Whenever you get together with friends who have just returned home after a trip to some far-off exotic land and you ask them, without really caring, how it was, they always say: Oh, and the people were so friendly!”
That’s probably because most everyone they encountered on their trip had a role to play in catering to their service and comfort and their jobs required a minimal level of friendliness.
But the Thais at large truly are a smiling, fun-loving, friendly bunch.