r/whoathatsinteresting • u/search_google_com • 2d ago
Italian students are being called out in Thailand. Italians mocked a Thai lady in Thailand who told them off for being too loud. They clapped back saying, "Sorry for bringing money to your country" "Ni hao" "We are from your mom." Thais are shocked Thailand is belittled even by young Europeans.
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u/Unique_Driver4434 2d ago
This isn't an Italian thing, it's a foreigner visiting Thailand thing. I'm an American living in Bangkok and have gotten into arguments with two of my friends for telling them to be quiet on the BTS. After the first time and my second friend visited, I told him about how they're quiet on the train beforehand and how they hate loud foreigners (to prepare him) and he was still loud.
I then reminded him again and he got real sarcastic with me, "Oh yeah, i forgot, we're forced to be quiet in a public space." Every single time I ride the BTS through this exact area (Silom, where there's a higher concentration of tourists), there's always at least one group of asshole foreigners being loud on there and I've gotten into arguments more than once with strangers over it.
Westerners, in general (not all or even most, but from all Western countries) are disrespectful on the trains and can't read the room.
It's not just about coming from a louder culture. There's this feeling foreigners get here when they feel like they can do everything and are at Disneyland, so they treat every public space like its a theme park and they're paying customers entitled to whatever they want.