Daily Moan

[thaimeme]

There are very few people in this world that I actively dislike, so it's unfortunate that one of them happens to be my (Chinese peasant) father in law who is staying with us at the moment.
Apart from his general smarmy grinning, mumbling demeanor he's dumber than a housebrick and a toilet brush has more personality.
He shuffles around barely lifting his feet when he walks, mumbling when he speaks barely moving his lips. I can't understand a word he says and can't stand the sight of the odious little cretin (5 foot nothing).
He has a kind of passive aggressive nature and the manners of a pig. I refuse to eat at the same table as him such is the disgusting noise when he's slurping and slopping and smacking his food down.
Walks around the house hoicking and spitting into any sink. Went into the bathroom he uses the other day and there's a pile of semi solid loogies on the floor BESIDE the toilet bowl, he's been hoicking on the floor rather than in the bowl the disgusting little maggot.
Caught him hoicking out the 9th floor window (there are people cars kids playing etc down there depending on which way the winds blowing) the other day.
But to top it off, and the straw that prompted this little rant was in China at New Years the kids get 'hong bao' red envelopes with money inside from relatives and friends. Depending on the relationship it could be 5-100 kuai (Yuan).
The kids collect these and at the end of the season count them up and I don't know about other families but we put most of it in the bank for them, giving a little discretionary spending money.
Anyway, I digress.
Fortunately the wife keeps a close eye on it. She knows exactly who gave how much and in which envelope it is and where the envelopes are. The young daughters in our room, the sons in his bedroom drawer. The wife had been looking for a particular hongbao that had 200 in it (daughters) and asked the old man, he denied seeing it, but the next day she went to talk to him and saw him quickly stuff something red under his pillow. She investigated and found it was the missing envelope, now empty.
he claimed it was empty when he found it.
To cut a long story short the horrible little kunt has been skulking around the house pilfering the kids money. His grandkids money ffs! (he admitted it)
I'm just waiting for the missus to give the word and he's out on the bus back to the fucking village where he can rot.
he's been staying with us because of his health, he's developing diabetes, and we've spent loads on him. The wife is understandably upset but I don't think she wants to be so brutal to her father but as far as I'm concerned he can just fuck right off right now.
OK, Rant over.
Oh, a friend bought over a couple boxes of weetbix a while back. My favourite breakfast cereal and impossible to get here.
One box should last 20 breakfasts. I went to open the second box and it was all but empty. Little shit for brains ate it all in a week (when I wasn't looking).
Rant really over.

Poor old gent.
On the bright side, it could be worse for the old guy.
He could have a less tolerant SIL, Cuj.....

[Stumpy]

Think about 1300 sq ft (120 sq meter) for 19,5 Mil baht for a generic home in a marginal neighborhood.

Living the dream JPPR. Both of us have been there...

Indeed ltnt.

[Stumpy]

If you were Indian you wouldn't question the reasoning JPPR. Escape!

Yeah I suppose. CISCO is basically a legal human trafficking organization. They bring India folks over on 90- 120 day work permits, train them and then send them back to their call centers. They take over all the bus's and the local trains. While I have not been on any I have heard from others it can have a strong stench.

[ltnt]

Yeah I suppose. CISCO is basically a legal human trafficking organization.

This has been going on since the 80's, along with layoffs of qualified US Citizens as a resource to lower labor costs. All of the Silicone Valley does it, with CISCO being one of many. Intel, Apple, Yahoo, you name it. Many work production jobs not high tech, so I never understood the labor shortages of qualified workers. Its not like San Jose or the Bay Area for that matter lacks qualified labor.

Bechtel Corp started a off-shore operation in the late 80's for their design Engineering operations in Mumbai...it almost eliminated all Engineering done by the company in the USA. Privately held companies don't have to report to anybody their inner workings.

I suspect if the US wanted to gain full employment of its citizens they would pass laws forbidding off-shore tax exemptions as well, cast out all foreign non-citizen workers. Not going to happen, especially with the large influx of Mexican, Central American and S. A. folks in the country illegally.

Pretty similar labor needs filled as here with the Burmese, Cambodians and Laos. The Thai government is looking for money by setting up land taxes or increases in the VAT from 7% to 10% as of today's report. Why not tax those employers who use foreign labor and the labor itself? Won't happen.

[VocalNeal]

especially with the large influx of Mexican, Central American and S. A. folks in the country illegally.

I told my children that if they only achieved the same education as the average Mexican, that's what they would end up getting paid. The same as the average Mexican...

[Sumocakewalk]

Spatially challenged Thai drivers, which pretty much means 99.9% of them.

If they aren't 'driving' straight at you in your own lane just so they can avoid the vehicle parked on their side of the road, they're running you off the road when overtaking in your direction.

Early last evening I was riding the motorcy along a two lane highway going through a section of gentle 'S' curves. I was aware of a black Honda CRV coming up behind me so I made sure to keep to the side of the road to give it plenty of room to pass. Just as we approached a left hander, the idiot goes around me and turns into the corner leaving me with half a meter clearance between the edge of the road and his left rear fender. I had to brake to keep from being run off the road. No one was coming in the other direction. I gave him a blast of the horn and held my left hand out in a "why'd you have to do that" kind of gesture, and the idiot just ambled on like nothing happened.

[misskit]

^ Don't get me started.

[boloa]

^^ Did he give you one of those smiles ??

[VocalNeal]

^^ Did he give you one of those smiles ??

Which one of the 21?

Actually the key is always take up enough road so you have an escape route. Like riding a bicycle with a red flag out the side. So Sumo would have been better off an extra half a meter into the lane to give an extra half to take avoiding action.

