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"Seems you are one of the 'go home' crowd as well." No, no, no! When you called me a bum and said you were well ahead of me I presumed you were already on the plane! 🙂

Hope the weather suits you!

So on your way then Klaus! 🙂

Does the "go home" crowd understand Thai people aren't 100% happy with every aspect of their country too?" No, I'm sure they don't! I think that they are of the type that are comfortably well off, so they are entirely happy here, and the exorbitant price of a bottle of decent wine bothers them not a jot!

The "mandate" from memory came from Anutin, because there had been an outbreak of a new strain at a prison, he reckoned it must have been brought in by a "farang"! 😅

I was in Tesco Lotus today, and went to get card in order to get a meal. There was a sign saying that there would be a 10 baht deposit paid which would be refunded upon the return of the card. The sign was in English, Thai, Russian and Chinese. Nuff said? "If someone doesn't like Thailand then just leave" Oh, what a comprehensive "Problem solved" statement. Never heard that suggestion before! 🤪

Do you mean "admissions" or "allegations"?

"Thailand has made too many changes over the many years I've been living here, making changes, giving in to these moaners." No, you got it wrong - I have been living here for nearly 20 years and it's the changes that have been made that has given rise to the "moaners". As I have said before, nowhere is perfect, and I am happy living here as opposed to the UK, but that doesn't mean that there is nothing about Thailand that needs changing! (IMHO!)

You can't criticise poor hotel service/standards or you get charged with defamation, now you can't criticise the country because it may damage the country's "reputation"? What next? Getting banged up for criticising Thaksin? Oh, stop, no, I never said that, sorry, I was drunk/stoned on marijuana, and I'll never do it again!

"If there is a problem, call the police and resolve it, this way." 🙂 Not been here long have you?

I have been living in Thailand for many years in one of the tourist spots, and am very fortunate in the fact that I have never actually seen a proper fight!!! A bit of pushing and shoving, but nothing ever came of it. And yes I do go out drinking at the bars!!! However, I have noticed, like yourself that the attitude of the younger generation of tourists can sometimes be a bit "arrogant", and that in itself flies in the face of what I was told about dealing with Thais - always try to be polite, and you will get polite back. Another thing which seems to be on the increase is the similar attitude among the younger Thais towards foreigners, which is not helped by the constant barrage of "farangs behaving badly" articles. Just as an example, when the local Tesco supermarket opened here a few years ago, the mostly young staff, while inexperienced, were always helpful. Now, a lot of them are sullen, and if you ask about the location of a certain item, more often you will just get a "no have" and a walk away. Also if you say "khoob-khun krab" half the time you just get ignored. So the problem is universal - I reckon a fall in standards down to poor education and a lack of discipline at home, and now I sound like my Dad did!

Speekin 4 those of us wot blame the driver, I reckon he got off light! A slapped face (assault & battery?) for 600 baht profit! (non taxable)

Yes, I remember that and thinking - "You wanted 'em, now you got 'em - quality Russians!"

Nah, he's just a baby one - just learning!

Worst thing you can do is feed him!

Your post, I believe? "He is obviously a Brit. And obviously in the wrong. Short changed the taxi driver and then physically assaulted him. So why is it on this forum we can not use the headline "Brit assaults taxi driver" Swiss Dave wasnt called Foreigner Dave. Russians, Chinese, Indians are always identified form the country they come from. Why is it that the country that causes the most problems here are protected? I am a foreigner, and I despise being tarred with the same brush as these idiots."

Goat made the point:- "So why is it on this forum we can not use the headline "Brit assaults taxi driver" Headlines running side by side today:- British tourist held for attacking Thai cab driver - update Foreign tourist robbed of 80K gold necklace in Pattaya and the opening sentence in the article:- "A Laotian tourist, Detnakhon Inthakoummane, aged 37, reported being robbed ......." Just kind of proves my point about Brits usually being mentioned in the headlines, and other nationalities are just "foreigners"!!!

Another of those pillock Brit bashers that can't read! "Abdulloh" is the name of the tuk tuk driver!!! 🤣 And how can you be "absolutely certain"about that? Do you know of any previous cases? Give us some evidence please!

"So why is it on this forum we can not use the headline "Brit assaults taxi driver" Normally they would, but in this case it's a tuk tuk driver - maybe not part of the same mafia family?

You saw what on the Thai news? That he was charged? Everything on your posts screams out "TROLL" so you are going on my "ignore" list - I have given you the benefit of the doubt on previous occasion, but not any more. You won't be winding ME up any more!

"He is obviously a Brit. And obviously in the wrong. Short changed the taxi driver and then physically assaulted him." I will agree with your first point about being a Brit, and physically assaulted him with a slap, but that is all. How do you know he tried to short change the "taxi" driver, and not the other way round? Why did the tuk tuk driver not show the Brit the note that he paid the fare with? And I think you will find that in most cases when a Brit is involved, they are called a Brit in the headline, other nationalities for the most part are called foreigners in the headline, and their nationality disclosed in the ensuing text - as well you know.

As another poster has already pointed out, the "beer swizzling foreign tourist" appears to be asking the tuk tuk driver to show him the note that he paid him with - which the driver refuses to do. And the fact that he declined to go to the police station impies to me that he suspects that the police would be more inclined to believe the tuk tuk driver than him - after all, it does appear to be the "slag a foreigner" season at the moment! Not condoning the violence, but it was hardly a "Mike Tyson special" - more of a slap to show his frustration at being scammed. However, it does appear from a later post that he is being charged for assault. I wonder what happened the numerous other times when Thai taxi/tuk tuk drivers have ganged up on and assaulted tourists in disputes over fares?

Obviously one more moron who doesn't believe that tuk tuk drivers have a reputation for trying to scam their customers?

The amount is irrelevant - if the fare was 400 baht and 1000 baht was given over, the customer is entitled to his change! It's a scam! And the fact that the baht bus/tuk tuk driver "makes a pittance" and his passenger "can afford to fly to Thailand 3 times a year" is also irrelevant. It's a scam! The passenger appears to be asking the tuk tuk driver to show him the note that he paid him with, and the driver didn't, so yes, it's still a scam! (In the video - after the tourist departed the scene, it appars to me that the driver appears to be "smirking" Anybody else see it that way?)

How do you know that the "British dolt doesn't know the difference between a 100 and 1000 baht note"? How do you know that he didn't hand over 1000 baht and not 100 baht? How do you know that the driver wasn't trying the old 1000 baht/100 baht trick?