would drive anyone crazy.

My new neighbor is Thai-Chinese.

If I had audio recording equipment, I would upload "evidence" of the noises he makes in the shower every morning and evening. I guarantee that everyone on this forum would consider it to be the most foul thing they've ever heard.

But -- as I said -- he's actually a really good guy. And now that we're "friends", I kind of tolerate him.

[Moonrakers]

"How to tolerate Thai people?"

Ha.

Mrs. Mills is gonna throw a wobbly

[lannarebirth]

One of the easiest things one can do to tolerate any neighbor is not live so close that you can hear what goes on inside their house.

[JurgenG]

He's taking two showers a day, more than most westerners I know. What do you complain about ? Between the sound and the smell, I take the sound anytime.

Beside what kind of peeping tom are you, spying on your neighbors when they take a shower?

[Fookhaht]

How to Tolerate Thai People?

Realize that many of them have to equally tolerate some bad-ass farangs living in their midst!

[andrewbkk]

He's taking two showers a day, more than most westerners I know. What do you complain about ? Between the sound and the smell, I take the sound anytime.

Beside what kind of peeping tom are you, spying on your neighbors when they take a shower?

Dude -- you're either trying to be funny or you're making a fool of yourself. All windows in a decent housing estate are sealed (due to the aircon) except for bathrooms which have open slats.

When you hear hawking sounds coming from your neighbor's house ........... they come from the bathroom. No peeping required.

As for Westerners not taking showers, I'm a "three a day" man.

Get out of Khao San Road, bro, and you'll find most foreigners here in LOS are clean.

[Soutpeel]

Get out of Khao San Road, bro, and you'll find most foreigners here in LOS are clean.

Ah another Thailand veteran......

actually a great number of foreigners in Thailand are dirty filthy bast*rds

dude..

As to your other comment..."All windows in a decent housing estate are sealed (due to the aircon) except for bathrooms which have open slats"........I live in decent house with aircon and windows can open, if I so desire

As to hearing my neighbours hakking up sh*t...sorry cant help you, too far away to be peeping on people while they are showering

As to JurgenG's post...did you miss the day they taught humour at your TEFL class ?

[jaiyenyen]

Shouldn't this thread title be, 'How to Tolerate Neighbours'?

For me, one side lives a lovely old couple and their grandaughter. The other side lives a miserable old hag.

We regularly speak to the lovely old couple, if they need something at the market, we will get it. If they need help, we will help (If we can).

The old hag...............We ignor.

So, good and bad for us.

[TheLaughingMan]

AdrewwBkk... if weird noises in the shower is all you have to complain about you seriously need a wake up call. I am the first to criticize Thai behaviour and the millions of things I am forced to tolerate every day and even I think you are being extremely foolish starting a thread over a few noises he makes in the shower.... I mean nobody even came close to killing you through incompetence, stupidity or maliciousness and you are complaining? Sheesh, get a grip.

[samran]

How do I tolerate them? Easy, I don't live around them.

I chose to live around Nana and Pattaya. If my neighbour isn't a rotund British/German/Australian chain smoking Pensioner with a mad as a cut snake Issan Princess on his arm, or a scummy English teacher scraping by on 25,000K per month, I chose not to live next to them.

Problem solved.

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*how did I go on the stereotypes?

[andrewbkk]

actually a great number of foreigners in Thailand are dirty filthy bast*rds

And I'm prepared to wager that a greater number aren't.

[PhilHarries]

He drives smart cars so you took the trouble to chat to him and he's an ok guy.

What if he was the same guy but drove a beat up old pickup truck? Would he be an arsehol_e?

Reminds me of a pub back in the UK during the '70s and '80s. The Queens Head, Dogmersfield. Your status in the pub was directly proportional to the "sportiness" of your car. No wide wheels, no go-faster stripes, no throaty exhaust and you were a non-person.

It's easy to dislike people, it only takes a bit of effort to get to know them and very often that effort pays dividends.

[luckyluke]

^

:jap:

[neverdie]

actually a great number of foreigners in Thailand are dirty filthy bast*rds

Probably never a truer word spoken on the forum. But you know what they say don't ya souty, "Takes one to know one"

[neverdie]

It's easy to dislike people, it only takes a bit of effort to get to know them and very often that effort pays dividends.

Phil,

I really use to like you, then I got to know you & everything changed

[Soutpeel]

actually a great number of foreigners in Thailand are dirty filthy bast*rds

Probably never a truer word spoken on the forum. But you know what they say don't ya souty, "Takes one to know one"

[cdnmatt]

heh, the better half's dad does that every morning when he stays here. Goes on for about 10 - 15 minutes straight. Honestly, I think that would be one of the smallest things to tolerate if you live around Thai people. Then again, I live with 6 of them.

The one thing that gets me is the sheer laziness. For example, we have the whole family living here now -- mama, little sister, her husband, and little brother and papa about 50% of the time. I said I understand mama hit a bad run of luck, so it's fine if she lives with us, but only under the condition that she works. I'll pay rent and utilities, but other than that you're on your own, and don't expect a free ride in life off my hard work. So everyone's in agreement, and sounds good!

