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mandag 3. februar 2020

Asian behavior - Personal space

For a long time, I have seen that to be in Europe and to be in Asia is something tottally different.

But never in my wildest dreams was i prepared for the behavior of Asian (Thai).

So what have I learned? Well Thai are smaller then European. And they need less space to move.
And by that i mean personal space. A thai can come so near you that if you turn, then you slap them flat down.

But it not stop there. Asian have no understanding about when you want to get out of the car then you need space to open the door and have room for your body to move out of the car.

And when you walk in a center then Asian never understand that when you carry heavy then you are not so easy to go zik zak to move out of the way.
Or they walk right into your body if you not see them.

It is much easier to move a body that is 65 kilo and 1.60 high then a body of 1.90 and 100 kilo in a small space.
But that Asian never have understood.

My question is why? My mum and dad learned me this in an early age.

See video here.

What Is Personal Space? | Teaching Personal Space to Kids

But it is like Asian never have learned this.

And that also comes to when you drive in traffic. A thai person has only a few cm between your cars behind and their front of their car.

It is like they think it go faster if they only have 5 cm between them and your car. But they get surprised if they then drive into your ass.

In Europe, we have the clear law if you hit a car from behind. We have the rule to count 1001,1002,1003 while you slow down from that car in the front. Then you make room enough to have time to break if the car in the front have to break. So you not hit their ass on the car.

Here is the sticker used on cars in Europe. On the back window.

"Keep your distance 1001-1002-1003"

See how they do in Sweden. That is normal in Europe.

If I took my camera from the car you all will get chock how Thai people drive. And I have a camera in front and the back of the car. And I record every time I drive.

But this has never ever come to Thailand.

And again it is personal space they not understand.

Why is that?