Why are farangs rude to each other?

[Lacessit 22,883]

I was at TrueMove today, waiting for an attendant to serve me. Another farang simply pushed in front of me, and started talking to the attendant. I said

" Excuse me, I was waiting here before you". He turned to me and said " Speak Dutch or German, I can't speak English " Or words to that effect. So I spoke to him in my basic German, and he made way ungraciously.

Another attendant came to serve him, and he made a smart##se remark to her in Thai, presumably unaware I could understand him perfectly. I refrained from responding with a very obscene expression in German I happen to know.

I don't get stressed about Thais pushing in front of me, it's their country, some are ignorant, and it happens very rarely. I do wonder, when some farangs feel the hands of all Thais are against them, why they have to be disrespectful to one another.

Was it because he was Dutch? When I was in the Netherlands, everyone was polite. Do some farangs acquire new norms of courtesy when they move abroad?

[lust 5,137]

I find that many of the westerners I come across have some quirks about them, or are total nutcases to be honest... Not all, but many... Thailand is a place for many misfits..

[colinneil 74,397]

1 minute ago, lust said:

I find that many of the westerners I come across have some quirks about them, or are total nutcases to be honest... Not all, but many... Thailand is a place for many misfits..

Well you posted it, so if the cap fits.

[transam 49,748]

2 minutes ago, colinneil said:

Well you posted it, so if the cap fits.

Well I did think of me......

[faraday 11,656]

So many I've met, within a few minutes tell their amazing lifestory, which amounts to bs.

 

Socially inept misfit, who come here, & continue their daft lives.

[transam 49,748]

1 minute ago, faraday said:

So many I've met, within a few minutes tell their amazing lifestory, which amounts to bs.

 

Socially inept misfit, who come here, & continue their daft lives.

And I apologise to all here............................

[Kadilo 12,391]

In my experience It’s not exclusive to which country the Foreigner comes from and it’s no different in Thailand to their home countries. 

 

It seems the older people get the less tolerant they become and more chips are collected on the shoulder. 
 

In this instance, seems the guy wasnt aware He was “pushing in” and when told moved away albeit reluctantly. 
No big deal tbh. 

Edited October 14, 2020 by Kadilo

[colinneil 74,397]

Just now, faraday said:

So many I've met, within a few minutes tell their amazing lifestory, which amounts to bs.

 

Socially inept misfit, who come here, & continue their daft lives.

You talking to me?

Me rude to farangs, ha, im rude to everybody.

[KarenBravo 10,265]

I don't let anyone, Thai, or otherwise cut in front of me unremarked.

"Because it's their country" is a very weak excuse and doesn't excuse that kind of behaviour.

[Boomer6969 2,011]

19 minutes ago, lust said:

I find that many of the westerners I come across have some quirks about them, or are total nutcases to be honest... Not all, but many... Thailand is a place for many misfits..

"Misfits" might be too strong a word. But yes many came because they believed some bargirl would fill the emptiness of the 50 or 60 years of their previous lives.

Edited October 14, 2020 by Boomer6969

[DrTuner 24,558]

There can be only one farang per hundred square kilometer. It's a turf thing, we're territorial.

[faraday 11,656]

6 minutes ago, colinneil said:

You talking to me?

Me rude to farangs, ha, im rude to everybody.

What do you mean, Colin?

 

I have always found you to be a polite gentlemen. Never sarcastic. Saintly in your attitude even.

 

I would never describe you as that:

 

"rude bashtard from Preston"

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Rookiescot 11,534]

11 minutes ago, colinneil said:

You talking to me?

Me rude to farangs, ha, im rude to everybody.

I agree.

I have always found you to have an equal opportunities rudeness  

[Lacessit 22,883]

8 minutes ago, DrTuner said:

There can be only one farang per hundred square kilometer. It's a turf thing, we're territorial.

Love it when someone starts using the Golden Mean. Although I doubt you were thinking of Aristotle.

[bkk6060 13,107]

There is more hate and negative judgement in this world then any time I can remember.  Just hearing a voice or accent and it seems to create negativity without even knowing the person.

And sadly, it is not going to get better any time soon.