Viral Video of Foreigner Urinating Off the Back of a TukTuk in Phuket Enrages Thai Social Media Users

[webfact]

A video clip of a foreign man who was standing and urinating on the back of a Tuk Tuk in Patong has gone viral on social media this week, causing outrage and anger from many Thai social media users who demanded the foreigner be arrested and charged to the fullest extent of the law.

The Patong Police told the Phuket Express that on Monday (January 8th) they checked and identified the Tuk Tuk driver as Mr. Prathan Boonteam. He told police that the incident was two months ago, however, and believed the tourist was now long gone from Thailand.

 

Prathan recalled that on the day of question he picked up several foreign passengers from the Bangla Road to take to a local hotel. One of the foreign men was standing at the back of the Tuk Tuk and urinating onto the road openly, appearing to be heavily intoxicated. The driver decided to head to the Patong Police Station but the foreign man jumped off the Tuk Tuk and sped away.

 

By Goongnang Suksawat

 

Full story: THE PHUKET EXPRESS 2024-01-09

 

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[HighPriority]

Sometimes I’m filled with pride to be farang… 😢

[stoner]

at least the multitude of thai guys i see urinating in public ....they pull over to the side of the road. 

[Pique Dard]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

A video clip of a foreign man who was standing and urinating on the back of a Tuk Tuk in Patong has gone viral on social media this week,

...double proof of civilization: urinating in public and publishing the incident

[VincentRJ]

Sometime you just gotta pee. What's the alternative? Let your pee drible down your legs and trousers? This can be a major problem for older men with an enlarged prostate.

[roo860]

5 minutes ago, VincentRJ said:

Sometime you just gotta pee. What's the alternative? Let your pee drible down your legs and trousers? This can be a major problem for older men with an enlarged prostate.

But not him, because he's not old.

[bigt3116]

That is a songthaew not a tuk-tuk, poor reporting.

[ikke1959]

Quality  tourists...... but this behavior can't be accepted. Also in Western countries, people don't that, but complaining after 2 months is very strange...

Anyway the severest punishment for doing so is over the top too.. There more offences that are worse..

[save the frogs]

everyone should urinate in a place they shouldn't be urinating at least once in their life. 

 

 

[TheAppletons]

15 minutes ago, bigt3116 said:

That is a songthaew not a tuk-tuk, poor reporting.

 

  Seems to be some debate about that....

 

https://old.reddit.com/r/Thailand/comments/191f7yt/is_this_a_songthaew_or_a_tuktuk/

[Old Croc]

14 minutes ago, bigt3116 said:

That is a songthaew not a tuk-tuk, poor reporting.

They're called tuk tuks in Phuket.  Ergo that's what they are.

The smaller 3 wheeled contraptions are not suitable for Phuket's hilly terrain.

This has come up on the forum a number of times over the years. 

[paddypower]

very Thai to blur his face, protecting his privacy and at the same time going OMG

[IvorBiggun2]

I've lost count of the times I've seen Thais urinating in public and that includes women. Last one was a mother and daughter(?) stall holder outside my local 7/11. They just squatted down and did it next to their stall.  

Edited January 9 by IvorBiggun2

[chuang]

Even a dog wouldn't it..

[sungod]

Dont think a day goes by when I dont see a taxi driver having a slash on the side of the road.....oh the outrage!

[it is what it is]

 

don't get me started... there's one of those green telecommunications junction boxes near my place and next to a temple which is basically used as an outdoor toilet by the locals, when you walk past it absolutely stinks. the irony is that there is a public toilet about 50 metres away. go figure.

[stoner]

1 minute ago, it is what it is said:

 

don't get me started... there's one of those green telecommunications junction boxes near my place and next to a temple which is basically used as an outdoor toilet by the locals, when you walk past it absolutely stinks. the irony is that there is a public toilet about 50 metres away. go figure.

 

how dare you call them out on the hypocrisy. 

[cdemundo]

On the principle of if you can't say anything nice...

The guy appears to have excellent balance.

[Captain Monday]

4 hours ago, VincentRJ said:

Sometime you just gotta pee. What's the alternative? Let your pee drible down your legs and trousers? This can be a major problem for older men with an enlarged prostate.

The alternative?

Ring the buzzer alight from the sonthaeew and find a restroom *very easy in Thailand.

Or at least have the sense of a dog and pee on a bush.

[JBChiangRai]

He's taking the p?ss.

[Jingthing]

Crime of the century!

 

Thai Social Media Users? Are they the same as "netizens" or some other kettle of fish?

Edited January 9 by Jingthing

[metisdead]

Off topic posts contravening our Community Standards have been removed.

[freeworld]

Just not acceptable and disgusting where he's doing it.

[dingdongrb]

4 hours ago, Old Croc said:

They're called tuk tuks in Phuket. 

...and a cookie is called a biscuit in the UK, so what's your point?

[Jingthing]

In Pattaya bigger trucks than that (Thai standard) are called both songtheaws and baht buses. Weirdly only the Russians call them tuk tuks. I wonder what they call actual Bangkok tuk tuks (Pattaya doesn't have them). Maybe it's the Russian influence in Phuket? 

Edited January 9 by Jingthing

[Nickcage49]

Another brainiac who can't hold his alcohol.

[DjSilver]

And that comes from the country that invented and has Ping Pong Shows as their national sport 🤣🤣🤣

[0815]

Brit or German ?

[n00dle]

first off, its not a tuk tuk.

next, while the guy is douche, these reports over "enranged" netizens are overinflated. 

people get disgusted they make a snarky comment or two, call for justice and forget about it.

nobody is truly enraged

[captnhoy]

6 minutes ago, 0815 said:

Brit or German ?

Good question. I'd say Brit or Aussie?