irritated

I use trains and taxis daily. I rarely have a problem. Today was an exception.

I had the day off from work, and I went with a Thai friend to Sapphan Thaksin. She had to be at work in Sukhumvit at 5:30, and at 4 pm we decided we had just enough time to grab a quick beer at the Duke of Wellington before she had to head to work. I was hoping to catch Nick or Mike at the Duke (though I had no appointment) so I planned to stay there after she left for work.

We had a quick discussion and decided that it would be both quicker and cheaper to take a taxi rather than the train, so we hopped in. I heard my friend speak to the driver in Thai as we got in the taxi, saying that we wanted to go to Silom Road near Sala Daeng BTS station.

Just a few minutes later we were waiting at a red light, about 200 meters from the Duke. When the light changed, instead of going straight ahead to our destination, the taxi driver inexplicably turned right towards Sathorn Road.

Politics 101

I sometimes wonder if the 73 year old prime minister of Thailand understands anything about being a political leader. Here are two related articles from the Bangkok Post about a banking crisis that seems to have been created by the Prime Minister’s careless words.