Video of farang waiter working at Bangkok restaurant goes viral

[djayz]

13 minutes ago, Thian said:

 

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.

A little OTT don't you think? I've eaten at numerous restaurants, both alone and in Thai company, and have only once or twice encountered the issues you write about. 

Most of them may be untrained, but they really aren't as incompetent as you make them out to be. 

 

[Thian]

11 minutes ago, Mook23 said:

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

 

Didn't you ask her where she lived or if she was married? Or how long she lived in your country already? 

 

 

[Thian]

1 minute ago, djayz said:

A little OTT don't you think? I've eaten at numerous restaurants, both alone and in Thai company, and have only once or twice encountered the issues you write about. 

Most of them may be untrained, but they really aren't as incompetent as you make them out to be. 

 

You don't live in BKK matey....they hire the cheapest waiters they can find...totally uneducated it seems.

 

Last week i ordered 3 mini whoppers takeaway at burger king...after repeating my order 6 times i gave up and left the place. Even the chef didn't understand me.

[Mook23]

1 minute ago, Thian said:

 

Didn't you ask her where she lived or if she was married? Or how long she lived in your country already? 

 

 

No. But i did shout rather hysterically: HEY YOU HEY YOU! while poking my nose !!!

[JohnnyJazz]

1 hour ago, lopas said:

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

 

 

 

Maybe they made enough money to buy a restaurant where  he can now be seen serving customers

 

It would make sense, wouldn't it ?

[Mook23]

4 minutes ago, Thian said:

You don't live in BKK matey....they hire the cheapest waiters they can find...totally uneducated it seems.

 

Last week i ordered 3 mini whoppers takeaway at burger king...after repeating my order 6 times i gave up and left the place. Even the chef didn't understand me.

U did smile upon leaving chanting the good old MAI BPEN RAI anthem? Or were you "rude" and "confrontational" leaving disappointed (and the horror!!) and hungry? (Him not eat rice yet!!!!)

[djayz]

2 minutes ago, Thian said:

You don't live in BKK matey....they hire the cheapest waiters they can find...totally uneducated it seems.

 

Last week i ordered 3 mini whoppers takeaway at burger king...after repeating my order 6 times i gave up and left the place. Even the chef didn't understand me.

As a matter of fact, I DO live in BKK. 

 

If nobody understands you, then maybe the problem isn't the people you're talking to... go figure matey. 

 

Always remain calm, speak slowly and generally things go smoothly. 

 

I hope you have better luck next time getting the food you order. Bon appetit! 

[Mook23]

12 minutes ago, thai006 said:

illegal  next ....

Says the ultratroll... next...

[oxo1947]

He would be OK if his got no Legs..................

[Mook23]

3 minutes ago, djayz said:

As a matter of fact, I DO live in BKK. 

 

If nobody understands you, then maybe the problem isn't the people you're talking to... go figure matey. 

 

Always remain calm, speak slowly and generally things go smoothly. 

 

I hope you have better luck next time getting the food you order. Bon appetit! 

Ure right.

Suhhhhhpagetttteeee.

Not.

Spaghetti.

 

Not icecream. But icuhhhhhcleam. Remember!

 

Not steak.

But suhhhhhhhteaaaaaaak.

 

Not spy but suuuuuuuuhpaaiii....

 

Not noodle but nooooodn.

 

Not squid but suuuuuuuuuhkwid.

 

The list is endless ??

[Sphere]

1 hour ago, sirmud63 said:

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

 

I'm guessing he's on stand by.   

[Thian]

13 minutes ago, Mook23 said:

No. But i did shout rather hysterically: HEY YOU HEY YOU! while poking my nose !!!

And after that you walked to your motorbike to find some pimples on the rearmirror right?

 

I also see the staff in clothingshops use the huge mirrors to squeeze pimples...hilarious, thailand only!

 

I always yell HEY BOSS when i see a Thai in my homecountry, you need tuktuk?? Where you go? 

10 minutes ago, Mook23 said:

Ure right.

Suhhhhhpagetttteeee.

Not.

Spaghetti.

 

Not icecream. But icuhhhhhcleam. Remember!

 

Not steak.

But suhhhhhhhteaaaaaaak.

 

Not spy but suuuuuuuuhpaaiii....

 

Not noodle but nooooodn.

 

Not squid but suuuuuuuuuhkwid.

 

The list is endless ??

And pizzaaaaa supaaaadaluk.....or hambagaaa, or pips and chip, or woowee blead, or klap sanwit....or kapuchinoooooo, or flied lice, flench fly wit katsup, wurlwyweee, fayboo, lept and light and so on.....

