[Thailand faces a decline in British tourists and expats: Causes and Consequences]

4 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

sloth, lack of vision and extreme arrogance. 

 

Perfect summary of all the problems in Thailand. Often, they all come down to laziness.

[Pita vows Move Forward will return stronger after charter court verdict]

13 hours ago, Excogitator said:

Pita is competent, compassionate, and intelligent. Probably the best prospective leader Thailand has ever had. I truly hope he will surive long enough, politically and otherwise, to see his hopes and dreams for this country come true.

 

He wasn't smart enough to dispose of his media company shares before the election, despite it being the same technicality that Thanathorn broke four years earlier.

 

[British tourist found dead in drain following pub crawl on notorious 'Death Island']

1 hour ago, spidermike007 said:

The reality is, when you have amassed a fortune into the hundreds of millions of dollars, from illegal land sales, you are above the law. Any and all laws.

 

Especially when you have helped to fund the crime family currently in government.

[Foreigner's Shocking Behavior On Soi 4 Sparks Outrage in Bangkok [videos]]

Finally found something useful for those damn shrines.

[AWC set to scoop jackpot from Thailand’s casino legalisation]

Nothing but a shameless ploy to attract Chinese tourists. And pocket a few baht for themselves by receiving backhanders to issue licenses. 

 

Thais will continue gambling in their own venues, like they always have done. The local mafia won't be affected. 

 

 

[Passenger charges soar at six major Thai airports]

6 hours ago, Aviatorhi said:

 

Since you're such an avid reader of the news did you see the 36 billion baht they're investing (announced 2023) for phase 3 development of DMK from 2025 to 2029? 

 

After a woman's leg was chopped off by the shoddy machinery at the airport. 

 

If you think that all of the 36 billion baht is going to the airport, or that it will be finished by 2029, I have magic beans to sell you for a million baht each.

 

[Passenger charges soar at six major Thai airports]

On 4/2/2024 at 8:46 PM, theblether said:

 

Nonsense - Thai domestic flyers have seen an increase of 30%. International passengers have seen an increase of 4%. It's the Thai domestic market that has been relatively hammered. 

 

Do you understand percentages?

[Foreigner Questions Thai Dowry: Netizens Respond]

Not a bad price. As long as the woman doesn't have kids already or a previous husband. In which case, the family should be paying him.

[Foreigner Questions Thai Dowry: Netizens Respond]

Not a bad price. As long as the woman doesn't have kids already or a previous husband. In which case, the family should be paying him.

[Passenger charges soar at six major Thai airports]

I'm sure that the world's richest airport operator (according to Bloomberg)  will re-invest every single penny of that increase to improve facilities, like the Don Mueang Airport, which is basically a relic of the 1970s. 

 

The extra revenue (millions of baht a month) will definitely not disappear into the coffers of managers and executives. Pig's might fly!

 

Seriously though... there's something seriously flawed in the Thai national mindset at every level of society that they see foreigners as their cash cow. 

[Aussie arrested in Koh Pha Ngan after joyride on stolen motorcycle]

He's Austrian not Australian. Thais and geography don't go together well.

[Service charge when redeeming app points at Coffee Shop]

I wanted to update people on the outcome of this case. 

 

The Coffee Club Thailand head office confirmed that there is no service charge when points are redeemed on their app. The 12 Baht charged by the branch on Sukhumvit 11 was a breach of their own terms and conditions. 

 

The manager refunded the 12 baht and made an apology. 

 

Now, this isn't about the money, or the fact that the staff chased after me so it looked like I was trying to leave without paying. 

 

When I returned to dispute the service charge, every one of the staff were insistent that making a service charge for the 'free' drink was correct. This is despite me explaining to them that I had redeemed points in the same branch just a couple of weeks earlier and not been given a service charge. Indeed, I've redeemed points on their app at branches around Bangkok and the rest of the country without ever having been made to pay a service charge for the free loyalty reward drinks.

 

Unfortunately, cases like this are symptomatic of Thais in almost every walk of life, but particularly in the service industry. When they don't know the answer or they do things incorrectly the simply come up with some fabrication or nonsense explanation (translation = BS) for what they're doing. 

 

The majority of Thais accept what they are told in these circumstances without questioning it. It's always the customer that loses out.

 

I would implore everyone never to accept the words that are told to them in Thailand question them critically and rationally. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Woman apologises for provocative photos at Rama I monument]

This significantly improves the view of the monument. 

