Big Shock In Carrefour

[hanibal7]

Ants can be a nuisence but i dont think they will poison you,unlike rats.

[candoman89]

Must have been a farang rat that committed suicide by jumping off the counter.

[hanibal7]

very funny- i like it

[stevemiddie]

Must have been a farang rat that committed suicide by jumping off the counter.

I doubt it. The OP has not reported that said rat had a plastic bag on its head nor were its paws tied together so I think we can discount suicide.

[TopDogger]

I think that RATS are a big problem for most (or maybe all) food shops in Thailand

Pattaya46

Absolutely, and cockroaches. It is almost impossible to keep these critters out when you have food present even in small quantities. Just one of the little irritations of living in the tropics although they do, of course, exist worldwide but are more prevalent due to poor hygene.

Geez, don't Thai cats do any work around here?

Yep, I've been sat in that Italian on Thrappaya road before and a cats come trotting thru the middle of the place with a big fat rat in its mouth.

[howtoescape]

Must have been a farang rat that committed suicide by jumping off the counter.

More then likely his young pretty money grabbing rat wife pushed him.

[Theyreallrubbish]

Must have been a farang rat that committed suicide by jumping off the counter.

More then likely his young pretty money grabbing rat wife pushed him.

Was there any evidence that the rat had consumed any alcohol? If so we can all rest easy knowing that the rat deserved it and brought it on himself.

Similarly, any tattoos on the rat? A clear indicator of the kind of rat that was no doubt up to no good anyway and did the Kingdom a favor by expiring

[Tony Clifton]

I saw plenty of roaches crawling around the fresh baked bread area once so now I continue to food shop at Foodland.

I've stopped buying unwrapped food here a long time ago.

Last week, at the Chonburi Carrefour, there was a dirty kid's flip flop in the baked bread section, with the loaves, not on the floor.

Same loaves that most Thais can't help touching as they walk by but rarely buy. The open meat counters are also disgusting.

At Tesco's, the trapped bird population is growing and you can spot the odd dropping in the veggie section

[edwardandtubs]

How come Thais think it's fine to have food on open display with people walking past, touching, coughing, smoking, sneezing etc? There's no reason why they shouldn't put food behind a glass case but many seem to prefer it lying for hours exposed to hundreds of people walking past or even lying outside with all the dust and pollution.

[wilko]

plenty of fat old rats on the customer side of counters in most supermarkets in Pattaya.....hardly surprising to find a dead one - sorry, hadn't read the previous postings - love the suicide attempt!!!

[Tony Clifton]

How come Thais think it's fine to have food on open display with people walking past, touching, coughing, smoking, sneezing etc? There's no reason why they shouldn't put food behind a glass case but many seem to prefer it lying for hours exposed to hundreds of people walking past or even lying outside with all the dust and pollution.

For the same reason they never wash their hands at the buffet or don't mind sitting and eating on a floor where dogs and rodents have pissed before, roaches have crawled, flies have landed, men and children have spit while meters away dried and pulverized dog shit is blown by the wind made bythe motorcycle with a sidecar with a rack full of mini sausages or dried squid hanging in the wind on which birds sometimes perch but never while following trucks spewing black diesel smoke and dust.

[popshirt]

I just wish I could convince my Thai partner that it is important to wash his hands when he comes home after a day at the office, skytrain riding, taxis, etc. He just doesn't get it and won't do it unless I nag at him which I hate to do. They don't teach anything about this important aspect of hygiene in schools here? I'm not a compulsive hands washer but the first thing I do after switching on the air con is go to the sink and wash my hands after foraging around Bangkok.

And I don't believe that Thais are as healthy as those their ages in the west where hygienic practices are the norm. Most Thais I know, including our extended family, seem always to be sick with something; IMO their diet also sucks, all that palm oil and pork gristle ........yuck.

[tropo]

Was doing the shopping this morning and went to the meat counter.To my amazement there was a fairly big rat on the customer side of the counter.The thing was dead but what a site to behold when you are ready to buy some meat.We decided to go to foodland instead.

Do you think that it would be a good idead to notify pattaya people as i feel there should be some health related check at this establishment.

You're being a bit dramatic here IMO. If the rat was alive I would be more concerned. The dead rat indicates they're doing something about the problem.

[tropo]

I've stopped buying unwrapped food here a long time ago.

It depends what you're going to do with the food. I won't buy unwrapped bakery items, but unwrapped chicken that I'm going to cook thoroughly is fine by me.

[wpcoe]

I'm not a compulsive hands washer but the first thing I do after switching on the air con is go to the sink and wash my hands after foraging around Bangkok.

You mean your air con switch is contaminated? Mercy! I hope you use gloves when you turn it off.

[raro]

R.I.P MR RAT

(RAT IN PEAS)

mushy peas?

[Canadianvisitor]

For every one rat you see there are usually ten.

For every ten you see there are usually a hundred.

For every dead one you see at the Carrefour in Pattaya, one of his friends is gay.

Seriously, rats are not good, not a joke, bad rats, need a Pied Piper.

[Richb2004v2]

For every dead one you see at the Carrefour in Pattaya, one of his friends is gay.

?????

[Canadianvisitor]

For every dead one you see at the Carrefour in Pattaya, one of his friends is gay.

?????

Sorry inside joke it was a vague attempt at humour that went horribly wrong,

I must have been tired and can't believe I wrote that.

Never mind.

[Rimmer]

I expect rodents will always manage to get to food. However one of the dangers of rats is their urine. They urinate randomly over food stuffs and maybe beer bottles. Leptospirosis is spread this way.

Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease than is best avoided. I know someone who contracted it, and they were really sick for three weeks.

If he was only sick then he was lucky, Had a Canadian friend who died from it in Singapore a number of years back.

All his essentail organs shut down within five days and within one week he was dead.

[Rimmer]

Just found this on todays BBC news web site, maybe this can explain everything

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7230233.stm

[Humphrey Bear]

I expect rodents will always manage to get to food. However one of the dangers of rats is their urine. They urinate randomly over food stuffs and maybe beer bottles. Leptospirosis is spread this way.

Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease than is best avoided. I know someone who contracted it, and they were really sick for three weeks.

Which is why I cannot understand the fashjon of drinking beer out of the bottle. EWven if you wipe the neck, it could still have residual contamination.

Is this the same as Weir's / Weills' disease (or whatever it's called)? Which I was taught was the rat-piss thing on beer crates stored in dark places.

[mrbojangles]

I totally concur Humphrey. If i get a bottle i ALWAYS drink it from a glass. Who know's where they have been stored and what has crawled over them.

[Humphrey Bear]

So was it really a pet rat that upset it's owner?

http://www.redmondvetclinic.com/Newsletter...rts/202855.aspx

[Ulysses G.]

Which is why I cannot understand the fashjon of drinking beer out of the bottle. EWven if you wipe the neck, it could still have residual contamination.

I sometimes drink out of a bottle because it is chilled and doesn't warm the beer. I'm not sure if I would do it again however!