There was a recent post on FB about a guy in a life-threatening condition following a bike accident here in Thailand. Having no insurance a fellow biker posted in an expat forum asking for donations to help the guy. The response from the moderator was along the lines of, it's his own fault and the forum will take no part in such assistance. Much to the annoyment of its members, it was reposted.
Yeah, the guy should have had insurance, but...
My case, while not in the same league.
I have a product which I distribute in Thailand and offered a free product as a promo to 10 people among expat communities, and 20 on Asian. Thai, Sing, Malay. The condition was the user sent me photos of the ease of installation. Depending on the model, it is a 2-minute job literally, max 15 minutes on other models. Of all the 20 Asian users, all have sent me back photos, and additionally, linked us in their own FB pages which we didn't ask for. Out of the 10 westerners, only 2 have sent photos with the others not even responding to a polite request.
Value of each product was 2800bht to 15,000bht. Are westerners really ungrateful twats? Envious of other foreigners wishing to progress and do something other than hanging around bars and whores? I'm not sure what it is, but maybe common decency has expired among westerners!
At the end of the day, it doesn't really matter as 99% of our clientele are Asian. It's just surprising as a fellow westerner.
Yeah, the guy should have had insurance, but...
My case, while not in the same league.
I have a product which I distribute in Thailand and offered a free product as a promo to 10 people among expat communities, and 20 on Asian. Thai, Sing, Malay. The condition was the user sent me photos of the ease of installation. Depending on the model, it is a 2-minute job literally, max 15 minutes on other models. Of all the 20 Asian users, all have sent me back photos, and additionally, linked us in their own FB pages which we didn't ask for. Out of the 10 westerners, only 2 have sent photos with the others not even responding to a polite request.
Value of each product was 2800bht to 15,000bht. Are westerners really ungrateful twats? Envious of other foreigners wishing to progress and do something other than hanging around bars and whores? I'm not sure what it is, but maybe common decency has expired among westerners!
At the end of the day, it doesn't really matter as 99% of our clientele are Asian. It's just surprising as a fellow westerner.
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