Thailand to become like America?

[caller]

Absolutely -- it's due to the rising number of garbage outlets of TESCO LOTUS crap stores selling garbage volumes of pure, unadulterated shit products. The British population stands around biting their lips and rubbing their hands, pointing to McDonald's or KFC, where Thais eat once a month, but turn a blind eye to the doughnuts and chocolate cakes and aisles of candies and crates of fizzy drinks and aisles upon aisles of pure fukkin garbage their lovely benevolent stores are giving to the poor brown people. You make me laugh.

All of this is posted purely to provoke a barrage of angry responses. Your purpose is?

[margaretcarnes]

I see that with your paranoia over street food in hot weather (gawd elp us)
plus your paranoia over washing and drinking water (gawd elp us)

you must be the advance propaganda special forces for this Americanisation approaching

BTW Sarge did they ever clean up that Agent Orange they left at HH airport?

[margaretcarnes]

Absolutely -- it's due to the rising number of garbage outlets of TESCO LOTUS crap stores selling garbage volumes of pure, unadulterated shit products. The British population stands around biting their lips and rubbing their hands, pointing to McDonald's or KFC, where Thais eat once a month, but turn a blind eye to the doughnuts and chocolate cakes and aisles of candies and crates of fizzy drinks and aisles upon aisles of pure fukkin garbage their lovely benevolent stores are giving to the poor brown people. You make me laugh.

All of this is posted purely to provoke a barrage of angry responses. Your purpose is?

I think Somchai has a point. But then again I'm biased against Tesco. Perhaps the best that can be said is that they can't be accused of being an American influence?
What Tesco has brought to Thailand, probably more than any other big retailer, is a cleaner, cooler, more spacious and generally more pleasant shopping experience which Thai people have fallen for hook line and sinker.
Add to that the very cheap in store eateries (again designed Thai style) and - in HH at least - ample bike parking with easy access to the store, and they are onto a winner. In fact at the moment Tesco is proving to be more successful abroad than it is in the UK.
I don't agree that all the products are shit, much as I would like to be able to. The fact is that all supermarkets peddle the sweets etc. You only have to look at a bakery section in any Foodland, or browse the packeged crap in 7Elevens.
It is up to the consumer to avoid the temptations. Which is like expecting tourists to avoid Patpong.

[Pleng]

Along with the fried chicken in the local markets you'll find plenty of vendors selling fizzy drinks and donuts. And I'm willing to be they were here long before Tesco!

And why is Tesco, a relatively new outfit in Thailand, bearing the brunt of the responsibility anyway? Do 7/11 not sell fizzy drinks?

[Dannie Boy]

As a matter of interest (maybe?), the first 7-11 opened in Thailand in 1989 and Tesco began its Thai operations in 1998, so "only" 9 years difference.

[STEVE G]

The British population stands around biting their lips and rubbing their hands, pointing to McDonald's or KFC, where Thais eat once a month, but turn a blind eye to the doughnuts and chocolate cakes and aisles of candies and crates of fizzy drinks and aisles upon aisles of pure fukkin garbage their lovely benevolent stores are giving to the poor brown people. You make me laugh.

Did you notice if they have Bassett's Licorice Allsorts?