Thailand bans talking on trains as precaution against COVID-19

[Keesters]

Whoever came up with this should be banned from talking anywhere, ever. 

[Gandtee]

17 hours ago, colinneil said:

Surely some kind of joke banning talking on trains, crazy or what.

I agree with it. Even my computer has got a virus. Ve haff veys off not makking you tork.????????

[connda]

There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. We can roll the image; make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity. For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear. We repeat: there is nothing wrong with your television set. You are about to participate in a great adventure. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to the outer limits.

 

Welcome to Clown World.

[robsamui]

I actually did mis-read the headline and though I saw this for a moment!
But, with the way things are in Thailand right now, it's as believable as any of the other headlines I'm seeing.

[Lacessit]

I am baffled by this ban. If people are wearing masks, according to the attached video the ban is unnecessary.

Also, to be consistent, the ban should extend to all forms of transport, such as buses and songthaews

[Boedog]

You just cant make this stuff up, Amazing Thailand 

[Mike k]

16 hours ago, kimamey said:

When they say don't talk on the telephone I'm assuming they mean public telephones where the virus could spread. They can't mean they think talking on a smartphone will spread it or that they think they'd be able to prevent it anyway.

As stupid as this government is it wouldn't surprise me 

[Mike k]

45 minutes ago, BobinBKK said:

Sounds like the government is trying to pick a fight with the general public...

Payute, they violated my emergency decree off with their heads 

[ChipButty]

6 minutes ago, Boedog said:

You just cant make this stuff up, Amazing Thailand 

But, They do

[Boedog]

2 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

But, They do

Every single day

[Geoherb]

It would be a Herculean task to prevent my wife from talking on a train or anywhere. She can crank out an equivalent 4000 rounds a minute. I have to confess I kind of like it

[LikeItHot]

UPDATE: Thinking is now banned. Junta taking the lead on this initiative.

[briguy]

And people hated mimes before...

[merijn]

 

18 hours ago, madmitch said:

Talking might be banned but try and stop them eating!

And what do you think about mobile phones, no way can they live for 5 mins without them.

[theoldgit]

Inappropriate troll post removed.

[Caldera]

Good luck with this one. People can't even refrain from talking on the phone while riding an elevator for 30 seconds.

[samtam]

16 hours ago, Moonlover said:

Especially Thais! Probably the most loquacious race I've ever meet, especially the women.

 

I was swimming at my pool on Monday and another resident was sitting on the decking area about 6 metres from the water's edge. I swam my 1200m and he was on the 'phone from beginning to end, (which takes me 35 minutes). When I say "he was on the 'phone", let me clarify, he was the one talking on the 'phone. I'm not sure how it is possible to talk one way for that long. 

[Isaan sailor]

So it’s still OK to break wind onboard, right?

[The retired guy]

1 hour ago, colinneil said:

You must live in the same crazy universe as the clowns who came up with that nonsense.

No talking on trains, so a persons phone rings, they going to answer it or not? Answer it obviously, conductor comes round to check tickets, he is going to do it silently? No way.

This is yet another stupid knee jerk reaction, that has failed before it has even started.

True! And I remember what they told me, we actually have smarter dogs in Europe than the government in Thailand… Poor Thai people!

Now they standing outside the gate here, “bom bom me, only 300 Baht”, it’s how mama teaches them how to make money? Oh my Buddha!

[crazykopite]

ALL FOOLS DAY was on April 1st !!!!!!!!!!! 

[Nicholas Paul KNIGHT]

Well that announcement tells me we are in the hands of people whose logical mindset has gone completely plus a complete mis-understanding of how a virus is passed. I told my friends in the UK, they are still rolling about on the floor laughing saying Thailand has completely lost the plot. 

[soalbundy]

2 hours ago, jaiyen said:

Seeing that most Thai people talk at about 95 decibels that would be a great if they didn't talk.

No, that would be Americans.

[Uroller]

It’s obvious who dropped the ball on Covid but the blames keeps getting deflected to the people, for breathing, eating, trying to work, trying to exercise, trying to survive. How about somebody in authority organizing vaccines (that work) for everybody like many other countries are doing! Before you know it all people living in Thailand will be told to stay home, not go out and save the country that the leaders have failed to save????

[soalbundy]

Just now, Nicholas Paul KNIGHT said:

Well that announcement tells me we are in the hands of people whose logical mindset has gone completely plus a complete mis-understanding of how a virus is passed. I told my friends in the UK, they are still rolling about on the floor laughing saying Thailand has completely lost the plot. 

Makes more sense than being at a football stadium followed by alcohol fueled punch ups, will be interesting to see the latest covid numbers in the UK next week, just around 'freedom day'

[Zikomat]

Only in Asia

[tlandtday]

10 minutes ago, Uroller said:

It’s obvious who dropped the ball on Covid but the blames keeps getting deflected to the people, for breathing, eating, trying to work, trying to exercise, trying to survive. How about somebody in authority organizing vaccines (that work) for everybody like many other countries are doing! Before you know it all people living in Thailand will be told to stay home, not go out and save the country that the leaders have failed to save????

save it from what once covid finishes more people will die on the roads in one month than all of covid...

[Surelynot]

'Sounds' like heaven.....more than happy to have talking banned on all forms of transport.....especially in my car on a seven hour drive to Isan.

[tlandtday]

18 hours ago, a3tsw said:

 

 

Thailand’s Department of Rail Transport (DRT) has requested that passengers no longer talk on trains in order to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

 

As well as wearing face masks and making sure they socially distance, passengers should not talk to one another or on the telephone, the DRT chief Kittiphan Panchan said 

 

Think Different.

almost beyond comprehension... they used to say in the soviet union that pravda could and would say anything they wanted to regardless of whether the people believed them or not because it was all about humuliating them by their inability to do anything about it. i see the same thing happening in the mainstream media around the world.

[DBath]

“…Put your hand over your mouth when you cough, that'll help the solution…respect yourself!!”

 

The Staple Singers

[Surelynot]

11 minutes ago, DBath said:

“…Put your hand over your mouth when you cough, that'll help the solution…respect yourself!!”

 

The Staple Singers

Many, many people do not seem to have been taught this (in the UK)........however, they really should cough/sneeze into the crook of their elbow to help stop spreading diseases.