Foreigners 'Begging' In Central Bangkok?

[speckio]

2 hours ago, SpeakeasyThai said:

Why don't you mind your own business? Are they bothering anyone or making a disturbance? You need to think in a more pisitive manner instead of judging or thinking the worse of other people.

 

this kind of breaks the image of all westerners having money. its interesting they chose to set camp at paragon which is considered upper class on par with Beverly hills...  if they were thai  or even Asian looking they would have been shooed away or arrested immediately! That particular area is almost immaculate in terms of cleanliness and devoid of street vendors.

 

[elgordo38]

58 minutes ago, ResandePohm said:

I take my hat of to young people who can work their way around the world in this manner

Careful they do not snatch it to use as a depository while playing. It seems that even among the young "whites" today that the live for today mentality is alive and well. A lot of testiness on this topic must be the heat. 

[Grubster]

In Chicago you need a permit to do this and they have been banned from many areas including airports.  I like the ones playing music, I can't stand the ones following me down the street begging. 

[fruitman]

I have also seen them and don't like it.

 

They had enough money to buy a ticket to Bangkok and if they can't afford to rent a room/buy food they should go home to work more.

 

Now they give all us farang a bad reputation, i hope the Thai arrest them and dump them at their embassies.

 

If i want to sponsor a begging person i would rather give it to a Thai grandma who's selling flowers/peanuts on a sidewalk. But there are also handicapped Thai on the markets (without any arms/legs) who can also use some money to buy food.

 

Go home you spoiled brats....

[little mary sunshine]

25 minutes ago, speckio said:

this kind of breaks the image of all westerners having money. its interesting they chose to set camp at paragon which is considered upper class on par with Beverly hills...  if they were thai  or even Asian looking they would have been shooed away or arrested immediately! That particular area is almost immaculate in terms of cleanliness and devoid of street vendors.

 

Low life's to lazy to work!

[sanukjim]

3 hours ago, SpeakeasyThai said:

Why don't you mind your own business? Are they bothering anyone or making a disturbance? You need to think in a more pisitive manner instead of judging or thinking the worse of other people.

Hey speakeasy,Are you just sticking up for fellow bums like you ?

[bkkgriz]

47 minutes ago, billd766 said:

 

But America is actually the United States of America.

 

Perhaps it was one of these countries that DO start with A.

 

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

Andorra

Angola

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Armenia

Aruba

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

 

Sigh, read the OP and then the third response. Dude is claiming they are Americans for no reason other than to bash Americans. Are you being obtuse or pedantic? Either way, it's pretty annoying.

[ResandePohm]

1 minute ago, little mary sunshine said:

Low life's to lazy to work!

Why don't you live up to your name and shed a little sunshine. They are probably students taking a gap-year (sabbatical) and backpacking Asia. I did the same when i was young but around Europe. Didn't do busking because I couldn't play an instrument but did washing dishes in kitchens or working in a bar. These jobs as we all know are not available to them in Thailand. Many Buskers are professional musicians who supplement their incomes by Busking.

Suggest you give them a break and let them spread a little musical happiness and take your misery elsewhere.

[transam]

1 minute ago, ResandePohm said:

Why don't you live up to your name and shed a little sunshine. They are probably students taking a gap-year (sabbatical) and backpacking Asia. I did the same when i was young but around Europe. Didn't do busking because I couldn't play an instrument but did washing dishes in kitchens or working in a bar. These jobs as we all know are not available to them in Thailand. Many Buskers are professional musicians who supplement their incomes by Busking.

Suggest you give them a break and let them spread a little musical happiness and take your misery elsewhere.

But unfortunately these kids probably don't know they could end up in the slammer....This ain't farangland...

[JayBird]

I understand young adults working  on holidays and enjoying travelling.  That's cool and admirable.  But, getting a part-time job as a cook/bartender/waitress or doing manual labour for 4 hours a day somewhere, or (if they can) a part time job teaching or something is one thing.  But spending your day sitting in the hot sun sucking up exhaust fumes while on a (probably) 30 day visa in order to make a couple hundred baht does not sound like a *wise* use of time.

 

If you are travelling and visiting for 6 months (I think Aussies do this in the UK a bit?) that's one thing.  But when you are time constrained, should the time not be spent visiting rather than raising funds (especially when raising of funds can be done before you depart).

 

It just seemed odd and inefficient.  Made me wonder if there was something else going on?

 

Rash of thefts leaving them with no choice but this to raise emergency funds?

Recent program opened up to young tourists letting them visit for 6 months at a time (so they need to raise capital while visiting)

It's fashionable or vogue to do this? (I don't know, I'm old and have been advised to avoid Facebook so I don't keep up with them youngin')

 

Or perhaps just bad planning?  Just seemed odd is all.

 

[little mary sunshine]

9 minutes ago, ResandePohm said:

Why don't you live up to your name and shed a little sunshine. They are probably students taking a gap-year (sabbatical) and backpacking Asia. I did the same when i was young but around Europe. Didn't do busking because I couldn't play an instrument but did washing dishes in kitchens or working in a bar. These jobs as we all know are not available to them in Thailand. Many Buskers are professional musicians who supplement their incomes by Busking.

Suggest you give them a break and let them spread a little musical happiness and take your misery elsewhere.

LMS backpacks through Europe before starting College.   Worked, saved

my money and never embarrassed myself or my Coumtry.  When the

money was low after 50 days, I returned to my Country and went to

work.

