Farang praised by Facebook users for community services in Udon

[ColdSingha]

prediction: gets picked up by immigration after someone (high up) decides he makes thai people look bad, charged with "working" without a work permit, fined, deported

[Richard Hall]

Cleans from 7am -4pm? What sort of holiday is that?

A clean holiday.

Surely not what many foreigners are used to in Thailand as per some comments in this thread.

[ColdSingha]

This is clever is you dont have the money to go home just start working next to any immigration office/police station soon you will get deported .FREE

I would carry a bag of lemons just in case and say im dropping them off for the wife also

Maybe hates his wife and its all part of the plan .Sorry telak but i just got deported!

great plan but they lock you in a detention centre until you can pay for your own flight home. some have been in there for years

[ColdSingha]

Sorry for not joining the praise party.

Westerners (and, I regret to say, Germans in particular) who come here and display a sanctimonious, patronizing attitude on the issue of cleanliness, should be reminded that they are not a superior race, or superior culture, and that they should clean their own house before pointing their holy fingers at everyone around.

europe is a very clean place in comparison to south east asia

[khunPer]

Kind man and good job - thumb up - hope he don't get problems for not having a "Work Permit".

[longstebe]

Attention seeker.

Deport him on the spot.

[wirat69]

"Nein" is a lucky number in Thai!!!

[realenglish1]

Yup immigration must charge him with working without a permit. Sad state of affairs . Just think how much ahead Thailand can be if they say to all the retirees

Ok you can only do community based initiatives without a work permit. How wonderful that would be for all Thais. Help in orphanages, protect the parks, Help tourists who are having some problems. Help the poor, and so on and I am sure the retirees would love to help the country

But Thais will bite of their nose rather than accept incredible help from Faranags

[Taco]

We have an island wide beach clean in Koh Phangan on the 28th... this could be his type to side trip!!! Come on down!

[cms22]

tool

[colspeed]

Each to his own. Not something I would do, but good on him. Can we stop the posts about work permits now?

[chooka]

I see arrest and deportation coming up, the authorities won't take to kindly to this.

[newcomer71]

I do enjoy the lot of envious comments, putting the guy down. He does a great job for community, and the best that lots of you can do is to make ironic comments, or calling him "Tool". The great wildlife of TVF...

Way to go Rudy!

[Time Traveller]

Sorry for not joining the praise party.

Westerners (and, I regret to say, Germans in particular) who come here and display a sanctimonious, patronizing attitude on the issue of cleanliness, should be reminded that they are not a superior race, or superior culture, and that they should clean their own house before pointing their holy fingers at everyone around.

I don't know about that. But I do know the world would be a much better place with more people like Rudy and less people like you.

This guy deserves praise. He is not out asking for anything except just making the town look better.

It is totally sad how every good thing is seen as a negative by miserable people like you.

Edited February 26, 2015 by Time Traveller

[Patmalone]

When you see a piece of rubbish on the ground and you pick it up and throw it in the bin, would you need a work permit for that? What about 2 pieces or 3, where does it stop. Each to his or her own, if he like to clean on his holidays let him, better than going into a bar and drinking all day.

[catterwell]

He looks in good shape for a 55-year old. What better way to mix and mingle with the locals. Good for him! and may he continue for many years to come. If he has a paperwork problem, I'll be happy to explain to the powers that be that it's his own form of exercise and meditation practice. (Lifting weights is much harder "work").

[reptile91602]

99.99% end in tragedy but hell, he still has .01% chance of success.

[colspeed]

Positive comments on tv? What's going on? Keep it up guys!

[Smurkster]

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Sorry for not joining the praise party.

Westerners (and, I regret to say, Germans in particular) who come here and display a sanctimonious, patronizing attitude on the issue of cleanliness, should be reminded that they are not a superior race, or superior culture, and that they should clean their own house before pointing their holy fingers at everyone around.

don't know where it said anything about believing that Europeans are a superior race...he should be thanked for coming here and cleaning up after these people (who by and large believe that the earth is their trashcan)...plus actually if there is anything to get patronising and all on the high horse it would be cleanliness...because at least Europeans (and americans to a lesser extent) understand generally that the earth ISNT a trashcan....so in that case, yes there is some rightful feelings of superiority....

[Shiver]

If he did get locked up and was forced to do community service, would that allow him to do street cleaning?

[chilli42]

Odd to be sure but you have to admire that he has a mission. Lets face it, anyone doing good is held up as being suspect. At the same time sad since nobody in this country is going to appreciate it ... muttering "farang bah" as they toss their rubbish anyplace convenient.

Anyone can work in Thailand. You only need a work permit if you are getting paid for that work.

[ratcatcher]

Odd to be sure but you have to admire that he has a mission. Lets face it, anyone doing good is held up as being suspect. At the same time sad since nobody in this country is going to appreciate it ... muttering "farang bah" as they toss their rubbish anyplace convenient.

Anyone can work in Thailand. You only need a work permit if you are getting paid for that work.

"Anyone can work in Thailand. You only need a work permit if you are getting paid for that work."

Famous last words. Stand by for incoming!

[ratcatcher]

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"

Try the complete quote:

“Man is made and unmade by himself. In the armory of thought he forges the weapons which will destroy him. He also creates the tools with which he will build for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peach. Between these two extremes are all the grades of character, and man is their maker and their master. ”

And as a final mark of respect for the dead, how about merely adding the name of the author of this quote?

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/109366-man-is-made-and-unmade-by-himself-in-the-armory

[masuk]

Yup immigration must charge him with working without a permit. Sad state of affairs . Just think how much ahead Thailand can be if they say to all the retirees

Ok you can only do community based initiatives without a work permit. How wonderful that would be for all Thais. Help in orphanages, protect the parks, Help tourists who are having some problems. Help the poor, and so on and I am sure the retirees would love to help the country

But Thais will bite of their nose rather than accept incredible help from Faranags

Correction. He's volunteering without a permit. Normal fee for a volunteer is $600 for one month! check out the 'volunteers pages'.

Look at the fuss when volunteers turned up to assist after the tsunami. The Thais didn't want them, and it took foreign embassies protests before Thais would accept them.

[tomacht8]

For 6 years he does it.
I would say he falls under the category: Quality tourist.
Respect.
He brings with his cleaning actions some people to think.

Maybe he comes on the southern islands.
Next weekend is here big beach cleaning.

[Squeegee]

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 doubt they're aghast or embarrassed: they probably barely read the OP properly before making their stupid cliche, then move on to the next cliche opportunity and rarely return. Then, if they actually do come back and realise they just repeated what numerous others already posted, I imagine they won't really care anyway. Thick skin on a thick head.

[Briggsy]

I regularly pick stuff up but I drew the line at a half-eaten sausage some lout had chucked in the condo corridor. That is why the unnamed German is receiving the kudos not me.

[ozyjon]

In Udon's 40*C heat, i know what to get him for Christmas,, a broom.

[pedro01]

Cleans from 7am -4pm? What sort of holiday is that?

A busmans holiday?

What it doesn't mention is that from 5pm to 1am he's getting his **** polished by one of the local demimondaines....

[SaamBaht]

Lead by example! I'm all for it.