Nightlife activities ought not to include shoplifting

[Magic Dance]

Walking down Bangla Road Sunday night around 1am. Street is mostly deserted, nothing like what it's like in high season, or even last year in low season. The only crowd is a group of people coming down to the east end of the street, away from the beach. There's one of the kids in the middle of the crowd who has a pile of hats that he sells, several European looking ladies around 20 years old or so, a policeman holding one of the hats, and several others, plus a crowd following and talking to each other. They come to a stop right where I'm standing, with the ladies seemingly trying to take a tuk-tuk someplace, and the police not allowing them to leave. The crowd grows, and more police start showing up, some in uniform, others not.

Some people I know eventually come over to tell me what's going on. Apparently one of the girls decided to take one of the kid's hats when he wasn't looking, and slip it under her shirt, after which the group tried to walk away without paying. Someone did notice though, and things started to escalate. By this time, the girls seemed to want to pay something like $30 (Australian?) for the hat and go home, but the police weren't having any of it – they brought over one of the police pickups, put the kid with his pile of hats in the back, and drove off to the police station. One or two of the officers then left to take the girls there as well, still holding the stolen hat as evidence. If the story I was given was correct, the girls are both going to have to pay for the hat they stole (shoplifted) and get punished for trying to steal it.

Anyway, the only reason for posting this is that a lot of people who haven't traveled much are afraid of being ripped off by the locals. However, it's a two way street, and the dishonest behavior isn't limited only to the "foreigners". Maybe to the girls it all seemed like a big joke at the time, but by now they've realized it wasn't. There's that Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.

Ten minutes later, the street was back to the semi-deserted condition it had been in earlier. Bangla at 1am used to be far more crowded, even in low season.

 

[BastBeast]

If by Sunday night you meant "last night", I will tell you that the streets didn't stay deserted for long. It must have been around 2am or just after and the powers that be, bless their infinite wisdom, shut down every bar in Patong. Maybe that is why there were so many police around and getting involved, they had to find something to do until they could enforce the shut down.

 

[My Question]

I think she should be punished and call me an evil cvnt if you want but hey, if nobody stopped her then would she have kept walking or would she have turned around and given it back?

She's stolen, fair and square and would get prosecuted back in her own country (crowd around now I would guess it's one of the many unruly Aussie's in town).

This has been brought up in other threads but with the cheaper airfares around (not so much right now with higher gasoline charges) there seems to be a larger influx of lower class aussie's and younger aussie's coming here. They think they can act how they want and do what they want.

Let this be one lesson and a good one at that!

 

[Pompal 09.]

I think we may undergo a lot of 2am closing leading up to the Patong Election on 27th this month.This is the big one for Mayor.Who ever wins ultimately controls the awarding of contracts for all sorts of things.Big money is at stake.:666:

 

[ASIANESE]

I agree, have no time for thieves , i bet a trip to the cop shop gave her a scare. I hope they have learnt their lesson...
I hope that flights never become cheap enough for whats are called 'chavs' in England, then you will be in trouble !

 

[Mary Boo]

But Dan, I think they already have mate. Jetstar Asia flying from Australia with some very cheap prices.

For some all they have to do is pay taxes or a few hundred dollars and they have a round trip airfare. Unfortunately with the younger generation coming over, they haven't traveled much and they also have the thought process that because they are poorer, it's ok to put them down.

They wouldn't agree but their actions show this. BLOODY CHAVS! 55555

 

[Angelina]

there seems to be a larger influx of lower class aussie's


aussies dont have a class system

 

[Karmaman]

HAHAHAHAHAHAH ROTFLMAO.

Very good, I should have realised that before I posted.

 

[?!-?SaRaH?-!?]

Just had to google what this means 5555 - Rolling on the floor laughing my ass off....

I need to get up to date ...!

 

[ffl04122007]

And this is exactly why I chose to come to Thailand rather than Bali for my first trip over seas last October. Because all the bloody bogans go to Bali because it's about all they can afford. This is a bit of a rant and most of my countrymen/women can behave themselves but there is that minority that I don't want to be around in my own country let alone travel 6000 odd KM's to spend time with. I like cheap airfares but if they get too cheap we risk flooding Thailand with Australia's undesirables, bit of a shitty thing to say but, I hope there is enough economic pressure that these types would start to consider Phuket a bit too expensive.

Fancy stealing from a poor Thai kid.



