Have other tourists ever made you uncomfortable?

[Lefty]

(manarak @ May 20 2010,14:56) I feel uncomfortable being near drunken assholes who harass non-working girls by being obscene and sometimes touching them.
If there's only one, I manage to drag him away, but when there's more, my 169 cm don't do the trick...

So, if you encounter any drunk belligerent types in a bar in Thailand, you physically remove them, just so long as it is only one?

[farangbah]

(kahuna @ May 20 2010,14:02) But only after one or two Green Drinks at your fav little place on Soi VC...

Those are damn good drinks, Lefty! Pack a wallop, too. And so cheap!

PD brought me there -- but apparently you usually do the ordering, as there was some confusion until, I believe, he referenced you. Then we were in business . . .

[farangbah]

When I first saw the title to this thread the first thing that came to mind was the packs of assholes on the street. The random drunken idiot in the bar usually doesn't bother me much -- I sometimes enjoy having a goof at his expense.

But those strength-in-numbers, ignorant ones that try to bring some sort of public ridicule upon you (or your company) by bringing attention to the fact that there's a ladyboy in their presence, like she's some sort of animal in a zoo and has no feelings? One or more of those guys is gonna get his comeuppance from ol' farangbah one of these days.

I'm not getting any better at dealing with this, in fact it's getting worse -- I'm "stacking," as they say in the shrink biz (just like I am with the suit shop touts -- I'll be serving up a knuckle sandwich there any time now, too. But that's neither here nor there...).

[Lefty]

I've never had any falang say a negative word that I could hear, around me when with a lb, out and about. One time I was walking down soi 17 and had just crossed 3rd Rd, and noticed some asshole falang sitting on back of a motor bike at the traffic light was taking pictures of me and the very tall lb walking with me. So, I stopped and gave him the bird with one hand and waved him over with the other. He didn't take me up on it. Which brings me to another pet peeve. Some stranger taking my photo without asking me first. People who think they can just take a photo of anyone they want at any time out in public, should be killed.

[Lefty]

(farangbah @ May 20 2010,15:30)

(kahuna @ May 20 2010,14:02) But only after one or two Green Drinks at your fav little place on Soi VC...

Those are damn good drinks, Lefty!  Pack a wallop, too.  And so cheap!  

PD brought me there -- but apparently you usually do the ordering, as there was some confusion until, I believe, he referenced you.  Then we were in business . . .

555. It's no great trick. I just use sign language.

[Lefty]

(farangbah @ May 20 2010,15:30)

(kahuna @ May 20 2010,14:02) But only after one or two Green Drinks at your fav little place on Soi VC...

Those are damn good drinks, Lefty!  Pack a wallop, too.  And so cheap!  

PD brought me there -- but apparently you usually do the ordering, as there was some confusion until, I believe, he referenced you.  Then we were in business . . .

BTW, I look forward to seeing you again. You're one of the really good guys.

[Road Runner]

When I saw the title to this thread one word came to mind  -  Kahuna!     Sorry  K    

Once Herself and I met up with Herself's longtime friend, a large and very plain looking ladyboy who works as a seemstress.
(She did work in a bar in Nana for a few months to try to earn some cash but she practically never got customers.)

We were walking along Sukhumwit near Soi 7 and as we passed two people in shorts, flip-flops and vests,
one of them says at the top of his (British) voice; 'Don't you love ladyboys?'

I'm thick skinned enough that it did not bother me very much  -  I was just thinking    
Herself, who is 97-98% passable to most falangs and understands English very well was obviously not happy.
Luckily her friend's English is fairly poor so I guess she did not understand.

What I noticed though was all the Thai's were staring at the two guys as if they came from another planet!
The two guys were too stupid to realise but I was thinking 'and people wonder why some Thais dislike falangs'.


RR.

[halla]

(Road Runner @ May 20 2010,16:50) We were walking along Sukhumwit near Soi 7 and as we passed two people in shorts, flip-flops and vests,
one of them says at the top of his (British) voice;   'Don't you love ladyboys?'

Stuff like that happens alot in Khao San Road. Wonder why some lbs keep asking me to take them there when stuff like this happens almost every time?

The thing I really hate is when it's the other way around. If some ladyboy make me feel uncomfortable in front of tourists. Having some yabahead lb screaming at you form the top of her lungs in the middle of Bangla with customers and colleagues of mine potentially walking by or sitting in the bars watching the show. Yikes!

[f0xxee]

How about the cultural cringe that occurs when you witness your (ex) countrymen dressed in their finest thongs, king gee work shorts and wife beaters drunk as 10 men and making complete twats of themselves?
Saw it in HH yesterday. Very non-u.

[guydesavoy]

I was in the Subway near soi 4 once. Some Britwat in his 60's was haranguing the poor kid making the sub cos he was a bit slow or mucked up one of the ingredients. The kid looked about 17 and a bit out of his depth. Probably new to the job.

The twat was so obnoxiously rude..anyway I told the kid to forget it and gave him a tip and a smile. I've seen idiots in bars, but with all the alcohol you kind of expect it (unfortunately).

