Som Tam shop has no customers after South Korean comes to eat

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A Thai who went on social media to post that a South Korean man had been eating at a local Som Tam restaurant caused a complete drop in trade. 

 

The post suggested that the man - who was with a Thai girlfriend - said he wasn't infected with Covid-19 but the poster thought he should be in quarantine.

 

Police and health department staff hotfooted it to the restaurant in the Sa Klang Muang area of Nai Muang sub-district and found the shop deserted. 

 

The owner explained that the Korean had come in with four other Thai members of his family for a snack at 4 pm. 

 

The Korean was known to the owner as a regular customer and had been living in the area for eight months. 

 

The authorities want the man to come forward to quell the panic. 

 

Source: Sanook

 

 

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Can you say "paranoia"?

No, but I can say ignorance and hypocrisy. We aint seen nothing yet.

5 hours ago, Just1Voice said:

Can you say "paranoia"?

Yes, I can.

I can also say 'antiestablishmentarianism', but I find "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" more challenging.

 

Edited March 10, 20206 yr by bluesofa

6 hours ago, webfact said:

The Korean was known to the owner as a regular customer and had been living in the area for eight months. 

Known as living in the area for 8 months and not in Korea for 8 months. Restaurant owner should be arrested for Xenophobic racism and banned from operating a business. 

 

 

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

10 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

Known as living in the area for 8 months and not in Korea for 8 months. Restaurant owner should be arrested for Xenophobic racism and banned from operating a business. 

 

 

The restaurant owner was standing up for the customer. The post was by another customer who should have minded their own business.

 

Rooster

1 hour ago, bluesofa said:

Yes, I can.

I can also say 'antiestablishmentarianism', but I find "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" more challenging.

 

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

for adults.

35 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

Restaurant owner should be arrested for Xenophobic racism and banned from operating a business.

And I think you should be banned from TVF for not being able to comprehend what you have read. There is nothing to say the restaurant owner made the social media post ????????

14 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

for adults.

If you were able to write that from memory, without copying and pasting, I want to buy you a drink, boyo ????

My wife is Korean. Therefore I believe that the local Thais are very educated in terms of staying away from Koreans.

Maybe a good time to visit the Philippines again as I dare say they will have a severe lack of Koreans????????‍♂️????????????????????????????????

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

for adults.

Or Taffys.????

6 hours ago, bluesofa said:

Yes, I can.

I can also say 'antiestablishmentarianism', but I find "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" more challenging.

 

You're not even trying 'sofa.   This should be your party piece.  "floccinaucinihilipilification" as used by JRM in the Commons.

This situation isn't different from USA and Canada where the locals avoided Chinese restaurants.

 

 

Edited March 10, 20206 yr by EricTh

12 hours ago, webfact said:

The authorities want the man to come forward to quell the panic. 

Now that sounds like a safe idea. 

 

NOT.

I still love my Chinese Food I( have been there many times

and I am still alive

Just now, White Christmas13 said:

I still love my Chinese Food I( have been there many times

and I am still alive

Ok, this may all be true, but check in 2 weeks from now.

4 minutes ago, Chrysaora said:

Ok, this may all be true, but check in 2 weeks from now.

Sorry to dis appoint you I live in Australia

2 minutes ago, White Christmas13 said:

Sorry to dis appoint you I live in Australia

Australia has over 100 infected to Thailand's 50.  Let's hope Australia does a better job than the USA at the moment.

11 minutes ago, Chrysaora said:

Australia has over 100 infected to Thailand's 50.  Let's hope Australia does a better job than the USA at the moment.

well how do you know about Thailand's activation? 

1 minute ago, White Christmas13 said:

well how do you know about Thailand's activation? 

I don't know what you mean by "activation."

Meanwhile 1000s of Thais from Korea and elsewhere are roaming the country.