Getting beat up

[Art]

Where I lived on Maui was where the more "working class" vacationers visited...The snobs, both American and Canadian tended to stay further south at the big ritzy resorts.

 

[Thistle]

guys in my work go there for every one of their holidays
actually the few non snobby guys have found great deals with houses/townhouses
i always envisioned it "too American" for me 5555
maybe one day

same length of flight to Mexico so much rather fly down there

 

[Pompal 09.]

A good point and relevant to both sides in Phuket.

With the onset of cheap flights/packages has the demographic of visitors/mongers changed ?

Previously there were less younger guys/groups going to LOS due to costs etc and the people who did go were 'usually' a bit more "mature" , preferring to have a drink with mates , pick up a BG and generally have a good time.

Now , there are more groups of younger guys (Brits/Aussie/Euro) who think the behaviour they get away with on a Saturday night back home is acceptable in other countries.

In their own country they 'may' get a slap on the wrist and a "warning" from the local cops but don't seem to realise that their loud mouthed/aggressive behaviour will not be tolerated in other countries and that a 'fair fight'/justice may not be what they will get from locals/police.

 

[Hoadly]

Ever been in a bar when a really drunk and crazy farang just changes the entire vibe of the place?

I was at those hut bars beneath Hotel Bel Aire in Patong last March and this psychopath farang (not naming a country) was sitting at the bar, clearly been drinking for days, eyeballing everyone, muttering to himself, grabbing the girls, swearing at everyone agressively and drinking hard. He kept demanding the same song over and over, think it was a Springsteen hit and anyone who tried to leave copped a mouthful and a confrontation along the lines of "am i intimidating you, c*nt".... "****ing get back here" etc etc... Most of the clientele were older guys who didn't look too tough so nobody wanted to take this guy on or even leave the friggen bar. man it was tense, horrible atmosphere. All the girls were huddled up in a corner hiding, all the guys were avoiding eye contact with this wanker and all of us were forced to listen to this shitty song over and over again whilst he demanded that everyone sang the lyrics.

Eventually, he got up for a dance and dropped his glass and stepped in it. He muttered some shit, abused us all, asked one of us for a fight and started walking to the toilets to pull out the shards and take a long awaited leak, every bloke in the place immediately paid their bills with a handsome tip "keep the change" and hot footed it back onto raht-u-tit and outta there.

 

[Becks]

Being backwoods fashion-less yokels that says 'aboot' is a big one. And after many years of being respected in the world, a lot of Canadian travelers are going out and being really obnoxious, because after all 'everyone loves us'.

On my own level, the whole 'Own the Podium' campaign that went on during the Vancouver Olympics was disgusting. And don't get me started on the hockey riots this year. These two things actually made me ashamed to be Canadian.

 

[heny]

The Canadian women are fun mind! Once under the duvet, that's it for the winter. :love3:

Occasionally coming up for air and making a cup of Hortons, I didn't have the donuts....I was on a diet.

 

[Dr. Strongrod]

I've seen more bar fights and dudes getting their *** kicked in Los Angeles than I have in Thailand. Street fights aren't uncommon in these types of environments anywhere you go.

 

[raethelyn]

There is a Dutch guy who has a bar in Hua Hin. He behaves like this every night. Total t**t.

 

[eternalshadow37]

certainly the amount of freely (I use the word loosely here) available girls is the big contributor IMO....maybe also that the punters are in a holiday mood and you do tend to get people from different backgrounds all mixing in together and having a good time

I really do hope that this tradition can continue....

 

[bria]

Saw him tonight wearing a gun in a holster. Looked real to me but a bargirl told me he joke gun. Some joke the freaking idiot.

 

[MarMar]

But some people do deserve slapping.. I dont see any moral wrong, in doing so if someones this much of a d!ck.. If no one does he will keep acting that way.

Its not always wrong..

 

[Taniya A]

Definately not a bravery act, :but more the act of your fcucked brain:yes:

Sheer stupidity IMO...

 

[ichliebedich]

The double side of budget airlines, the ferals are going further than Bali unfortunately.

 

[Connor]

I think a lot of these "footy club tourists" are too scared (or intimidated by peer group pressure) to barfine a BG and get laid.
So they carry a lot of testosterone-fuelled attitude similar to at home.
Always a problem at this time of year.
If they'd all just get laid the problem would diminish greatly.
But too many egos about "paying for it" get in the way.

 

[Hao Kuan L]

Totally agree Barry.
All this bravado in singing songs ( 'OI OI fcukin OI') and walking around in groups in fancy dress or matching club shirts, is designed to show how 'out there' they all want to appear , whilst masking a deep down fear of 'difference' and the insecurity that lies within themselves.
But you forgot to mention that if the local sheilas back home ever found out that Barry had bonked a Thai s!ut, their sex life would go from drought affected to totally Saharan...

 

[I Like Turtles]

What - Shazza afraid of performance comparison? 555!
Besides would you really want to shower with those sheilas - sober?

 

[nat g]

Bit of a punch up in Patong.

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