[Service charge when redeeming app points at Coffee Shop]

2 hours ago, freeworld said:

Need to read the terms and conditions of the business for obtaining and redeeming the points/rewards.

 

I've read them. No mention of service charges being added when points are redeemed. 

[Service charge when redeeming app points at Coffee Shop]

1 hour ago, eyeman said:

 

Yes, absolutely, and all those 12 bahts going into the pockets of hard working people, it could add up to thousands over the years, heck they might even be able to afford a small break away from Bangkok or a treat on their birthday at this rate. Nothing makes me sicker than hard working people getting a small bonus from the pool of service charge they accumulated.. 🤮 I've called BBC Panorama and they are on the way..

 

We're all 'working people'. Stop the patronizing attitude that just because people come from semi-developed countries it's ok for them to cheat.

[Service charge when redeeming app points at Coffee Shop]

4 minutes ago, tjintx said:

If I were you, I wouldn't worry about that 12 baht coffee.

 

I'd get a lawyer and sue!

 

If a cafe can wrongly charge 12 baht to one person for one 'free' coffee, they can do it for other items, to other people, on other days, which in a year adds up to significant amounts. 

 

[Service charge when redeeming app points at Coffee Shop]

I've used the Coffee app for the reward points for a while and never had problems. But at the weekend I used the loyalty reward points to get a coffee from the branch on Sukhumvit 

 

After finishing the the drink, they brought a bill for the 'service charge' on the initial coffee price. No actual money was exchanged for the one 'free' coffee but I had to pay 12 Baht service charge.

 

This has never happened before in any branches of the cafe when using their reward points.

 

It also makes no sense to add a service charge to something that's 'free'.

 

There are no mentions of this in their app terms and conditions. 

 

What are the legalities surrounding this? Has anyone had a similar experience with this company. 

[Immigration officers told to increase screening of foreigners in Thailand]

They should start with Pattaya and some of the big shots there who think the laws don't apply to them 'because it's Pattaya'. 

[EC to Ask Court to Dissolve MFP]

We can't post the real reason. This forum doesn't allow. 

[Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi soars to seventh heaven in luxury airport rankings]

Anybody who has experienced the food in Suvarnabhumi's 'Miracle Lounge' can testify that this survey is nonsense. 

[Majority of 12,000 Thais in Dubai are working illegally – Thai consul general]

They're not 'lured'. They go there willingly and knowing it's illegal because - surprise surprise - they want to earn more money. 

 

I have no sympathy with them and when Abdul starts treating them bad, it should not be the responsibility of the Thai Embassy and the taxpayer to bring them home. 

[Govt questions ranking of Suvarnabhumi, Don Mueang in ‘Worst Airport’ list by UK publisher]

Another Thai with their head in the sand who believes their little kingdom is the centre of the earth and who hates being told otherwise. The truth is that Thailand will be a semi-developed dump for another few decades at least.

[Bangkok airports hit turbulence: Ranked among world’s worst]

Passengers having their legs chopped off by the travelators and fliers smuggling live animals onto planes probably doesn't help.

 

Those things and the multi-billion dollars of corruption that goes hand-in-hand with state-run airports in Thailand. 

[Violent clash between Thai and Filipino trans groups rocks Bangkok]

Thai cops overpowered by a bunch of screeching men in frocks. Typical of the pathetic native police as soon as they're faced with the slightest conflict instead of having their boots licked while being handed cash. 

[Thai Airways’ turbulence at Suvarnabhumi: Transport minister threatens contract termination]

On 2/19/2024 at 10:17 AM, scorecard said:

About 15 years ago (just a guess) a foreigner was appointed to the board of directors. The man had achieved Thai citizenship many years beforehand, had an impressive work achievement managerial record and could read/write speak Thai language same as a Thai national.

 

First meeting, many Thai members of the board of directors refused to be seated and made it very clear they refused to work with a foreigner and they refused to accept that he had Thai citizenship, had worked in LOS is snr. positions for a couple of decades with impressive results / performance ratings. He was 'let go'.

 

Ordinarily it would take a generation or two before the country changes. The current graduates who are reasonably intelligent and open minded would replace those in senior positions in all walks of life.

 

But in Thailand, the army and police are given the best jobs in any influential positions. Usually because they bribe their way up the ladder. Everything in Thailand for the last 70 years has been about the army retaining power.

 

Move Forward knew this and it's why they wanted to reduce the power of the military.