Thailand officially drops mask mandate in late night Royal Gazette order

[Burma Bill]

Reading the posts, some informative and others not, it looks as if a planned trip by car from Siem Reap to Chiang Mai in August could be quite an experience - 7-11 and masks that is! PTT stations will be our fuel and comfort break stops which will also include 7-11 refreshment breaks. The wearing of facemasks has not been mandatory for some considerable time now in Cambodia with no restrictions in convenience stores. If 7-11 refuse to sell to us "mask-less" then that will be their loss, plenty of other roadside outlets! 

[Satcommlee]

I guess the marketing had something to do with it

[Excel]

1 minute ago, james2m said:

Yeah you're right Phuket, Phangna, Surat Thani, Prachuap KK, Petburi, Ratchaburi, BKK, Ayuthaya, Nakhon Sawan,  Phetchabun, Phrae, Nan, Chaing Mai and wherever else I've forgotten the last couple of months. I must stop living like a hermit.

Well done for looking at the map  for place names, perhaps you should have spent more time researching facts

[spidermike007]

4 hours ago, internationalism said:

I am talking about laws in thailand (there was no gradual change) and in germany (still mandated on transport).

 

Thai are wearing masks to protect others around them. 

When in between them I wear mask not to spread germs on them. A common sense.

Surgical masks are still warned at operating wards all around world (by now probably upgraded to a higher quality)

People still should do social distancing. That new law doesn't mention it at all

 

 

All of this barely relates to outdoor use, where the risk is ridiculously low, unless in a very crowded area. Wearing masks on motorbikes? Not sure I have ever encountered a sillier and less useful rule. 

Edited June 24, 2022 by spidermike007

[ThailandRyan]

26 minutes ago, james2m said:

You must be in some falang holiday Mecca as I've just driven from one end of the country to the other and not seen a single person enter any 7, family mart or other indoor area without wearing a mask. The only people I've seen either maskless or chin masking are tourists.

I experienced exactly the same thing as you did, drove from BKK to Krabi then back up to Hua Hin and then Cha Am, just arrived home this morning.  Only ones not wearing masks or wearing them as chin warmers were the few foreigners who were obviously tourists.  The 5 star Hotel we stayed at in Phuket, required the masks while entering the dining room and then when picking up your food as well as wearing gloves.  The same at the 5 Star Hotel in Cha Am......However, there were very few people in the two resorts we stayed in.  Had a Doctors appointment this afternoon at the hospital and everyone outside on the street as well as in the hospital wore masks.

[LukKrueng]

9 hours ago, stoner said:

 711 and central are public areas too. this is going to be interesting. 

I guess this answers your question:

TPN media notes that private businesses and events have the ability and right to make mask wearing at their establishments and venues required, however.

[KCPhuket]

9 hours ago, redwood1 said:

7-11 has the worst ... in Thailand......They love to scream and yell at the maskless there..

The Indian tourists were not wearing in 7-11 in Phuket weeks ago...so I removed mine. Time to flush the masks!

[CM Dad]

10 hours ago, stoner said:

 711 and central are public areas too. this is going to be interesting. 

Actually, they are private companies that are open to the public - NOT public areas.

[KCPhuket]

9 hours ago, daveAustin said:

Wow; first came marijuana, then no masks. Women of the night will be paying tax next. ????

Bar fine?

[ThailandRyan]

2 minutes ago, KCPhuket said:

The Indian tourists were not wearing in 7-11 in Phuket weeks ago...so I removed mine. Time to flush the masks!

I would wear it just to keep the stench away from the un-showered ones.  I use Vicks VapoRub on the inside of my masks to deaden the smell, much like I did when having to complete investigations in the green room of the coroners office back in the US.

[Excel]

1 minute ago, ThailandRyan said:

I would wear it just to keep the stench away from the un-showered ones.  I use Vicks VapoRub on the inside of my masks to deaden the smell, much like I did when having to complete investigations in the green room of the coroners office back in the US.

Not being a user does Vick also prevent ingress of curry fumes as well as bad body odour ?

[James105]

21 minutes ago, Satcommlee said:

I guess the marketing had something to do with it

So it appears the old, unhealthy looking elites are maskless whilst the healthy looking workers have to wear face masks.  Clown world.

[CM Dad]

9 hours ago, freedomnow said:

They can no longer enforce it.

They are private companies and they can simply refuse service.  Many businesses in the West have signs posted at their entrances saying "No shirt, no shoes, no service".

[paulikens]

15 hours ago, Bert got kinky said:

Eeeerm, that's because up until now the mask mandate has been in force.

7-11 staff would have been told that no one was allowed to enter without a mask on.

They were just doing there jobs.

Anyone who attempts to enter a 7-11 without a mask on, knowing that this will cause a problem, is just a Assh@le for making the jobs of the lowly paid and overworked staff just that little bit harder.

 

In fact, please tell us why you attempted to enter a 7-11 without a mask on, despite knowing that it was not allowed.

 

@Bert got kinky but they ignore the temp check going off and let whoever set it off carry on into the shop.  so why weren't they doing their jobs then???     

