Bureaucracy
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Why is Surachai fishing? Surachai had had enough. He was fed up with the lack of action from the local authority in repairing the many potholes in the sois around his home. A puddle-protest was called for. The roads are always busy, so the nuisance is far from just personal. Drivers crawl along, bracing for motorcyclists who…
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“When a government office asks you to turn a Thai street name into English letters, you quickly discover that bureaucracy can be more baffling than a broken GPS.” I’d already completed the rest of the British consulate’s form in flawless English, but for my address I used Thai script—exactly as the consulate’s own guidelines demand.…