Things that make your teeth grind

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Jacobincambodia wrote:Everyone driving a Lexus and up.
This. Although there was a reasonable very old Lexus advertised in SR that I considered for a split second. Won't buy one on principle.
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StroppyChops wrote:
Jacobincambodia wrote:Everyone driving a Lexus and up.
This. Although there was a reasonable very old Lexus advertised in SR that I considered for a split second. Won't buy one on principle.
You know why I say this, right?
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I assume because they're a marker for NGOs that squander aid dollars?
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Loudmouthed Irish hobbit chancers.
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StroppyChops wrote:I assume because they're a marker for NGOs that squander aid dollars?
Well that would drive me crazy too, but since I'm a justice-oriented fella, the folks driving as if they were the King of Cambodia (honking horn, riding ass, breaking every traffic law, etc.) drive me absolutely bonkers. Right now I'm thinking of two individuals in particular that I see almost every morning driving into Phnom Penh. Two younger ladies driving an Audi Q7 or whatever it's called. They drive CRAZY!! Usually, I'm on my bike so I have less of a desire to squawk. But I have given them the "visor up stare down" routine on a couple of occasions.

The hierarchal system that's present here definitely plays out on the road. I just can't let it go sometimes.
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Jacobincambodia wrote:
StroppyChops wrote:I assume because they're a marker for NGOs that squander aid dollars?
Well that would drive me crazy too, but since I'm a justice-oriented fella, the folks driving as if they were the King of Cambodia (honking horn, riding ass, breaking every traffic law, etc.) drive me absolutely bonkers. Right now I'm thinking of two individuals in particular that I see almost every morning driving into Phnom Penh. Two younger ladies driving an Audi Q7 or whatever it's called. They drive CRAZY!! Usually, I'm on my bike so I have less of a desire to squawk. But I have given them the "visor up stare down" routine on a couple of occasions.

The hierarchal system that's present here definitely plays out on the road. I just can't let it go sometimes.
A couple of times we've had the Lexus-driving-tosser honking behind the tuktuk we're in, I've done the unblinking stare-down. Initially they give the eff-off hostile glare or the elitist sniff and look away, and then appear to become very self conscious and fall back, quietly. While it still works for me, I'll use it.
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vladimir wrote:Loudmouthed Irish hobbit chancers.
Yes , I forgot and those too
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King pig mentalility is what drives me crazy. Its usually more with the Chinese then Khmer I noticed
Its also the biggest culture difference for me. I get yelled at by my gf and boss cause i lose it. Road rage is as common as bottles water in the states. U cut someone off at any age you are asking for a fight.
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blatant and industrious nose picking.
the waddling strut of the elite.
fake beggars.
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frank lee bent wrote:blatant and industrious nose picking.
the waddling strut of the elite.
fake beggars.
Sometimes it is more like nose 'mining'!
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