Stupid farangs who walk in the middle of Soi Nana like it is a large sidewalk vs a major street thus stopping all traffic and backing up cars at the 2nd largest intersection in Bangkok.
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Ahhh... My kind of thread... Pet peeves!
Here are some...
Movie reviews that start with the word "I..."
I like to check out the general feelings on a movie before I download it so I surf to imdb.com and read what people have to say. Amongst all the rational objective thoughts by some talented and intelligent critics there are too many people who use this area to 'grandstand' all their own personal thoughts on how their lives were changed by being forcefed endless repeats of "Snow White" etc...
People who drive down Soi Nana impatiently sounding off their horns assuming they have right of way on a road populated by tourists trying to get to the bars after having been evicted from the sidewalks by illegal markets, foodstalls and fucking beggars. (I couldn't resist that one!)
People who email me for information about anything without a 'please' or 'thankyou' or at least capital letters in the right places!
People who think that Thai 'cuisine' is great... Talk about a culture devoted to destroying natural and healthy ingredients. If your eyes stream with water while they are cooking it then there is something not right, OK?
My pet peeve with my AirCon remote is that there is not a setting for 27.5 degrees as 27 is always too cold and 28 is just a tad too warm... (Picky, eh?)
Having to press the 'Start' button when I want to close down my computer... Why haven't the brains in Redmond figured this one out yet?
Snicks avatar... (Is it just me?)
My short term memory...
My short term memory...
The tradition of silence in libraries.
Hookers who try to top up their generous stipend with an earnest request for taxi/food money. "I just gave you two grand... You buy your rice on a stick!"
People who assume that because I have lived here a while I "must be acclimatized to the weather" when all around them they can see that even the Thais obviously have not!
Meeting people who start off nice and friendly and are great conversation who later try to slip in a reference to being a devout Christian. Once you've let them get that far it's now all they want to talk about.
Putting something in the microwave to defrost and forgetting about it for two days! It happens more often that I care to admit!
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(ziggystardust @ May 17 2007,12:29) Stupid farangs who walk in the middle of Soi Nana like it is a large sidewalk vs a major street thus stopping all traffic and backing up cars at the 2nd largest intersection in Bangkok.
It's good to King........no matter what the pay
Courage is being scared to death__and saddling up anyway
Billy Jaffe, Radio Voice of the Thrashers:
”I have absolutely No problem with Ohio State. It has a beautiful campus, and for a Junior College it has really great Academics.”
"Gentlemen and ladies, 'Those Who Stay Will Be Champions' is for you too. It's for every Michigan fan that's out there. When the going gets tough, you don't cut and run. It's not the Michigan way. If I heard it once from the old man, I heard it a thousand times -- when the going gets tough you find out who your real friends are, and that's why we must stay. Because there will be championships, and this staff and these kids will bring those championships here."
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(smuttleydfs @ May 18 2007,11:00)(ziggystardust @ May 17 2007,12:29) Stupid farangs who walk in the middle of Soi Nana like it is a large sidewalk vs a major street thus stopping all traffic and backing up cars at the 2nd largest intersection in Bangkok.
National Association for Fat Acceptance (NAFA)
and any other National Association...
Meeting people who start off nice and friendly and are great conversation who later try to slip in a reference to being a devout Muslim. Once you've let them get that far it's now all they want to talk about.
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Meeting people who start off nice and friendly and are great conversation who later try to slip in a reference to being a devout republican. Once you've let them get that far it's now all they want to talk about.
"People who think that Thai 'cuisine' is great... Talk about a culture devoted to destroying natural and healthy ingredients."
Oh yeah, the british cuisine is much nicer with meatpuddings and fishnships.
Russians anywhere anyplace. Not prejudiced but knowledge of the scum of the earth, only after the iron curtain came down it was shown to the rest of the world.
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Let's say for example I ask a waitress to bring me a cup of coffee.
She replies "no problem" .
Why the fuck should it be a problem for her to perfrom a simple job function?
The correct response is "I'll bring your coffee right away (but NOT sir). Would you like a blowjob with your coffee?
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xpats in general, especially the ones who have lived in a south east asian country for a few months and think they know it all(NOT ALL OF THEM)
greedy touts who wot fuck off when asked nicely to fuck off.
fucking waitresses who try to scam you for , tips.4x10 baht coins for the stupid falang to leave behind.
stupid africans who try to scam you on the streets around soi 1 3 5 give me a break.
cunts who stop there car over the crossing at soi nana and sukhumvit rd, so we all have to file past and get in each others way.selfish fucking merc drivers
i could go on for ever but im sick off all this negative shit
donnnnnyjust a sex tourist looking for hot fun
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"Happy hours" in hotel bakery's - WTF is that all about ? I go into the Landmark at like 6pm, perfectly prepared to pay the correct full price for whatever produce I want to buy and there is a queue of like 30 people all clutching little cards eagerly licking the cake display fridges in anticipation of getting 50% off a cake. I have fallen foul of this game on more than one occasion and now just avoid the place like the plague - great idea of customer service, NOT. And just to add to the confusion - during this epic sale - they have one service girl on duty instead of the normal 3 yet still manage to have 2 cashiers who do F&^k all except take the money.
Bangkok Bank - anything to do with this organisation winds me up intently - they are the worst bank in Thailand with the biggest queues, dimwit staff and customers. I love it to see SCB emerging as the dominant banking force in Thailand - nicer branches, heaps of staff, no queues and an ATM network second to none.
Cabaret shows in gogo bars - if I wanted to see a cabaret show - i'd go to a cabaret - if I want to see girls dancing, i'd go to a gogo - its not really rocket science, but the powers that be in Obsession and Cascade seem determined to mix the two up.
Wine tax in Thailand - WTF for? Why is that wine is so heavily taxed in this country - yet liver killing bleach (cunningly described as Thai Whiskey), gets away with a mediocre taxation level.
Cheers
Mardhi
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