Since little sister recently got married, mama had some sinsot money, invested into a guau-tiao stall, and setup shop on the street corner about 50 feet away. Great, I thought, and she was out there all day working hard. Obviously too hard though, because that only lasted a week. Now she setup the front of the house with the table & chairs, and the stall just outside of the gate She just hangs out inside all day now, watches TV, plays with the neighbors baby, and waits for someone to pop their head in our house saying they're hungry. Oh, for fuc_k sakes... that's not quite what I meant by work, but whatever.

And that's just one example, but that type of mentality tends to drive me somewhat insane. And if you bitch, you'll just get a "mai bpen rai" in return. And speaking of that, the whole "mai bpen rai" thing is a pain to tolerate sometimes too.

"Honey, dog got hit by a car" -- "mai bpen rai"

"Honey, there's maggots in the kitchen" -- "mai bpen rai"

heh... I think the hawking sounds aren't much of a worry.

[toffo9]

heh, the better half's dad does that every morning when he stays here. Goes on for about 10 - 15 minutes straight. Honestly, I think that would be one of the smallest things to tolerate if you live around Thai people. Then again, I live with 6 of them.

The one thing that gets me is the sheer laziness. For example, we have the whole family living here now -- mama, little sister, her husband, and little brother and papa about 50% of the time. I said I understand mama hit a bad run of luck, so it's fine if she lives with us, but only under the condition that she works. I'll pay rent and utilities, but other than that you're on your own, and don't expect a free ride in life off my hard work. So everyone's in agreement, and sounds good!

Since little sister recently got married, mama had some sinsot money, invested into a guau-tiao stall, and setup shop on the street corner about 50 feet away. Great, I thought, and she was out there all day working hard. Obviously too hard though, because that only lasted a week. Now she setup the front of the house with the table & chairs, and the stall just outside of the gate She just hangs out inside all day now, watches TV, plays with the neighbors baby, and waits for someone to pop their head in our house saying they're hungry. Oh, for fuc_k sakes... that's not quite what I meant by work, but whatever.

And that's just one example, but that type of mentality tends to drive me somewhat insane. And if you bitch, you'll just get a "mai bpen rai" in return. And speaking of that, the whole "mai bpen rai" thing is a pain to tolerate sometimes too.

"Honey, dog got hit by a car" -- "mai bpen rai"

"Honey, there's maggots in the kitchen" -- "mai bpen rai"

heh... I think the hawking sounds aren't much of a worry.

lol still laughing

[Credo]

So much of what we let bother us is our issue and not the offending person--other than parking in other's driveways etc. I used to live next to one of those morning hawkers--a very, very small, wrinkled old lady. I had no idea anyone would make that much noise. She could scare burglars and soi dogs away. But a charming and inoffensive person. The only time I was ever late for work was when the morning hacking didn't come. The poor ol' gal had died. But what a life force while it lasted.

My neighbors now are a most interesting group. Samran, you'll love to know the neighbor next door is an English teacher (but he's all the way up to 35,000). His Thai wife/gf gets all his money and to buy smokes and an occasional beer, he sells garbage--or shall we call it 'recycling'. The world's oldest still running pickup in Thailand I believe. Junk everywhere--I like to affectionately refer to them as the "Beverly Hill Billies". Very nice, kind and helpful people--and give them old plastic jugs and they think they hit oil!

Across from them is a really crazy lady who spends all day cleaning and standing outside to chase the birds off the electrical lines because they poop on her immaculately clean tiled 'yard'. At about 4 feet tall, jumping and waving her dish rag is quite entertaining, at least the birds seem to think so. A real character. Too bad she hates cats!

I could go on, but all those little idiosyncratic mannerisms are charming. Especially enjoyable when the Thaicom satellite quit working. When I am in a bad mood. I close the doors and windows and turn on the air. They are then a thousand kilometers away.

[norad]

Hawking sound is mostly come from Chinese family .

You can do both him and you a favor by showing this topic to him.

Or try to get his email address and I will send this topic for you.

Many Chinese in Thailand or in this world do not realize their Hawking sound may endanger their neighbor lives.

[Jingthing]

Isn't it related to smoking?

[travelmann]

My wife makes exactly the same sounds in the bathroom, i didnt like it at first but Im used to it now and it seems many Thais do it so it must be normal?

[norad]

Could be ..cause they all smoke.

Not only in Thailand but you can hear the Hawking sound from Chinese in Hongkong , Singapore and Mainland China.

[mogoso]

The Thai people who annoy me the most, are the same people of any other race, the drunks. Now be they noisy whiny ,belligerent, grabby, crying ,singing, new best friend, ugly, pushy, smelly, sloppy or any mixture I just find drunks grate on my nerves. Having been drunk before a time or two I admit to being one of them when a younger man. Fortunately my doting Thai wife wouldn't allow me to drink to excess.

[zzaa09]

The Chinese, every morning they hack their guts out.

It would drive anyone crazy.

Except Chinese, of course.

[zzaa09]

One of the easiest things one can do to tolerate any neighbor is not live so close that you can hear what goes on inside their house.

Which, in Andrew's case, is not a blessing to reside in a typical setting of a city-dweller. These block-housed neighborhoods, gated communities, etc. What would one expect when space is a premium?