Amazing Thailand: "Stairway to Heaven" amuses - and concerns - locals in Sattahip

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Picture: Daily News

 

Thai engineers constructing a pedestrian bridge outside Makro in Sattahip in eastern Thailand have built it around a power pole replete with wires and cables.

 

Daily News went there and found locals and tourists scratching their heads in collective "Thailand Amazement".

 

Obviously if left that way it would be highly dangerous.

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Though still under construction it was deliberate as there was a hole for the pole about three quarters of the way up. It would take a lot of money to put right.

 

Nobody was around to explain why it was like this.

 

The media suggested ironically that it could become a "sculpture landmark of Sattahip."

 

Here at ASEAN NOW we prefer "Stairway to Heaven" as anyone using it in its current form could be well on the way to meeting their maker!

 

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[Tropicalevo]

Only in Thailand. ????

[taotoo]

Presumably this is a schedule thing - they are planning on moving the pole later, and filling in the gap.

[Willy Wombat]

And they want a space programme ????

[worgeordie]

Did none of the builders stop and think..........we should not

be doing this , its really stupid ....guess not. 

Stairway to heaven ........touch the wires at the top ,true

regards Worgeordie

[jacko45k]

1 hour ago, Tropicalevo said:

Only in Thailand. ????

Just when you think you have seen it all, and things could not get dafter, Thailand excels. 

[scorecard]

46 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

Did none of the builders stop and think..........we should not

be doing this , its really stupid ....guess not. 

Stairway to heaven ........touch the wires at the top ,true

 

 

46 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

regards Worgeordie

But the construction crew would never challenge or comment, way above their status/station, very impolite, that's the way it is. 

[tingtongfarang]

1 hour ago, taotoo said:

Presumably this is a schedule thing - they are planning on moving the pole later, and filling in the gap.

dont think they bother filling in the gap

[Lopchan]

There was a similar case in 2016
Perplexing Power Pole Which Captivated the Internet Being Removed (khaosodenglish.com)

[hotchilli]

This is the result of an education system that indoctrinates you into not asking impertinent questions but just do as you're told.

[Mr Meeseeks]

The state of this. ????

[rwill]

It's not the first time they have done that.  Plus some roads with poles in the middle of the lane.

[natway09]

taotoo

I like your style man, are you Thai ?

[ftpjtm]

And the same people who commissioned this think it's dangerous to serve beer and wine with a meal ????????????

[Dumbfounded]

Not only is it stupid but how dangerous for the workers, bet they didn't even disconnect the power during construction