Land of Smiles

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Kung-fu Hillbilly wrote: Thu Jul 14, 2022 2:59 pm You're surely the envy of every screw salesman in the world, Yong.
Thank you, I take that as a compliment. 🙏
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Went to a big Thai pub/restaurant for the first time - Sab Indy is the name



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The drink
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Salad
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Steamed egg
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Fried pork
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Deep fried fish
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Sour pork
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Octopus
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Dinner
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location - https://goo.gl/maps/869ZApDWQPts2mzB9
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I received a traditional Thai gift from a Thai friend, Luk-Chup, a Thai dessert or you can also call it sweets or snacks. Its so beautiful that I don't feel like eating them.

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I cooked crispy noodle last night for dinner



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Suvarnabhumi Airport this morning about 8am

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My breakfast at the airport - chicken porridge and egg

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yong wrote: Mon Jul 11, 2022 12:36 pm Went to hospital for a check up this morning. After drawing blood and before the doctor's appointment went to McDonald's for breakfast

Macdonald’s in Thailand had required customers to order from machine these days
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I noticed these machines in a Burger King in a shopping mall in London. I thought it made the company look like a bunch of money grabbing anti social bastards.

You still have to queue up and that will be behind people who might know how to use the thing. If not expect delays while they figure it out. If you require information about their products or deals, tough luck, the machine won't help. There is no benefit to the consumer although I'm sure they will have a marketing spiel to the contrary.

Offering low end jobs to youths are one of the very few redeeming features of these junk food corporations, with the payroll taxes generated going to the government (to offset the pent up health care costs) and the net salary being spent into the local community.

These multi national corporations can now divert all these salary savings back to their offshore banking centres under the guise of branding and franchise fees and avoid local taxes.

I wonder how much they cost to install and the repayment timeline. Governments should charge them $20,000 a year for every one of these machines installed.
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Doc67 wrote: Sun Jul 17, 2022 9:28 am
yong wrote: Mon Jul 11, 2022 12:36 pm Went to hospital for a check up this morning. After drawing blood and before the doctor's appointment went to McDonald's for breakfast

Macdonald’s in Thailand had required customers to order from machine these days
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I noticed these machines in a Burger King in a shopping mall in London. I thought it made the company look like a bunch of money grabbing anti social bastards.

You still have to queue up and that will be behind people who might know how to use the thing. If not expect delays while they figure it out. If you require information about their products or deals, tough luck, the machine won't help. There is no benefit to the consumer although I'm sure they will have a marketing spiel to the contrary.

Offering low end jobs to youths are one of the very few redeeming features of these junk food corporations, with the payroll taxes generated going to the government (to offset the pent up health care costs) and the net salary being spent into the local community.

These multi national corporations can now divert all these salary savings back to their offshore banking centres under the guise of branding and franchise fees and avoid local taxes.

I wonder how much they cost to install and the repayment timeline. Governments should charge them $20,000 a year for every one of these machines installed.
You are absolutely correct it’s troublesome and not everyone is comfortable with a machine like this. It’s difficult to navigate and look for something you want. For example if you wanna order Big Breakfast you cannot find it outright admits hidden under McMuffin, dafug!
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yong wrote: Sun Jul 17, 2022 9:33 am
Doc67 wrote: Sun Jul 17, 2022 9:28 am
yong wrote: Mon Jul 11, 2022 12:36 pm Went to hospital for a check up this morning. After drawing blood and before the doctor's appointment went to McDonald's for breakfast

Macdonald’s in Thailand had required customers to order from machine these days
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I noticed these machines in a Burger King in a shopping mall in London. I thought it made the company look like a bunch of money grabbing anti social bastards.

You still have to queue up and that will be behind people who might know how to use the thing. If not expect delays while they figure it out. If you require information about their products or deals, tough luck, the machine won't help. There is no benefit to the consumer although I'm sure they will have a marketing spiel to the contrary.

Offering low end jobs to youths are one of the very few redeeming features of these junk food corporations, with the payroll taxes generated going to the government (to offset the pent up health care costs) and the net salary being spent into the local community.

These multi national corporations can now divert all these salary savings back to their offshore banking centres under the guise of branding and franchise fees and avoid local taxes.

I wonder how much they cost to install and the repayment timeline. Governments should charge them $20,000 a year for every one of these machines installed.
You are absolutely correct it’s troublesome and not everyone is comfortable with a machine like this. It’s difficult to navigate and look for something you want. For example if you wanna order Big Breakfast you cannot find it outright admits hidden under McMuffin, dafug!
I am exactly the opposite: i love the system. If you dont know exactly what you want, you can navigate in the menu as long as you want before ordering, and if you do that in front of one of the girls behind the bar and there are 5 guys behind you it feels enoying because everybody is waiting, because of you. Nobody will complain if you take your time on the machine. And dont forget the language barrier, i sometimes go in france to mc donalds, and most turists dont speak fluent french, and ofcourse the staff in mac donalds france not at all known to speak some second language. The machine does it all, knever looked for it (because i do speak french) but i think its at least in 5 languages !!! The world isnt made for only english-spoken-customers !!!
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