Toxic air: Thailand considers work from home nationwide

[lordgrinz]

3 minutes ago, watchcat said:

 

As they're already here, not even TAT could care less, it's all about arrivals.

 

Correction: It's all about money, tourists are nothing more than ATM machines, their comfort or safety are the farthest thing from the minds of Thai's.

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Wear a N95 mask.

I wonder if that will appear in the glossy brochure or be included in the booking form?

[watchcat]

On 1/22/2025 at 5:55 AM, lordgrinz said:

The committee will also hold their meetings in some 5-Star vacation retreat as well,

 

And including lunch. dinner and salary (OT)

[watchcat]

On 1/22/2025 at 3:05 AM, MikeandDow said:

And the plan is !!   "to do nothing"

As usual....

[brewsterbudgen]

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

I wonder if that will appear in the glossy brochure or be included in the booking form?

Maybe they could be handed out for free by Immigration at the airport?

[KannikaP]

On 1/22/2025 at 12:28 PM, Hanuman2547 said:

That might work well for a few industries, but a lot of people can't really work from home.

Course they can, grow rice in their living rooms!  555

[hotchilli]

23 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Maybe they could be handed out for free by Immigration at the airport?

Bring your own N95 mask?

[Sweet Swede]

Authorities are helpless and passive. They could easily do something to to prevent a lot of the fire ignition. But they seemingly don't care.

[scorecard]

On 1/22/2025 at 10:50 AM, Ralf001 said:

Hell yeah... work from home sounds sweet.

 I wonder how many Thai folks cannot work from home? e.g. staff at 7/11, supermarkets, hypermarkets, many government offices which require citizens to come to the office to do many transactions, and more ...

[GammaGlobulin]

This is incredible news.

It will not affect me, however.

Can you even imagine that an entire nation will begin working from home, and not going outside, due to the air?

 

Worse then Pea Soup, maybe....?

 

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And, for those at home?

Do they have proper air purifiers set up already?

Have they taped their windows and sealed them properly?

Do they have ACs for use in such rooms that are sealed?

 

So much to do.

So little time.....

 

Let's get on the stick, and get cracking!!!

 

[Ralf001]

20 minutes ago, scorecard said:

 I wonder how many Thai folks cannot work from home? e.g. staff at 7/11, supermarkets, hypermarkets, many government offices which require citizens to come to the office to do many transactions, and more ...

 

Gotta be atleast a half dozen or so.

[Dogmatix]

Will the government also advise tourists to work from home, i.e. stay in their hotel rooms which have no air purification systems and avoid going outside to visit temples, buy handicrafts and fake brand name goods and provide income for bars and hookers?

[Ralf001]

4 minutes ago, Dogmatix said:

Will the government also advise tourists to work from home,

 

Tourist are not allowed to work so kinda a dumb question..... Unless you mean stay home and work.

[Dogmatix]

On 1/23/2025 at 10:38 AM, watchcat said:

 

Where does one buy them except import them from China?

  Order the KN95 masks from China on AliExpress at a reasonable price. The N95 masks are very expensive and too uncomfortable to wear for more than a few minutes at a time.  The KN95 masks are a good compromise - comfortable for long periods and fit round the mouth and nose quite well.  Much better than the Thai masks that are also made in China which are useless because there is such big gap around the mouth and nose.  Those are only designed to protect you from being splashed with blood or other undesirable liquids, not to prevent pollution or viruses from entering your respiratory system.