Pattaya: Dozens of foreigners flouting virus regulations getting drunk in a bar - owners arrested

[thailand49]

No point in judging people will do what they want to do that is not only in Thailand just like others for example come here and Bareback!  The owners should have just pop a free dish of Fried Chicken and there would be no issue?????️‍♀️

[Somtamnication]

Hey, Thailand. People gotta drink and be stupid during these here times!

[bbbbooboo]

Hmmm.... tourists will be flocking to Pattaya on reading this latest stupidity.... TIT?

[Sydebolle]

Something to tell the lads back home then .......... 

[tandor]

12 hours ago, Maverell said:

They don't look drunk to me?

...they must add the usual sensational adjectives.

[moe666]

11 hours ago, david555 said:

Golden times now for the B.I.B 's "pension funds" 

Only if people are stupid and break the new laws and rules

Edited March 20, 2020 by moe666

[Yinn]

3 minutes ago, DoctorG said:

In a survey on who do you trust for your COVID news? Journalists came in last in a selection of around ten options.

The thai story just say a bar was open for foreign tourist in Pattaya the tourist drink beer, and the “attack” in the story is about the two woman break the law AND police take them.

Talk about why necessary for follow the law to help with virus.

 

NO foreigner arrest, no problem. 

 

Only the TVF “translation” headline/story make the “attack” about drunk foreigner.

 

False narrative. Again. 

Make some people, (who not read link) think xenophobia. Just imagine.

is not real news. Just the Facebook news. 

Calm down.

 

 

[Matzzon]

16 minutes ago, TKDfella said:

Whoa there Matzzon. There a difference in attacking the headline and those who are breaking the rules. They are two separate logical arguments/issues. I agree that there appears to be no one 'getting drunk' and even a guy using the his laptop. The guy in the foreground seems to sitting quietly and none of the tables are full and how many bottles of booze can you see? No, the headline 'getting drunk' is simply another 'dig' at foreigners.

The issue of breaking the law is that of the owner who it seems has been charged. Foreigners entering that establishment knowing it to be wrong does show disregard and I hope that all were cautioned.

You hope that they were all cautioned?! Oooh, that´s great! If one of the foreigners that sat there was infected, and transmitted that to others. Then you happened to meet that person and got infected. Yeah, I am sure you would be happy that they were cautioned.

You know, I actually like your expression and your way of thinking, if this was normal circumstances in ordinary life and no risk of a dangerous virus infection was included. I times like this, people don´t care at all about being cautioned. Too many are stupid enough, so the only thing is to scream to reality in their face or giveém a good beating to understand.

[faraday]

Well, in the appropriate section on tvf, why don't you put up the correct translation.

 

 

@post # 127

Edited March 20, 2020 by faraday

[Matzzon]

6 minutes ago, Yinn said:

NO foreigner arrest, no problem.

They should have been arrested as well.

[Yinn]

33 minutes ago, Bundooman said:

 

There are four identifiable foreigners in this picture - the others include two Thai looking women and possibly seven other men who look possibly Thai. there is another thai man standing just out side.

In the foreground, the couple do not appear to be drinking. They have distanced themselves by two metres. The guy at the computer notebook also doesn't appear to be drinking - just using his notebook. He too is distanced about two metres from the couple and the guy on the right who is enjoying one bottle of beer.

It is the grey/fair haired foreigner who is not distanced from the others. He might be drinking - but the picture is not that clear.

Five others have their backs to the camera and they appear to be Thai.

It doesn't say who took the picture.

The headline is totally misleading and inflammatory. There are not 'dozens' of foreigners and they do not appear to be drunk or getting drunk.

If that was just a restaurant - nobody would be commenting on this picture, apart from the fact that the four foreigners aren't wearing masks!

 

personally, I wouldn't even want to do that. Yes, they are irresponsible and should know better in view of the current crisis. But thousands of Thai are doing much worse than this.

 

The article doesn't warrant the moralistic high-ground, holier than thou attitude of one or two posters!

 

 

 

 

If you read the thai link you not be upset. 

You upset the TVF special translation.

The thai link story about 2 thai women broken the law, police take them. 

 

 

[Guderian]

Good news for the 7-elevens!

[BigStar]

42 minutes ago, terminatorchiangmai said:

Restaurants open , bars closed.

 

All restaurants have more customers inside then the bars here  in Chiang Mai so whats the point?

The order's been great for the restaurant business. I saw more customers in particular restaurants yesterday than I've ever seen during any high season.

[Venom]

11 hours ago, glennb6 said:

Anut just closed the country Health certificates and 100k USD WuFlu Terror insurance required for all visitors. Won't be any bars around because there won't be any tourists to drink in them. 20% of thai gdp is was tourism. Good night!

 

Ban Govt

That's okay they can burn more sh*t to make up the difference. ????????????

[Yinn]

Just now, Matzzon said:

They should have been arrested as well.

I think bad idea. 

 

If arrested must go to police station.

This law for to isolate people. Put them together is opposite= make the problem. 

Spread in the jail/spread together/spread to police. 

 

You guys really should think more.

