Creepy cabbie fined THB1,000 for talking dirty to passengers

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Creepy cabbie fined THB1,000 for talking dirty to passengers
By Coconuts Bangkok



BANGKOK: -- A taxi driver with a track record of talking dirty to his female passengers has been fined THB1,000.

The Department of Land Transport said on Sunday it punished Eakkapop Chareonthonsathorn for "acting and talking inappropriately to passengers" after his habit of harassing passengers went viral on the internet.

The latest case took place on Friday when a female student at Mahidol University posted on Pantip forum that the creepy taxi driver had asked her friend to marry him after graduation.

"Do you have a boyfriend? After senior year, do you wanna marry me? Being with me doesn't require a degree," Ekkapop was quoted as saying on the Pantip thread.

Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2015/12/08/creepy-cabbie-fined-thb1000-talking-dirty-passengers

-- Coconuts Bangkok 2015-12-08

[NCC1701A]

i usually pay extra for this.

[theguyfromanotherforum]

I think I'm gonna use that line myself.

[jaywalker]

I think I'm gonna use that line myself.

That line, along with 1,000 baht usually works wonders for me.

[Rocceao]

Looks to me he was just, trying to increase his gig portfolio, he just uses the law of averages, he will spout the same line over and over and eventually he will get a yes.

As every red blooded alpha male has done before him, he obviously prefers the thrill of the chase,rather than going down to the local knock shop, to listen to love you long time, big boy.

[SoiBiker]

"Do you have a boyfriend? After senior year, do you wanna marry me? Being with me doesn't require a degree," Is hardly dirty is it. DELETED

Which is entirely missing the point. His job is to drive them around, not proposition them. Plus it may seem tame to you, but if you're a vulnerable female alone in a car with a guy, it'd probably make you feel pretty uncomfortable.

[Bluespunk]

According to the coconuts article he's done it a number of times and had a number of complaints lodged against him.

[realenglish1]

Tame comments I think this guy is really looking for a wife What better place to look then one of the Universities. Glad I graduated Loooooong time ago

[Nobb]

Many passengers will feel very safe that they only gave this scum a 1000 baht fine. Will be on Yahoo and Facebook tomarrow. The land of a thousand sick taxi drivers!

[Nemesis7]

wonder if these was randomly used by a foreigner what would happen? 1000 bhat fine?

[retarius]

That'll learn him. Next time he gets a slap on the wrist.

[tribalfusion001]

Talking dirty, I thought he was talking about corruption!

[Krataiboy]

Sounds more like the sort of thing one might expect in the UK, where chat up lines are sexual coercion and men who use them living proof of a "rape culture". Wonder how many British feminists have been to Thailand?

[TEFLKrabi]

You're a complete fool if you think this is normal, decent behaviour. I'm guessing you know there are 1 million as you are familiar with them all too.

[jacky54]

Marriage is indeed a dirty word to some here

[Somtamnication]

I told my wife that I want to say that to her friend. She was not happy at all!!!

[Bluespunk]

Marriage is indeed a dirty word to some here

Did you read what he said to the school girls?

The man is predator.

[jacky54]

She was not a Schoolgirl, why misrepresent that?

[SoiBiker]

Sounds more like the sort of thing one might expect in the UK, where chat up lines are sexual coercion and men who use them living proof of a "rape culture". Wonder how many British feminists have been to Thailand?

Plenty. Some even live here.

[Bluespunk]

She was not a Schoolgirl, why misrepresent that?

Read the whole coconuts article before accusing people of misrepresentation.

[seedy]

Many Posts Hidden. Many Posts edited - for various reasons.

This is someones daughter. Any more of this abuse and Suspensions will be handed out.

[cgphuket]

wonder if these was randomly used by a foreigner what would happen? 1000 bhat fine?

Compared to foreigners this is pretty tame. I have heard tourists ask girls behind mcdonalds say "you boom boom me good, ja? I give you money much big". Foreigners are lucky they are not held to the standards of the taxi driver...

[cgphuket]

"Officials said they would revoke Eakkapop's license if he repeats his actions" 275 more times...

[CharlieH]

post and response removed.

[dbrenn]

Oh dear. Political correctness is rearing its deranged head in Thailand. I never thought I'd see the day.

Next up: trigger warnings, micro aggression, safe spaces, celebrity paedophile witch hunts, and other symptoms of this mass psychosis that is blighting the western world.

[Guitar God]

Taxi drivers always talk dirty to me and proposition me. I think.

[Tom Cahill]

Looks to me he was just, trying to increase his gig portfolio, he just uses the law of averages, he will spout the same line over and over and eventually he will get a yes.

As every red blooded alpha male has done before him, he obviously prefers the thrill of the chase,rather than going down to the local knock shop, to listen to love you long time, big boy.

Good on him. Leave him alone. It's not even creepy. Normally they say much worse things to twelve year olds and everything. I've been in cars with Thai man who've almost crashed harassing women and children on motorbikes. I know someone else who bellows obscene remarks to every woman who walks by his shop after a few beers, and despite it being a police hanging about spot, they don't tell him to stop.

They need to ban all the homosexuals bothering people when they're not interested. They're relentless.

Poor old man. Nothing he said was even rude or off. It's just a question.

[katana]

Makes a change from this video posted earlier this year where a Thai girl offers a taxi driver a free shag:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lTkH6JGy78

[jacko45k]

I think I'm gonna use that line myself.

That line, along with 1,000 baht usually works wonders for me.

Even after graduation day?

[JeremyBowskill]

"Do you have a boyfriend? After senior year, do you wanna marry me? Being with me doesn't require a degree," Is hardly dirty is it. DELETED

Which is entirely missing the point. His job is to drive them around, not proposition them. Plus it may seem tame to you, but if you're a vulnerable female alone in a car with a guy, it'd probably make you feel pretty uncomfortable.

Not really, a simple joke back and the situations defused. my reply may be something like " Being with you may not require a degree but I do fear a degree of stupidity might be needed" and move on.