Thai media reveals desperate plight of Pattaya’s bar workers due to COVID-19

[webfact]

Picture: Siam Chon News

 

Siam Chon News reported that the situation in Pattaya is so desperate that bar girls have resorted to erecting a tent to sleep on their closed premises. 

 

Owner Mayuree, 44, said in Soi Bua Khao only her and three or four staff were left after others went to their villages. 

 

She was just trying to find the rent but if the Covid-19 situation doesn't improve she might be forced to close for good. 

 

Some of the staff were bedding down in the tent, they had no money for anything else.

 

Picture: Siam Chon News

 

Bars and pubs and other entertainment has been ordered shut and gatherings on the beach and at reservoirs has been banned in orders issued by Chonburi governor Phakrathorn Thienchai. 

 

Mayuree said the situation was terrible, made worse by the news that some people had delivered krathom tea to people in state quarantine near her bar.

 

She feared things like this could lead to more Covid spread and more misery for her and other bar owners on the edge of extinction. 

 

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[JeffersLos]

Have they tried increasing their prices? 

[Shuya]

5 minutes ago, webfact said:

bar girls have resorted to erecting a tent

Business as usual it seems

[ezzra]

Well, in my no bound generosity, i'm willing to adopt couple of the cuties... 

[keith101]

32 minutes ago, Shuya said:

Business as usual it seems

As much as you may have meant this to be funny its just not , these people are really suffering and have families that rely on their income to survive as well .

Edited April 22, 2021 by keith101

[bobbin]

40 minutes ago, Shuya said:

Business as usual it seems

I gave you a laughing emoticon because it was a witty comment.. but you should have added your sympathy for their plight..

 

No money , no food

 

Just to be on the record as not minimizing the impact of this cluster-you know what..

[anchadian]

Get a proper job.

My wish for a family resort is getting closer.

[bkk6060]

38 minutes ago, keith101 said:

As much as you may have meant this to be funny its just not , these people are really suffering and have families that rely on their income to survive as well .

I know a lady business owner in Phuket.

She said several friends who are out of business have come to her recently so depressed they are thinking of harming themselves.   She does her best to counsel them and give them hope but in reality, they have none now.

Very sad.

Edited April 22, 2021 by bkk6060

[Rimmer]

Off topic troll post removed

[petedk]

1 hour ago, keith101 said:

As much as you may have meant this to be funny its just not , these people are really suffering and have families that rely on their income to survive as well .

 

I agree with you that these people are suffering and I really feel for them, but some of the Thais (and I guess other nationalities) have the mentality that they want easy money.

Some of these people could at least TRY something else and not wait endlessly for the foreigners to return.

 

Near where I work about a year ago, I noticed a young girl started sell freshly pressed orange juice. She obviously didn't have much money as this was done on a sheet on the ground and she only had a few oranges. Anyway, as time progressed I noticed that she bought a table and then a glass cabinet and so on. I sometimes buy from her and she started trying to speak English with me. She told me that she lost her job due to Covid, (She didn't say what the job was and I didn't ask).

 

Now she has someone to help her and has a second stall not so far from the first.

 

I know not everyone can do that, but some could at least try.

[RichardColeman]

Don't worry girls , 2000 yanks are on their way to save the day !

[Wiggy]

1 hour ago, petedk said:

 

I agree with you that these people are suffering and I really feel for them, but some of the Thais (and I guess other nationalities) have the mentality that they want easy money.

Some of these people could at least TRY something else and not wait endlessly for the foreigners to return.

 

Near where I work about a year ago, I noticed a young girl started sell freshly pressed orange juice. She obviously didn't have much money as this was done on a sheet on the ground and she only had a few oranges. Anyway, as time progressed I noticed that she bought a table and then a glass cabinet and so on. I sometimes buy from her and she started trying to speak English with me. She told me that she lost her job due to Covid, (She didn't say what the job was and I didn't ask).

 

Now she has someone to help her and has a second stall not so far from the first.

 

I know not everyone can do that, but some could at least try.

She has ‘som’ hope. 
 

I’ll get my coat.  

[a3tsw]

1 hour ago, RichardColeman said:

Don't worry girls , 2000 yanks are on their way to save the day !

and 13 germans due to be released from quarantine soon.

You see! , it's not all doom and gloom. ????

[from the home of CC]

6 hours ago, keith101 said:

As much as you may have meant this to be funny its just not , these people are really suffering and have families that rely on their income to survive as well .

typical attitudes from those purveyors of liquid crack houses, the drug tends to cause extreme selfishness (ie: DUI's) which in turn also lowers empathy for anyone other than themselves. I hope post covid (if that ever happens) the Thai people will learn from this period and develop industries that delves away from the provisions of gratification to foreigners... 

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Siam Chon News reported that the situation in Pattaya is so desperate that bar girls have resorted to erecting a tent to sleep on their closed premises

How much does the show cost?

[robblok]

Im sure some kindhearted farangs will offer these girls a place to sleep for free if they erect other things for them.

[Meat Pie 47]

7 hours ago, keith101 said:

As much as you may have meant this to be funny its just not , these people are really suffering and have families that rely on their income to survive as well .

you are absolutely right a lot of posters on here are just nasty 

[robblok]

6 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

I know a lady business owner in Phuket.

She said several friends who are out of business have come to her recently so depressed they are thinking of harming themselves.   She does her best to counsel them and give them hope but in reality, they have none now.

