Comments on: Bangkok Beggars – The Good, The Bad, and The Fake http://www.gregtodiffer.com/2008/07/21/bangkok-beggars-the-good-the-bad-and-the-fake/ anecdotes, advice and tales from Asia, with some general musings and rants thrown in for good measure. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:15:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jack http://www.gregtodiffer.com/2008/07/21/bangkok-beggars-the-good-the-bad-and-the-fake/comment-page-1/#comment-3100 Jack Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:55:11 +0000 http://www.gregtodiffer.com/2008/07/21/bangkok-beggars-the-good-the-bad-and-the-fake/#comment-3100 Yeah I hear ya, one time I bought her a new scaled because the old one looked ready to fall apart.. I do hope you are meaning that and not that your ummmmm girth would cause issues hahaha.. I really love when people make the effort. If you are ever driving on Rama 9 road just before the Ekammai intersection there is a guy there with ONE leg selling lillies... he charges a bit too much for them, but my wife and I always grab some and he each and every time gives us a little info about how to best care for them, etc... ONE LEG and hobbles around there all night selling those flowers.. when I see that and I think of that stupid farang begging for airfare I just want to kick him in the...... well you know.. :-) ummm I mean kick the farang of course haha Yeah I hear ya, one time I bought her a new scaled because the old one looked ready to fall apart.. I do hope you are meaning that and not that your ummmmm girth would cause issues hahaha..

I really love when people make the effort. If you are ever driving on Rama 9 road just before the Ekammai intersection there is a guy there with ONE leg selling lillies… he charges a bit too much for them, but my wife and I always grab some and he each and every time gives us a little info about how to best care for them, etc… ONE LEG and hobbles around there all night selling those flowers.. when I see that and I think of that stupid farang begging for airfare I just want to kick him in the…… well you know.. :-) ummm I mean kick the farang of course haha

]]> By: Greg http://www.gregtodiffer.com/2008/07/21/bangkok-beggars-the-good-the-bad-and-the-fake/comment-page-1/#comment-3094 Greg Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:15:48 +0000 http://www.gregtodiffer.com/2008/07/21/bangkok-beggars-the-good-the-bad-and-the-fake/#comment-3094 I know just the lady you're talking about Jack, although I'm scared to use her scale because I might break it. :) What I hate most is perfectly able-bodied men just standing there asking for change. When I was in New Delhi, a girl of about 12 was doing CRAZY gymnastic/yoga poses on the side of the road for change. If I wasn't whizzing by in a car I would have given her a lot. I know just the lady you’re talking about Jack, although I’m scared to use her scale because I might break it. :) What I hate most is perfectly able-bodied men just standing there asking for change. When I was in New Delhi, a girl of about 12 was doing CRAZY gymnastic/yoga poses on the side of the road for change. If I wasn’t whizzing by in a car I would have given her a lot.

]]> By: Jack http://www.gregtodiffer.com/2008/07/21/bangkok-beggars-the-good-the-bad-and-the-fake/comment-page-1/#comment-3092 Jack Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:01:32 +0000 http://www.gregtodiffer.com/2008/07/21/bangkok-beggars-the-good-the-bad-and-the-fake/#comment-3092 Funny enough a lot and I mean a lot of the kids you see out there being used by the begger groups are not even Thai more often than not they are Cambodian. The only sort of begger I ever give to is the lady on the walk over Petchaburi Rd by Pantip Plaza, at least she has a cheap scale and offers to let you weigh yourself for you donation.. ok it's kinda lame but at least it's an effort.. amazing that in this day and age some people didn't know how fake so many of these people are.. Google is a wonderful thing folks.. Funny enough a lot and I mean a lot of the kids you see out there being used by the begger groups are not even Thai more often than not they are Cambodian. The only sort of begger I ever give to is the lady on the walk over Petchaburi Rd by Pantip Plaza, at least she has a cheap scale and offers to let you weigh yourself for you donation.. ok it’s kinda lame but at least it’s an effort.. amazing that in this day and age some people didn’t know how fake so many of these people are.. Google is a wonderful thing folks..

]]> By: Amanda http://www.gregtodiffer.com/2008/07/21/bangkok-beggars-the-good-the-bad-and-the-fake/comment-page-1/#comment-431 Amanda Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:25:10 +0000 http://www.gregtodiffer.com/2008/07/21/bangkok-beggars-the-good-the-bad-and-the-fake/#comment-431 About the blonde highlights... I saw some kids in Cambodia with these streaks and had the same reaction... until someone told me that it was probably due to malnutrition. Eek. Not sure if it's true, but thought I'd mention it! About the blonde highlights… I saw some kids in Cambodia with these streaks and had the same reaction… until someone told me that it was probably due to malnutrition. Eek. Not sure if it’s true, but thought I’d mention it!

]]> By: cat http://www.gregtodiffer.com/2008/07/21/bangkok-beggars-the-good-the-bad-and-the-fake/comment-page-1/#comment-233 cat Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:02:49 +0000 http://www.gregtodiffer.com/2008/07/21/bangkok-beggars-the-good-the-bad-and-the-fake/#comment-233 I'm another who doesn't give to beggars. Mostly. There's one old guy in Ari who is clearly a local. And him, I do give to on occasion. The rest I walk around. I’m another who doesn’t give to beggars. Mostly.

There’s one old guy in Ari who is clearly a local. And him, I do give to on occasion.

The rest I walk around.

]]> By: Biggest Dude http://www.gregtodiffer.com/2008/07/21/bangkok-beggars-the-good-the-bad-and-the-fake/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Biggest Dude Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:44:51 +0000 http://www.gregtodiffer.com/2008/07/21/bangkok-beggars-the-good-the-bad-and-the-fake/#comment-52 Perfectly true posting. The real beggars you can tell fairly easily, at my place it is a couple of guys living seperately, day time they beg for a few hours night time they are sleeping on a piece of cardboard near the same location - 2 of these guys are clearly mentally dissarranged. The other time it is easy to tell a real beggar is old people in Thai areas - these I give some money to. Beggars who travel in BMW's to work in Sukhumvit (and other tourist areas) are not worth giving cash to. The fake monks are another problem, I now follow these idiots telling all and sundry that they are fake - this pisses them off to no end. I got this trick from Stickmans website. Real Buddhist monks don't get angry and swear at you. Perfectly true posting. The real beggars you can tell fairly easily, at my place it is a couple of guys living seperately, day time they beg for a few hours night time they are sleeping on a piece of cardboard near the same location – 2 of these guys are clearly mentally dissarranged.

The other time it is easy to tell a real beggar is old people in Thai areas – these I give some money to. Beggars who travel in BMW’s to work in Sukhumvit (and other tourist areas) are not worth giving cash to.

The fake monks are another problem, I now follow these idiots telling all and sundry that they are fake – this pisses them off to no end. I got this trick from Stickmans website. Real Buddhist monks don’t get angry and swear at you.

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