webfact Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Cabbie fined 2,000 baht for mocking a passenger ugly BANGKOK: -- A taxi driver was fined 2,000 baht and forced to attend a three-hour course of good public service by the Land Transport Department for mocking a female passenger as ugly and ordering her and her boyfriend out of his car. The incident took place in front of JJ Green market on Sunday night and was recorded by one of the two passengers using his smart phone. The video clip was live-streamed on the Facebook page of Pinpin Parinya which received over 110,000 views. Pinpin Parinya began his live-streaming by saying how many taxies they had to hail before they could get one. The first taxi refused to take them, but the second accepted both of them. Having boarded the taxi, the woman lamented that she hailed several taxis but none agreed to accept her. Then the cabbie interjected: “Because you are ugly, so none of them accepted you!”. And he giggled. That offensive remark disappointed Pinpin Parinya who blurted: “Why you said that?” Then the two were chased out of the car and a quarrel broke out followed by a brief fistfight. Later on, the two lodged a complaint with passengers’ protection call centre at 1584. The cabbie, identified as Somsak Sansak, was detected on Monday and summoned to the inspection division of the Land Transport Department. Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/cabbie-fined-2000-baht-mocking-passenger-ugly/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-03-21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaiwrath Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 24 minutes ago, webfact said: a quarrel broke out followed by a brief fistfight. Also known as 'handbags at dawn' over here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveAustin Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Can't we see the cabbie's face then so we can all laugh at his ugly mug? What is wrong with these imbeciles anyway? Wants to beat them up because she asked why he said she was ugly. Is it really a case of small willy syndrome? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Bangkok cabbies - the creme de la creme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 In any other sane country who value of safety of the public transportation users this chump will be out of a job and brought to answer charges of assault and causing a public nuisance, but this is Thailand, where those values are non existent.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxo1947 Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Aren't we going to get to see a photo of the ugly passengers.....Opps sorry...the Cosmetically challenged passengers..................... --------------------------------------- Years ago in Kiwi land---I went on a 3 day drinking, drugs -and debauchery bender-- , I woke up next to a really f,%$#g ugly woman....... I was so glad I had manage to make it home safely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkidlad Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Fist fight with your customers. Stay classy. If me and my missus get refused a few cabs, she always tells the guy who says yes that taxis before refused us. Taxi drivers always just smile and say that they're different. Which is what this guy should have said. We also always tip nice taxi drivers who drive safely. They should have an app where you can review every taxi journey. Get a good score and it's shown on a light on the top of your cab. If you get many complaints, you get the dunce light with a warning. Don't like it then get a new career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klauskunkel Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 If you have the time you could turn the game around: hail a taxi and then refuse them. "I'm not going where you are going", "Your taxi is too old", "Not enough amulets hanging from rearview mirror", "Smells bad", "Radio too loud"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seminomadic Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 SUPPORT UBER so these f***s HAVE to straighten out their act to keep pace if they wanna put food on the table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 No wonder they want to keep uber out.. they would lose so many customers because their service is just not up to scratch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitman Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 25 minutes ago, klauskunkel said: If you have the time you could turn the game around: hail a taxi and then refuse them. "I'm not going where you are going", "Your taxi is too old", "Not enough amulets hanging from rearview mirror", "Smells bad", "Radio too loud"... Hiso neighbours of me do that, they don't accept old taxi's and at night it's not easy to spot them. The other day we needed a taxi at the mainroad, there was an old taxi waiting there but we hailed a All Thai taxi...the old one drove to us while flashing his lights but i pointed at the ATT taxi showing my thumb up....555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladada Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Whats the door number of the taxi? It looks same guy that was deliberately menacing other driver whilst I was passenger the other day, luckily none of the other drivers took the bait. Didnt put a complaint as picked up near where I live but If W followed by the same two repeated two digit numbers - wont specify exactly for name and shame rules - but if same guy then it's not a one-off day and I will put it in.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeneeds Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Ugly as a hat full of A - holes, there are some really nice people in a service to the public too bad many are not employed by the taxi service, in LOS, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realenglish1 Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 WOW I dont get it If they charge too much or scam you out of money they are only fined 1.000 baht But if they call your girlfriend Ugly the get fined 2,000 baht Tell me what's wrong with this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracyb Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 More good reasons to use UBER! Call them and they'll pick you up anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sphere Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 4 hours ago, webfact said: mocking a female passenger as ugly Have those good samaritans offered her a movie role yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tominbkk Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 And they wonder why uber and grab are popular? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happyman58 Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Hailed a taxi down in Bangkok Can you take me to Australian embassy? Answer was NO Road is to busy Now can anyone tell me what road is not busy in Bangkok? So i asked the taxi driver you are a taxi driver are you not? That is your job Can anyone tell any other cities in the world where taxi drivers say no when you ask them to take you somewhere? I cant think of any Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inepto Cracy Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 33 minutes ago, Happyman58 said: Hailed a taxi down in Bangkok Can you take me to Australian embassy? Answer was NO Road is to busy Now can anyone tell me what road is not busy in Bangkok? So i asked the taxi driver you are a taxi driver are you not? That is your job Can anyone tell any other cities in the world where taxi drivers say no when you ask them to take you somewhere? I cant think of any Singapore. Four years ago, I was standing in a taxi rank area outside of a big shopping centre and the next taxi pulled up to me and asked where I was going to. I said Sentosa and he said no go and drove off. The next taxi drove up and asked me where I was going, Sentosa I said and jumped in. We had driven a bit and the taxi driver asked me why the taxi in front of him had not taken me, I told him he refused me. Long tale, but the taxi I was in, asked for my contact details as he was going to lodge a complaint against the other taxi for refusing me. Four months later I received a phone call from the Taxi man, there had been a hearing, the taxi driver who had refused me, on the grounds it was his knock off time and my destination was too far. The offending taxi lost his license to ever drive a taxi again. In Singapore it is a serious offense not to accept a passenger. Thailand however, well lets just say nobody gives a toot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Maybe the passenger was ugly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malibukid Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 (edited) and you wonder why Uber is becoming so popular. send these guys back to the rice paddies Edited March 21, 2017 by malibukid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkgriz Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 2 hours ago, Happyman58 said: Hailed a taxi down in Bangkok Can you take me to Australian embassy? Answer was NO Road is to busy Now can anyone tell me what road is not busy in Bangkok? So i asked the taxi driver you are a taxi driver are you not? That is your job Can anyone tell any other cities in the world where taxi drivers say no when you ask them to take you somewhere? I cant think of any That used to drive me absolutely crazy. About the only time the roads in BKK aren't busy is 2-4 am. I used taxis every day in BKK and found so many drivers to be complete buffaloes. Go back to Issan if you don't want traffic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJAS Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Clearly the Basil Fawlty of the taxi driving world: http://www.quotes.net/show-quote/30612 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonmarleesco Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 I imagine that would not have occurred in an Uber car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djayz Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 I'll never understand why they don't just drive passengers from A to B. They should keep their gobs shut unless spoken to or at least try to have a normal, civilized conversation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerojero Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Excellent! About time the unruly cabbies pit in their place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Perhaps we should get rid of the taxis and just keep Uber! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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