Bank security guard threatens Australian man with gun in Pattaya

[fakename]

Probably should have shot the guy, that would teach him! Almost like parking in front of a shop, just as dangerous.

[HLover]

Probably should have shot the guy, that would teach him! Almost like parking in front of a shop, just as dangerous.

Brilliant solution, what corner of the earth did you sprout from? Edited January 12, 2016 by HLover

[Emster23]

Try going into a bank in Philippines.... not easy. Guard with shotgun in front of door, wanted to know why I wanted to go into bank. "This is a bank. Banks sell money, and I want to withdraw some". He told me to go to ATM (limit usually around $200)

[MadMuhummad]

How is this all of a sudden a race thing. Gun violence and 'lose of face' issues are a common thing in Pattaya wether Thai on Thai or Thai on whoever.

[chicowoodduck]

Looks like the same guy who was going to pull a gun on me at McDonalds a few years back for not ordering the Happy Meal....??

[gyrosman]

We'll give him a job in Syria.

[biplanebluey]

Me thinks a slap on the wrist and a public telling off will be about it (and a huge slap on the back!)

Unless the Aussie presses charges, in which case the bank guard will miraculously be a Burmese migrant.

Must we have to keep refering all crimes to "BURMESE MIGRANTS"

[bazza40]

I'm sure that this guard has gone thru days and hours of vigorous training and learning how and when

to use the gun to insure that the gun is in safe hands... Or NOT... this is the kind of stuff that people

get killed from, the abundance of guns in this country mostly in the wrong hands, be it legal hand or not.....

Apparently the training they receive is very similar to the training used in the US.

Dear me, you really are stirring the pot, aren't you?

[thairookie]

I'm surprised that G4S or GAS security guards are permitted to carry guns with them. Does that mean PCS security guards are also permitted to carry guns. That sounds really dangerous.

[bazza40]

Probably should have shot the guy, that would teach him! Almost like parking in front of a shop, just as dangerous.

Brilliant solution, what corner of the earth did you sprout from?

You'll have to forgive him, he probably is a Republican who is going to vote for Trump.

[Khon Kaen Dave]

Smedly,a good alternative would be

Bank guard.......'Move bike miter,i not shoot no-one today,but the day is young'

[sanukjim]

So what! Just another nutter with a gun in Pattaya, but is Bank of Ayudhya giving 2.10% on term deposits?

Also just another DUMB FARANG asking for trouble because he thinks that he is immune to local rules or he is just an arrigant axxhole.The next time may be the guard has a couple of the locals explain thinks to him.

[BuriramDevelopers]

So nice, all these loones having guns, make me feel a lot safer.

[trogers]

The bank is too poor to buy wheel locks?

[MZurf]

low class idiots with low IQ's should not be in charge of a gun

low class idiots with low IQ's should not be in charge of a gun.

There, I corrected it for you.

[springheeled jack]

bank security guards are officially not allowed to carry guns, why didn't someone tell him ?

[louse1953]

I'm sure that this guard has gone thru days and hours of vigorous training and learning how and when

to use the gun to insure that the gun is in safe hands... Or NOT... this is the kind of stuff that people

get killed from, the abundance of guns in this country mostly in the wrong hands, be it legal hand or not.....

I'm sure the Ozzy has been told many times not to park there.Maybe it's where the security van parks.Can't have them roaming the streets with a box load of money.

[rethaier]

I'm sure that this guard has gone thru days and hours of vigorous training and learning how and when

to use the gun to insure that the gun is in safe hands... Or NOT... this is the kind of stuff that people

get killed from, the abundance of guns in this country mostly in the wrong hands, be it legal hand or not.....

It's a bit like the good ole USA eh.

[Dellie]

Honestly the Aussie guy is a <deleted> for parking in a restricted area daily but surely there is a better way of discouraging him than to threaten him with a gun. Just have the bike towed away and inpounded. Surely the bank has enough money and clout to make that happen.

