tubby johnson Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Quit being a grumpy old sourpuss and maybe the Thai people will start smiling at you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 It used to be the LOS 20 years ago, but now . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubby johnson Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 It used to be the LOS 20 years ago, but now . ... But now it's full of grumpy, whiny, spoilt farangs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sipi Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 The wet season is nearly done. Who would still be smiling after 4 months of rain? Try again next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagobert Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Yeah "Wet Season" thats the best man every thing is green, atmosphear smells nice, its a little wet "But Shit Happens" beats stinkin heat". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monk213 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 The land of smiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAKY Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 "Land of smiles" is just a label or call it a virtual mask, it has not been created by the Thais but Western. It is a USP. An advertising agent from the West came to Thailand and looked around. He went back to his office in the West and looked around and came up with a USP, unique selling point. Many people he saw in Thailand were smiling and many people he saw in the West were not. This can be proven easily. Go to a mall in Bangkok Thailand and another in Ferguson Missouri and count the people smiling. On second thought you may not want to go to Missouri. You didnt say whether in the Bangkok Hall they still smile after you purchased Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thailiketoo Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 "Land of smiles" is just a label or call it a virtual mask, it has not been created by the Thais but Western. It is a USP. An advertising agent from the West came to Thailand and looked around. He went back to his office in the West and looked around and came up with a USP, unique selling point. Many people he saw in Thailand were smiling and many people he saw in the West were not. This can be proven easily. Go to a mall in Bangkok Thailand and another in Ferguson Missouri and count the people smiling. On second thought you may not want to go to Missouri. You didnt say whether in the Bangkok Hall they still smile after you purchased Oh mall. I was wondering what Bangkok Hall was. Sure they still smile. Thailand is a smiley place. Ever heard of a whinging Thai? Some ethnic groups and/or nationalities even take pride in complaining about everything. It is difficult for these people to tolerate happy people. They spent hundreds of years trying to convince cultures to keep a stiff upper lip and only got a lot of unhappy natives that do the head wobble. Different cultures are different. In India they have the head wobble and in Thailand the smile. Since one can't really say come to India the land of the head wobble they don't say that there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermes100 Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 so you judge whole nation on one person??? You must come from land of retards Next time, do as I do every where in the world and just walk away without paying if they act like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choochoo Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Even in Thailand it is possible for 1 out of 63,000,000 to have a bad day now and then Sent from my iPad using Thaivisa Connect Thailand That's true. I guess I should just let it go. Still it just wasn't this girl. I've had rude service when I was shopping in the Bangkok Mall last week. Maybe Thais are truly becoming more westernized? When I was in South Korea the service was normally outstanding, Much better than what I've experienced in Thailand so far. perhaps your attitude invites this rudeness? go to subway ekkamai @ gateway. Youll see the soupuss faces op talks about.....lol. Maybe its neverending pms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forumuser10 Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 I thought Thais like to smile. This is what I've seen on travel brochures. Come visit the land of smiles! Well it's not all sunshine and roses fellas, I was in Amazon Coffee yesterday purchasing a cappuccino for my girlfriend and I. The girl serving us had a sourpuss on her face. No smiles. Nothing. She then slammed our coffees on the table, and gave me a smirk. If I wanted sh*tty service I'd go back to America. Obviously, I have met some wonderful Thais. The sour pusses are the people that I tend to remember though. Do you guys agree, or do you think it's just my imagination? Uhh, do you expect all Thais at all time to smile at you? If so, then you have you to wake up. Not everyone is the same at all times. Even though Thais tend to smile a lot it does not mean all Thais, smile all the time. They are, believe it or not, human beings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namdocmai Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 I just wished the customs at Suvarnabhumi would smile a bit more, or at least be friendly and say hello to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benj005 Posted August 29, 2014 Author Share Posted August 29, 2014 (edited) OK. Can't we let this thread die. I made it when I was a little peeved. You have people that are awesome , and you have people that are just I'll tempered. They come in all races. I've met some wonderful people during my time in Thailand. Hopefully, I will continue to meet even more amazing people. How you treat and respond to people dictates how they will treat you. I remember a coworker telling me "you catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar." Thanks. Edited August 29, 2014 by benj005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AYJAYDEE Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 OK. Can't we let this thread die. I made it when I was a little peeved. You have people that are awesome , and you have people that are just I'll tempered. They come in all races. I've met some wonderful people during my time in Thailand. Hopefully, I will continue to meet even more amazing people. How you treat and respond to people dictates how they will treat you. I remember a coworker telling me "you catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar." Thanks. so apologize Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagobert Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Huh Huh Huh SORRYYYYYYYY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAKY Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 OK. Can't we let this thread die. I made it when I was a little peeved. You have people that are awesome , and you have people that are just I'll tempered. They come in all races. I've met some wonderful people during my time in Thailand. Hopefully, I will continue to meet even more amazing people. How you treat and respond to people dictates how they will treat you. I remember a coworker telling me "you catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar." Thanks. Sometimes you catch the bees also at they bites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagobert Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 "Or you can allways use a bit of this" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wotamess Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 (edited) I smell the scent of a dying man... If so, can we leave on a funny? - or if you don't get it, just do like me and smile when everyone else is in hysterics (probably at my expense...). "It's not that you're wicked, or naturally bad - it's knowing you're foreign that's driving you mad!" Flanders & Swann https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vh-wEXvdW8 Edited September 1, 2014 by wotamess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thanet Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Have your next coffee somewhere else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THssii Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Well usually service in athailand is very good, but on of the most rude ccustomer services Ive ever exprienced happened in Thailand. Like literally throwing money back at me when I puted fo food, but also ive got best customer service also from Thailand. I can understand why some dont like farangs at all, so they act very rudely. But its only a minority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussieroaming Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Try Australian immigration officials...now that's a breed that I have never seen smile. My suggestion is that the girls start charging 20 baht per smile....then let's see who wants a smiling waitress to serve them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharp Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 P M something, all i no is my ex wife was a complete cow once a month,,lol..yeah i call mine a Pissing .Misreable .Tart ....once a month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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