Thread: When the locals are morons, a few examples, add yours too.

Originally Posted by Spin

Originally Posted by mad_dog

I can't remember saying that Spin me old mate.

Well let me refresh your memory!

Originally Posted by mad_dog

Thais are like little dogs people get for Christmas cute and brainless and good for a laugh but don't expect anything of them and don't be supprised if you tire of them and drown them in the bath.

from:Linky (Thai Mentality)

Ya got me there lad. It's got a bit of truth to it I suppose but after a scrape with cancer in your twenties you tend to look on the brightside.

A couple more examples of Thai moron-ity:

Straws: How important are these things? I mean, do you drink using one? and if you do, how far do you go out of your way to be able to get one each time you buy a bottle of water?
I stopped using a straw when I reached junior school, which was when I was 11 years old,and after that I felt I was grown up enough to drink from the bottle, unless I was having a carton of Ribena or similar.
Here in Thailand I get wierd looks because I won't take my straw every time I buy a drink somewhere, even beer. It gets thrust into my face like you can't consume the bloody drink without it.

Seeing an ambulance stuck in a traffic jam when the car in front has one occupant in it, talking on a mobile phone, not budging an inch: Nuff said.

Originally Posted by DJ Pat

Straws: How important are these things?

Pretty important when a bottle has been sitting in a dirty environment getting covered with dust and rat shit, I would've thought.

^^Oh yeah I suppose so, well apart from that then.

After last nights session I am too tired to comment but I will start with putting clothing on dogs.

DJ Pat, I think you would have related to this thread:

https://teakdoor.com/the-teakdoor-lou...y-love-em.html (Plastic bags - they love 'em)

Except the straws are not in wrappers and they sit out too. And then some nose picker that never washes their hands grabs it and sticks it the bottle or can that you bought..........

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Originally Posted by DJ Pat

Straws: How important are these things?

Pretty important when a bottle has been sitting in a dirty environment getting covered with dust and rat shit, I would've thought.

The straw denotes the excellent service in Thailand; buy a yougurt, a sandwich and can on sprite in a 7/11 a smiling clerk will pack your bag give you a plastic spoon, a straw and napkin. If you buy beer they will automatically double bag your beers. In England you have to fill the damn bag yourself and worry that the monosylabic >80 IQ'd thing behind the counter will give you spots or warts or dried snot.

Originally Posted by Spin

If I'm in an attempted conversation with a Thai, another Thai might butt into the conversation and the person I was speaking to will drop my conversation and then speak to the other Thai. This happens all the time and is very annoying.

One of my absolute least-favourite traits of Thais . . . it really gets my goat.

In fact so many examples on a day-to-day basis that it is hard to list them all, though many have been mentioned here already.

Friday: I told my staff that they could have Saturday off. A few said 'Thank you' and were quite pleased. Most of the others simply said 'ok, ok'. Fuckers!

Thursday: Had a guy come back from an installation, where he also picked up cash payment. He arrived minus 2000baht he borrowed 'can deduct from salary' and 1000baht for diesel . . . no receipt.

This has happened far too often but despite many takings-to it simply doesn't change. Fired one guy for the same thing but the morons simply won't learn.


My absolute favourite/least favourite attitude:

They stuff up and blame you.

Originally Posted by Looper

I stayed in Canada for a while and the contrast is funny. You just have to glance across the road in Canada and all the traffic screeches to a halt incase you were thinking about stepping out.

Not in Quebec they don't. They edge across the green man. Back when we lived there my old man smashed a car headlight with his metal briefcase when somebody nudged his leg with a car.
Took a good swing with it and cracked the glass. He then waited there for the police to arrive. Told him to go and fined the driver.

Merge the plastic bag thread and this one, and I also gotta mention that yes, they give you a spoon with your yoghurt, but it's so small that you would take three days to finish your yoghurt.

Originally Posted by panama hat

He arrived minus 2000baht he borrowed 'can deduct from salary' and 1000baht for diesel . . . no receipt.

Making decisions on your behalf!, you must be a real nice guy, Me I'd have fired the prick!

just withhold 3K from his paycheck.

1K for the initial loan
1K for the diesel (until he can come up with the reciept)
1K for the reciproical loan

Tell him you're good for it and you'll get 'im back the following payday. And smile -- big big.

The initial loan was 2,000.

I did deduct it from his salary, and the diesel would have come to about 600 baht - this is not the first time he's just taken things, but to keep the peace, and he is a very nice guy and a good salesman (plus he has a huge durian farm and gives them to me FoC)

Anyway, I just posted this in another thread, but will repeat it here, same guy:

Speaking of low, here's another gem from all the happy days we have here.

One of our salesmen had to quit because his wife is a loony - she wanted him to stop because he was using the truck. Strange that as he is a salesman - well, the truck broke down a few months ago and I paid for the repairs, though he gets a monthly car allowance.

Last month it broke down again, same problem that he had had 'fixed'. So, his old bag is livid, screams at Mrs hat and me, phones the rest of our staff on Sunday mornings and every morning before 6 to rant and rave and promising that she'll cause trouble.

We tried talking but they are now both so sure of themselves being in the right that they are going around telling everyone, even customers, how bad we are . . . now they want me to pay rental for the truck for the months he has been employed . . .

So, last night we come home from an installation and he is at the factory, sitting at a table and doing some electrical work for himself, while getting soused on beer . . . He starts throwing thing around, telling me that it is not safe for us to live in this town (60.000), how awful we are etc . . .

So, I decide to either duff him or talk to him - - - the latter proves the stronger and after a few minutes he is all sedate and says how much he likes me and that he'd like to work . . . yadday,yadday,yaddah.

This morning none of the women staff show up because of this turd chucking a loony last night and our schedule is full.

Bloody morons, I have really had enough of these people.

So, anyone care to make snide remarks again about 'better off in Singapore'? Yes, much better. We were also better off in Oz, NZ, HK, The Netherlands, France, San Jose etc . . .

Singapore shits all over this place in every respect.