Dan Boy, what the pom's call Chav's would roughly equate to what we call Bogans

This reminds me of why I don't go to clubs in AU, long lines (clubs are empty, they just want to make people line up) sneaker discrimination (yes I was even denied the opportunity to line up because I was wearing comfortable shoes), don't even mention the ungodly price of alcohol ($8 AUD and upwards for a beer) and if and when you do get in you either spend time with elitist snobs or bogans with an elitist snobbish attitude. Pubs in AU aren't so bad if you go to the right ones, Little creatures in Fremantle is good (even though its in Fremantle, somehow the Freo bogans can't seem to find it) apart from the A$8 pints (although Little Creatures Pilsner is one of the best beers I've tasted). On my last night out I spent A$145.00 on beer, food and taxi's, in Thailand that would get me 3 Decent Thai meals (or 2 decent farang meals), enough booze to knock out Keith Richards, a lady, a taxi back to the hotel and still have change.

 

[Wdfoiw Fqfwf]

$145 +- 5k baht ???

Hardly a big night out here even without LD's and a girl.. Kieth Richards is not going to be worried about the hangover..

 

[Kyle S]

Thats right! Aussies don't have any class at all :wink2:

Unlike the Mecca of culture that is New Zealand Baaahahahahaaaaa (Couldn't keep a straight face for that one).

 

[Apple456689]

I fail to see the correlation between criminal behaviour, low income and the aircraft one choose to fly on.

Whilst not excusing the behaviour of the young girl/s involve in a stupid prank it makes no sense to blame that behaviour on so called " low class aussies or so called english chavs".

Only a fool would make such references without knowing the full facts and outcome of the mentioned incident.

To label so called "lower class aussies " whatever that may be, as bogans reflects poorly on those that make such references.

As an aussie I am proud of the egalaterian society we live in, which, althought not perfect, is a great place to live.

In my travels I have seen many incidents of poor behaviour by tourists of many nationalities but I have I never generalised the reason for that behaviour instead accepting it as random silliness.

Some of the so called aussies on this forum should take a long hard look at themselves.

 

[bbshady]

Can you walk on water?:meuh:

 

[Jesse T]

What a stupid question?

 

[virgod]

The only way "Australia" came into this was because I thought I overheard one of the girls (there were four) saying something about having offered thirty Australian dollars to take care of the situation. I wasn't close enough to overhear what all was being said. When I posted this, I didn't mean for it to be a bash-on-Australia discussion.

I don't know whether to call the whole thing a "stupid prank" or something worse, but I'm guessing the girls thought nothing of stealing from the kid. They probably didn't realize that the kid has a whole group of people who work with him in selling stuff on Bangla, and he's far from being alone. I'm guessing they're used to shoplifting back at home, and just figured the kid was an easy 'mark'.

They didn't seem too drunk or anything, not that it would be an excuse even if they were. The one who took the hat probably figured it was no big deal, and maybe to them it wasn't, but to the kid and his group, it certainly was.

The police were the ones who escalated it into a major thing, and nobody can fault them for doing so. There's just no excuse for what the girl(s) did. If they had any brains, they'd immediately have offered to pay for the hat, and apologized, and maybe that would have been the end of it.

 

[Pompal 09.]

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[vwvw30]

Guess you haven't been in Patong lately.............I'm sorry to say that Dingos is right.......It's been a lot more young Aussies making trouble this year.......It's a bit like the same behavior as some of the young Brits and Scandis going to Spain for the first time......


Btw, the kid was probably going to the police station to pay a fine for not having a license to sell shit on Bangla.
So the police are making money from both parts...........

Geir

 

[Rasmah.com]

And it's what Yorkshire Folk accumulate up thier noses too! S'true!

 

[Glow]

You fail to see the correlation between low income, criminal behaviour and an aircraft they choose to fly on. I guess they correlate perfectly; but that's for an entirely different thread discussing low income society and how that may lead you into criminal activity and also those that don't have much money are going to fly on a budget airline. I think that statement of yours is foolish!

I take a long look at myself every day.... "hmmmm, is it a t-shirt or singlet to go with my shorts and thongs today?"

Oh crap, all shirts are at the laundry so it looks like singlet.


I think you really need to take a break. It could be aussie's, poms, yanks or whoever, the story is that since low budget airlines have been ramping up, there is a different style of tourist coming here.

Maybe I should consider myself a bogan? Don't really care what you think to be honest

It was a statement about the girl doing a "stupid prank" as you call it but when it comes down to it, she stole from the guy. Some things go to far and it's called alcohol as the mood modifier.

The reason it was stated as lower class aussies is because right now majority of airlines out of Australia are packed with yobo's and that's the majority of the tourists right now. AND THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE! 555555