[IAMHERE]

So what! Just another nutter with a gun in Pattaya, but is Bank of Ayudhya giving 2.10% on term deposits?

Also just another DUMB FARANG asking for trouble because he thinks that he is immune to local rules or he is just an arrigant axxhole.The next time may be the guard has a couple of the locals explain thinks to him.

If he had shot the Australian bully, so then we'd have one less arrogant bully of an Australian bike parker in town. Not all that great of a loss. The Australian was in the wrong, daily, and just thought the guard could do nothing, made sure the guard understood everyday that he could damn well park his bike where ever he wanted. I'm real surprised the guard didn't shot the Australian, maybe he should have. Would one dead Australian ruin your day? Not mine.

[louse1953]

I was going to comment on this then I just got lost for words, someone help me out here......move your motorbike or I will shoot you is the best I could come up with ?

because you are a farrang and you cannot park your motorcycle here only for Thai people.

Maybe the Thai's are not so ignorant and move from a restricted area when asked.

[duckmandon]

The parking laws do not allow you to park on Private property which extends to the curb of the street. If he parked on the street then he is allowed to. Just because Thais cannot provide enough parking areas it doesn't mean they can tell you to leave if your parked legally. Just another idiot with an over inflated ego who thinks "I have a gun I can do anything I want now."

[Champ666]

Why doesn't anybody ask themselfs How many times the security guard asked him to move his bike already i think its one of these brats who think they own the country from what i read he was asked many times before already not to park there not only on this day and reading hè is a 34 year old expat don't you all think hè is a bit of a <deleted> keeping on ignoring the guard repedidlly asking him not to park there . Ok maybe hè should not have pulled his gun but i think its kind of funny and gave him a proper scare for once , they should let the guard work there and keep his gun and then i want to make a bet that this brat will not park his motorbike there anymore

[tgeezer]

Honestly the Aussie guy is a <deleted> for parking in a restricted area daily but surely there is a better way of discouraging him than to threaten him with a gun. Just have the bike towed away and inpounded. Surely the bank has enough money and clout to make that happen.

I sincerely hope that the guard isn't stung too deeply by this, he looks like a conscientious employee, certainly smartly dressed, probably in stark contrast to the expat. I hope that his employers will discuss with him his responsibilities and support him more fully before problems reach this stage in the future.

[chuang]

He has been parking at a non-parking zone on a daily basis....ha free parking.

[johninbkk]

And Obama wants to ban guns.

How could this chap control parking spaces without the pistol.

I'd like to pose this question to Obama. Sure! he'd be lost for words.

[NoBrainer]

low class idiots with low IQ's should not be in charge of a gun

And they should'n be allowed to have motorcycles either.

[Tolley]

If the Aussie guy had paid the usual ''20baht parking fee' he would have had no problems.

Edited January 12, 2016 by Tolley

[Lopchan]

By the Aussie's own denial (which in fact is an admission) he has many "videos" of these altercations with the security guard. It just shows he's an arrogant pr!ck who thought he could do as he pleases here. Although the guard is in the wrong for using a firearm to resolve a parking dispute, I hope a mate of the security guard pays Ozboy a visit to point out his error of judgment. In Oz we'd call him a w @nker, and here he is still a w @nker

Edited January 12, 2016 by Lopchan

[MockingJay]

Many of those "security guards" are loose cannons... Complete idiots who think they are above the law only because they're wearing a uniform. As far as I know there is no psychological evaluation before employment or anything that would enable the companies to divide the wheat from the chaff. 24 years ago one of my guests was attacked and beaten senseless by a security guard in the resort he resided just because he arrived in a drunk state and forgot his key in his room and asked the guard to please help him access the room. As far as I can see, those "security guards" in majority always were rotten apples and still are today. Instead of always cracking down on foreigners here in Thailand, authorities should make sure they clean up their own backyard first by implementing tighter rules for those wannabe security guard Rambos. I'm of course aware that this particular case might be one of those "takes two to tango" incidents...

Edited January 12, 2016 by MockingJay