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You mean ''allegedly corrupt'' Tom. Ever heard of the court system? It replaced vigilante mobs a few hundreds years ago. It may not suit you, but it works best for most people. That's where justice lives these days.
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Surely car rental best one way rates usa you have to have some foreign guides as how many Thais speak Russian, Korean,Chinese or English for that matter. This will mean less tourists and less money for Phuket. So many businesses are dying already, look at the restaurants, bars at night. A friend who has been here for 15 years says he has never seen so many people struggling financially as now in Phuket. There are many reasons but I see the fact that foreign language speaking Thais will not be able to meet the demand only means less tourists. Carry on the with racism and be a developing not developed country as long as you want. Could you imagine a job being reserved for British in Great Britain or any citizen of their respective G20 country in a G20 country. Thais wonder why some people speak bad about them? Reserved jobs is one reason.
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2) 2 months ago, I was in the company of a group of 'English' language teachers in Korat. They were bemoaning the fact that 2 of their number had gone for a visa run to Laos weren't allowed back into Thailand. According to the group, the schools colleges which employed them won't provide work permits for most of them, which made them illegally employed. How can that be when some of the schools they named were fee paying?
ED: all u needed to say was allegedly corrupt Khun Tom and nuf said. I thought that you had enough of your eulogizing and motherly lectures? I know that most of here as PW readers and contributors have. Give it a rest for gods sakes. Who asked for your opinion about MY opinion anyway? a simple editorial comment would suffice.
I said it before, I say it now and keep on saying: Russians, Koreans, Chinese, French, German etc.. all these tourists can pay up to 3,500 baht for a trip to PP Islands. It is unconceivable car rental best one way rates usa for that amount of money to have a Thai guide who will speak 1/10 of the language required. That's why tour companies (where Operation room Thai staff decides car rental best one way rates usa and hire free lance guides) need to be certain about language skills and cannot afford to lose a customer (alias representative or local travel agent) thus employing native speakers. What is the point of paying a Thai sitting guide plus a foreign guide if not because the company cannot find a Thai speaking the language ?? How is that possible that this Mr Santi cannot think further in terms of language skills required which go against the tour operator itself having to pay for 2 guides ?? The Chief Police in Pattaya got it straight away by dismissing the complain presented by local Thai guides about russian tour guides stealing their jobs. You are not up to this job he said, meaning they did not have russian language skills. Is that so difficult to understand for Mr Santi ?
Hopeful next on the hit list will be those obnoxious aggressive farang that push the time shares and vacation clubs.I was actually threatened wilth violence last week while I my walk along beach Rd.These people need to be removed from the island.
Completely agree but what they do require is the ability to give safety briefings before a trip starts and to warn people when they are on the trips and about to put themselves at risk. Unfortunately nearly all current Thai guides have limited language ability, probably because those Thais that are multilingual are being paid an appropriate salary for their skill set
The Thai (Russian-speaking) guides appear car rental best one way rates usa to pass your test while the Thai (Chinese-speaking) guides fail dismally, judging by the number of drownings. Or maybe the Chinese (Chinese-speaking) guides just aren't interested. Surely the ability to warn people adequately depends more on desire than great language skills?
Your comment just shows how narrow is your mindset Mr editor for your own prejudice. How about during an emergency ? Tsunami warning ? An accident ? Oh no no, sorry Ed, those things never happen in Thailand and you would surely be the one happy to pay 3,500 baht and go for it, isn't it ?
Martin, in the event of an accident, an emergency or even a tsunami, it would be especially important to have a Thai speaker who could tell rescuers precisely what the problem was and what kind of assistance car rental best one way rates usa was needed. Pointless having someone struggling in another language who can't speak the local language. Another car rental best one way rates usa Tsunami? Boats at sea were perfectly safe. Let's hope the thought occurs to the people paying car rental best one way rates usa 3500 baht that they should ask questions first about the quality of the boat, the safety of the trip, and whether the foreign-language guides actually know emergency numbers and can speak Thai. Good of you to raise that issue, martin.
OK. I just give up. Not worth a penny talking to someone with prejudice. You might then carry on supporting the complain of Thai guides in Pattaya telling the Chief Police there that he is wrong. Interesting your point that Thais russian speaking guides are ok just because nobody dies. Really interesting....
You seem to be able to misinterpret in English, martin, and to make assumptions that just aren't accurate. I do hope your thinking sharpens up in other languages. It's safe to assume that the Pattaya police chief and the Russian car rental best one way rates usa tour businesses both speak the same language, Money.
And tourists paying 3,500 baht should not be worried about asking all those questions in advance cause I really want to hear answers like boat is not safe - trip will be dangerous - there are no emergency number etc... . For your info, top priced excursions (and not) are valued for what they put in practice, not answering questions. I could tell you how a tour company lost an important travel agent due to thai guide failure of speaking german which of course car rental best one way rates usa would not matter if it was you paying 3,500. Expectations are different Mr Editor, even without Tolstoy and/or Karamazov.
Mr. Editor thank you very much for good joke. How many Thai guides are there on Phuket who learnt Russian in Moscow? One, two... But hundreds are needed! Not with just turn right/turn left language knowledge. So as I'm conserned, sure it is again just a media campaign to get a few scapegoats to appease thai guides and society. And thai guides are very happy to be seating guides' if somobody doesn't know about that.
the point I am trying to explain is that there is a segment of the market (I would say over 2,800 baht) that, during the high season, car rental best one way rates usa is badly in need of guides speaking foreign languages fluently which cannot be found looking for Thais only. This is the crucial point. And, with all the due respect Mr Editor, you are doing misinformation car rental best one way rates usa when you seem to fail in noticing this long timed situation. Phuket Thai guides perfectly know this and myself, as a private investor in a up market local tour operator, I cannot afford to lose customers due to the lack of this. So far, despite low figures, is thanks to both sitting and foreign guides that my business is surviving and with that, the job of many Thais. I am not ashamed in saying that and I would love to have the opportunity to explain this to the Governor and Mr Santi because too much misinformation is around made by those who can 'destroy' the reputation of a tour operator by claiming they can speak the foreing