 

In the 50's my Father took the Family to S America, we were told to

be on our best behavior because we represented not only ourselves 

and The Family, but also our Country.....in those days people took

pride in themselves and their Country!!!

 

 

[whaleboneman]

4 hours ago, SpeakeasyThai said:

Why don't you mind your own business? Are they bothering anyone or making a disturbance? You need to think in a more pisitive manner instead of judging or thinking the worse of other people.

I think you may want to read what you wrote-several times.

[louse1953]

5 hours ago, JayBird said:

I didn't want to just come out and say 'White'

There a few white faces left in the US you know.

[louse1953]

41 minutes ago, ResandePohm said:

Why don't you live up to your name and shed a little sunshine. They are probably students taking a gap-year (sabbatical) and backpacking Asia. I did the same when i was young but around Europe. Didn't do busking because I couldn't play an instrument but did washing dishes in kitchens or working in a bar. These jobs as we all know are not available to them in Thailand. Many Buskers are professional musicians who supplement their incomes by Busking.

Suggest you give them a break and let them spread a little musical happiness and take your misery elsewhere.

Playing a water jug is hardly professional.They are usually hanging around India and Nepal.I have talked to them,professional bludgers is all they are.Give them nothing.

[Catoni]

2 hours ago, JayBird said:

 

 

fascism is the opposite of socialism

 

 

 

 

        To the ordinary person in the street they are the same thing.  Forms of highly regulated authoritarianism/totalitarianism controlling our lives an promising us everything.

 

    It makes little difference which boot crushes your freedom.....the boot of fascism, socialism/communism, or some form of theocratic dictatorship or other totalitarian system..   

 

[Foozool]

Undercover agents ?? MI5 or FBI ? 

555

[geisha]

There are also young people , not Asian, sitting on the floor in front of the Siam BTS selling photos of Thailand . There's a sign asking for help to fund their round the world travels. 

 

[bridge2bridge]

What makes you think they are Australian.

DON'T Speculate.

Print the FACTS.

 

[transam]

1 minute ago, bridge2bridge said:

What makes you think they are Australian.

DON'T Speculate.

Print the FACTS.

 

Fink corks on their hats.............

[SpeakeasyThai]

3 hours ago, sanukjim said:

Hey speakeasy,Are you just sticking up for fellow bums like you ?

Your grammar and puntuation fits your class.

[aboctok]

17 hours ago, payttayasquirt said:

"Either Australian or coming from Europe"

Really?

You know, those guys who look so Australian/European.

[mikiea]

19 hours ago, swissie said:

Young Americans ? All 37 Credit Cards "maxed-out" ? Quality tourists, for sure.

Cheers.

americans ?  hmmmm..... don't you guys have a problem with non american yuts debasing your women ? 

[mikiea]

5 hours ago, speckio said:

back packers who ran out of money?

lazy slacker over 25 yuts that do not now or ever did want to work .......in my day we called them tramps and bums . this forum is being too kind .....

[balo]

There are 1000's of foreigners overstaying their visas and some of them are begging on the streets. Been like this for years and the police don't care.

We had a Swedish man in his 40's a few months ago living on the streets near Siam for months, after fundraising he could afford a flight ticket home and seek some professional help.  

Edited March 16, 2017 by balo

[billd766]

6 hours ago, SpeakeasyThai said:

Your grammar and puntuation fits your class.

 

Are you the newly appointed HiSo member with special responsibilities for Grammar, Punctuation (note the correct spelling, unlike the way you spelt it) and Spelling?

 

If no then get off your high horse, drink your milk and realise that this is a forum where not everybody agrees with everybody else. Nor is everybody else on the forum an expert at Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling.

[billd766]

9 hours ago, bkkgriz said:

Sigh, read the OP and then the third response. Dude is claiming they are Americans for no reason other than to bash Americans. Are you being obtuse or pedantic? Either way, it's pretty annoying.

 

I am trying to be correct. Would they be North, Central or South Americans.

 

If you are going to bash a nation at least specify which nation you are bashing. It is annoying otherwise.

[whaleboneman]

27 minutes ago, billd766 said:

 

I am trying to be correct. Would they be North, Central or South Americans.

 

If you are going to bash a nation at least specify which nation you are bashing. It is annoying otherwise.

As the member in charge of geography, I must advise you that there is no nation called central america or south america or north america.

[tukkytuktuk]

At my local market on the outskirts of Bangkok there used to be a father and son selling french fries and fried chicken on a stick. They were doing that for about a year, not seen them for about 4 months. They looked eastern european to me, some baltic country.

Edited March 16, 2017 by tukkytuktuk

[silverado]

20 minutes ago, tukkytuktuk said:

At my local market on the outskirts of Bangkok there used to be a father and son selling french fries and fried chicken on a stick. They were doing that for about a year, not seen them for about 4 months. They looked eastern european to me, some baltic country.

but but but what you write about is not really begging to me.....  

and off topic , to me  

by the way , tell me how you regconize people from some baltic country (rumania , you mean ???? ) , please 

 

Edited March 16, 2017 by silverado

[samsensam]

 

i did some busking in my teens while travelling round europe. i dont think i'd be comfortable busking in a country that is poorer and has less opportunities for work than my own.

 

and once i'd left my teenage years behind i thankfully didnt need to busk to earn a living...

 

these guys often have a sign asking people to 'support their travelling', maybe i'm old fashioned but i have always supported my own travelling by getting a job, working hard and earning money.