The future of masking -- will it ever end?

[Dcheech]

1 hour ago, ultramarine said:

It felt like the Thailand I knew and loved had been transformed into another country. 

 

1 hour ago, ultramarine said:

I know that farangs are wearing them much less frequently and that is supposedly accepted by most people.  And yet it is unfortunate that there is this awkward thing that separates us farang from Thai.

You are having some deep spiritual angst. Lucky you can post about it here, release some of that pressure. Probably the best thing is to just post about how this upsets & angers you, and not travel to Thailand if mask wearing really does bother you as much as you claim. OTOH if this is more for show, trolling, than any real concern, good time to head over as tourist numbers remain low. And It is easier to travel here than some countries in the region. In Indonesia for example, there is less mask wearing than Thailand, but 50 per cent or more. You are required to show a initial series (2) vaccinations followed be a recent booster; shock, gasp, horror! Still it does keep tourists (disease carriers) numbers down.

Hope it all works out for you.   

[spidermike007]

Nobody seems to care anymore. I visit Bangkok frequently. Have not worn a mask for a year, including on my last few flights back and forth to the US and in the airports. The majority are still masked up. A minority are courageous enough to get on with their lives, without masks. I rarely ever feel judged for that choice, and would likely not even notice if I was, since I don't care what others think of me anyway. 

 

90% of foreigners here seems to have dropped the mask. And 90% of Thais continue to wear them. They can wear them the rest of their lives. I don't care anymore. 

[anrcaccount]

24 minutes ago, stoner said:

pretty sure this is a requirement by the employer.

Pretty much the only country into he world where healthy 19 year olds working their first job at Makro or 7-11 or outside at PTT... are forced to wear a face covering. 

 

We'll know the masking is really coming to an end when these employer mandates are dropped. 

 

 

[EVENKEEL]

One mom and pop store store still has the pvc frame and plastic up.

 

[stoner]

4 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

I rarely ever feel judged for that choice, and would likely not even notice if I was, since I don't care what others think of me anyway. 

when we were told masks were no longer mandatory i did feel a little awkward at the start not wearing a mask around thai. 

 

now i just feel sorry for them. not all of them as some are wearing masks for proper reasons. 

 

however the vast majority of them are wearing masks due to social conditioning here. 

[stoner]

Just now, EVENKEEL said:

One mom and pop store store still has the pvc frame and plastic up.

 

i saw a guy walk into 7 the other day. put his absolutely filth ridden mask up over his mouth then check his temp. my heart broke. 

[bignok]

2 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

About "dirty looks": I gave up thinking about any looks which I get since I have a pretty girlfriend many years ago. Some people look, some people don't look. Why do they look? Because my belly, my t-shirt, my hair, no mask? I don't know and it doesn't make sense to try to understand why people might look, there are hundreds of possible reasons. Since many months I never had anybody telling me I should wear a mask

I get them due to being very handsome. They are jealous.

[bignok]

2 minutes ago, stoner said:

i saw a guy walk into 7 the other day. put his absolutely filth ridden mask up over his mouth then check his temp. my heart broke. 

It is 7/11. Talking like a Thai now.

[stoner]

Just now, bignok said:

It is 7/11. Talking like a Thai now.

lately i have started thinking in thai too. hence the direction of my comments. 

[bignok]

Just now, stoner said:

lately i have started thinking in thai too. hence the direction of my comments. 

So you can't read maps anymore and say places are shut even though they are open.

[EVENKEEL]

Mom and Pop = small 7

[tomazbodner]

If YOU are sick, you put on the mask to minimize risks of others getting infected with whatever bug you're exhaling. If you are in a place where people could have serious consequences when infected, you wear mask to minimize chances of them getting anything from you, like for example inside hospitals. When air quality outside is horrid like in Canada, you put on a good mask to prevent toxic particles ruining your lungs and giving you lung cancer over time. How hard is that to understand? Especially in country that caused entire northern Americas to choke in smoke for the past month+,

[OneMoreFarang]

I wonder how many girls wear it for cosmetic reasons - to make them look more mysterious or to hide anything in their face which they think is not perfect.

