Two Foreign Tourists Arrested on Pattaya Beach for Refusing to Pay for Beach Chairs

[webfact]

Pattaya Municipality officers reported on their social media channel an incident that took place on January 18th, 2024, in which two unidentified foreign tourists were arrested for violating the property of umbrella and beach bed operators.

According to witnesses, the two men, one who was shirtless and described as aggressive and uncooperative, had reportedly tried to sit down on beach chairs and immediately been informed by the owners of the beach bed area that the chairs were a paid service and that the men needed to pay to use them.

 

 

The men refused and began an intense verbal argument with the umbrella chair operators, leading to police and municipality officers being called to the scene near Royal Garden Mall.

 

By Adam Judd

 

Full story: THE PATTAYA NEWS 2024-01-19

 

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[flyingtlger]

9 minutes ago, webfact said:

two unidentified foreign tourists

Where were they from?

They look like they're Thai....

[bkk6060]

Disgusting losers.

[KannikaP]

13 minutes ago, flyingtlger said:

Where were they from?

They look like they're Thai....

From which photo did you glean that information please?

[Skipalongcassidy]

Send them back to wherever!  Probably India... given the location of the incident... but could just be your run of the mill entitled Europeans.

[jacko45k]

21 minutes ago, flyingtlger said:

Where were they from?

They look like they're Thai....

unidentified foreign tourists.....

[Ben Zioner]

34 minutes ago, flyingtlger said:

Where were they from?

They look like they're Thai....

Hmmmhh ?.. French?

[chuang]

KAREN.....

[bbko]

Looking at the photos from the link, one of them looks poor and near homeless.

[Gottfrid]

Total dumb nuts! They sit down and directly given information about the price. Instead of leaving, they start an argument, as they should be the owners of the chairs. People like this have no reason to be in Thailand.

[stoner]

1 hour ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

Send them back to wherever!  Probably India... given the location of the incident... but could just be your run of the mill entitled Europeans.

 

so which is it ? good sleuthing with the picture clearly showing one is not an indian fellow. 

[Mr Meeseeks]

1 hour ago, bkk6060 said:

Disgusting losers.

 

There's no need to generalize all beach chair vendors mate.

[FritsSikkink]

2 hours ago, flyingtlger said:

Where were they from?

They look like they're Thai....

What part of FOREIGN don't you understand?

He doesn't look Thai at all.

[mikebell]

1 hour ago, jacko45k said:

unidentified foreign tourists.....

'The names, ages, and nationalities of the men arrested were not released by relevant police.' 

There are no relevant police in Pattaya.

[Georgealbert]

This is an attempt at sarcasm, I think!

 

Is it only me but does that attitude and look/dress sense remind you of a few posters of these forums.

 

555555

[ikke1959]

Our goal will be 40 million tourists.... See how welcome they are and how we try to make them pay and if not there will be the RTP to hel

 

 

 

w0huwfq

[BigStar]

3 hours ago, flyingtlger said:

Where were they from?

They look like they're Thai....

 

Manchester?

[Enoon]

3 hours ago, flyingtlger said:

Where were they from?

They look like they're Thai....

 

I'm going for them being town centre "Benchmen of Merrie England".

 

[pomchop]

Next they planned to stop at a restaurant and have lunch for free then maybe over for a free beer or two then a free massage....WHAT?  you have to pay for all this stuff?  What kind of place is this. It is not fair.  How do you spell DUMB.

[Smithson]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Great to see them treating this serious matter so seriously.

[kwan]

Good Grief ! 'Shirtless on the beach' ! Whatever next !

[redwood1]

1 hour ago, pomchop said:

Next they planned to stop at a restaurant and have lunch for free then maybe over for a free beer or two then a free massage....WHAT?  you have to pay for all this stuff?  What kind of place is this. It is not fair.  How do you spell DUMB.

 

I always thought once you got off the plane every thing was free...

[Joe Farang]

Info missing from the article.

When they were "immediately" told of the charge.

 

Did they vacate the chairs, but the vendors wanted payment anyway.

 

Or

 

Did they remain in the chairs and refuse to pay.

[mikeymike100]

14 minutes ago, Joe Farang said:

Info missing from the article.

When they were "immediately" told of the charge.

 

Did they vacate the chairs, but the vendors wanted payment anyway.

 

Or

 

Did they remain in the chairs and refuse to pay.

Quite so, is they just said we are not paying and walked off, fair enough!

Had the guys been sitting there foe some time, when the were asked for money???

[wensiensheng]

4 minutes ago, mikeymike100 said:

Quite so, is they just said we are not paying and walked off, fair enough!

Had the guys been sitting there foe some time, when the were asked for money???

Who knows, who cares. Arguments over a few hundred baht isn’t really big enough news to get me working out the ins and outs of the details.

[harleyclarkey]

Really stupid prats. 

I just don't get the total lack of awareness of some people. 

"You horrid Thai people actually expect ME  to pay for a beach service? Do you not know who I am? " 

[Georgealbert]

3 minutes ago, mikeymike100 said:

Quite so, is they just said we are not paying and walked off, fair enough!

Had the guys been sitting there foe some time, when the were asked for money???

The story says they were asked to pay as soon as they sat down, they refused to pay and started to mouth off.

 

“According to witnesses, the two men, one who was shirtless and described as aggressive and uncooperative, had reportedly tried to sit down on beach chairs and immediately been informed by the owners of the beach bed area that the chairs were a paid service and that the men needed to pay to use them.

 

The men refused and began an intense verbal argument with the umbrella chair operators, leading to police and municipality officers being called to the scene near Royal Garden Mall.”

 

Seems to me a couple of self entitled losers, p#ssed or stoned. Can not see how anyone wants to defend two dumb aholes.

 

 

[stix40]

Terrible 😞

Give them life imprisonment! 

[shackleton]

Who ever they are it's going to cost more 🤑 at the police station

a pair of  Clowns 🤡 

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, jacko45k said:

unidentified foreign tourists.....

Not the intended quality tourists with millions to spend,these must have slipped through the net