Tipple down effect

By The Nation

 

 

Swarms of buyers thronged shopping malls on Sunday (May 3) to buy alcoholic drinks after weeks of denial.

 

 

The ban on sale of alcoholic beverages to prevent the spread of Covid-19 ended on Sunday.

 

However, bars and restaurants are barred from serving drinks. The beverages must be consumed at home only.

 

Shopping mall employees were not quite prepared for the deluge of buyers and had a tough day filling the shelves.

 

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30387204

 

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Stockpiling Mama noodles as well.  I like the spicy ones myself.  

Pathetic.

 Ban lifted!

Edited May 3, 20206 yr by riclag

They lifted the ban and then the small shop owners come and stock up as seen in the picture, one persons trolley with at least 6 cases of whiskey. It may have been a good idea to limit the amount small shops could buy ....

Makro, Tesco & Big C were all flooded with buyers stocking up on wine, beer & spirits.

27 minutes ago, steven100 said:

They lifted the ban and then the small shop owners come and stock up as seen in the picture, one persons trolley with at least 6 cases of whiskey. It may have been a good idea to limit the amount small shops could buy ....

Makro, Tesco & Big C were all flooded with buyers stocking up on wine, beer & spirits.

Many of us would love to see a photo of your trolley Steven.

Any truth in the rumour, you maxed out your credit card.????

This is so sad! What is wrong with people? A few days without alcohol and they go crazy! There are so many more tasty and healthy drinks available! 

2 minutes ago, graemeaylward said:

This is so sad! What is wrong with people? A few days without alcohol and they go crazy! There are so many more tasty and healthy drinks available! 

Your choice, my choice is beer

If it was anything other than alcohol it would look disgraceful

Yesterday at around 1 p.m. there were two Europeans sitting outside our local 7/11 drinking a couple of Chang's..........

Some people just do not get it do they........The ban was lifted with a proviso that Alcohol was to be consumed AT HOME.....

I’m pretty good at drinkin beer

With the chance of "your governor can apply tougher rules" anyone surprised about the stampede?

And the domino tilting has already started!

Edited May 4, 20206 yr by KhunBENQ

Blurred booze boxes. Ain't it a hoot living in a country where it's ok for katoys to bitchslap each other on prime time TV but seeing a beer box is absolutely verboten.

3 minutes ago, DrTuner said:

Blurred booze boxes. Ain't it a hoot living in a country where it's ok for katoys to bitchslap each other on prime time TV but seeing a beer box is absolutely verboten.

Also, watching two Katoys fighting over a few cases of beer would be very stressful for the guy in charge of blurring! 

1 hour ago, graemeaylward said:

This is so sad! What is wrong with people? A few days without alcohol and they go crazy! There are so many more tasty and healthy drinks available! 

As it ever entered your narrow mind that it's people's livelihoods??

Makro is a wholesaler for caterers, retailers and other businesses

1 hour ago, graemeaylward said:

This is so sad! What is wrong with people? A few days without alcohol and they go crazy! There are so many more tasty and healthy drinks available! 

Alcohol is highly addictive, isn't that obvious?

2 hours ago, bodga said:

Pathetic.

What the article, or the needs of peoples basic necessities.  Or were you trolling.....

7 minutes ago, Canuck1966 said:

As it ever entered your narrow mind that it's people's livelihoods??

Makro is a wholesaler for caterers, retailers and other businesses

But ANYONE can go to the desk and get a day pass and buy as much or as little as they want/need.

1 hour ago, graemeaylward said:

This is so sad! What is wrong with people? A few days without alcohol and they go crazy! There are so many more tasty and healthy drinks available! 

Being a little Judgemental arent you, or your just pushing your view and lifestyle. Many are shop owners buying to restock their small business in there Talad. Well maybe most.....

Petchaburi was really lucky to have inherited the governor from Phuket (I bemoaned his transfer).....so lucky were we poor sods living in the province, that this devout person has kept the liquor ban until the end of May...isn't that good?

Thankfully, Hua Hin is a 15 minute drive!

1 hour ago, graemeaylward said:

This is so sad! What is wrong with people? A few days without alcohol and they go crazy! There are so many more tasty and healthy drinks available! 

I REALLY ENJOY

  a beer in the evening, I'm not an alcoholic. There IS something wrong with people feeling the need to tell them what they should drink. Seriously: are you just authoritarian or are you an ex-alcoholic or just an ...... hole?

Why are all the alcohol logos pixelated out in the pictures? Is this by law or choice?

 

1 hour ago, colinneil said:

Many of us would love to see a photo of your trolley Steven.

Any truth in the rumour, you maxed out your credit card.????

No, that was taken care of last week, when his paragon sent his open letter asking for contributions...

5 hours ago, webfact said:

The ban on sale of alcoholic beverages to prevent the spread of Covid-19 ended on Sunday.

M & P shop 100 yards from my home is stocked to the ceiling and back in business... she ran out of booze 8 days ago.

Yah hooooooo !!!!

If it wasn't for the idiotic rule that you can only by booze between 11am & 2pm it probably wouldn't have been such a scrum down, yes I know you can buy after 5pm, but most normal people don't go shopping on a Sunday after 5pm!

1 hour ago, stouricks said:

But ANYONE can go to the desk and get a day pass and buy as much or as little as they want/need.

Just that Avarage Somchai doesn't have the cash to hoard for thousands of Baht.

Many just have enough for their daily need.

 

17 minutes ago, Neilly said:

If it wasn't for the idiotic rule that you can only by booze between 11am & 2pm it probably wouldn't have been such a scrum down, yes I know you can buy after 5pm, but most normal people don't go shopping on a Sunday after 5pm!

 

Indeed, we entered Makro yesterday at 11.00, and the checkout queue was massive with those whose trollys were laden with alcohol, we instantly regretted the decision to go yesterday.
It probably took us 40 mins to buy what we needed, including three boxes of wine, and by the time we'd got to the checkout there was no queue at all.
I seem to recall that the idiotic selling hours didn't used to apply for those buying larger quantities from a wholesaler like Makro, but that was changed a few years ago to ensure that those stocking up their shops could only do so at certain times.

Judging by various reports there have been large queues at outlets for booze, so obviously plenty of Thais aren't hurting for cash, just yet!!

Edited May 4, 20206 yr by Forza2002

1 hour ago, Canuck1966 said:

Makro is a wholesaler for caterers, retailers and other businesses

...and it isn't a shopping mall, despite what The Nation seems to think

35 minutes ago, Neilly said:

If it wasn't for the idiotic rule that you can only by booze between 11am & 2pm it probably wouldn't have been such a scrum down, yes I know you can buy after 5pm, but most normal people don't go shopping on a Sunday after 5pm!

True, and lets face it if rule is so school children dont buy it, why do they never have that problem in Vietnam etc?

 

Its also very difficult to know the diffrence between a schoolgirl/boy and a 40-50+ year old Thai or farang