Pattaya: Starving crowds told to go home as City Hall cancels handout

[smedly]

certain people are well skilled at lining their pockets and enriching themselves - giving it out ain't so easy it seems

 

Lets have a General Election now and see who wins

 

The Thai people are getting a real lesson on what matters in this country and it isn't them 

[david555]

1 hour ago, darksidedog said:

Shocking how a simple problem was unable to be solved. There were masses of people there for a very good reason, being that there are a hell of a lot of hungry people out there. Half a brain would have seen the authorities take control of the situation and organise the queue to meet their rules. Instead, they send hundreds home with an empty belly.... Disgraceful.

They where standing for more than 2.5 hours in the sun waiting !,lines  reorganizing to the ridiculous way in different ways and trials , over and over again until finally the officials in their nice canary yellow vests arrived and announced some speech …..first only 2 police , later some 6 with caps (high ones , came just talking to the diminishing crowd 

 

Indeed no social distancing rule was followed , and also no fines or arrests as with the 11 foreigners  drinking together a few days ago ….

[talahtnut]

1 hour ago, Leaver said:

The solution is another military coup.  

Better a civil coup.

Governments should be afraid of the people,

not the people afraid of governments.

Much the same for Western countries.

The poorer the population, the easier

to control. Recent purchase of tanks

by the Thai government doesn't auger

well for many reasons.

 

Edited April 21, 2020 by talahtnut
addition

[Youlike]

1 hour ago, Jip99 said:

 

House to house (or village to village) deliveries by tessaban staff - or the army - seems the smart way to go.

Just hand it fast to them so there's no chance they can form a line. Give them a huge bag of rice and canned food and NEXT...

 

Thailand bought subs for billions of dollars but now has lines of hungry people standing in the blazing hot sun while a disease is spreading....and they even sent them away....what a disgrace, i have no words for it.

[jacko45k]

1 hour ago, Leaver said:

The Thai Army needs to be mobilized, across the country, to deal with this issue.  If not, how long before rioting and looting starts?  

I was thinking the next example of lack of social distancing might be  protest at City Hall....

[Badboldie]

The organisers had not told the authorities about the event either. 

 

The problem stems from here! If they had been informed they would have been prepared!

Best thing would be to give a number out, through media, and then get the food deliver to them. 

Edited April 21, 2020 by Badboldie

[mauGR1]

Surely organising a proper food distribution it's not rocket science, very sad to see a hungry crowd turned away, and it's just the beginning.

[billd766]

2 hours ago, Leaver said:

The solution is another military coup.  

The solution is just the opposite. Kick out the government of the military and the entire senate.

 

Ban the PPRP party for life and get a party like the PTP and eventually the FFP to run the country.

 

Disarm the army and send them back to their barracks and sack ALL the officers above the rank of colonel

Edited April 21, 2020 by billd766
edited for bad spelling after I had posted, again.

[RichardColeman]

If it's not a still from the 'Dawn of the dead ' mall, it soon will be 

[marko kok prong]

But if they had to go out and organise it,well they would have had to put down their phones get out of their chairs in their ac office and actually do something,not in their job description.

[skorp13]

Put already poor people out of work and then take away their food for many of which is all they can hope to get. What can possibly go wrong? As stated above, why can't a few police actually police and keep everyone at the recommended distances? Disgraceful!

[Badboldie]

Not so easy to organise, you have to have it in an area where people can walk to and also get there without forming groups. Social distancing could also mean lines of a mile long. What happens if people join the queue , from a side street, at a half way point. It also need to be do in a way so it only targets the people who really need help!

 

Location Location Location!

 

A football stadium would be a good place, would have many exits and a large area to organise social distancing! 

Edited April 21, 2020 by Badboldie

[hugolars]

2 hours ago, keith101 said:

If these idiots used social distancing instead of all gathering in a huge crowd they would have received their goodies but they just want to be in front of the others in case they miss out . The police could have been used to control them .

