Farang praised by Facebook users for community services in Udon

pic: Udonthani Update

Udon Thani:- An unidentified young German has won a lot of ‘Facebook likes’ and praise among Thai social networkers after he was seen doing community services in Udon Thani’s Muang district.

A Facebook fan page, Udonthani Update, has posted pictures of the German man cleaning a public telephone booth and the post has won a lot admirations. The post was online on Monday and it has been liked by over 4,200 times and shared by over 400 times.

The admin of Udonthani Update said a resident of Muang district spotted the farang clearing a public telephone booth in front of a Government Saving Bank’s branch on Phosri Road at 2 pm on February 19 and took the photos.

“He is a German and he is doing this for free. He has not received any pay. His name is not known. He is cleaning a telephone booth that we, Thais, made it dirty with graffiti. He said he loves Thailand but what are we, Thais, doing?” the post says.

A Udon Thani resident, called Boombim, posted the German’s picture taken from the back, showing him collecting garbage near Charoen Hotel. She said the man was working since early in the morning and he refused to allow her to take his frontal photo.

“I could only buy him a bottle of water. I really admire him,” she posted.

Channel 3 reported this Facebook talk of the town in its morning news program Wednesday.

Channel 3 said it dispatched a reporter to look around but the reporter could not locate the farang. But many local residents confirmed seeing the man doing several types of community service, including lawn mowing, for awhile.

A security officer of Charoen Hotel said the man has been staying at the hotel and he is scheduled to check out on Thursday.

Deported.

Good deeds and intentions do not pass unnoticed anywhere in the world.

Well done Sir, Thais need a lesson and should contribute themselves also and not only praise on facebook.

Nice farang story. He'll probably get picked up by labor for not having a work permit.

Why did so many people like the post, maybe because they found it hilarious?

Udon Thani:-

“He is a German and he is doing this for free. He has not received any pay. His name is not known. He is cleaning a telephone booth that we, Thais, made it dirty with graffiti. He said he loves Thailand but what are we, Thais, doing?” the post says.

And the post should have added that "the German is even risking to be jailed as, by law, he should have a work permit"

Will the locals copy him?

Waiting for news to come out about his arrest and deportation for working without a WP...

He is taking away jobs from Thais and has no work permit of course.

I do respect the bloke for doing this,

but he might leave the hotel before Thursday and get free lodging elsewhere, with great chicken feet meals.

But then, I am sure the prison will also need a good cleaning.

Edited February 25, 201511 yr by ronthai

No need for bull coz most Thais usually appreciate a pragmatic approach and hence it will be very unlkely that that fellow will run into trouble for doing good deeds (khon chai bun = คนใจบุญ).

Just give it a try and see for yourself instead of constantly moaning and crying about the Kingdom and her people treating foreigners always unfairly. In many cases it may be just you and not them.

Its probably his community service from the court for a drunk driving charge, i know someone who got similar in Pattaya recently for failing a breath test

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Deported.

HAHAHA...

“I could only buy him a bottle of water.

Right! That's it! Receiving goods for working. No work permit. Slap him in chains!

Good thing he is not violating any labor laws. He is definitely not taking a job from a Thai, no Thai would be caught dead cleaning a public place.

Edited February 25, 201511 yr by maswov

OJT for when he gets deported and has to wash car windscreens at the traffic lights in Berlin ?

...no Thai would be caught dead cleaning a public place.

Just as well all those toilet cleaning ladies are still alive!

Celebrated.

A young man who understood that money doesn't grow on trees, and things can only be worked out in a community.

He did not work, he served his host.

Und dafür: Danke.

Nice farang story. He'll probably get picked up by labor for not having a work permit.

depressingly predictable response. thank you to your self and all the others who follow suit for perpetuating yet another thai visa cliche.

hurry along now, i am sure there is another thread running somewhere else where you can respond with "Thainess", use the phrase "walking ATM" or exhort the police to "blame it on the burmese"

keep up the original work

Edited February 25, 201511 yr by HooHaa

Nice farang story. He'll probably get picked up by labor for not having a work permit.

depressingly predictable response. thank you for perpetuating yet another thai visa cliche.

hurry along now, i am sure there is another thread running somewhere else where you can respond with "Thainess", use the phrase "walking ATM" or exhort the police to "blame it on the burmese"

keep up the original work

People don't bother reading the thread and therefore think they are clever and the first to mention about work permits.

I bet they're aghast and embarrassed when they realise just how many have mentioned it prior to them.

I think its time this guy went home...

Will the locals copy him?

Wishful Thinking !!

Clearly in need of a Thai Culture course.

Good work my friend !! We tried to start a recycle programme on the Island of Koh Pha Ngan a.k.a Full Moon Island in the late 80´s early 90´s ....it started well, but in the end we were threatened by various people and had to stop it !! After the locals kept burning plastic, batteries and glassbottles !!!....as usual ! I still cant understand what Went wrong !!?? Did we step on someones toes ?? .....and we all had businesses on the Island at the time !!

I think its time this guy went home...

I am almost certain he does not clean public facilities in Germany...

I seem to remember a German cleaning the toilets in Phuket at a beach and after it coming to light he was told to stop with the locals going and 'alerting the authorities' or something..

he might want to wash his clothes a bit more often.

just a thought

I did read somewhere that the police were hunting some German mental patient that had escaped from the looney bin!!

Nice farang story. He'll probably get picked up by labor for not having a work permit.

depressingly predictable response. thank you for perpetuating yet another thai visa cliche.

hurry along now, i am sure there is another thread running somewhere else where you can respond with "Thainess", use the phrase "walking ATM" or exhort the police to "blame it on the burmese"

keep up the original work

People don't bother reading the thread and therefore think they are clever and the first to mention about work permits.

I bet they're aghast and embarrassed when they realise just how many have mentioned it prior to them.

Had to think about your quote at the bottom of your post, scary isn't it. ""Man is made or unmade by himself; in the armory of thought he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself"

I don't think many Thais will be rushing out and join him in his cleaning adventure but you must admire his determination to clean up Thailand Germany cleans up Thailand but corruption still rife

Why bother cleaning up someone else's country when its obvious its citizens could care less about its cleanliness....?