Maskless Foreigners in Bangkok

[zzaa09]

4 hours ago, RafPinto said:

Last week, I was walking up Sukhumvit in BKK;

 

A couple, both white, in their 40-50's completely annoying.

 

He was just wearing his shoes and a short, nothing else. A bodybuilder type. Full of tatoos.
His female partner looked similar.

First, who walks halve naked through a busy town? Would they do this in Melbourne, NY, London, Brussels etc?

 

Then the annoying part, none had a mask.

 

Get them out.

There are the unspoken of and unofficial activities of the disappearing of folks. 

Fully befitting of the dirty and disrespectful foreigner.

[richard_smith237]

13 minutes ago, sharecropper said:

To save me from repeating myself, see the above reply.  Follow the law or go home. It's not about what the barmy army think is the right thing to do in another country.

Got to love the foreigners who get more outraged than the locals.... quite comical... 

 

I call them the ‘insect eaters’ - cos they spend their time proving how they have assimilated into the local culture !!!.... (by eating insects amongst other things).

 

 

"Follow the law or go home” - this comment alone shows how far removed from reality some posters are when they forget that Thailand is a country where a lot of the laws are generally ignored... 

 

 

Of course, wear a mask when in public... ok.. but don’t get so twisted up about it that it ruins our day when someone else doesn’t !!!... 

 

[Liverpool Lou]

27 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

I’m happy to wear a mask in public places (all indoor places) - but there really is no need to wear a mask on a beach or in a wide open park etc... but walking down Sukhumvit road, of course wear a mask. 

Agreed but they're hardly (medically) necessary walking along Sukhumvit, either, with a couple of meters between most vaccinated people.

[Liverpool Lou]

28 minutes ago, sharecropper said:

But in my OP, I specifically limit this to malls, and by extension to other enclosed public spaces, where ALL Thais are wearing masks. Not villages, beaches, private cars etc etc.

Couple of things, in your OP you do not "specifically limit this to malls".   Even if you had stated that (you didn't) you can't "specifically limit" something and then "extend it to all other enclosed public spaces".   Make up your mind which one it is, specifically!

 

[Liverpool Lou]

29 minutes ago, sharecropper said:

No need to convince anybody. it's the law here - certainly in public places, and as such should be respected.

Have you ever let your mask slip from it's proper position? Ever? 

[richard_smith237]

4 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

34 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

I’m happy to wear a mask in public places (all indoor places) - but there really is no need to wear a mask on a beach or in a wide open park etc... but walking down Sukhumvit road, of course wear a mask. 

Agreed but they're hardly (medically) necessary walking along Sukhumvit, either, with a couple of meters between most vaccinated people.

I don’t disagree.... but would wear one simply because of the ‘optics’....  in central Bangkok ‘non-mask wearers’ are an easy target for any Police officer or BMA enforcers (think the guys who catch the foreigners who drop cigarette butts).... 

 

On the Soi I live on (which is fairly busy but not central Bangkok) - there are a lot of Thai’s not wearing masks... 

But go into the nearby wet market and about 90% are.... of course 7-11 everyone does, they have to.

 

About 6 months ago I stepped out of the car and walked into 7-11...  the staff erupted !!! I’d forgotten my mask !!! the same thing happens if we forget to ‘palm’ the thermometer. 

 

 

Its all theatre....  i just can’t be bothered not to play along !!!..... That said, I do think masks have value in busy areas, on flights and public transport too. 

 

 

[Liverpool Lou]

32 minutes ago, sharecropper said:

Perhaps that's what's needed here - the threat and likelihood of more serious consequences being dealt out to people who refuse to follow their health laws.

A B20,000 maximum fine is a pretty serious consequence here.

[OneMoreFarang]

It happens seldom that I see people without mask. And then there are the following options:

 

a) The person is somewhere outside and a couple of meters away from anybody else.

Ok, no problem. There is no reason to get upset.

 

b) Is there a reason the person does not wear a mask? Maybe he/she is drinking or eating something. Give him a break, even if he only sips on his drink every 5 minutes. Should you really remind him he should change his behavior?

 

c) Obvious idiots who want to show everybody: I get away with this.

