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Originally Posted by pmcd8243
After 7 years I try not to be surprised at the depth of stupidity here in LOS.(5 on a motorbike, passing on a blind curve....) ... I pointed this out to a passing policeman but he didn't care. ....
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Well pmcd8243 as Dorothy said you ain't in Kansas anymore...try using this line of thought that I describe...I find it helps minimise my frustration induced intake of alcohol
Call it what you like, but farangs mostly see all likely outcomes of their actions and in general, Thais don't.
I think it was from the book "Thailand Fever" where I first got the advice to stop myself from ever saying variations of "it's obvious" to a Thai.
Passing on a blind bend is regarded as a bad idea by us. Why? Well to us it's obvious a car might be coming the other way and the manoeuvre might end badly for all.
Five on a motorbike, no helmets, drunk etc to us it all has an obvious risk. Not so to a Thai.
"Outcome focused" is what a friend of mine called it - Thais see only the goal that they are trying to achieve and not the consequences.
You see examples all the time, Somchai is told by his boss to remove the road sign from the footpath, he cuts it off six inches from the ground takes the sign away -job done - the permanent trip hazard he leaves behind - the "obvious" consequence of his actions - does not enter their minds.
Your man needed to achieve his goal of supplying electricity, the policeman could not see what the "obvious" problem was....LOL another day in Paradise..as another poster said...a new low will not be far away. Enjoy.
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