I’ve seen quite a few foreigners talk about how safe Thailand is when it comes to personal belongings ... like, theft isn’t really a common thing here.
From my perspective as a Thai, one big reason is that we basically have CCTV everywhere.
CCTV = Thai people’s eyes.
We're all kinda trained to look out for each other, whether we mean to or not.
Example, if I’m sitting in a food court and someone at a nearby table leaves their stuff to go do something else : my Thai instincts kick in, and I automatically feel like I need to keep an eye on it until they come back.
And if some random person tries to pick it up and it's clearly not theirs?
I’m taking out my phone to secretly record them, just in case.
Yeah, if you’re thinking of snatching someone’s stuff in Thailand, don’t assume no one’s watching or that you can just get away with it.
Chances are, your face might end up getting blasted online or shamed publicly.
That’s why most Thai people don’t even try to steal : we all know how this ends.
Not with jail BUT with full-on social humiliation.