Very sad.

Its up to the Thai goverment to help not us. Back home its bad too but some jokes don't mean that there is no empathy. Its sad to see how this hurts people all over the world. Its time for governments to step up. In my country businesses get some support. Of course closures are happening and income is lost. Its sad but not as if we can help it. I too have less income because of it (clients hurting too). 

 

But to joke a lil and to make light of a situation does not mean there is no empathy. Should we all be depressed and not laugh anymore. We aren't laughing at their misfortune just making word jokes. 

 

Would be different if people were laughing at their misfortune and saying things like then they should not have cheated people before ect ect. 

 

Just my opinion.

[Meat Pie 47]

1 minute ago, robblok said:

Its up to the Thai goverment to help not us. Back home its bad too but some jokes don't mean that there is no empathy. Its sad to see how this hurts people all over the world. Its time for governments to step up. In my country businesses get some support. Of course closures are happening and income is lost. Its sad but not as if we can help it. I too have less income because of it (clients hurting too). 

 

But to joke a lil and to make light of a situation does not mean there is no empathy. Should we all be depressed and not laugh anymore. We aren't laughing at their misfortune just making word jokes. 

 

Would be different if people were laughing at their misfortune and saying things like then they should not have cheated people before ect ect. 

 

Just my opinion.

You can have your opinion OK but not all residents of Pattaya cheat, my lady friend is a hairdresser

she can't find enough customers, her kids work at the Hilton hotel and have been laid off.

I don't make jokes about them I feel for them.

[Excel]

1 minute ago, Meat Pie 47 said:

You can have your opinion OK but not all residents of Pattaya cheat, my lady friend is a hairdresser

she can't find enough customers, her kids work at the Hilton hotel and have been laid off.

I don't make jokes about them I feel for them.

Well I second that and I live out in the sticks and the numbers who have had to return from Pattaya and Bangkok to the villages because of no work is frightening and as we all know so often they were the main bread winners. Say what you want about them, and its appalling that so many on TV decry them for what they do but at the end of the day they are as human as you and I and their future is looking very grim right now

[robblok]

7 minutes ago, Meat Pie 47 said:

You can have your opinion OK but not all residents of Pattaya cheat, my lady friend is a hairdresser

she can't find enough customers, her kids work at the Hilton hotel and have been laid off.

I don't make jokes about them I feel for them.

Eh... i said that if you would say like they deserved it because they cheated it would be bad. I never said they cheated i gave it as an example of lack of empathy.

 

Its on a totally different level as the word jokes that were made in this topic.

Edited April 22, 2021 by robblok

[Bangkok Barry]

27 minutes ago, Excel said:

Say what you want about them, and its appalling that so many on TV decry them for what they do but at the end of the day they are as human as you and I and their future is looking very grim right now

Very true. If their clients spent a bit of time talking to them about their families instead of treating them simply as a plaything then the service providers would appreciate the interest in them and no doubt offer more.

[Deli]

The CCP should step in and be held resposible. They caused the misery.

[pattayadude]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

She feared things like this could lead to more Covid spread and more misery for her and other bar owners on the edge of extinction. 

Covid somehow bypassed certain countries like Thailand and the Philippines most of the 2020 but just started affecting them one by one and cases in these Asian countries skyrocketed within a few weeks in March and April of this year. No one really knows why. It is becoming very obvious that bars and neon lighted streets full of people is slowly becoming a concept of the past, sweet memories of the last decade.

Edited April 22, 2021 by pattayadude

[bangon04]

10 hours ago, Deli said:

The CCP should step in and be held resposible. They caused the misery.

maybe they put in an offer for Pattaya already, and the good General is considering it?

[peleid]

13 hours ago, robblok said:

Its up to the Thai goverment to help not us. Back home its bad too but some jokes don't mean that there is no empathy. Its sad to see how this hurts people all over the world. Its time for governments to step up. In my country businesses get some support. Of course closures are happening and income is lost. Its sad but not as if we can help it. I too have less income because of it (clients hurting too). 

 

But to joke a lil and to make light of a situation does not mean there is no empathy. Should we all be depressed and not laugh anymore. We aren't laughing at their misfortune just making word jokes. 

 

Would be different if people were laughing at their misfortune and saying things like then they should not have cheated people before ect ect. 

 

Just my opinion.

Do not tar all people with the same brush

[robblok]

18 minutes ago, peleid said:

Do not tar all people with the same brush

How did i tar people with the same brush ?

[Staxer]

These people are struggling to survive and some clowns make bad jokes.

[smiggley]

For some reason everyone is centered on bar girls only, they cannot find other jobs because there are none. You must remember that while the bars are closed everyone suffers from the ice man, the food carts, the bottle stores, the nic nac carts, 7/11s, not to mention the money they send home to family's and the list goes on and on. So have a little sympathy as they get no help whatsoever from their govt.

[redwood1]

On 4/22/2021 at 10:10 AM, bkk6060 said:

I know a lady business owner in Phuket.

She said several friends who are out of business have come to her recently so depressed they are thinking of harming themselves.   She does her best to counsel them and give them hope but in reality, they have none now.

Very sad.

If things in Pattaya are bad then things in Phuket are pretty much beyond desperate.....Phuket expats are very few in number these days I think....

Edited April 23, 2021 by redwood1