Not easy to think rational when one is hungry or have hungry children at home.
Soon the hungry will increase and rioting begins.
Thais are not used to hunger like Africans are. The could become very nasty.

[hugolars]

One has to wonder how the thai mentality works.
Accept that they are hungry because karma a la Buddhism or will they be angry at the government for failing to feed them.
My understanding is that they think karma decides if you are rich or poor.
Anyone with deeper understanding of Buddhism philosophy?

[Guderian]

3 hours ago, Leaver said:

The Thai Army needs to be mobilized, across the country, to deal with this issue.  If not, how long before rioting and looting starts?  

I agree, as long as it's only the watermelon soldiers that are deployed to hep the ordinary people!

[Silencer]

2 hours ago, bulldogbarton said:

It's about social distancing not about money read the article.

BS.....It's about losing face that a portion of the population is starving and is lining up for food all across the country. About social distancing...hahahahaha.

[Thailand]

2 hours ago, DrTuner said:

Maybe some tough love is needed. Learn how to queue properly or starve to death. Up to you.

Are you OK, got enough food and drink?

[mok199]

The phrase ''Jai Yen Yen'' has been replaced by the phrase ''sit down and shut up'' or ''just do what you are told''....

[cyril sneer]

3 hours ago, Skallywag said:

What are they going to do with all that food prepared, packaged, and ready to give away?  It should be taken somewhere to be distributed.  Hope they don't just throw it in the garbage.  

Probably given to a dozen monks

[pixelaoffy]

Most incompetent failed Gov at all levels, national to Provincial ! It's the Thai way, rules for rules sake ! 

[DrTuner]

18 minutes ago, Thailand said:

Are you OK, got enough food and drink?

Yes, I queued with good manners at Makro in February.

[DrTuner]

1 hour ago, RichardColeman said:

If it's not a still from the 'Dawn of the dead ' mall, it soon will be 

Pretty good one for the "Pattaya is dead" collection.

[Jimbo2014]

There is something distinctly medieval about this.  ????

[outsider]

4 hours ago, darksidedog said:

Shocking how a simple problem was unable to be solved. There were masses of people there for a very good reason, being that there are a hell of a lot of hungry people out there. Half a brain would have seen the authorities take control of the situation and organise the queue to meet their rules. Instead, they send hundreds home with an empty belly.... Disgraceful.

 

"Half a brain would have seen... " See, the problem is, they don't know how to use it. That is, if they even have half of it, for a start!

 

Edited April 21, 2020 by outsider

[toast1]

4 hours ago, keith101 said:

If these idiots used social distancing instead of all gathering in a huge crowd they would have received their goodies but they just want to be in front of the others in case they miss out . The police could have been used to control them .

Fat man calls hungry people idiots.

 

[spidermike007]

The Pattaya administration people should have been able to anticipate this, and use police to control the crowds. This is a very simple thing to do. Instead the wealthy fatcats displayed an incredible lack of sensitivity to the masses who are without jobs, without savings, and without food. After all, they have not been hoarding the "peoples funds" for years now, as the officials have. 

[david555]

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Edited April 21, 2020 by david555

[phantomfiddler]

They say every cloud has a silver lining ???? Could this mean that, when the bars re-open,  we may look forward to a new selection of gogo dancers in the lean and mean category ?

[tribalfusion001]

5 hours ago, keith101 said:

If these idiots used social distancing instead of all gathering in a huge crowd they would have received their goodies but they just want to be in front of the others in case they miss out . The police could have been used to control them .

These "idiots" as you call them are concerned about eating than social distancing, they have no money to buy food, instead of belittling them, why don't you donate some food for them to eat.

[david555]

6 minutes ago, phantomfiddler said:

They say every cloud has a silver lining ???? Could this mean that, when the bars re-open,  we may look forward to a new selection of gogo dancers in the lean and mean category ?

in some 7 months closure before re opening allowed ,they can loose many weight , and same time many farang livers become even again good for transplantation …..55555

 

So even a double silver lining …. ????

Edited April 21, 2020 by david555