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Phuket taxi drivers start catching crabs to make a living

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

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Former Phuket taxi driver Thanathorn Thepkaew is now catching crabs with his friends just to make ends meet. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Four former Phuket taxi drivers now out of work due to the COVID-19 crisis have turned to catching crabs to make a living.

 

One of the four, Thanathorn Thepkaew, 38, originally from Trang, found himself out of work two months ago when the tourists stopped flying in.

 

Where he used to earn about B20,000 a month, enough to support himself, his wife and child, Thanathorn found himself without any income, but still with rent, motorcycle payments and car payments to pay, and needing to send money back home to Trang.

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-taxi-drivers-start-catching-crabs-to-make-a-living-75783.php

 

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7 hours ago, colinneil said:

Well Thanathorn better stay away from the wife if you have caught crabs.:cheesy:

now then...now then....but you gotta ask have they been caught on land or water............:clap2:

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1 hour ago, webfact said:

Where he used to earn about B20,000 a month, enough to support himself, his wife and child, Thanathorn found himself without any income, but still with rent, motorcycle payments and car payments to pay, and needing to send money back home to Trang.

is he missing a zero

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Sympathy for the wife and child if they're going hungry but no sympathy for greedy taxi drivers in Phuket. He should have saved for the "rainy day" that is now. Sell the vehicles to highest bidder and introduce Grab or insist on Meter Taxis in Phuket. No more 200 Baht minimum fare. Time to open the market up there and stop ripping of locals and visitors.

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