And that's why drunk people are not even permitted to enter the establishment.
While the Brit's behaviour is inexcusable, the restaurant's owner/staff have learned how to operate a business to keep drunks outside.
Unless they check people's luggage, I don't see what's the point.
It was a long and loud train ride from CM-BKK as many travelers got out their booze as soon as the train left.
9,000 Baht fine.
OK, so that is the equivalent of how many days in jail?
"Narrowly avoid" sounds like a lengthy prison term... which a 9k Baht fine doesn't seem to indicate.
Bangkok Bank just informed me that foreigners may only have ONE account per person.
So until the gov't steps in (like forcing banks to be responsible for scammers' accounts) things will continue to be convoluted for foreigners who have a legitimate reason for an account.
Better use that money to educate the offenders; or use it to round them up and prosecute them.
The overwhelming majority of people get no benefit from this scheme as manual laborers don't use MRT/BTS to begin with.