 

Most funny is the word five or fiftyfifth....or tire or tile....or oil, or rabbaatleeeeee (rubbertree)..or buttaaaa (butter).

[Mook23]

Well thats why i speak as much thai as possible. I hate thai English or worse bar girls ankrit. It's even worse if farlangs speak bg english. Pathetic and irritating...

[canuckamuck]

26 minutes ago, Mook23 said:

Ure right.

Suhhhhhpagetttteeee.

Not.

Spaghetti.

 

Not icecream. But icuhhhhhcleam. Remember!

 

Not steak.

But suhhhhhhhteaaaaaaak.

 

Not spy but suuuuuuuuhpaaiii....

 

Not noodle but nooooodn.

 

Not squid but suuuuuuuuuhkwid.

 

The list is endless ??

Almost full marks, but Ice Cream is I-team, at least it is up here.

[Mook23]

Just now, canuckamuck said:

Almost full marks, but Ice Cream is I-team, at least it is up here.

I feel sorry for u .  That is indeed a bridge too far. Iteam. Who invents this? 

 

I always wondered. Do they pronounce Sprite and Spy differently? Genuine q.

[Mook23]

1 hour ago, sirmud63 said:

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

 

My intel told me the junta government is planning a crackdown on legless farangs (a) and also planning to make thailand the HUB of protheses surgery in the universe (b) and TAT will promote thailand as most-handicapped-friendly country in SEAsia (c). A team of specialists is on the case and will visit hawaii soon for an indepth team building mission integrating all three points above into THAILAND 4.0.

 

[tukkytuktuk]

6 hours ago, lopas said:

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

 

 

Worked there since 2012 and is still wearing the same shirt 5 years later. Wow!

[bartender100]

Plenty of Russian waitress in Hooters Pattaya

[balo]

This guy is French and been living in Thailand for 20 years.with his Thai wife   I am pretty sure he has a permit to work , maybe he is the owner of that place now. 

 

 

 

[webfact]

Netizens say farang waiter serving Chinatown tourists is 'genius' (VIDEO)

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

 

Photo: YouLike/ Facebook

 

BANGKOK: -- Thai netizens showed their approval for a farang waiter at a boiled rice stall in Chinatown and admired the shop owner for the brilliant idea of hiring an English speaker to serve tourists.

 

A video of of the farang waiter serving tourists at a stall in Soi Plang Nam went viral on Facebook last night.

 

The poster wrote: "Hiring a farang to sell food to other farang customers. Genius idea!"

 

Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2017/02/06/netizens-say-farang-waiter-serving-chinatown-tourists-genius-video

 

-- © Copyright Coconuts Bangkok 2017-02-07

[Thaiwrath]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

"Hiring a farang to sell food to other farang customers. Genius idea!"

Not sure we're reading from the same dictionary.

[steven100]

The last time a farang tried this his life collapsed on him, and he was just making burgers. 

[Borzandy]

16 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

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

 

 

Not yet, but just after viewing this video.

[malcoml]

15 hours 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.

Are you sure she was working.

 

It is very rare to see them work.

 

Might have been Cambodian.

[6thST]

16 hours ago, lemonjelly said:

Poor chap, he's doomed 

Who is the owner of the restaurant???

 

[BEngBKK]

Or he simply have a Thai citizen ship ????

P.s ..

His food is good 

[outsider]

It's funny how the Thai society - in general - gets all worked up over everything and anything with a caucasian in it.

[graeme64]

14 hours ago, Thian said:

 

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.

I am guessing you get treated like this when you return to a restaurant for a 3rd / 4th time! ? I have lived in Thailand  8 years, for the last 6 I would say I eat out 5 times a week, and I am not always the easiest person to get along with - I am NEVER treated like this in a restaurant. Might be a case of the chicken and egg - do you have a disdainful attitude towards them because they treat you badly, do they treat you badly cause of your attitude towards them.

 

Before you get all huffy and shitty with me - lets see how many people on here comment and defend you and say they get the same treatment in restaurants. If a number do - then your opinion seems justified, but I just don't see that happening. I don't have a Thai wife to help me order, I try what very little Thai I have and I get by just fine. 

 

You understand the concept of tipping don't you? Especially in VERY Thai places and VERY small TIP makes them pretty bloody happy and they do remember next time. 

 

That my experience any way. 

[BEngBKK]

4 minutes ago, outsider said:

It's funny how the Thai society - in general - gets all worked up over everything and anything with a caucasian in it.

From my experience the thais actually think it is impressive that a farrang want to do their low skilled jobs...

 

[remobb]

He's not working as a waiter. He's training Thai and Chinese how to do it properly.