A very strange encounter with my new neighbor in Thailand
I've lived in Thailand for over 14 years, and I thought I'd seen most kinds of expat behavior by now. Apparently not.
And then something happened on Mother's Day.
My wife's relatives, adults and children, came to visit. We were splashing around in the pool and singing karaoke. It was 5 PM.
Suddenly, a new neighbor (he's in his 60s, moved in next door a couple of months ago) runs in and starts yelling. His words went something like this, but I'll simplify:
"Stop yelling. Turn off your music. You're disturbing me."
And he runs home.
My wife and I went to talk about what was wrong, since it wasn't 1 AM, and it was a holiday.
His wife, a Thai woman, came out and was also shocked by his actions. Meanwhile, he ran out at us with a mop. ))) But when he saw me, he changed his mind and put the mop away.
Unfortunately, the whole thing was so unexpected that nobody even thought to pull out a phone and start recording. So no video evidence of the Great Mop Incident. )))
But after asking me where I was from, he started yelling:
- Fucking Russia, go home. Fucking Thai, fucking Thai.
Then another man rode up on a bicycle (it later turned out to be his brother, also visiting) and started screaming even louder at everyone. A couple of minutes later, he disappeared, apparently his wife had taken him away.
We were shocked. ))) And you have to understand that his wife has two Thai brothers, and "fucking Thai" isn't exactly a pleasant expression for them...
While the first guy ran back home, we talked with his wife for a bit, and suddenly... he came back and apologized... saying he overdid it, was in a bad mood, and wasn't feeling well.
We shook hands, but the bad feeling remained.
The neighbor, by the way, turned out to be Australian. )))