Inmates clean Pattaya sewers

[Rimmer]

Inmates clean Pattaya sewers

PATTAYA:--Inmates from Pattaya Remand Prison were drafted to scrape out clogged sewers on Jomtien Second Road.

 

Well-behaved convicts, under the direction of guards and Pattaya sanitation workers, dredged the storm drains of mud and garbage from Soi Boonkanjanaram to Second Road.

 

The Sept. 1 job was part of a two-month city campaign to clean out all the sewers in the city by Sept. 30 and the worst of the rainy season in October.

In addition, workers repaired or replaced sewer grates and damaged cesspools.

 

 

-- © Copyright Pattaya Mail 2018-09-07

[Lupatria]

4 hours ago, Rimmer said:

Well-behaved convicts

Are these the guys who lack the skills, or failed the entry exams, to become gunsmiths as earlier proposed?

[Pedrogaz]

If this is the reward for being well-behaved then I would prefer to misbehave. If you have seen the stuff that comes up from the sewers when it rains and the size of the rats that live down there....yuck. You couldn't pay me enough to go down there.

I wonder if the 'draft' was voluntary or enforced.

[RichardColeman]

21 minutes ago, Lupatria said:

Are these the guys who lack the skills, or failed the entry exams, to become gunsmiths as earlier proposed?

I guess you don't get a chance to escape being a gunsmith 

[Justgrazing]

14 minutes ago, Pedrogaz said:

If this is the reward for being well-behaved then I would prefer to misbehave. If you have seen the stuff that comes up from the sewers when it rains and the size of the rats that live down there....yuck. You couldn't pay me enough to go down there.

I wonder if the 'draft' was voluntary or enforced.

Indeed .. Not to mention noxious and sometimes flammable gases build up .. A most unpleasant vocation .. 

[Cadbury]

I am not an authority on the flow of sewage but I'm guessing this clean-out work it will help speed it's exit to the beach area in time of flood.

[Esso49]

So once they have cleaned the Pattaya sewers of all the excrement their next task should be government house

[murraynz]

this is a brilliant idea....

i cant understand why thai authorities  dont  pay the 'unemployed' to pick up rubbish from the beaches and  central roads....im sure this  cost would easily be recovered from increased visitor numbers.

[Esso49]

1 minute ago, murraynz said:

this is a brilliant idea....

i cant understand why thai authorities  dont  pay the 'unemployed' to pick up rubbish from the beaches and  central roads....im sure this  cost would easily be recovered from increased visitor numbers.

No such thing as unemployed in Thailand

[happy chappie]

Typical Thais taking jobs from farangs.??

[madusa]

10 minutes ago, Esso49 said:

So once they have cleaned the Pattaya sewers of all the excrement their next task should be government house

That is even more dangerous than the methane gas hazard in the sewage cleaning

[CGW]

Sure the "budget" for this work is being put to good use else where? ?

[madusa]

22 minutes ago, murraynz said:

this is a brilliant idea....

i cant understand why thai authorities  dont  pay the 'unemployed' to pick up rubbish from the beaches and  central roads....im sure this  cost would easily be recovered from increased visitor numbers.

The Feudal lord will make the decision. In each and every district there will be a Feudal lord in charge you don't override him. A big mistake if you override him. He will decide what to do, who to employ, and for how much. Cut and percentage are calculated. Everybody knows his place in Thailand. A model of Feudal system kept alive for the world to see how Feudal system worked in the old days.

Everybody pretends they are living in a democratic country to save themselves from jail house and serious trouble that they can't afford to deal with because they are dirt poor. My love and sympathy for the down and out working class. If only they knew what the french did to Marie Antoinette. If only they knew they have the power.

[ThaiTrav]

another brilliant idea , picking all the garage and litter up around the place . Then round up all the street strays for the markets!

[ThaiTrav]

Just now, ThaiTrav said:

another brilliant idea , picking all the garage and litter up around the place . Then round up all the street strays for the markets!

garbage .....sorry

[unblocktheplanet]

An inmate cleaning Bangkok's sewers once told me that a prisoner must have good behaviour and a very short length of sentence before release. He said most welcome being outside the walls. Last time I saw such a group, I asked the overseer if I could give them food, drink, & smokes. What goes around, come around. Do a good deed for these unfortunates.

 

[Henrik Andersen]

On 9/7/2018 at 10:44 AM, Rimmer said:

Well-behaved convicts, under the direction of guards and Pattaya sanitation workers, dredged the storm drains of mud and garbage from Soi Boonkanjanaram to Second Road.

so now Thailand can be sure no convicts will ever behave well 

because nobody want this job 

It is time for government to use the money for better salary for jobs as this and not just sitting put money in their own pocket 

Shame on you Thailand 

[baansgr]

For those of us familiar with Jomtien, these guys have had the pleasure of watching numerous ladies of entertainment on their way to work. Didnt see any armed guards and all the workers seemed happy, kudos to them and whoever thought of using untapped labour.

[stud858]

Employ people. Give them a fair salary.

#where does all the money go?

[balo]

Maybe the well behaved inmates could clean up the beaches here , lets say once per week ? They got nothing better to do anyway.

[theoldgit]

On 9/7/2018 at 3:05 PM, Pedrogaz said:

If this is the reward for being well-behaved then I would prefer to misbehave. If you have seen the stuff that comes up from the sewers when it rains and the size of the rats that live down there....yuck. You couldn't pay me enough to go down there.

I wonder if the 'draft' was voluntary or enforced.

I understand that not only do they volunteer but it's very popular amongst the inmate population, it's been happening in Bangkok for years, not for me either but neither would be being banged up in a Thai jail.

[Peterw42]

Have been watching these guys (very serious criminal looking) for a couple of weeks at the intersection of 2nd rd and soi watboon, truck loads of rubbish coming out. They have also fired up the big conveyor belt rubbish removal system further up soi watboon, that has been dormant for years. And probably the reason it was clogged up in the first place.