snoop1130 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Doctor, Starbucks barista among dream jobs of Thai kidsCoconuts Bangkok Children dressed at Pikachu at the 'Pokemon Together: Let’s Meet Pikachu' event on Children's Day last year. Photo: Watsamon Tri-yasakda/ Coconuts BangkokTHAILAND -- Ahead of Children’s Day on Saturday, a group of Thai children were asked the classic question that we all still ask each other here in the office, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”The top five occupations they chose were doctor, athlete, chef, engineer and teacher, according to human resource solution company Adecco Thailand.But while doctor was the most popular choice, some of the kids also favored less traditional jobs such as “YouTuber” and Starbucks barista (wait until they find out how much that pays!).Full Story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2016/01/06/doctor-starbucks-barista-among-dream-jobs-thai-kids -- Coconuts Bangkok 2016-01-06 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clockman Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 If the pay is so low, why do we pay first world prices for coffee? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickJ Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 What about Pattaya Baht Bus Driver?...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khwaibah Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Doesn't say much for a society and educational system whose kids want to be a coffee jockey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomacht8 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 When they grow up they will realize that most of the money is earned in politics (with the award of public contracts) or at the chrome pole in a GoGo Bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stickylies Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Oh boy... It's even worse then I thought. Barista. Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOC Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 If the pay is so low, why do we pay first world prices for coffee? Because we are suckers.................................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldiablo Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 If the pay is so low, why do we pay first world prices for coffee? When it comes to speciality coffee we can break it down like this. Retail price for a latte coffee $3.75 Labour at shop $1.35 Rent,marketing, administration $1.29 Shop owner's profit $0.25 Cup and milk $0.47 Farmer's and growers share $0.035 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thian Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 If the pay is so low, why do we pay first world prices for coffee? Because we are suckers.................................. And it's not even nice coffee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotheruser Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 If the pay is so low, why do we pay first world prices for coffee? Because they are a corporation and have managed to out smart the masses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHolmesJr Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 (edited) What……no one want to open beauty saaalon? Edited January 6, 2016 by JHolmesJr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seastallion Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 "the classic question that we all still ask each other here in the office, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”" The staff at Coconuts still have not grown up, apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prbkk Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 If the pay is so low, why do we pay first world prices for coffee?When it comes to speciality coffee we can break it down like this.Retail price for a latte coffee $3.75 Labour at shop $1.35 Rent,marketing, administration $1.29 Shop owner's profit $0.25 Cup and milk $0.47 Farmer's and growers share $0.035 And the proportion that goes to the tax avoiding blood sucker corporation with its neat offshoring arrangements? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seastallion Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Of my private students, aspirations are; two want to be engineers (civil and mechanical), there's two dentists, a vet, two chefs, and only one doctor. No baristas or youtubers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuchulainn Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 ...................“What do you want to be when you grow up?”...................... Educated, for a start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoon Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Doesn't say much for a society and educational system whose kids want to be a coffee jockey. I took a woman of poor background into the coffee shop of a Marriot hotel. She looked around in admiration and said, wistfully, that if only she had been able to finish school, she would have been of a sufficient educational standard to get a job in such an establishment. It was my first inkling of the poor education available to poor people, and the low aspirations that are bred into them.....as a matter of policy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stickylies Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 If the pay is so low, why do we pay first world prices for coffee? Because we are suckers.................................. speak for yourself. never paid more than 55thb for a brilliant cappuccio (with free glass of water or green tea) in the last 6 years in thailand (before that never even paid more than 35thb). never EVER used starbucks in my entire life except to steal their wifi. 555. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stickylies Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I took a woman of poor background into the coffee shop of a Marriot hotel. She looked around in admiration and said, wistfully, that if only she had been able to finish school, she would have been of a sufficient educational standard to get a job in such an establishment. It was my first inkling of the poor education available to poor people, and the low aspirations that are bred into them.....as a matter of policy. Reminds me of my Thai neighbour whose biggest dream was to defecate while in a plane.... (have toilet?!) TIT, the best place on earth to cure chronic depression free of charge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thian Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Strange that the Thai kids don't want to be a supta, fireman, helicopterpilot, policeman, fashiondesigner. They all choose boring jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFarAndNear Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 If the pay is so low, why do we pay first world prices for coffee? Yeah pretty stupid... I don't go there and enjoy excellent coffee for half of the price..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaywalker Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 (edited) I took a woman of poor background into the coffee shop of a Marriot hotel. She looked around in admiration and said, wistfully, that if only she had been able to finish school, she would have been of a sufficient educational standard to get a job in such an establishment. It was my first inkling of the poor education available to poor people, and the low aspirations that are bred into them.....as a matter of policy. Reminds me of my Thai neighbour whose biggest dream was to defecate while in a plane.... (have toilet?!) TIT, the best place on earth to cure chronic depression free of charge He should be careful what he wishes for . I once ate at the Pantip Plaza food court & had one of my favorites, Sai Krog Isaan and ate several chili peppers with it the day before I made a BKK-Tokyo-Chicago-Orlando trip. I lived his dream over and over and over on that journey. My dream for that journey was for bum-guns on airplanes. Edited January 6, 2016 by jaywalker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mca Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Dunno the age group they asked but I seem to recall for me it was astronaut, stuntman and lion tamer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 In my day it used to be 'engine driver'. In Thailand, though, the trains keep falling off the tracks so that's a no. Also popular used to be 'racing car driver' but most Thais already practice this anyway. I think if I were a Thai child and asked that question, I'd think about the hours; a uniform; a gun; opportunities for extra-curricular payments: the choice is obvious - a policeman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmitch Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Maybe they though a barista was a barrister. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabothai Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 If the pay is so low, why do we pay first world prices for coffee? Because they are a corporation and have managed to out smart the masses? And that is exactly what marketing scolars are taught. BA!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabothai Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 What do you want to be when you grow up? A manager said an 11-year old girl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Any job that allows you to spend most of your time glued to Facebook, I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddavidovsky Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 One appreciates doctors and nurses, but I can't imagine why would anyone want to become one. Long hours up to your elbows in the bodily fluids of diseased people, surrounded by pain and death. The horror. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chas39 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 I'm not surprised in a country where most people assume "Doctor" is just another weird farrang surname. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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