Chiang Mai and the virus: Well known pub hands out free food and drink to the public

[rooster59]

Chiang Mai and the virus: Well known pub hands out free food and drink to the public

 

Image: Daily News

 

A well known pub and cafe in the entertainment district of Nimmanhaemin Road, Chiang Mai are working with other operators in the area to hand out free food and drink to those suffering as a result of the coronavirus crisis.

 

There have been many jobless people enjoying the handouts at the Warmup Cafe this week reported Daily News.

 

Warmup executive Siraphat, 43, said at first they just gave free food and drink to their staff after they were closed down.

 

Then they thought, why not expand it to the general public as a way of saying thanks for their support in the past.

 

Siraphat got together with other operators in the area to make the idea a reality and on Friday the operation was in its fifth day.

 

People in need can go to Warmup between 11am and 2 pm every day.

 

They hope to continue handing out free food until the situation improves.

 

Source: Daily News

 

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[Phuketshrew]

Commendable - Well done guys!

[edwinchester]

Yes, good thing to do but somebody needs to get the personal space in that queue sorted....people are too close.

[sanemax]

Dont want to sound cynical , but they probably had food going bad and thought its better to give it away rather than let it rot

[phantomfiddler]

1 hour ago, sanemax said:

Dont want to sound cynical , but they probably had food going bad and thought its better to give it away rather than let it rot

Jeez, you are a hard one to please !

[Burma Bill]

2 hours ago, edwinchester said:

Yes, good thing to do but somebody needs to get the personal space in that queue sorted....people are too close.

yes, my thoughts as well - no social distancing!!

[metempsychotic]

2 hours ago, sanemax said:

Dont want to sound cynical , but they probably had food going bad and thought its better to give it away rather than let it rot

And how does that change anything?

 

Does it reduce the labour involved in cooking and serving it?

[sanemax]

3 minutes ago, metempsychotic said:

And how does that change anything?

 

Does it reduce the labour involved in cooking and serving it?

There is a big difference between going out and buying food and giving it to the needy and already  having lots of food which you need to throw in the bin and giving that food away 

[CM1296]

I think it's a great thing! 

Anyone knows if one can go by to donate some money for the cause? Only between 11-2?

[rascalman]

We must help each other!! Love one another!! Be safe, stay home If you can!!

Edited March 28, 2020 by rascalman

[donnacha]

A cheap form of PR to give the Warmup bar a modicum of cover in case a cluster of infection is linked back to one of their packed and highly profitable nights before the bars were closed.

If they did not close before they absolutely had to, it proves that they don't actually give a damn about their customers or the wider population of Chiang Mai.

If any business is feeling genuinely altruistic, it is not hard to find charities who have been helping Chiang Mai's poor for years, who know how to distribute it without exposing the beneficiaries to infection, and who, right now, need all the donations they can get.

 

[Dante99]

40 minutes ago, donnacha said:

it is not hard to find charities who have been helping Chiang Mai's poor for years, who know how to distribute it without exposing the beneficiaries to infection, and who, right now, need all the donations they can get.

Please provide a few names.  Good ones are really not that easy to find.

 

[donnacha]

51 minutes ago, Dante99 said:

Please provide a few names.  Good ones are really not that easy to find.

Most of the truly needy collect food items daily from the temples who send monks out in the morning to accept offerings of food. The monks generally don't eat these offerings themselves although, traditionally, that was how they were meant to get by.

Not all temples do this but the ones that do already have a distribution procedure and people in need know to go them. So, if you turn up with some type of food that is in date, non-alcoholic, and can be easily distributed, they will happily add it to their bundles.

I am not convinced, though, that food is the best thing to give right now. Relative to most countries, Thailand is food rich and has a culture of giving it. Your charitable impulse might be more effective in the form of masks, the poor are going to need them too.

BTW, if any farang is truly down on his luck, he can go to almost any temple to ask for help and, even, somewhere to sleep. It will be a mat on the floor, but you will be safe and fed. Handy to know if you get stuck in Thailand longer than expected.

 

Edited March 30, 2020 by donnacha

[ChaiyaTH]

On 3/28/2020 at 12:47 PM, sanemax said:

Dont want to sound cynical , but they probably had food going bad and thought its better to give it away rather than let it rot

Nonsense, restaurants buy most food fresh daily from markets and WarmUp is mostly about drinking and some small snacks. 
They also organise much more than just that place, the yearly festivals in CM as well one in Pai (Jive Garden) etc. so have some social responsibility. 

Wether this is actually effective for the bigger picture, I do not think so. As well it is kind of laughable that this is needed in just under 10 days only. 
Perhaps the real lesson here is that staff are supposed to earn more in the first place, then they would have some savings.

Edited March 30, 2020 by ChaiyaTH