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This has been my experience but you are welcome to state and argue a differentiating opinion. Essentially in Thai society rich Thais treat poor Thais in a very non-personal manner, therefore, if you treat a poor Thai person (your maid/driver/the noodle lady/employee) nicely they will take your kindness as weakness. In the West, we treat everyone as though they are deserving of respect regardless of social standing. In Thailand, note that everyone is not equal. You have social classes to heed. You can smile at them but do it vaguely while avoiding eye contact. If you have some extra fruit that you are eating, throw it in the garbage as opposed to spoiling them with it (unless it is close to a holiday in which case you can call it a bonus). Do not engage them on any personal level. Poorer Thais are easily confused and you should keep their tasks and the social order as simple as possible.
#3921305 Treat Poor Thais Like Children
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on 2010-10-01 16:16:08
#3892643 Whats The Strangest Thing You'Ve Ever Seen Here?
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on 2010-09-19 13:29:15
Hmm.
My first choice for weirdest thing I have ever seen is that "strawberry and melted cheese" sandwich they served a 7/eleven a few months back.
My second choice would be when a Thai girl (a total stranger) came up to me, reached for my nipple and tweaked it before walking away without a word whatsoever while I was walking on Ramkhamheng Road. The people who had witnessed the scene seemed just as confused as I was.
My first choice for weirdest thing I have ever seen is that "strawberry and melted cheese" sandwich they served a 7/eleven a few months back.
My second choice would be when a Thai girl (a total stranger) came up to me, reached for my nipple and tweaked it before walking away without a word whatsoever while I was walking on Ramkhamheng Road. The people who had witnessed the scene seemed just as confused as I was.
#3887355 Whats The Strangest Thing You'Ve Ever Seen Here?
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on 2010-09-16 20:34:57
tigerfish, on 2010-09-16 16:12:29, said:
onnut, on 2010-09-16 15:43:44, said:
bermondburi, on 2010-09-15 12:37:24, said:
My mother in law pawning her gold for me when I was skint . I'm sure that doesn't happen every day to many people. On this forum anyway !
twice for me. once when we bought our house in Bangkok and we needed furniture my MIL and FIL lent us 300k. these guys are not wealthy at all but had that in life savings. then about 4 months ago again, but this time she pawned her gold along with my wife to help get us by when we took over our small restaurant. I was not told about this, I only found out when I came into a little money and my wife asked for 160k, I said no way honey this staying in the bank until biz picks up again.
then she told me about the gold! I was very suprised they have that amount in the house. but very grateful for the help.
so it does and can happen.
it certainly does.
my MIL is a 5 ft nothing streetwise fireball that is not to be crossed if you get on the wrong side of her, but has a heart of gold to boot when comes to matters concerning family.
on our wedding day both i and my wife received gold chains, buddha and chatukham amulets, as well as a lump some of money
on more than one occasion she has helped out by pawning or selling valuable gold chains and diamond rings from trips to chinatown (yawalat). so that we could get all three of the businesses up and running. has also helped out with money requirement concerning visas, when i needed a cash boost.
shes not a wealthy person by any stretch of the imagination, but i guess by raising 9 children almost single handedly shes learnt a trick or two along the way and become a very shrewd and wise old lady. and it shows from the amount of love and respect shown to her from all generations within the family.
Guys.. The 3 of you add to the list of the strangest things I for sure have seen here. I mean, you come as a foreigner to a developing country to leech onto your Thai girlfriends mother and father that are not wealthy. They have to pawn gold for you to make a living here and to buy some furniture. Thats not cool at all. If you re that potless and I seriously think you should have stayed home.
#3884134 Whats The Strangest Thing You'Ve Ever Seen Here?
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on 2010-09-15 11:20:41
The twice daily MK staff dance
Needs to be seen to be believed. Would be classed as a crime against humanity in the West. Thai diners pretend nothing's happening while I don't know whether to die from laughter, pity or pure shame to be watching it from outside.
Needs to be seen to be believed. Would be classed as a crime against humanity in the West. Thai diners pretend nothing's happening while I don't know whether to die from laughter, pity or pure shame to be watching it from outside.
#3882291 Whats The Strangest Thing You'Ve Ever Seen Here?
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on 2010-09-14 12:59:24
Piengrudee, on 2010-09-14 12:27:51, said:
Whats The Strangest Thing You've Ever Seen Here? It must be the army killing Red-shirts; because it is NOT possible at all, as the army are instructed NOT to shoot using REAL bullets.
I thought I would click on the red one for you. you seem to like red!
will you be happy when they start making trouble again in a few weeks time? you obviously dont have a business here that will suffer because of it all.
#3882230 Whats The Strangest Thing You'Ve Ever Seen Here?
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on 2010-09-14 12:27:51
Whats The Strangest Thing You've Ever Seen Here? It must be the army killing Red-shirts; because it is NOT possible at all, as the army are instructed NOT to shoot using REAL bullets.