[farangbah]

(Lefty @ May 20 2010,16:26)

(farangbah @ May 20 2010,15:30) Those are damn good drinks, Lefty!

BTW, I look forward to seeing you again. You're one of the really good guys.  

Right back atcha, mate.  (but don't even think about going for the nipples   )

But -- not to "thread jack" -- where are you?  PI?  Or are you back in the bosom of Patts?

[JaiDee]

(Jake_Sully @ May 20 2010,01:52) I know I've been asking a lot of questions from some people on the forum and hopefully I haven't overstayed my welcome

since some people just wanna bitch bitch bitch and complain about how things are screwed up? Happen to know the type? I've noticed a lot of this type on other forums (not so much this one - thank heavens)



I personally am positive minded, fun loving, relaxed person who wants to just lay back and enjoy vacations but sometimes people bug you to no end.

How do you end up dealing with them? Just excuse yourself or confrontation might be necessary? How have you fared when this happens in your experience?

Jake,  first off please realize that your questions and posts are NOT a burden to anyone here;  long-time forum guys welcome new people like you, it keeps the forum more active and as long as new people try to use the search engine first before asking questions which have been asked and answered 100 times already {IE; bar fines, lady drinks, where is Nana plaza, etc.....} every new guy is welcome to ask away!

Deepthroat has a great signature under his posts, ''making newbie mistakes since 2009 so you don't have to'' hahaha......pretty funny, and by reading his stuff and others who have been to Thailand a few times hopefully you will have the time of your life when you finally go and not make any mistakes or fall in love, support someone when you leave, etc.... both very bad idea's BTW.


2nd part......I was debating perhaps moving to South or Central America next year just to try something new....joined a few Argentina forums, Costa Rica also; all I saw was a bunch of whiners who were bitching all the time!!  And NOT speaking so highly about their choice of where to live; made me cross that idea right off my list, I don't wanna live around unhappy people.  I'd guess 99% of Ex-pats in Thailand are having fun and rarely bitch, and yes you found the proper forum to find generally happy people.


          3rd part....anyone who knows me here will tell you the exact same time about me; I just wanna be left alone to do what *I* want to do, with no one bugging me.  Bottom line; don't let them bug you!!  Stay on your own, see only the people you want to see, meet a few cool people and keep their numbers handy; and one suggestion I would make although a few BM's here would disagree with me is to avoid meeting up with large groups.


       I mean, if you are meeting with 10-15 guys at a group meeting at some bar, it would figure that the odds of a couple of them being complete wankers goes up exponentially, yes?  Meet 2 or 3 guys at a time, max.....PM a few people from here who seem like cool people to you and who you can see live in Thailand or visit their often; tell 'em you will treat them for a beer when you are in-country and 9 times out of 10 they will say ''OK''!  and you have a new friend already.  It's also easier to sort guys out and chat one-on-one when you meet in smaller groups and see if they are people you want to see again; at a large party it's pretty impossible.


   Meet as many as 5,6, or 10 BM's {board members like yourself} on your trips, but bottom line is stay on your own or with an LB or 2 most of the time and only meet with people when YOU want to; don't be talked into anything that you believe may make you uncomfortable or may potentially have haters or  annoying drunks at it....and if that fails and you still find yourself in an uncomfortable situation, then yes;  just go take a piss and discreetly leave the bar, don't even explain yourself...do what YOU want to do at all times.  If you had new friends there who you think you may have offended, just call them the next day and explain, they will understand.

  sorry so long,  but Jake has valid questions and is really doing a good job planning for the trip of a lifetime and it's fun to help out guys like that!

[guydesavoy]

All very good advice

[Lefty]

(farangbah @ May 20 2010,17:54)

(Lefty @ May 20 2010,16:26)

(farangbah @ May 20 2010,15:30) Those are damn good drinks, Lefty!

BTW, I look forward to seeing you again. You're one of the really good guys.  

Right back atcha, mate.  (but don't even think about going for the nipples   )

But -- not to "thread jack" -- where are you?  PI?  Or are you back in the bosom of Patts?

PI for a few more days. But, soon I'll be giving big hugs to my best bro Khun PigDogg and My Favorite Gay Uncle Kahuna.

I'll try to control myself around your nipples. 555. I can't help it if I find them sexy though.  
It's just that you remind me so much of my #1 man crush Matthew McConaughey.  

[Lefty]

(guydesavoy @ May 20 2010,17:26) I was in the Subway near soi 4 once. Some Britwat in his 60's was haranguing the poor kid making the sub cos he was a bit slow or mucked up one of the ingredients. The kid looked about 17 and a bit out of his depth. Probably new to the job.

The twat was so obnoxiously rude..anyway I told the kid to forget it and gave him a tip and a smile. I've seen idiots in bars, but with all the alcohol you kind of expect it (unfortunately).

I've never yet tried a Subway sandwich in LOS. Do they compare well with the ones stateside? Subway is probably my favorite fast food joint in the US.