Merchant sets fire to fish baskets after being denied Bt5,000 handout

 

 

A merchant burnt all his fish baskets after the www.เราไม่ทิ้งกัน.com website refused to give him Bt5,000 under a government handout scheme due to a technical error.

 

Another victim of the system, which uses artificial intelligence to evaluate registrants, posted a video on his Facebook account King Pho Dam of him burning his fish baskets.

 

The government website stated that he did not get the money because he said he was a farmer, when in fact he worked as a fish merchant.

 

The man urged others facing the same problem to protest as he did, even though the government has said that people who were rejected could still appeal to receive the money.

 

The merchant also demanded that officials responsible should correct their "errors" and see for themselves the effect these had on rejected registrants.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30385960

 

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It's all going to get a bit nasty.

There's going to be a lot of desperate people about, sadly.

Going to see pitchforks on the streets soon if the government doesn't open up their trough to the general public.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2011/08/15/192366/the-cause-of-riots-and-the-price-of-food/

7 minutes ago, webfact said:

Another victim of the system, which uses artificial intelligence to evaluate registrants

Obviously someone without much intelligence created the software .

10 minutes ago, webfact said:

A merchant burnt all his fish baskets after the www.เราไม่ทิ้งกัน.com website refused to give him Bt5,000 under a government handout scheme

that'l teach the government a lesson !

Very sad. Many people need this money and they need it yesterday. I hope the government don’t think the mere offer of 5k will buy them some time. It’s not a couple of million of people who need this money. It’s many millions of people. 

Software manufactured by those who built the TM-30 and 90 day reporting systems.  I can feel the mans frustrations, but no need to burn your own commerce.....

4 minutes ago, keith101 said:

Obviously someone without much intelligence created the software .

Like it says artificial same same as fake?

4 minutes ago, rkidlad said:

Many people need this money and they need it yesterday.

 

He could have sold his fish baskets !! Or even kept them for when business got better.. ????

15 hours ago, webfact said:

www.เราไม่ทิ้งกัน.com

 

' We won't desert each other ' .......................... ( applies to army and high so only apparently )

 

This government is just all talk and no trousers.

 

Long on wind , short on wonga.

Didn't we all see this coming you can't just help a small part of the population and leave the rest to starve.
The minimum they should be doing is handing out food they must have stockpiles of rice.
Oh wait I see rice price is high now.
 

4 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Software manufactured by those who built the TM-30 and 90 day reporting systems.  I can feel the mans frustrations, but no need to burn your own commerce.....

Like we have seen,when Thais lose it it's more than the plot that gets lost.

3 minutes ago, Denim said:

 

' We won't desert each other ' .......................... ( applies to army and high so only apparently )

 

This government is just all talk and no trousers.

 

Long on wind , short on wonga.

The only opinion I can get from my wife about this administration and Little Too is just that all talk and no action.

Correction:

 

The system uses Artificial Stupidity to evaluate the applications.

 

I know 3 people who worked in a salon who's applications were refused on the basis that they were 'Farmers'.  

 

A fourth person who completed the on-line form in the same way received the payment.

 

Sounds like a money saving process to me - fail applicants for random reasons.

 

19 minutes ago, webfact said:

The man urged others facing the same problem to protest as he did

I told the neighbors to heed your call. Unfortunately they don't have nearly enough fish baskets at the moment to make an effective statement. Will burning some old clothes and other trash in the backyard do? They say they have lots of experience doing that, having practiced for years on end for this very moment.

What good did that do , when /if things get better he will of wished he hadn't put all his fish in one basket.

I feel for the Thai people and hope normalcy can be restored soon.

6 minutes ago, cornishcarlos said:

 

He could have sold his fish baskets !! Or even kept them for when business got better.. ????

If he survived that long plus I think the market for secondhand fish baskets maybe a bit depressed at the moment.Wonder if he tried Stevens100's porn trick!

So this is an irresponsible technical error, fix the error asap to hand out the funds.

17 minutes ago, DrTuner said:

Going to see pitchforks on the streets soon if the government doesn't open up their trough to the general public.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2011/08/15/192366/the-cause-of-riots-and-the-price-of-food/

What trough? Wasn't the reason the gov got the electric company involved to because they didn't have any money in their trough? 

5 minutes ago, thesetat2013 said:

What trough? 

The one that feeds the army. In BKK post earlier one general was pondering which army projects should be iced to get cash for fighting corona. I doubt any have.

They better give it to all and than ask people who don't really need it to return it to the government. ????

12 minutes ago, TheDutchEngineer said:

They better give it to all and than ask people who don't really need it to return it to the government. ????

Na just give it to those who lost their way to earn a living not those who are still on a 100% salary.

A merchant selling clothes at the market was rejected.
Reason: you are a student 

She is 36 years old with 2 kids.

 

Merchant next door selling similar things was accepted.

 

Yes, they use AI, because real intelligence is not available here.

46 minutes ago, cornishcarlos said:

 

He could have sold his fish baskets !! Or even kept them for when business got better.. ????

or gone fishing

46 minutes ago, cornishcarlos said:

 

He could have sold his fish baskets !! Or even kept them for when business got better.. ????

I feel for the poor guy as he has to feed his family or whatever and 5,000 baht means alot, however yes , I agree with your comment .... he has achieved nothing as now he does not have the tools to make any income at all.

 

40 minutes ago, kevin612 said:

So this is an irresponsible technical error, fix the error asap to hand out the funds.

What funds......................

52 minutes ago, kevin612 said:

So this is an irresponsible technical error, fix the error asap to hand out the funds.

probably not even an error, all going as planned

Matichon TV 2 hours ago reports: Disappointed groups did not receive a 5,000 baht remedy from the effects of Covid-19. Gasping evidence invade the Ministry of Finance Call on the Minister to clarify.

 

And you can find a lot more of such news on Breaking News on You Tube. The Thais ask why the dont get the 5.000THB help.