Don't do anything. It won't take long before someone else will show them the errors of their thinking.

 

d) Innocent people who just don't know any better or forgot their mask. I.e. a woman in my building who I saw in the lift who forgot her mask. Now when I see her I ask her about the mask. Because I know it's likely that she forgot her mask and has to go back to her room. I better tell her when I see her so that nobody tells her when she is already in front of the building and then she has to go back.

[stigar]

I was in 7/11 in sukumvit 31..a foreigner came inside without wearing a mask..the counter told him to wear a mask inside..he just said f..off.The manager came and offered him a free mask..f..off again.Then she called the police who came fast and rook him away.I guess to the policestation.

[richard_smith237]

3 minutes ago, stigar said:

I was in 7/11 in sukumvit 31..a foreigner came inside without wearing a mask..the counter told him to wear a mask inside..he just saod f..off.Themanager came and offered him a free mask..f..pff again.Then she called the police who came fast and rook him away.I guess to the policestation.

Mask wearing or not will never stop this utter to$$er from being an utter to$$er !!!... 

 

There is a line, and this guy was not only overstepping, but striding across with flagrant disregard for anyone else. I sincerely hope he was fined the full 20,000 baht for refusing to be considerate and then some for his atrocious behaviour. 

[Rimmer]

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[Chris.B]

The police should give them a good caning...

 

????

[BangkokReady]

I get the feeling that the OP probably conveniently doesn't notice all the Thai people not wearing masks.  Also likely that all this "smugness" is completely in their head.

[mtls2005]

10 hours ago, sharecropper said:

What do people think you should do when you encounter presumably newly-arrived, smug-looking foreigners in Bangkok who refuse to wear a mask?

Honestly, unless I'm on mask-police duty that day I don't take much notice. Not my job.

 

 

 

 

[Chris.B]

9 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

I generally wear mine below the nose as otherwise it fogs up my glasses.

What, are you looking for absolution for wearing your mask incorrectly and potentially breathing out infection over people who are unfortunate to come within your vicinity? Pathetic excuse for not wearing a mask correctly, I wear glasses as well.  ???????? 

 

Bring back corporal punishment for these offenders I say. ????

[connda]

10 hours ago, sharecropper said:

What do people think you should do when you encounter presumably newly-arrived, smug-looking foreigners in Bangkok who refuse to wear a mask?

Get in there face and tell them to get their masks on and if they fail to follow your orders than physically force them to wear a mask!!!  That will do it.

Or

Mind your own business.

[connda]

24 minutes ago, thepdru said:

So many vaxxed think that they are now safe, so they should be jailed as an example, as most vaxxed !

 

Are you insinuating that the vaccinated are not safe?  They have been told they are 100% safe if they just get two shots....and a booster.........maybe two boosters.  What do the vaccinated have to worry about if they are fully vaccinated?  They are vaccinated, they can not contract or transmit Covid. 
Why should they wear a mask?

[Chris.B]

11 minutes ago, connda said:

Get in there face and tell them to get their masks on and if they fail to follow your orders than physically force them to wear a mask!!!  That will do it.

Or

Mind your own business.

 Bring back the birch! 

 

????

[atpeace]

49 minutes ago, Sticky Rice Balls said:

As if thais dont stereotype us as it is and think we are a bad influence--I bike around CNX daily with my mask ON and I see tons of farangs without....I struggle not to stop and say something..is a bad example

You bike with a mask?  Strange but maybe a tribal signal.  What about running without a mask in a park?

[billd766]

10 hours ago, tonray said:

Well  before new tourists arrivals there have been a cadre of "rebels" wearing the mask pulled down over their nose. I avoid them myself...not because I'm worried about infection...only because they act like adolelscents who can't behave in a society in which they are guests.

When I get out of the car I have to put my glasses on my forehead to see where I am going and what I am doing. If I leave them in place every time I breathe out they get fogged up, and I cannot read any forms etc, Going into the a/c bank just makes it worse. I have to pull the bottom of the mask away from my face to breathe out and still wear my glasses

 

Back in the car and it is mask off and I can see properly and breathe easily too. I don't normally wear a mask in the car, as it is a private vehicle and there is only me and my family in it. I think it is pointless as when we get home we don't wear masks around the house.

