Ton snaps, announces to mum: "Today is a very auspicious day to burn my house down!" - and he did

[webfact]

Sanook Thai Cation: Materials ordered but no work done

 

Most of us have been there with unreliable and absent tradesmen. 

 

Poor old Ton in Ban Laberk, Buriran, NE Thailand, was one such frustrated customer.

 

Ton - real name Kittisak, 36 - had been waiting for months for some local builders to finish his house.

 

He desperately wanted to move in for Songkran as he was fed up sleeping outside his half done home.

 

But the builders made one excuse after another for not coming - even a Covid outbreak was used as an excuse to do nothing, reported Sanook.

 

It was one long manana, manana. With nary a man in sight.

 

Then yesterday - having consumed a little too much liquid refreshment Ton snapped.

 

"Right that's enough," he said announcing to his mum who was within earshot:

 

"Today is an auspicious day for a house fire!"

 

Mum Yuan, 63, was in no noubt that her son meant what he was saying. She rushed to get help from her husband who was tending the buffalos.

 

But not in time.

 

Ton had bought some 91 and 95 gas and set fire to the builders' materials that Ton had bought himself and equipment in his house destroying stuff in a 40 minute blaze that spread to straw outside. 

 

Ton was taken away for questioning at the main pavilion.

 

He admitted to being drunk and was was charged with that.

 

The police said it wasn't arson. 

 

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[OneMoreFarang]

Now he has one headache less.

[worgeordie]

21 minutes ago, webfact said:

The police said it wasn't arson. 

 Do they say the same thing ,when people set the forests alight,

regards Worgeordie

[RichardColeman]

Seriously ? A 7 minute news story ?

[Bangkok Barry]

12 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

Seriously ? A 7 minute news story ?

My wife watches Thai tv in the evenings - on her phone now and not on the main tv, fortunately - and I've noticed that, after the 'who can scream loudest' dramas a talk programme will often have a guest on talking about some 'wrong' or other. And what would be a 5-10 minute segment in the real world can last over an hour here. I have no idea how they can drag it out for so long, but it's cheap to produce I suppose.

 

As for the loony who was upset at the builders not finishing the job, I had the same experience with a team remodeling a room. Rather than burn the house down I got some others in to complete the job. I guess that never occurred to him.

Edited March 24, 2022 by Bangkok Barry

[phetphet]

But will he name the builders?

[swm59nj]

Why wait for the contractor to finish. Might as well get rid of it and start fresh lol. 

[hotchilli]

On 3/24/2022 at 11:11 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

Now he has one headache less.

Mother will give him another.

[hotchilli]

On 3/24/2022 at 11:25 AM, worgeordie said:

 Do they say the same thing ,when people set the forests alight,

regards Worgeordie

Absolutely

 

[RafPinto]

Perfect options for farangs who get kicked out of the houses "they" paid for.

Just burn it down.