geovalin Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 The deputy director of the Siem Reap provincial Registration and Driver’s Licence Unit at the Department of Public Works and Transport who last week pointed at the number plate of a car taken in for a technical check with her foot has been transferred. Sim Sophat’s transfer to the department’s General Affairs Bureau came after social media criticism that she had committed misconduct and an indecent act. “She has to appear at the General Affairs Bureau every working hour. The General Affairs Bureau, the Registration and Driver’s Licence Unit and Sophat have to cooperate to ensure the resolution is executed effectively,” states a letter dated Friday by Ky Virin, the provincial director of Public Works and Transport. read more https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/official-transferred-after-pointing-car-foot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phycokiller Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 i knew the thais got off on this nonsense but never came across it in PP, maybe siem reap being closer to thailand they feel the need to be offended more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilotman Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Pathetic superstitious, cultural and religious drivel. No time for any of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Swagman Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 “Indecent act” - have they been to Pat Pong? ROFLMAO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 maybe she was just unlucky? - a matter of bad timing, that she underfooted a plate, that had the cambo flag decal on it? - should have tried to deflect the criticism, by insisting she was only having a go at the English letters on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBKK Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 "Indecent act" oh she was sexily dressed? and had a car number plate fetish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAMHERE Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Just finished reading where they found a 40 year old bomb next to a river in Cambodia. What would be the punishment for pointing at the MK-82 bomb with your foot ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGIR Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 This is not funny.....my Thai wife was pretty disgusted with me after I did the same thing a couple of weeks ago....you would think after living in Thailand for 13 years I would know better.......like many things here we foreigners don't understand or don't give credence to this is a Major blunder in etiquette. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Utterly ridiculous and juvenile reaction to the faux outrage associated with what the majority of the population consider as not much more than a social misgiving similar to elbows on the table or eating with your mouth open in the West. In Thailand these minor social misdemeanors are used to kneecap equality in games of mental oneupmanship. That society continues to confirm to such ridiculousness and use these issues to displace someone only serves to highlight exactly how juvenile those in positions of power are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almer Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 35 minutes ago, TGIR said: This is not funny.....my Thai wife was pretty disgusted with me after I did the same thing a couple of weeks ago....you would think after living in Thailand for 13 years I would know better.......like many things here we foreigners don't understand or don't give credence to this is a Major blunder in etiquette. Snap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugocnx Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 They all have dirty feet so it's loss of face to show the mere sole of your feet/foot. Now that finally every Thai can afford a pair of flip flops that doesn't change the scene, though you might think that evolution of flip flops should be in par with the Thai brain. A No No is a No No and that will never change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ifmu Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 2 hours ago, TGIR said: This is not funny.....my Thai wife was pretty disgusted with me after I did the same thing a couple of weeks ago....you would think after living in Thailand for 13 years I would know better.......like many things here we foreigners don't understand or don't give credence to this is a Major blunder in etiquette. i also got the anger ... ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 I'm guessing foot massage must be the lowest of the low jobs then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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