 

I know a hotel manager who I first met with mask. She looked great. Now no mask anymore. She still looks good, but her real face is not as good as my imagination was. 

 

 

[Ralf001]

it ended about 12 months ago !!

[stoner]

23 minutes ago, tomazbodner said:

Especially in country that caused entire northern Americas to choke in smoke for the past month+,

you are talking about canada or thailand here ? sorry a little confused. 

[ChipButty]

26 minutes ago, stoner said:

lately i have started thinking in thai too. hence the direction of my comments. 

My daughter pulled me up on that when she was here the other week, Talking broken English 555 

[Liverpool Lou]

2 hours ago, Swiss1960 said:

Nobody cares anymore whether or not you personally wear a mask EXCEPT where clearly mandatory, i.e. government offices like immigration 

Mask wearing is not mandatory by law anywhere in Thailand.  Private companies can  make their own rules about who, wearing or not wearing what, is allowed admittance to their premises.

[Liverpool Lou]

2 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

at BPH no masks required.

Same at Bumrungrad for a long time now.

[Liverpool Lou]

2 hours ago, Swiss1960 said:

Not wearing a mask in a hospital is stupid by definition. 

If everyone else is wearing a mask, wearing a mask in a hospital is stupid by definition.

[Liverpool Lou]

2 hours ago, Swiss1960 said:

I have been and still am wearing surgical masks in all hospitals I go

"...in all hospitals I go".

All the hospitals you go to?  Jesus, how many hospitals do you attend, is it a hobby?

[Liverpool Lou]

2 hours ago, Swiss1960 said:

I would call wearing a mask a sane and informed decision. 

Huh?  Are surgical masks now effective at preventing infection, then?   They never used to be. 

[Liverpool Lou]

2 hours ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

. I have worn masks since the 70's whenever I visit a hospital or a doctors office... seems only right since those two places are where sick people go.

Sick people don't only go to hospitals and doctors' surgeries, they go everywhere!

[James105]

"Will it ever end"

 

Not for those who work in 7/11 or Starbucks etc it seems who do not have a choice but to wear a mask at work.  Quite sad really.  Haven't seen a smile from anyone who works in those in those places for the best part of 3 years now.  

[Liverpool Lou]

56 minutes ago, bignok said:

It is 7/11. Talking like a Thai now.

It's actually "7-Eleven" or "7-11".

[Liverpool Lou]

52 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I wonder how many girls wear it for cosmetic reasons - to make them look more mysterious or to hide anything in their face which they think is not perfect.

 

I know a hotel manager who I first met with mask. She looked great. Now no mask anymore. She still looks good, but her real face is not as good as my imagination was. 

Yes, the great unmasking was a great disappointment in so many cases. 

[Ralf001]

39 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Same at Bumrungrad for a long time now.

Phayathai Sriracha still require in public area's.

[VinnieK]

For some ppl...never.

[tomazbodner]

1 hour ago, stoner said:

you are talking about canada or thailand here ? sorry a little confused. 

OP is from Canada, so equivalent of Thailand's air quality could now be "smelled" at his home turf as well, possibly illustrating the reasoning behind wearing pollution masks.

[sandyf]

1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

"...in all hospitals I go".

All the hospitals you go to?  Jesus, how many hospitals do you attend, is it a hobby?

Hospitals are like restaurants, each with a different menu.

[stoner]

52 minutes ago, tomazbodner said:

OP is from Canada, so equivalent of Thailand's air quality could now be "smelled" at his home turf as well, possibly illustrating the reasoning behind wearing pollution masks.

i was a little confused thanks. ya my sister back home is saying she is having a hard time breathing. she lives in ontario has asthma and says its quite bad there right now from the fires.