I continue to have problems with my driver, K. Thanat Dokchan. Last night (Tuesday) he was not at the gate when I wanted to leave at 5.00. When I called him he told me he was on the way back from Bangkok, he arrived at 5.10. This is just one example of his unreliable behavior. For example, in the past week:
1. On Wednesday 25 November he took me to a meeting at Nissan TKF in Samut Sakorn. From my home to Nissan the journey took 2h15 minutes. When we arrived there at 0930 I asked him to return to my home – he arrived there at 1510, journey time 5h40 minutes. He told my wife the traffic was very bad because of Loey Kratong festival but I drove back in the afternoon with no traffic problem. His time sheet says he arrived at 1420, which is not correct. It also shows 45 minutes to refuel the car, which seems excessive.
2. On Friday 27 November he took me to PE team building at a school near Rayong, then returned to my home and took my wife to Pattaya. When they returned to my home she told him she needed to leave there at 1230 to meet me at the school. Instead, he left my home at 1130 and drove alone to Rayong – we don’t know why he did that, he did not explain. When he arrived I had to send him back to my home to collect my wife and bring her back to Rayong. This wasted almost two hours
3. From Rayong we went to U Tapao airport. After driving for 30 minutes I realized K. Thanat was going the wrong way – he was driving back towards Pattaya on 36, not along Highway 3 which is the direct road from Rayong to U Tapao. When I asked him why he told me he’d phoned the airport to ask directions and was following their suggestion. I was concerned we would be late for our flight and told him the direct route from Google Maps. He attempted to use his mobile phone to get gps directions while he was driving, I told him it was not safe to do that. We arrived at the airport much later than I planned.