Comments on: Lying Cheating and Stealing in Thailand https://www.thailandretirementhelpers.com/lying-cheating-and-stealing-in-thailand/ Get settled in Thailand in 24 hours: from visas to banking to accommodation Mon, 31 Dec 2018 17:21:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: BeenHereForAWhile https://www.thailandretirementhelpers.com/lying-cheating-and-stealing-in-thailand/#comment-989 Mon, 31 Dec 2018 17:21:28 +0000 https://www.thailandretirementhelpers.com/?p=5747#comment-989 I’ve met plenty of liars in Thailand. Thais will rarely say they won’t do something to save face. Instead they will just ignore it, even when they’d given their word prior. I’m from South Asia myself and I can assure the above commentor that it has nothing to do with relative wealth. Most people in my country are poorer than Thais but I’d trust them more.

That being said, crime isn’t much of a problem in Thailand. However, I don’t put much faith in what Thais (especially women) say. It’s just my personal experience, yours may vary.

]]> By: harrytsHarry https://www.thailandretirementhelpers.com/lying-cheating-and-stealing-in-thailand/#comment-974 Mon, 24 Sep 2018 10:08:44 +0000 https://www.thailandretirementhelpers.com/?p=5747#comment-974 Typical Thai income is less than a quarter of similarly employed westerners – accordingly, the majority of Thais think of westerners as being wealthy. That is “undeserved wealth”, due to solely being born in a country with relatively high income rates. Therefore, westerners have plenty of money that they will hardly even miss if its appropriated by a Thai.
Regarding the comments at the beginning of the article about leaving 10,000 THB for unsupervised work – this is the sort of careless action that makes the Thais think the westerner doesn’t need money. 10,000 baht is a huge sum to a Thai factory worker (twice their monthly salary) and a large amount of money to a typical white collar Thai. T
I have lived and worked (oil and gas industry) in Thailand for 25 years and understand the country very well. I love Thailand and I never ceased to be amazed by the fact many westerners cannot understand the relative material poverty of the average Thai person they interact with. If they did, they might act with more common sense and enjoy their time here more.

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