[peter14]

Drunk is good... time goes faster... boredom  everywhere 

[Howiehotspur]

Mmmm firstly the reason for this is large grouping of people , so the bar owners  are solely to blame for this , not the people going in there to drink , they are on holiday probably, and say there’s 2-3 of them , and being told it’s ok obviously by the bar.. and only yesterday there was a queue of Thai people all standing next to each other right around the villa market queuing for free face masks about 300 all grouped together .. why was that allowed , and I don’t blame them either .. 

[Yinn]

21 minutes ago, DoctorG said:

In a survey on who do you trust for your COVID news? Journalists came in last in a selection of around ten options.

I think TVF translation team is 11.

“Based on true story”

 

If you can please read thai link. 

[BigStar]

55 minutes ago, Bundooman said:

The headline is totally misleading and inflammatory. There are not 'dozens' of foreigners and they do not appear to be drunk or getting drunk.

Oh, yes it is. It's purposely mistranslated and exaggerated all out of proportion for the very purpose of being misleading and inflammatory. Just marketing. The idea is stir up the peanut gallery and get page views. Just the usual play on TVF posters' paranoia, bigotry, and love of victimism. Worked brilliantly again, too. It's so good that posters are going to ignore the fact that it's fake even when informed that it's fake!

 

Needs to be some kind of regulation on fake news applied here specifically.

 

However, don't you dare alter the TVF alteration of headlines & text from other sources!

 

Edited March 20, 2020 by BigStar

[korse]

12 hours ago, Maverell said:

They don't look drunk to me?

Sad if being drunk can't be their excuse for acting like jerks.

[FigaroLucowski]

Of course the revellers are dumb to be flouting the rules at this time, it's serious...but to be honest, farangs who are back in bars drinking @ 10 AM after drinking all night, are alcoholics who don't give a sh#t if they get Covit--19 or die of cirrhosis of the liver.    

[Ron jeremy]

I'd like to see the lot of them in ICU with masks on breathing their last breath. Can't stay away from the booze, without question lowlifes from the UK!

[doctorbailey]

Busy popular venue on Soi Bua Khao that was somewhat recently renovated. It is a restaurant serving breakfast, lunch, dinner, coffee, and of course beer. Is it a restaurant serving alcohol or a bar serving food? In the evening it has a pub atmosphere with a live band. No band 18th or 19th and their gear was covered. I think they have honored the government wish as no entertainment was provided and they were operating as a restaurant. Don't know their alcohol to non-alcohol sales ratio. Obviously a grey area. This will settle out in court more fairly but with expense. This is a case of jealousy and opportunity. People in Pattaya live in hotels or small apartments and many have no kitchens or no real means to prepare meals. Many will not catch coronavirus, be asymptomatic, or die of many other ailments afflicting them. People still need to go to restaurants to EAT. Many European descended people consume alcohol with meals, during leisure time, or during times of stress or celebration. Most of the "foreign customers" are meters away from others and in an outside environment. Probably as ideal as possible given the situation. The beach also had a renaissance of sorts as a venue of second choice and a pleasant place to relax without the Indian and Chinese Koh Larn bulk tour speedboat tourists clamoring all over the place. Should that have been closed as well? Why not Big Cs, the malls, gas stations, 7-11s, and so forth?

[Captain 776]

Alcohol kills the virus.  Doesnt it?

asking for a friend

[Cereal]

Would the authorities have preferred them getting angrily drunk?

[Neeranam]

12 hours ago, Maverell said:

They don't look drunk to me?

How can you tell from a photo? 

 

OBVIOUSLY alcoholics, needing to break the law to get their fix in the afternoon. 

[chrissables]

12 hours ago, Matzzon said:

What? Is there something seriously wrong with you? What does it matter if they are drunk or not? Do you believe that people get immune against the virus if they are not drunk? Seriously! What a stupid comment.

When I see fellow foreigners behaving this way, I feel the shame they put over all of us. That places would try to keep open anyway was expected, but that fellow foreigners can´t get of grip of the severity is totally unfathomable. Shame on all of you that are doing this, showing disregard and disrespect to your fellow human beings.

Have you self isolated?

 

Have you been to a restaurant? To a shopping Center? Tesco? 7-11?

 

How exactly were they behaving?

 

Is the Thai government still sitting? Is that showing disrespect?

 

Are the Thai markets still open? Is that showing disrespect?

 

Thai banks refusing to change cash from abroad, but still allowing Thai money to be in circulation, is that respectful? Is it only our money taht can get infected?

 

Get over yourself!

[angloirishaussie]

I was in the local pub last night here in country victoria

 

whats the definition of paranoia 

 

 

 

just <deleted> scared

[chezy86]

Personally I can’t see the difference between bars, massage shops etc that have been shut to restaurants, markets and supermarkets. Lots of people in close contact with each other or am I missing something?

[Niteowl45]

14 minutes ago, Captain 776 said:

Alcohol kills the virus.  Doesnt it?

asking for a friend

yes, alcohol kills any virus, heals broken bones, gives you the ability to fly and makes you immortal and omnipotent...

 

Actually no, just kidding, it doesn't do any of those things...but alcoholics need some fairy tales; reality's just too harsh for them.