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Post by rubl on Oct 1, 2020 16:24:20 GMT 7
I read that, but somehow I don't get it, must be me surely. Many years ago when I was a tourist at times, I'd have limited time and limited budget. An extended stay would ruin me, let me lose my job, etc., etc. How do those 150,000 manage? |
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Post by Mosha on Oct 1, 2020 18:25:08 GMT 7
I read that, but somehow I don't get it, must be me surely. Many years ago when I was a tourist at times, I'd have limited time and limited budget. An extended stay would ruin me, let me lose my job, etc., etc. How do those 150,000 manage? Strange times. Any Brits may be on a furlough scheme. The most time I could get off was about 5 weeks, and that was with swapping 3 days between a 21 and 12 day break. I did that because I did 6 half days for one guy who needed Saturday afternoon off to play cricket. Another report I read says with the restrictions Thailand is bringing in, they'll be lucky to get 16,000 tourists a year. |
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Post by rgs2001uk on Oct 1, 2020 20:09:20 GMT 7
I read that, but somehow I don't get it, must be me surely. Many years ago when I was a tourist at times, I'd have limited time and limited budget. An extended stay would ruin me, let me lose my job, etc., etc. How do those 150,000 manage? They are spoilt brat millenials, they dont have jobs, they get by on their fathers credit cards, usually found on the southern islands or pai spouting their effin blm or antifa bullshit. Not mentioned the teecha brigade that used to do border runs. |
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Post by rgs2001uk on Oct 1, 2020 20:13:24 GMT 7
I read that, but somehow I don't get it, must be me surely. Many years ago when I was a tourist at times, I'd have limited time and limited budget. An extended stay would ruin me, let me lose my job, etc., etc. How do those 150,000 manage? Strange times. Any Brits may be on a furlough scheme. The most time I could get off was about 5 weeks, and that was with swapping 3 days between a 21 and 12 day break. I did that because I did 6 half days for one guy who needed Saturday afternoon off to play cricket. Another report I read says with the restrictions Thailand is bringing in, they'll be lucky to get 16,000 tourists a year. As a single man at the time, I had no problem working bank holidays, christmas or new year, no problem, The best one for me was the Y2K bullshit, money for old rope, cant remember what happened, spent most of the time asleep or smoking cigarettes or playing solataire. 5 days of it, what a skive. |
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Post by Mosha on Oct 1, 2020 20:28:42 GMT 7
I read that, but somehow I don't get it, must be me surely. Many years ago when I was a tourist at times, I'd have limited time and limited budget. An extended stay would ruin me, let me lose my job, etc., etc. How do those 150,000 manage? They are spoilt brat millenials, they dont have jobs, they get by on their fathers credit cards, usually found on the southern islands or pai spouting their effin blm or antifa bullshit. Not mentioned the teecha brigade that used to do border runs. I preferred the 90 day border run option to the 90 report on the visa extension. The last time I applied for 12 months extension, I was sat in Ranong immigration while the paperwork was processed for 4 hours. Everytime someone asked the person processing my application a question, she put the pen down. Multi tasking, what's that? In that 4 hours I could have driven to Surat Thani to se my wife's auntie. In November I'll take my complete LOTR book. |
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Post by rgs2001uk on Oct 1, 2020 20:32:41 GMT 7
They are spoilt brat millenials, they dont have jobs, they get by on their fathers credit cards, usually found on the southern islands or pai spouting their effin blm or antifa bullshit. Not mentioned the teecha brigade that used to do border runs. I preferred the 90 day border run option to the 90 report on the visa extension. The last time I applied for 12 months extension, I was sat in Ranong immigration while the paperwork was processed for 4 hours. Everytime someone asked the person processing my application a question, she put the pen down. Multi tasking, what's that? In that 4 hours I could have driven to Surat Thani to se my wife's auntie. In November I'll take my complete LOTR book. I feel you, horses for courses. |
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Post by Mosha on Oct 2, 2020 9:44:33 GMT 7
Strange times. Any Brits may be on a furlough scheme. The most time I could get off was about 5 weeks, and that was with swapping 3 days between a 21 and 12 day break. I did that because I did 6 half days for one guy who needed Saturday afternoon off to play cricket. Another report I read says with the restrictions Thailand is bringing in, they'll be lucky to get 16,000 tourists a year. As a single man at the time, I had no problem working bank holidays, christmas or new year, no problem, The best one for me was the Y2K bullshit, money for old rope, cant remember what happened, spent most of the time asleep or smoking cigarettes or playing solataire. 5 days of it, what a skive. I much preferred bank holiday working. Nothing to do with extra pay. We only got that at Christmas and New Year anyway. It was better for getting jobs done, without constant interruptions. 1 boss a born again christian told us, if Christmas has falls on your shift, you can have the day off, but be on call for the 1st 6 hours of your 12 hour shift. If you aren't used though you owe 12 hours. So we as a group decided we'd work it. |
