good morning welcome to the Land of Smiles thailand i'm simon house ma'am
today we're going to do a serious subject seven things not to do in
thailand cue that intro
number one if you're shopping and you drop a note say 20 baht no or a hundred
baht note on the floor and it's a little bit windy do not reflex action put your
foot on the note what you're actually doing is putting your foot on the king's
head it's a no-no bend down use your hand there'll be people around usually
and they'll come to the rescue and pick your note up but it's frowned upon don't
put your feet on the notes because a legend from Thailand we are let's say
for King and same kind of poodles same so this is why one thing needs to be a
space yes there we go number two do not talk in public about the royal family or
army police politics the word corruption these subjects are for Thai people only
to talk about when you're in public if you're with your Thai partner at home no
problem but in public it's frowned upon the foreigners to talk about the royal
family and these other subjects do not mean yeah it's just maybe people will
misunderstand your interpretation or they won't understand what you're
actually talking about and it can cause problems it's just one of those subjects
to keep off here in Thailand okay
number three don't touch a Thai person's head their feet the highest part of the
body the head the lowest part the feet if that it's probably best not to touch
your Thai personal at all unless they are family partner close friends or
they've given you permission yeah this one it's the same thing I think I'm the
world's him the man not had a woman yeah he said you don't smack somebody head
and you don't know that will so this is very serious not the one it's good
reason number four do not point your finger or any part of your body at a
Thai person if you actually sit down next to a Thai person and your feet are
pointing to that person just readjust your seating so you're not pointing to
them with your feet or if you can't just acknowledge that Thai person that your
feet and not pointing some there's nothing meant by it pointing your finger
is also seen as an aggressive behavior yeah and it's not it is frowned upon
it's a myth faith and faith yes just don't do it don't do it
number five now raising your voice in Toyland yes yes the Thai people you
occasionally might see a mother or a father telling off the children and
raise their voice slightly but it is seriously frowned upon if you raise your
voice to a Thai person or to anyone in the company of Thai people it's seen as
an act of aggression and it can turn nasty you just do not raise your voice
in Thailand and for those people you see in the entertainment zones that have had
too much drink that are shouting Thai people do not like it at all yeah and it
can get out of hand you should never raise your voice to a
Thai person if you have any problem I think you call once I okay somebody to
be to fit between mediate between you yeah between you definitely if you've
got a problem somewhere count to ten calm down
yeah I'm try and resolve it peacefully yeah number six which is going on from
number five and that is never hit a Thai person or raise your arm or your hand to
hit it's a person evening even if you're joking it can be taken wrong any form of
violence in Thailand yeah is not good and Thai people will react accordingly
and police last thing you want to do is have an argument and it gets physical in
Thailand you'll end up in jail yeah most of the time just don't do it again
Buddhism is teaches a peaceful culture so it should try to be solved that if
you cannot fake or something you go to police station or something till too
late lamb do you cut that know how to deal with the Thai people you cementing
yeah and finally number seven which is probably one of the most important drugs
in Thailand Wow do not buy any drugs sell any drugs take any drugs if
anybody's trying to sell any to you walk away do not do take any drugs in
Thailand there is a heavy prison sentence if you're found to do any of
those drugs are forbidden in Thailand if you see any or offered and it's meant
another one done when you go holiday or someone if you say can you take in four
minute very careful do not pass all yeah you don't know what that car in here
pleased to be protect yourself oh can you look the hand back for a minute all
the back please that's it careful be careful especially
leaving your luggage lying around it yes it's a torii there's a month it's mostly
an Antalya and also you here are these forum full moon parties where the
youngsters are going and rumors that there's drugs right just keep away from
it don't do drugs in Thailand this is not the country to do drugs in there is
as I said severe penalties period so there's seven things which we recommend
you do not do in Thailand and they're all quite serious a lot of you already
know this but especially for first-time travelers and people that maybe haven't
seen these things just take care when you're in Thailand enjoy your holiday
you stay if you're on holiday and for the expats most of them know this but
there are some around that don't know this so please be wary of the things you
do in Thailand anyway that's another video we'll catch you on the next one
yes maybe I won't get the Sun in my eyes I've got a bit of a cold so please
excuse I'd like tension holding time anyway