[atpeace]

34 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

I get the feeling that the OP probably conveniently doesn't notice all the Thai people not wearing masks.  Also likely that all this "smugness" is completely in their head.

Here in rural Thailand 95%  of Thais wear masks on motorcycles but many don't while in groups socializing.  It is a non issue regardless.  Outside of cities IMO Covid is not killing anyone.

[jackdd]

1 hour ago, Sticky Rice Balls said:

As if thais dont stereotype us as it is and think we are a bad influence--I bike around CNX daily with my mask ON and I see tons of farangs without....I struggle not to stop and say something..is a bad example

Why don't you want to tell the Thais as well? There are way more than farangs.

[it is what it is]

27 minutes ago, atpeace said:

Here in rural Thailand 95%  of Thais wear masks on motorcycles but many don't while in groups socializing.  It is a non issue regardless.  Outside of cities IMO Covid is not killing anyone.

how much detailed research did you carry out when forming this opinion? and do you really believe the thai government statistics?

[atpeace]

10 minutes ago, it is what it is said:

how much detailed research did you carry out when forming this opinion? and do you really believe the thai government statistics?

What opinion?  As for Thai statistics, it depends on the provider and statistic.  Covid death data seems OK now but think deaths were underreported in 2020 if compared to excess deaths.  Hard to know everything in regards to Covid data but try to avoid conspiracies.

[phetphet]

10 hours ago, 473geo said:

I can't get all hot and bothered about others, the other day I jumped out of the truck as couldn't park, as about to enter the post office realised no mask ???? popped to a little shop and asked for a mask, given without hesitation, I had no small change, so came back and gave the old lady about a few baht after my post office visit no problem.

There will always be those who need to be different or difficult just ignore them.

Same me. Several times I have come out of a coffee shop or from having eaten somewhere and realised after a while that my mask is either under my chin or in my pocket. Not intentional.

I even came down for breakfast in a hotel the other day, and had to ask a staff member for a mask.

I put it down to jet lag having just returned from a short trip back to the UK.

 

I do agree that the blatent refuseniks do need some form of punishment or coercion to make them wear masks, but deportation seems a bit extreme.

[champers]

8 hours ago, gim12 said:

right, its only those right wing lunatics that stupidly dont wear masks, meanwhile  in the 11/29/21 issue of the  NY Post  ....

 

"President Joe Biden, who has repeatedly urged Americans to mask up, was captured flouting face-covering rules in Nantucket on Saturday.

Photos show Biden wearing a black mask around his neck, leaving his mouth and nose exposed inside Murray’s Toggery Shop on the island — despite a large sign on the door advising shoppers at the clothing store “REQUIRED FACE COVERING."

Allowances should be made for those with dementia who have their moments away with the fairies.

[JayClay]

11 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

I generally wear mine below the nose as otherwise it fogs up my glasses.

It's amazing that we're now 3.5 million years into this pandemic (or so it seems) and they still haven't managed to find a solution to this problem.

[JustAnotherHun]

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Personally I think they should be arrested, fined and deported to set an example. They're deporting others for worse reasons these days, on the spurious grounds of being a danger to the public...

What a nice example of block leader mentality, a true "concerned citizen".

I hope you called the police to inprison those disgustinge criminals.

You might carry a gun next time in case, there's no brown uniform near. Then just shoot them. But stay away from them a few meters, otherwise the virus could jump on you,,,huhuhuuu

 

[JustAnotherHun]

8 hours ago, gim12 said:

peatedly urged Americans to mask up, was captured flouting face-covering rules in Nantucket on Saturday.

Photos show Biden wearing a black mask around his neck, leaving his mouth and nose exposed inside Murray’s Toggery Shop on the island — despite a large sign on the door advising shoppers at the clothing store “REQUIRED FACE COVERING."

Maybe he forgot already how to use a mask and no advisor there to help him out.

[chicowoodduck]

21 hours ago, LarrySR said:

Were they wearing MAGA hats?

My guess is that not only the hat, but fat, bald, pony tail and flip flops! ????????