[Sumocakewalk]

It was not dark yet, but due to the CRV having dark tinted windows, I could not see the driver clearly. The person's driving was clueless to the point that I would be surprised if they even noticed my horn blast.

About positioning yourself on the road to take more of it up, that's a tricky one and I could foresee that as working in some cases, but in others it might make matters worse. It might boil down to basic luck or bad luck sometimes. If you're out there taking up more of the lane and the person coming up behind you is so inattentive that they don't even notice your presence, they may accidentally run over you. Or, if it's someone with a short fuse, they might get annoyed to the point where road rage takes over and they get aggressive with you.

[Troy]

Actually the key is always take up enough road so you have an escape route. Like riding a bicycle with a red flag out the side. So Sumo would have been better off an extra half a meter into the lane to give an extra half to take avoiding action.

I would agree in Europe and the USA and possibly on a big bike in Thailand...but for the average small bike I see riding around it would be suicidal.

[misskit]

The idiot from Baan and Beyond!

Yesterday, my friend was arriving from Bangkok and I went to pick her up at the airport. Her flight was delayed and I stopped in at Baan and Beyond to pass some time. Ended up buying a garden umbrella for 1200 baht which I paid for with a debit card.

In the evening, after dinner, as I was getting hunkered down for movie time, the phone rings. It's a woman from Baan and Beyond who is hyperventilating saying "I know it's our fault, but blah blah blah so come in tomorrow to swipe your card again." Before I can answer, she goes into another round of "the people behind you blah blah blah voided blah blah blah, so come in tomorrow to swipe your card at your convenience."

I replied that it wasn't convenient for me to come in tomorrow, that I would be in the area on Sunday and could sort out the problem then. She wasn't satisfied with that and launched into another round of breathless swipe your card tomorrow. Told her again it wasn't convenient and I would transfer 1200 baht immediately if she would give me the details. Can't do that, tomorrow swipe card swipe card swipe card tomorrow.....

Now she wants me to give her my cell phone number. HAH! says I.

She states she will send me an email asking for permission to clear the problem with my bank. I says ok. However, I look at my email this morning and she's sent a swipe card tomorrow swipe card tomorrow email, nothing about contacting my bank.

Thinking of telling her to piss off if she calls again.

[ltnt]

^Are you positive she is whom you think she was?

[misskit]

No but she knew how much my transaction was at B&B.

[thailazer]

No but she knew how much my transaction was at B&B.

Might want to check your account to see if there are any charges there. Does sound like it didn't take and she is trying to keep her boss from finding out. I'd tell her to wait also.

[ltnt]

^Could be one of the clerks friends...never give information over the telephone, rule number fuk'ng 1. We got what I call "nuisance," calls from reps supposedly of Central. I reported this first hand to Centrals Management.

Central Management got all over their computers lists of clients...stopped all such future calls. Not part of Centrals staff or routine. Report to company you're event.

[Boon Mee]

Now she wants me to give her my cell phone number. HAH! says I.

Mai kho jai.

If she has your land line number, what does she want the cell # for?

[VocalNeal]

On the other hand her employer will take the 1200B out of her salary if the problem is not resolved. Sometimes honest mistakes happen.

[Jesus Jones]

Thai fuckin' skills or lack off. Battery on CRV totally dead 2 weeks ago. Called electrician to check electronics, ECM, powertrain and alternator etc. Guy says battery dead and need to change. Or you sure I ask. Yes, positive.

2 days ago lost control of car while driving to fashion Island. Power steering has a mind of its own and plows the curb and I end up in loading bay of Fashion. Car was totally dead. I manage to restart but the steering was violently moving from left to right.

Get it home, check it out myself and find the powertrain is at fault. Now in Honda. Why are they so fuckin' dumb and unreliable most of the time.

Thank fuckery I wasn't on the highway at 120kph when this happened.

[misskit]

^^ My problem is, she isn't making any effort on her part to get the problem fixed other than telling me to come in and swipe my card tomorrow (today) which I have no intention of doing.

[thailazer]

^^ My problem is, she isn't making any effort on her part to get the problem fixed other than telling me to come in and swipe my card tomorrow (today) which I have no intention of doing.

Give her my cell phone number. Stuck inside with the smoke and it's driving me batty so any distraction is a good.

[ltnt]

^^When you finally do go in, be sure to deal with the manager not the help. I suspect all persons, its my nature.

[Latindancer]

2 days ago lost control of car while driving to fashion Island. Power steering has a mind of its own and plows the curb and I end up in loading bay of Fashion. Car was totally dead. I manage to restart but the steering was violently moving from left to right.

Get it home, check it out myself and find the powertrain is at fault. Now in Honda. Why are they so fuckin' dumb and unreliable most of the time.

Thank fuckery I wasn't on the highway at 120kph when this happened.

Indeed ! You'd think there would be all sorts of systems in place to prevent that type of occurrence. I won't be buying one of them.

[ltnt]

819/J.J., Sounds a bit like "buyers regret?" Good you found something to stop you.

Once fixed, saying that humorously, take it as fast as you can to the nearest Honda dealer other than the one you are currently dealing with, get an offer and trad it in on a new one...or a Toyota 4 x 4....

[thailazer]

What is it about Thai restaurant workers that they have to pack tissue so tight into the holders? Had lunch at a place today and just about had to use a "jaws-of-life" to get a tissue out, and then of course half the stack comes falling out. How about some of that middle-of-the-road stuff when packing a tissue holder?