Thais Who Think: Do They Exist?

- 26. Jun, 2008 in Word Vomit -

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Since I moved here a year ago, not a day goes by that I don’t read from one blog or another about how intellectually inferior the Thais are from the rest of the world. It’s all good reading, but one can never appreciate the magnitude of such claims until one sees it for herself. A scene that I witnessed earlier this evening is a very good example of the average Thai brain’s, umm, capacity.

On the way to dinner, the boyfriend and I stopped by an ATM kiosk to take out some money. As I waited for the guy ahead of me to finish his transaction, I glanced over at the other ATM where two university students were withdrawing 200 baht. I didn’t think much of it because the guy before me had finished, so I stepped up to the machine and did my thing. Done, I stepped away, and the boyfriend took over.

While waiting for him to finish, I managed to glance over at the other ATM again where the same two university students were clearly struggling with their transaction. Curious, I surreptitiously took a peek at what they were up to. They were still trying to withdraw 200 baht, except that the machine had run out of 100 baht bills, as what was apparent from the on-screen message telling them that it was only dispensing 1,000 baht denominations and asking them to enter another amount. They keyed-in 200 baht again, and naturally, the machine returned with the same error. They did this over and over and over and over and over. And just for the record, the on-screen message was both in English AND Thai, so there could be no doubt about what it was trying to say.

By the time the boyfriend finished his transaction and we were leaving the kiosk, they were still at it. Considering the fact that they were already there while the guy ahead of me started his transaction and they were still there when the boyfriend and I finished ours, I’d say they’ve been going around in circles for almost 10 minutes. And these were university students – clearly, with the uniforms they were wearing. Obviously, those two will not be qualifying for any Business Analyst Jobs anytime soon.

They say two heads are better than one. That seems to be true anywhere but in Thailand where two heads don’t even equal a brain.

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  • Supachit Worrapong

    You shud not say lik thees. This happen before already lot time. I go AMT my brother me and it say 100 baht note no have but it only because man in mashine he go sleeping too much. We only want 200 baht for book comic and we are Thai peoples and unerstan big technolgies. If we make many noisy ouside TAM then man inside wake up soon and fetch 100 bahts. Ha ha you falangs very stupid.

  • iris

    Cute. There’s a man in the machine, presumably a midget. *rolls eyes*

  • Mahal

    I was about to say that let us give the Thais a break lol. But after reading the stupid comment left by that whats’-his-fucking-name, I am almost convinced that Thais have less than half a brain. You idiot, it is a machine, not an enchanted contraption with a Hobbit inside. Even my 10-year daughter knows how to withdraw from my ATM card without my supervision. And hey, Supachit (or is it super shit?) watch your grammar and spelling; it sucks!

  • Mahal

    I got carried away there. Sorry, Iris hehehehe

  • iris

    @Mahal: Hahaha! This guy (or girl) is probably some trawler with nothing better to do. To give Thais the benefit of the doubt (because I’m nice like that), I suspect it might be somebody ‘pretending’ to be Thai because I refuse to believe that anybody – Thai or otherwise – could be THAT stupid. If he (or she) is in fact pretending, it’s a very good impression, I must say. They don’t speak English very well around here. I find my English suffering as well because I need to speak to them in pidgin English to be even remotely understood. :-(

  • Supachit Worrapong

    Hey mister you say not good about my Englich and I not sucking as well. My sister me she boyfriend her falang and him say I sapeak good. Him from Frence but old man same same monkey but I no stupid lik you say I know man not really in AMT mashine him in bank office and only go mashine when people want money then he push money thruohg hole. I study bashelos deglee in computur so I smart and Bangkok first place get AMT.

  • iris

    Thank you, Supachit. That’s enough. :-)

  • aileen

    you could have at least volunteered to help those idiots. poor things…

  • Sue

    Well, it was hardly surprising that Mr. Supachit got so upset in his last comment, I mean, Mahal was extremely impolite. No, downright abusive! Most Thais have difficulties in relating their thoughts into the written English language and I think this person gave it a damn good try. One last point, there was at least one grammar error in Mahal’s rant, Mr. Supachit is Thai. What’s your excuse!

  • iris

    @Aileen: No use trying. Besides, after all the crap they all put us through here on a regular basis, just can’t be bothered. :-(

    @Sue: I think it’s a Ms. Supachit. Besides, I think she’s a trawler…and one with the same IP address as you. Imagine that. :-D

  • Mahal

    Sue, I am horribly insulted. I was not “extremely impolite”. I strive to be more than your very tame, very lame description. Bitchy is what I would call myself. Bwa hahahahaha

  • iris

    @Mahal: I think we scared them away. :-D

  • http://anncoyoca.multiply.com Ann

    For a second there, I got excited reading the comments. Then the excitement went away having read THEY’re not posting replies anymore… hahahaha tsk tsk tsk..

    Anns last blog post..Mariah Hairy – Touch my Body

  • iris

    @Ann: Yeah, I think they got scared away. Good fun, though. LOL. ;-)

  • Sue

    Scared? What about you Supachit?
    “I no scared notin I big hero like comic book guy. My friend me say you shud be in movie like Joan vin dam or Ben Stillis him say also that…”
    Thank you, Supachit. That’s enough!

  • o

    Umm I think that supachit is quite possibly a white guy taking the piss? Just a thought :p

  • iris

    @O: That’s what I thought. Possibly a girl. What I do know is Supachit and Sue are one and the same. Best to ignore them from this point forward. They’re my pet trolls. ;-)

  • Sue

    Oh, don’t be like that Iris, just a bit of fun. I’m not even a common trawler as you called (us), I’ve been reading your blogs for a time now. I thought you’d disappeared from the planet (Planet Thailand that is) and then you pop up (no pun intended) with a brand new site. So don’t be bothered, I’m not really a weirdo, just a white boy named Sue who just like you gets aggro every day. Ha ha, stupid falangs!

  • iris

    @Sue: Ahhhh…the boy named Sue like the Johnny Cash song. Cool beans. Well, stick around all you like then, but please no more useless comments, okay? :-D

  • o

    how sad, that a post like this one gets all the attention, and your best most worthy post (in my opinion), the one about the little critter that you guys have adopted and goto feed everyday, is practically ignored. :(

  • iris

    @O: I know. Nobody seems interested in our little baby. To think that she’s so heartbreakingly cute. :-(

  • Mahal

    Your “baby” is cute? Then again, never been much for pets, hehehehe. So, that is just me talking lol

  • o

    I know, seriously that post is REALLY good, and really meaningful. I guess people like goss huh? *sigh*