Still madness in Udon

[starky]

So took the daughter to see a movie today in Central plaza had plenty of time so we went to get some lunch first. Was checking the menu and saw henieken there. Thought why not? No sir, can not!

  Now I know this has been done to death but could somebody please explain how me not having 1 beer with lunch is stopping the spread of covid? Why can i drink a sprite then?

   Its honestly madness and is indicative of nothing except government policy gone mad. 

[86Tiger]

 

 

Welcome to the party, pal.

 

This stopped being about a virus long ago.

[starky]

3 minutes ago, 86Tiger said:

 

 

Welcome to the party, pal.

 

This stopped being about a virus long ago.

Tbh obviously doesnt really bother me but i did find it absurd/ridiculous/hilarious.

  Especially as i played dumb for a bit it was fun watching them get flustered. So this is a restaurant? So it is after 11? So i can get a beer? ....confused looks...rinse repeat for 5 minutes. Yes im easily amused.

[USEpat]

Sadly, Thai's, especially those in positions of power, aren't particularly clever.

[Skallywag]

24 minutes ago, starky said:

Was checking the menu and saw henieken there. Thought why not? No sir, can not!

Between 2pm-5pm no alcohol is served - Thai law or something like that

[kimamey]

I've no idea of the government's thinking but elsewhere there's been problems when people get drunk and get lax with precautions. In that case it's easier to say no alcohol rather than trying to guess how much someone should have so it's not about your one beer. 

 

Having said that I'm not sure this is needed anyway and I'd love to know the reasoning especially as I would expect the drinks companies would be pushing against an alcohol ban and they are usually pretty influential. 

 

I've seen alcohol being served in restaurants so obviously not everyone is abiding by the rules

[kimamey]

As I'm going to Udon next week to stay in the Centara Hotel for my wedding anniversary I was a bit concerned by the title of your post. Fortunately although I wouldn't mind a beer I can cope with that so it will be something else that will annoy me.

 

 

[BE88]

1 hour ago, kimamey said:

As I'm going to Udon next week to stay in the Centara Hotel for my wedding anniversary I was a bit concerned by the title of your post. Fortunately although I wouldn't mind a beer I can cope with that so it will be something else that will annoy me.

 

 

Yesterday I went to the restaurant and asked for a beer and it was served in an aluminum glass, Thai fantasy has no limits.????

Best wishes

[Lacessit]

11 minutes ago, BE88 said:

Yesterday I went to the restaurant and asked for a beer and it was served in an aluminum glass, Thai fantasy has no limits.????

Best wishes

One of the restaurants I go to parks a can of dry ginger ale next to my glass of beer. Unopened. I wonder how many times it has been re-used.

[soi3eddie]

20 minutes ago, BE88 said:

 

Yesterday I went to the restaurant and asked for a beer and it was served in an aluminum glass, Thai fantasy has no limits.????

 

...almost. Was out last Saturday night in Bangkok and all our usual "reliable" very late night places had been warned that they MUST close at 11pm. We found a open air restaurant on Soi 11 that was still busy at midnight (and carried on to 3am). Got a table and asked for a beer with our food. The only way we were getting beer was to have it served in a fresh coconut! As were all the other "diners". I kid you not. That was a first.

 

[HappyExpat57]

1 hour ago, Skallywag said:

Between 2pm-5pm no alcohol is served - Thai law or something like that

Pre-Covid this was not an issue. My friends and I would start at noon and continue on until it was time to crawl home. Then came Covid and with it the killjoy politicians who would turn this into a dry country if they had their way.

[1FinickyOne]

2 hours ago, starky said:

please explain how me not having 1 beer with lunch is stopping the spread of covid?

I may be going out on a limb here, but maybe it is not about you? 

 

They should probably make an amendment to the law - Starky can have 1 beer w/lunch - but only Starky and just one.. 

[Misab]

Was it because of Covid or was it because they do not serve alcohol between 11 Am and 3 pm.

either one I agree it is STUPID

 

Edited March 31, 2022 by Misab

[Misab]

28 minutes ago, Misab said:

Was it because of Covid or was it because they do not serve alcohol between 11 Am and 3 pm.

either one I agree it is STUPID

 

Imagine you are a tourist in Thailand.  You invite your wife to lunch and you want to enjoy a glass of Chardonay, to your delicius food, which you can in civilized countries.

 

 No cannot do Sir not before after 3 Pm.

 

There are many good tings in Thailand but this law is not one of them it belongs in the middleage.

 

Edited March 31, 2022 by Misab

[Chassa]

I've not had this problem in Udon for about 3 months.

The SALE of alcohol in shops (except Mum And Dad shops) is not permitted before 11 am and between 2.00pm and 5.00pm. The restaurants are OK, can get glasses too!

[starky]

5 hours ago, Skallywag said:

Between 2pm-5pm no alcohol is served - Thai law or something like that

It was 11 mate. Lived her more than 2 decades very well aware of tje 2-5 law. Cheers. ????

[starky]

3 hours ago, 1FinickyOne said:

I may be going out on a limb here, but maybe it is not about you? 

 

They should probably make an amendment to the law - Starky can have 1 beer w/lunch - but only Starky and just one.. 

Theres one in every crowd. Seeing as you are so knowledgeable and wise and leaving me out of the equation. Please explain how somebody/ anybody having a wine or a beer with their lunch, (and not a beer bar posing as a restaurant) an actual restaurant prevents the spread of covid? Why should any fluids or even food for that matter be allowed to be consumed then genius?