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Post by rgs2001uk on Oct 2, 2020 20:06:38 GMT 7
As a single man at the time, I had no problem working bank holidays, christmas or new year, no problem, The best one for me was the Y2K bullshit, money for old rope, cant remember what happened, spent most of the time asleep or smoking cigarettes or playing solataire. 5 days of it, what a skive. I much preferred bank holiday working. Nothing to do with extra pay. We only got that at Christmas and New Year anyway. It was better for getting jobs done, without constant interruptions. 1 boss a born again christian told us, if Christmas has falls on your shift, you can have the day off, but be on call for the 1st 6 hours of your 12 hour shift. If you aren't used though you owe 12 hours. So we as a group decided we'd work it. Been there done that, twats want you to be on standby but wont pay a standby allowance. |
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Post by oldie on Oct 2, 2020 21:28:20 GMT 7
Strange times. Any Brits may be on a furlough scheme. The most time I could get off was about 5 weeks, and that was with swapping 3 days between a 21 and 12 day break. I did that because I did 6 half days for one guy who needed Saturday afternoon off to play cricket. Another report I read says with the restrictions Thailand is bringing in, they'll be lucky to get 16,000 tourists a year. As a single man at the time, I had no problem working bank holidays, christmas or new year, no problem, The best one for me was the Y2K bullshit, money for old rope, cant remember what happened, spent most of the time asleep or smoking cigarettes or playing solataire. 5 days of it, what a skive. . 12.30am here and I'm at work alone. What's on Netflix? |
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Post by rubl on Oct 2, 2020 22:39:16 GMT 7
As a single man at the time, I had no problem working bank holidays, christmas or new year, no problem, The best one for me was the Y2K bullshit, money for old rope, cant remember what happened, spent most of the time asleep or smoking cigarettes or playing solataire. 5 days of it, what a skive. . 12.30am here and I'm at work alone. What's on Netflix? Shouldn't that be "alone at work, what's on netflix" ?  |
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Post by oldie on Oct 2, 2020 23:33:51 GMT 7
. 12.30am here and I'm at work alone. What's on Netflix? Shouldn't that be "alone at work, what's on netflix" ? Me and the security guard. We ignore each other. |
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Post by smokie36 on Oct 3, 2020 14:00:46 GMT 7
I read that, but somehow I don't get it, must be me surely. Many years ago when I was a tourist at times, I'd have limited time and limited budget. An extended stay would ruin me, let me lose my job, etc., etc. How do those 150,000 manage? Strange times. Any Brits may be on a furlough scheme. The most time I could get off was about 5 weeks, and that was with swapping 3 days between a 21 and 12 day break. I did that because I did 6 half days for one guy who needed Saturday afternoon off to play cricket. Another report I read says with the restrictions Thailand is bringing in, they'll be lucky to get 16,000 tourists a year. Too busy working probably. I looked at an aparthotel ASQ place the other day....outside balcony with every room ticked the box nicely...only Thai food served ticked the next and the thought hit me that the staff would make a nice bonus slipping me cases of beer and the occasional Pizza Mania box. The Thai entrepreneurial spirit alive and well. |
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Post by Mosha on Oct 3, 2020 14:09:52 GMT 7
I much preferred bank holiday working. Nothing to do with extra pay. We only got that at Christmas and New Year anyway. It was better for getting jobs done, without constant interruptions. 1 boss a born again christian told us, if Christmas has falls on your shift, you can have the day off, but be on call for the 1st 6 hours of your 12 hour shift. If you aren't used though you owe 12 hours. So we as a group decided we'd work it. Been there done that, twats want you to be on standby but wont pay a standby allowance. Quarterly review he asks. "Why do you always work Christmas when it's when it's your shift?" "Because it's better than owing you 12 hours" "What if there's nothing to do?" Now the smart answer would be there's allus summat to do, but my mouth let me down. "Then that's a bonus." 🤣🤣🤣 |
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Post by smokie36 on Oct 3, 2020 16:51:41 GMT 7
Been there done that, twats want you to be on standby but wont pay a standby allowance. Quarterly review he asks. "Why do you always work Christmas when it's when it's your shift?" "Because it's better than owing you 12 hours" "What if there's nothing to do?" Now the smart answer would be there's allusion summat to do, but my mouth let me down. "Then that's a bonus." 🤣🤣🤣 Doing nothing is actually the majority of my job right now. I excel at this funnily enough. |
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Post by rubl on Oct 3, 2020 16:53:33 GMT 7
Quarterly review he asks. "Why do you always work Christmas when it's when it's your shift?" "Because it's better than owing you 12 hours" "What if there's nothing to do?" Now the smart answer would be there's allusion summat to do, but my mouth let me down. "Then that's a bonus." 🤣🤣🤣 Doing nothing is actually the majority of my job right now. I excel at this funnily enough. Need to be present, so no walks but time to work your way through a few more Rankin's? |
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