Pee-ce treaty: Foreigners demand more loos after Phuket public urination uproar

[SAFETY FIRST]

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

What’s wrong with this? It’s the spot for dogs to pee

Poor soi dogs, nowhere to pee because of filthy foreigners peeing in their space. 

 

[KannikaP]

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The man in a dark green shirt was spotted urinating against a parked van,

Cannot see any van or dark green shirted man. The OPs photo looks like he is peeing down a drain or into the gutter, not onto the cars parked.

 

3 hours ago, thesetat said:

even so much as making it very difficult to empty your bowels.

There is a big difference between your bowels and your bladder.

[SAFETY FIRST]

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Can I have scissors to cut it off to feed ducks?”

The ex Mrs used to say that to me 😂

 

[Dionigi]

Are there actually any public toilets in Pattaya? I see toilets by bars that are privately owned and most charge an entrance fee. The toilets beside immigration appear to be privately owned and charge a fee. Friendship have toilets that are free but not "public". Malls have toilets but not "public". So once again can anyone tell me if there are public toilets, run and maintained by the local authorities. Personally I,partly, rate premises on the cleanliness and niceness of their lavatories Pattaya does not come high on this list

[sungod]

2 hours ago, Kinok Farang said:

Could have been worse.

The culprits could have been Chinese.

Yep, and they would have been taking a dump!

[bkk6060]

Public toilets who would clean them? They would get constant FB posts with photos of the filth, urine, vomit, and feces scattered on the floor.

[RJRS1301]

4 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Phuket needs to cater to it's ,millions of annual tourists, 

Public toilets are a necessity.

Would create employment opportunities for cleaners

 

[Surasak]

I can remember my first visit to Phuket many, many years ago. Needing a toilet and not finding one, I asked in a shop if there were any public toilets nearby. Just go into the nearest hotel and use theirs, was the reply. Its what I do to this day whenever I visit the island, although that is not so often now. Never been challenged, so I assume it is still acceptable.

[PETERTHEEATER]

1 hour ago, Gandtee said:

Bathrooms? When breaking your neck for a jimmy riddle you want a lavatory, not a bathroom.

I suspect that the netizens expect foreigners to stand shoulder to shoulder alongside a bath or even grouped around it making them easier to build and service🤭

 

 

 

 

[Humpy]

Let us be thankful it wasn't a No. 2 !!

[sambum]

A big fuss being made about tourists/farangs peeing when they get taken short. The obvious answer would be more  public toilets that are well placed and publicised in public areas in Phuket (as well as other tourist resorts in Thailand).

 

But that is no excuse for peeing against someone's car  - presumably well in the public eye. If you get taken short - find a back street or even the sea - after all fishes pee and s**t in it! And from what I've heard, there is plenty of raw sewage being dumped there anyway!

 

As an aside, which has already been mentioned already - how many times do you see Thais taking a leak at the side of the road without a care in the world , but you never see that plastered all over the pages of the media? Maybe tourists/farangs think that that is one of the local customs that they are following suit! 🙂

[ikke1959]

1 hour ago, RJRS1301 said:

Would create employment opportunities for cleaners

 

No that is work and that is a word that Thais don't like at all....Better hire Burmese for it... because the Thai labour law will make an exception for this kind of work. 

[ikke1959]

9 minutes ago, sambum said:

A big fuss being made about tourists/farangs peeing when they get taken short. The obvious answer would be more  public toilets that are well placed and publicised in public areas in Phuket (as well as other tourist resorts in Thailand).

 

But that is no excuse for peeing against someone's car  - presumably well in the public eye. If you get taken short - find a back street or even the sea - after all fishes pee and s**t in it! And from what I've heard, there is plenty of raw sewage being dumped there anyway!

 

As an aside, which has already been mentioned already - how many times do you see Thais taking a leak at the side of the road without a care in the world , but you never see that plastered all over the pages of the media? Maybe tourists/farangs think that that is one of the local customs that they are following suit! 🙂

Peeing in the sea happened too and teh netizens were very upset and the peeing people were fined... This is Thailand, lack of common sense and greed 

[Kwausie]

1 hour ago, Surasak said:

I can remember my first visit to Phuket many, many years ago. Needing a toilet and not finding one, I asked in a shop if there were any public toilets nearby. Just go into the nearest hotel and use theirs, was the reply. Its what I do to this day whenever I visit the island, although that is not so often now. Never been challenged, so I assume it is still acceptable.

Same thing, had meal at coffee club in Patong and asked for toilet and they said use nearby hotel and reception never blinked an eye so was a little surprised, just about every bar has a free toilet so there is really no excuse, plus large shopping centres have free toilets.

[Taboo2]

Same here in Patts....it is frustrating trying to find a bathroom and God help you if you want to do #2.

[petedk]

Come to my soi in Ekamai, Bangkok. Every morning 2 guys walk out of their house, jump on a motorcycle, drive 30 metres, pee on the wall and drive home again.

# men walk out of their house and pee on the wall.

 

All day long people stop and pee on the wall (and I have seen defaction once).

 

Taxi drivers throw their bottles of urine in the bushes. The whole area is rotten with stale pee.

 

It's easy to pick on the foreigners, but many Thais are much worse.

[lordgrinz]

3 minutes ago, petedk said:

Come to my soi in Ekamai, Bangkok. Every morning 2 guys walk out of their house, jump on a motorcycle, drive 30 metres, pee on the wall and drive home again.

# men walk out of their house and pee on the wall.

 

All day long people stop and pee on the wall (and I have seen defaction once).

 

Taxi drivers throw their bottles of urine in the bushes. The whole area is rotten with stale pee.

 

It's easy to pick on the foreigners, but many Thais are much worse.

 

Might be time to move....LOL

[petedk]

11 minutes ago, lordgrinz said:

 

Might be time to move....LOL

 

It's about 400 metres from my house, and I try to avoid that area as much as psooible

[lordgrinz]

4 minutes ago, petedk said:

 

It's about 400 metres from my house, and I try to avoid that area as much as psooible

 

Yeah, I would be moving if that was anywhere near my house, not going to allow my 8 yr old daughter grow up with that around. I guess I like being inside a guarded community, with workers cleaning all the time.

[petedk]

2 minutes ago, lordgrinz said:

 

Yeah, I would be moving if that was anywhere near my house, not going to allow my 8 yr old daughter grow up with that around. I guess I like being inside a guarded community, with workers cleaning all the time.

 

What if I tell you that this is directly opposite an international kindergarten?

 

[MrPhysio]

It is not unusual to see male public urinals visible from an open entrance by whomever walks past, including females heading to their toilet area.

 

Everything on display - therefore this is more about the hygiene aspect and odour than the visuals.