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**movlabc** · 09-21-2012, 08:03 PM

bI was trying to suggest that my impression is Thais don't mean to be offensive at all, they don't lie to you and then stab you in the back (most of the time). that I prefer a Thai shopkeeper telling me with a big smile "have bigbig size for you" to a European shopkeeper smiling at me as if contemplating some disgusting worm, but I couldn't get the idea across..

A lot of the courtesy where i am from is just 'fake'. For all the waitresses, shop assts you come across with their "Thank you very much Sir" etc.... is just part of the job.

Let's talk about some courtesy you come across in Thailand which you seldom if ever see in Farangland:

Let's presume:

i'm in London or Paris! Not speaking a word of the local language and completely lost while looking for the Post Office, a kind local Cockney or Parisian comes up (can hardly speak a word of Thai) and actually walks me there and says, on leaving "Welcome to Europe"!

I'm in New York Walking down a back street I come across a few of the black-skinned looking locals drinking cans of beer and eating chips. One shouts out "Hey, where are you going? please join us for a a beer. By the way do you like American woman? I know a few that would just love you!"

You are in Glasgow/Scotland You leave a bar at 2 O'Clock in the morning completely pished. Outside of the bar you bump into a few of the local lassies. You stare them up and down and after you get told to get lost, you continue harassing them and ask them to go back and sleep with you. A few local lads come up and tell you nicely "I think you should go home, have a good sleep and come back tomorrow"

What is this in comparison to FiP's disenchantment with Thais and jumping queues?

In fact, you will find that Thais are more often more courteous to foreigners than they are their own people.

(FiP Quote) "How would you rate someone setting in a food shop or on a bus digging around in his nose, thoroughly inspecting everything he dug out and wiping it on his pants leg before going mining for some more for 30 min. before packing his nose with menthol/eucalyptus oil???"

How would you rate a Farang on a bus who sticks their feet in the air for everyone to inspect the bottom of their shoes?

That's what i am getting at 'FiP' what you consider quite natural, Thais consider rude.
Sticking your finger up your nose on a bus in Thailand, is as bad as biting you nails.
Vice-versa.

09-21-2012, 08:03 PM	#33
movlabc Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 431 Senior Member	bI was trying to suggest that my impression is Thais don't mean to be offensive at all, they don't lie to you and then stab you in the back (most of the time). that I prefer a Thai shopkeeper telling me with a big smile "have bigbig size for you" to a European shopkeeper smiling at me as if contemplating some disgusting worm, but I couldn't get the idea across.. A lot of the courtesy where i am from is just 'fake'. For all the waitresses, shop assts you come across with their "Thank you very much Sir" etc.... is just part of the job. Let's talk about some courtesy you come across in Thailand which you seldom if ever see in Farangland: *Let's presume:* i'm in London or Paris! Not speaking a word of the local language and completely lost while looking for the Post Office, a kind local Cockney or Parisian comes up (can hardly speak a word of Thai) and actually walks me there and says, on leaving "Welcome to Europe"! I'm in New York Walking down a back street I come across a few of the black-skinned looking locals drinking cans of beer and eating chips. One shouts out "Hey, where are you going? please join us for a a beer. By the way do you like American woman? I know a few that would just love you!" You are in Glasgow/Scotland You leave a bar at 2 O'Clock in the morning completely pished. Outside of the bar you bump into a few of the local lassies. You stare them up and down and after you get told to get lost, you continue harassing them and ask them to go back and sleep with you. A few local lads come up and tell you nicely "I think you should go home, have a good sleep and come back tomorrow" What is this in comparison to FiP's disenchantment with Thais and jumping queues? In fact, you will find that Thais are more often more courteous to foreigners than they are their own people. (FiP Quote) "How would you rate someone setting in a food shop or on a bus digging around in his nose, thoroughly inspecting everything he dug out and wiping it on his pants leg before going mining for some more for 30 min. before packing his nose with menthol/eucalyptus oil???" How would you rate a Farang on a bus who sticks their feet in the air for everyone to inspect the bottom of their shoes? That's what i am getting at 'FiP' what you consider quite natural, Thais consider rude. Sticking your finger up your nose on a bus in Thailand, is as bad as biting you nails. Vice-versa.
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