1FinickyOne 7,043 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Central Thailand - a ditty farang lady riding her bicycle had 2000 baht fall out of her pocket... a group of kids raced after her, near 1 km until they caught up with her to give the money back... 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post klauskunkel 20,667 Posted January 5 Popular Post Share Posted January 5 Went to Ramkamhaeng Airport Link train station to ride into town for a dental appointment. I realized I had forgotten to bring a face mask, so I wouldn't be able to get on the train, let alone into Mahidol Clinic. I saw a Traditional massage shop was open already at the time in the station building and the guy behind the counter had a face mask on. I told him my predicament and asked him if he had a spare one I could purchase so I could get onto the train. "Just a moment." He went out of the shop to his car in the garage building and five minutes later returned with a mask for me. "No charge, Have a good trip." 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post wavodavo 127 Posted January 5 Popular Post Share Posted January 5 Years ago before Google and G.P.S.I had to change my SIN.AIR. ticket and their office was in Silom. I found the right street but couldnt find the building After walking around in circles for ages a very pretty young Well dressed Thai lady sensed that I was lost and offered to help.She not only found the place but escorted me up in the lift to the office and negotiated the transaction for me. I offered to buy her lunch but she had to get back to her office.I have always found the Thai people very friendly and helpful. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
TheFishman1 1,878 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 I love Thailand Link to post Share on other sites
sammieuk1 20,187 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 How do the majority possibly deserve such governance Link to post Share on other sites
qwertyuiop 33 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 20 hours ago, Kwasaki said: A good thread at last and about good. I reckon more good things that have been done for me as a foreigner well outweigh the bad the years I've lived here. +1 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Lacessit 22,937 Posted January 5 Popular Post Share Posted January 5 I've found most Thais are polite and helpful, and tolerant of my non-fluent Thai. OTOH, the stereotypical foreigner who thinks shouting somehow improves communication and service gets the attention they deserve. 4 Link to post Share on other sites
elgenon 1,441 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 On 1/4/2021 at 3:24 AM, bluesofa said: A couple of years ago I was walking in to Udon early on a Friday afternoon. Probably six kilometres to the bar I was going to. I knew I would be drunk, so wasn't driving, My wife was away elsewhere, so I was quite happy to walk. After less than two km a woman on a motorbike stopped alongside me, asking where I was going. I thought she was chatting me up, so tried to ignore her. She was persistent, so I told her I was walking into Udon. The look of horror on her face, telling me it was really dangerous! I laughed at her, as no way could it be considered dangerous unless you were cornered by an aggressive lottery ticket seller. Laughing at her must have made her think I was unhinged and definitely needed help. She insisted on giving me a lift, so I accepted. She said she would drop me off at a motorbike repair shop about another kilometre away, and would call a tuk tuk. She did just that, wouldn't accept any money and drove off. The tuk tuk turned up a few minutes later and dropped me in town. Looking back it was kind of her, but still baffling. Also on that same small road I sometimes used to walk to the 7 Eleven. At the time that was the nearest one, three kilometres each way. I walked just for the exercise. A few times people would stop and try to give me a lift, as Thais don't walk anywhere. I declined every time, which I know just baffles them as to why anyone would want to walk anywhere when they didn't need to. A got a haircut in CM and the woman said she had seen me walking by and asked why I walked. I explained for health and to keep my weight down. She pointed out her girth and said she needed to do that. I'm sure she didn't though. 555 Maybe a function of relatively new ability to not have to walk? Link to post Share on other sites
onebir 742 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Are the immigration officials Thais? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
JWRC 812 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 I'm not sure these acts are niceties as it's put, I call it common decency and I hope most people would jump in and help when seeing a problem, maybe not. I have directed traffic quite a few times, twice to get Ambulances through, once because there was a dead body in the middle of the road, with people standing on the footpath awaiting the police and the others were just for general accidents, At least once a month I direct someone in reversing in the Big C carpark, Twice I have found wallets, one I found the owner, the other handed in to the police station. I am always helping smaller people in the supermarket reach something too high up for them, all little things and done automatically, I really like to think most of the people on Thai visa would do the same, but who knows. I was bought up being told do unto others as you would have done to you, perhaps it's an old fashioned value. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
bluesofa 40,456 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 1 hour ago, onebir said: Are the immigration officials Thais? Is the pope catholic? Link to post Share on other sites
orchidfan 317 Posted January 6 Author Share Posted January 6 1 hour ago, JWRC said: I'm not sure these acts are niceties as it's put, I call it common decency and I hope most people would jump in and help when seeing a problem, maybe not. I have directed traffic quite a few times, twice to get Ambulances through, once because there was a dead body in the middle of the road, with people standing on the footpath awaiting the police and the others were just for general accidents, At least once a month I direct someone in reversing in the Big C carpark, Twice I have found wallets, one I found the owner, the other handed in to the police station. I am always helping smaller people in the supermarket reach something too high up for them, all little things and done automatically, I really like to think most of the people on Thai visa would do the same, but who knows. I was bought up being told do unto others as you would have done to you, perhaps it's an old fashioned value. I think that it's not old fashioned. I understand that the teachings of Buddha (and I'm not a follower !) prescribe all these aspects of common decency, but in my many years in TH I don't get to see too many acts by the Thai people. So yours and the preceding posts are heartening. Link to post Share on other sites
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