Edited March 31, 2022 by starky

[starky]

1 hour ago, Chassa said:

I've not had this problem in Udon for about 3 months.

The SALE of alcohol in shops (except Mum And Dad shops) is not permitted before 11 am and between 2.00pm and 5.00pm. The restaurants are OK, can get glasses too!

Well i looked it up and apparently this rule is still being enforced in 68 provinces. So maybe your just lucky i poked my head in a few other joints as well and they vehemently stated no alcohol service. Just to be clear it was a well known seafood restaurant at 11:15 i am well versed in the 2-5 law. Thanks.

 Just to be clear im not some pisshead whingeing about not being able to get on the turps all day. Im asking what not consuming an alcholic beverage as opposed to any other beverage can in any way prevent the spread of covid?

Edited March 31, 2022 by starky

[Lacessit]

4 hours ago, soi3eddie said:

. The only way we were getting beer was to have it served in a fresh coconut! As were all the other "diners". I kid you not. That was a first.

 

Beer in a coconut? Apart from a taste modification, did you have to drink it through a straw? Barbaric.

[1FinickyOne]

52 minutes ago, starky said:

Theres one in every crowd. Seeing as you are so knowledgeable and wise and leaving me out of the equation. Please explain how somebody/ anybody having a wine or a beer with their lunch, (and not a beer bar posing as a restaurant) an actual restaurant prevents the spread of covid? Why should any fluids or even food for that matter be allowed to be consumed then genius?

Sure. Easily done. If you have ever been in a bar, sober, you will see that drunks are loud, obnoxious and full of spittle that sprays... they are not the most rational people either - [not everyone but many] give many of them one beer and they can get pretty forceful in wanting another beer, then another... then comes the spray of spittle and stupid opinions... 

 

Thanks for asking. 

[Jumbo1968]

Am I right in saying it was always the law even pre Covid alcohol could not be sold or served between 2 and 5 but it was never enforced more so in bars ?

[Expat68]

6 hours ago, Skallywag said:

Between 2pm-5pm no alcohol is served - Thai law or something like that

Depends where you are. Yes, major supermarkets but elsewhere they turn a blind eye

[soi3eddie]

54 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Beer in a coconut? Apart from a taste modification, did you have to drink it through a straw? Barbaric.

Sadly all true. But we enjoyed our evening. Hadn't met for a while.

 

 

 

Edited March 31, 2022 by soi3eddie

[ftpjtm]

My favorite, here in Pattaya, is that bar girls can sit next to you, but can't dance on the bar polls.

 

Because being 1M away from you on bar polls spreads COVID, but sitting next to you doesn't spread COVID. 

[Excel]

Just now, ftpjtm said:

My favorite, here in Pattaya, is that bar girls can sit next to you, but can't dance on the bar polls.

 

Because being 1M away from you on bar polls spreads COVID, but sitting next to you doesn't spread COVID. 

I don't think you understand. If the bar girls dance on the poles then their hands, and perhaps other parts of their body ???? come into contact with the pole.  The next lady that then dances could pick up the virus from the previous dancer. You see all well thought out by those geniuses in charge whom no doubt spent many hours doing site surveys in order to form that opinion ????

[whereyougo]

3 hours ago, Misab said:

Imagine you are a tourist in Thailand.  You invite your wife to lunch and you want to enjoy a glass of Chardonay, to your delicius food, which you can in civilized countries.

 

 No cannot do Sir not before after 3 Pm.

 

There are many good tings in Thailand but this law is not one of them it belongs in the middleage.

 

This must have been a food court . Normal restaurants that are stand alone or attached to a pub DONT have any restrictions such ad 7/11 etc

[Caldera]

1 hour ago, 1FinickyOne said:

Sure. Easily done. If you have ever been in a bar, sober, you will see that drunks are loud, obnoxious and full of spittle that sprays... they are not the most rational people either - [not everyone but many] give many of them one beer and they can get pretty forceful in wanting another beer, then another... then comes the spray of spittle and stupid opinions... 

 

Thanks for asking. 

You could always just stay at home to protect yourself from those vile people. Where's the fun in being in a bar sober anyway? Sounds horrible. Cheers!

Edited March 31, 2022 by Caldera

[1FinickyOne]

1 minute ago, Caldera said:

You could always just stay at home to protect yourself from those vile people. Where's the fun in being in a bar sober anyway? Sounds horrible. Cheers!

I am not in bars mostly because drunks are incredibly boring - I was just explaining why there are laws angst spittle spraying... the OP did not understand... 

[starky]

1 hour ago, Jumbo1968 said:

Am I right in saying it was always the law even pre Covid alcohol could not be sold or served between 2 and 5 but it was never enforced more so in bars ?

Why does everyone keep going on about 2-5 it was 11. I must have posted it 4 times already in this thread.

[starky]

1 hour ago, 1FinickyOne said:

Sure. Easily done. If you have ever been in a bar, sober, you will see that drunks are loud, obnoxious and full of spittle that sprays... they are not the most rational people either - [not everyone but many] give many of them one beer and they can get pretty forceful in wanting another beer, then another... then comes the spray of spittle and stupid opinions... 

 

Thanks for asking. 

Im talking about a restaurant at 11 mate what is it about that you cant comprehend?. Whatever your hangup is about pissheads and bars has nothing to do with this thread. You think a restaurant is going to serve you yaeger bombs amd neck beers all afternoon? Your a peanut.

Edited March 31, 2022 by starky