What is it with Foreigners in Thailand.

Conversation overheard number one

I am in subway (no no not the train station, the sandwich shop), a guy with his demure Thai girlfriend strolls in and asks “how long is the six inch sub? I tell my girlfriend its six inches but its only this big“ (thumb and forefinger held aloft for all to see).

Conversation overheard number two

A guy walks into a Seven Eleven (convenience shop for you outsiders) and asks the female cashier for a box of condoms. He then proceeds to expose himself to her and says “big enough for this”.

EEWWWWW. What is it with foreigners visiting this country?

I have never seen a booth at Bangkok international airport that hands out licences to be a total asshole. Maybe I am not looking in the right places.

What I do see though are males, typically Anglo-Saxon in ethnic origin, acting like primitives, and with the special ignition properties of alcohol, primitives with astounding amounts of ignorance and cultural insensitivity.

One should always listen to ones surroundings. One should never bludgeon an opinion or racial bias, or think in a superior or holier way to those one walks with when travelling.

The Thais know this. There should be a booth at the new airport that holds mandatory entrance courses to every single or unaccompanied white male entering the country.

Imagine the reactions if they behaved so badly at home.

Mai pen rai eh? Farang ting tong.