[Phoenix Rising]

9 hours ago, Excel said:

And the public have also the right not to bother to go there, or at least walk in in large numbers and then remove their masks in protests and I doubt the dumbos that pretend to be security would have the balls to do anything about. 

If you did something as inane as that it's not the security guys who would have been the "dumbos".

I'd prefer that they kept the mask mandate just to annoy people like you.

[Excel]

Just now, CM Dad said:

Many businesses in the West have signs posted at their entrances saying "No shirt, no shoes, no service".

This is Thailand , not the West.

[Bert got kinky]

Just now, paulikens said:

@Bert got kinky but they ignore the temp check going off and let whoever set it off carry on into the shop.  so why weren't they doing their jobs then???     

Something that I have never seen, so I am not qualified to answer.

 

[Excel]

Just now, Phoenix Rising said:

If you did something as inane as that it's not the security guys who would have been the "dumbos".

I'd prefer that they kept the mask mandate just to annoy people like you.

Well they haven't so unfortunately you will just have to go an cry elsewhere.

[Phoenix Rising]

2 minutes ago, paulikens said:

@Bert got kinky but they ignore the temp check going off and let whoever set it off carry on into the shop.  so why weren't they doing their jobs then???     

Because their minimum pay makes them do the minimum required to keep their jobs. It's not rocket science.

[Phoenix Rising]

1 minute ago, Excel said:

Well they haven't so unfortunately you will just have to go an cry elsewhere.

I'm not the one crying, it's people like you who've been crying ever since vaccines and mask mandates were introduced.

It's been very entertaining watching you lot rant, rave and cry about it.

[Excel]

1 minute ago, Phoenix Rising said:

Because their minimum pay makes them do the minimum required to keep their jobs. It's not rocket science.

And those temp checks are so inaccurate they are next to useless which is why in so many places they were simply replaced with facial scanners, similarly useless but at least the Ladyboys can see if their lipstick looks ok.

[aussiexpat]

This 7-11 bashing has to stop. I love my local 7-11's ♥

[LikeItHot]

9 hours ago, redwood1 said:

I depends what you mean by maskless......I do the old under the chin mask wearing and no one has said a word to me for at least a year in a shopping mall..

You must have the most bizarre tan line. 

[Phoenix Rising]

2 minutes ago, Excel said:

And those temp checks are so inaccurate they are next to useless which is why in so many places they were simply replaced with facial scanners, similarly useless but at least the Ladyboys can see if their lipstick looks ok.

Yes, and just how much has crying about it on some internet forums changed things?

Edited June 24, 2022 by Phoenix Rising

[paulikens]

6 hours ago, Phoenix Rising said:

Because their minimum pay makes them do the minimum required to keep their jobs. It's not rocket science.

@Phoenix Rising my point was he said they stop people going into 7-11 if they have no masks  but they don't stop people if they set off the temp check. 

so according to you they wouldn't stop you if you wasn't wearing a mask either ,

cuz they wanna do minimum required.   

                                                                  I'm pointing out its nothing to do with them doing their jobs,  its their obsession with masks here.  they're only concerned with covid when it suits them.  same as their religion.  

[Phoenix Rising]

5 minutes ago, aussiexpat said:

This 7-11 bashing has to stop. I love my local 7-11's ♥

Word, and I, for one, will gladly continue to wear a mask outside just to see the puckered up expression on the faces of the anti-mask brigade.

[Wrwest]

Running errands today in Chiang Mai. Mask wearing continues. I will continue to wear inside areas, such as malls but once outside in open areas with others distant ... off to comes.

[Phoenix Rising]

12 minutes ago, paulikens said:

@Phoenix Rising my point was he said they stop people going into 7-11 if they have no masks  but they don't stop people if they set off the temp check. 

so according to you they wouldn't stop you if you wasn't wearing a mask either ,

cuz they wanna do minimum required.   

                                                                  I'm pointing out its nothing to do with them doing their jobs,  its their obsession with masks here.  they're only concerned with covid when it suits them.  same as their religion.  

"I'm pointing out its nothing to do with them doing their jobs,  its their obsession with masks here."

If the staff in 7/11 is told by the company that not wearing a mask is OK they will not require the customers to wear one.

Edited June 24, 2022 by onthedarkside
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[sometimewoodworker]

1 hour ago, stoner said:

and you should really read the thread better. i did make a follow up comment clarifying what i was getting at.

 

take a peek. 

Your comment did not clarify. It didn’t make clear that you actually understood what a public area is and is not, neither did it make clear what you actually meant. 
 

Private businesses can enforce many different rules, your options are to follow the rules or go to another business.

 

Though you can try being a Kevin (Karen’s brother) and see how long it takes for the BIB to turn up. 

[Bkk Brian]

2 minutes ago, Wrwest said:

Running errands today in Chiang Mai. Mask wearing continues. I will continue to wear inside areas, such as malls but once outside in open areas with others distant ... off to comes.

After 2 years and the pandemic now classified as endemic, freedom of choice is now something that we all deserve and have as far as possible. Masks are still needed at my daughters school so I wear one when picking her up, or if I have to go inside a shop but outside now its refreshing not to have to wear one.