Video of farang waiter working at Bangkok restaurant goes viral

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Video of farang waiter working at Bangkok restaurant goes viral

 

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BANGKOK: -- A video of western man serving customers at a restaurant in Bangkok’s Chinatown has gone viral.

 

The clip was shared to the YouLike page by Facebook user Supornchai Sripan on Monday.

 

Thais commenting on the video praised the restaurant for hiring a foreigner, saying it would help to attract other foreigners to eat at the restaurant.

 

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Another comment questioned what all the fuss was about, saying they see lots of foreigners, such as Cambodians and Burmese people working in restaurants all over Thailand.

 

Others wondered why the foreign man wanted to work in a restaurant in Thailand given that the job is likely to only come with a small salary.

 

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[Thian]

In Chinatown nobody speaks english so it's no fun for tourists to go there.

 

Maybe this guy can attract a lot of customers. I will go there if i know where he works..

[NCC1701A]

has the squad of 50 cops to arrest him showed up yet?

 

 

[rkidlad]

What the flippin' hell! This is crazy! I can't believe it! 

 

It's almost as if he's human. He has all the same human like attributes. It's funny and cute. 

 

Right, I'm off to the doctor's to have my lobotomy finished. 

[maxpower]

Oh no its a work permit thread. The armchair judges are pondering, 10 pages to follow.

[Brer Fox]

5 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

has the squad of 50 cops to arrest him showed up yet?

 

 

They are on their way now in armoured vehicles. Taken a little time to put on their full combat gear and bullet proof vests and load their automatic weapons. Just as they did when thy raided the oldies bridge game in Pattaya. 

[jollyhangmon]

Oh boy, you're gonna take some flak ... go change jackets!

[Pib]

It will take a while to roundup the 50 cops as most are at traffic checkpoints around the country collecting donations.   Plus they will want to ensure all the media is available for this high profile, dangerous arrest.

[lemonjelly]

Poor chap, he's doomed 

[Dmaxdan]

Last time I was in the UK I went into a coffee shop and they had a Thai waitress working there, but I didn't feel the need to film her.

[wgdanson]

1 hour ago, Thian said:

In Chinatown nobody speaks english so it's no fun for tourists to go there.

 

Maybe this guy can attract a lot of customers. I will go there if i know where he works..

Watch the video mate. Most of the customers look farang.

[lopas]

This guy worked on street in 2012 with his wife.....How  does he do to work on the street and now serve clients in a restaurant.

 

See video

 

 

[Thian]

14 minutes ago, wgdanson said:

Watch the video mate. Most of the customers look farang.

I've watched the streets of Chinatown for many weeks....you rarely see a farang there mate.

 

And the ones you do see are watching their cellphones for google maps but even that doesn't work properly cause you can't download a free map of Bangkok....You can download loads of offline maps but not in Thailand.

 

BKK needs many more farang waiters, the dumb waiters is the reason i won't eat in many restaurants without a Thai friend.

[djayz]

In many western countries it's quite common to see Asians, Africans, etc. working alongside caucasians. Here, I'd also be surprised to see a Caucasian working in a restaurant, but I sure wouldn't record it. 

He should button up his shirt a little more. 

[chainarong]

37 minutes ago, Dmaxdan said:

Last time I was in the UK I went into a coffee shop and they had a Thai waitress working there, but I didn't feel the need to film her.

Point taken, however , the pay scale isn't the same.

[ezzra]

I heave heard of  lots of ways of self harm but this is now heights...

it's suicide by immigration....

[sirmud63]

off topic abit , but does any know what happend to the last bloke ?  the pilot ,without legs.  is he still around?

[Thian]

17 minutes ago, djayz said:

In many western countries it's quite common to see Asians, Africans, etc. working alongside caucasians. Here, I'd also be surprised to see a Caucasian working in a restaurant, but I sure wouldn't record it. 

He should button up his shirt a little more. 

In Europe we have streetvendors with all kinds of foreign streetfood and that's great!

 

They are part of our culture and we all love to eat from them while on the go...

 

I still remember the day the first vietnamese lumpiashop opened in my hometown, there were very long qeueu's since we all wanted to try them...they had sweet chilisauce which was new for us, we only new the spicy one which was too spicy.

[Mister Fixit]

39 minutes ago, Thian said:

 

BKK needs many more farang waiters, the dumb waiters is the reason i won't eat in many restaurants without a Thai friend.

 

I'm not sure you know quite what a 'dumb waiter' is

 

Clue - it isn't an unintelligent or someone who can't speak person working in a restaurant ...

[roo860]

off topic abit , but does any know what happend to the last bloke ?  the pilot ,without legs.  is he still around?

I heard the police arrested him, and now he hasn't got a leg to stand on.
Sorry.

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[thai3]

Rather him than me, but good luck to him.

[canuckamuck]

Such a novelty to let people who live here get a job.

[scorecard]

2 hours ago, Pib said:

It will take a while to roundup the 50 cops as most are at traffic checkpoints around the country collecting donations.   Plus they will want to ensure all the media is available for this high profile, dangerous arrest.

 

Or attending photo ops with drug lords and immigration officials.

[CGW]

14 minutes ago, Mister Fixit said:

 

I'm not sure you know quite what a 'dumb waiter' is

 

Clue - it isn't an unintelligent or someone who can't speak person working in a restaurant ...

If you were to meet "Somchai" who works as a waiter in our local noodle shop it would change your understanding & terminology of this "statement" - believe me! 

[Thian]

13 minutes ago, Mister Fixit said:

I'm not sure you know quite what a 'dumb waiter' is

 

 

Even when my wife orders the food more than half of the times something goes wrong with our order. Even when i ask something in Thai (like for a knife or so) they reply to my wife and i'm invisible for them. They also don't know the difference between a butterknife or a steakknife.  They like to stand in the way, make a lot of noise with collecting plates/dishes, can't speak english of course, put my food at the other end of the table, don't make sure i have all condiments like pepper/salt/sauces..and so on...That's what i call dumb waiters, totally untrained and have never been to a real restaurant themselves.

[midas]

2 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

has the squad of 50 cops to arrest him showed up yet?

 

 

 

The cops don't care because they're too busy EATING !!!!

 

No Police to be found

 

 

 

[Mook23]

1 hour ago, Dmaxdan said:

Last time I was in the UK I went into a coffee shop and they had a Thai waitress working there, but I didn't feel the need to film her.

I started yelling KHUN THAI KHUN THAI and asked her where she was going and if she gad eaten rice yet and most importantly: how much a ticket with the airplane costed! 555

[Mook23]

Many years ago i was at satun and this noodle icecream cake shop was ran by thai mrs and farlanski. Guy had no wp and many local officials ate there praising the slightly different noodle approach. Great fusion kitchen with emphasis on healthy...

[Dave67]

I wonder if the old Bill will do a reinactment with pointy fingers

[thai006]

illegal  next ....