Tears and heartbreak as flight ban keeps farang-Thai families apart

[craigieboy1973 101]

My wife cheated on me and i found out the lockout has been best thing for me .... but saddened my friends families are broken apart hope things change soon 

[richard_smith237 25,954]

4 minutes ago, bbi1 said:

What the hell is wrong with these people leaving their "loved ones" in the 1st place when there's a pandemic going on? Surely if they really cared about their husbands/wives or kids they wouldn't be going overseas in the 1st place to leave them, would they? Unless it was an absolute emergency that they had to do that for some reason.

Not a very smart comment....  I'm sure your teachers taught you 'brain into gear, mouth into neutral' or... you must have read the quote 'its better to remain silent and let people think you are an idiot than to speak out and remove all doubt'.....   this is one of those discussions !!!...  leave it for those less willing to express their galactic fookwittery !

 

 

 

Edited May 23, 2020 by richard_smith237

[Mattd 2,289]

1 minute ago, bbi1 said:

What made you think it's a good idea to leave your family in a pandemic?

Some people are not in the fortunate position of having a choice.

[bbi1 1,890]

Just now, richard_smith237 said:

Not a very smart comment....  I'm sure your teachers taught you 'brain into gear, mouth into neutral' or... you must have read the quote 'its better to remain silent and let people think you are an idiot than you speak out and remove all doubt'.....   this is one of those discussions !!!...  leave it for those less willing to express their galactic fookwittery !

Why not smart? Who the hell leaves their loved-ones in a pandemic? Am I right in guessing you're one of them b your comment?

[fredwiggy 912]

Just now, bbi1 said:

Why not smart? Who the hell leaves their loved-ones in a pandemic? Am I right in guessing you're one of them b your comment?

Did you read my comment? They left BEFORE the pandemic started.

[bbi1 1,890]

5 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

They left before it started

So, why not come back to Thailand asap to be with their families when they knew about the virus since January and how bad it was? They had nearly 3 months to come back to Thailand before things were shut down.

[david_dyer 30]

41 minutes ago, scorecard said:

Work commitments, meetings in other countries?

Yes, still have contracts to fill outside of thailand, yes family comes first, but work still has to be done. 

[pineapple01 1,465]

Working from Home. Our Son gets calls from his Drivers Wives to put the Grandkid on Vid playing her little Piano thing. Just make the most of it n stop whingin.

[cornishcarlos 23,476]

4 minutes ago, bbi1 said:

Why not smart? Who the hell leaves their loved-ones in a pandemic? Am I right in guessing you're one of them b your comment?

 

I left just before the "pandemic" and now can't get back like thousands of others.

Not many would have chosen to leave after knowing that they wouldn't get back in.

[Greg O 535]

They left sometimes weeks before any lockdown and simply got caught in the middle then other countries such as UAE stopped departures of regular flights when they locked down after Thailand. Emirates and Etihad halted flights for a while etc, etc. 

The repatriation flights are an exception and allowed in.

[ChiangMaiThai 593]

1 hour ago, Don Mega said:

Less people allowed entry equals a reduced chance of further infections.

 

Which part of this are you struggling with ?

Don Mega takes the prize as the most obnoxious TV troll in a long while. 

 

1. You're overseas separated from your family

2. You want to be with your family

3. You are willing to enter a 2-week government run quarantine upon your return

4. The Thai govt says NO

5. It's nonsensical, which is par for the course here

 

Which part of this are you struggling with?

[richard_smith237 25,954]

13 minutes ago, Mattd said:

No, I disagree, those that are here are stuck between a rock and a hard place, go to work and risk not being able to return, or stay at home and use up valuable savings whilst risking not being able to return to work if the employer gets antsy.

Not a nice predicament at all.

I suspect that a lot of people are going to be in a difficult situation as time goes on, there will be retirees whose pension plans will have gone to the wall due to investments falling, this whole thing is going to hurt people badly.

Indeed...  this could have huge implications for many families.

 

I now have great concern for my future standard of living in Thailand, with regards to rational work.

If Thailand is going to impose these travel bans each time there is a surge, or a second wave, a third wave etc then living in Thailand is not an option and returning to the UK becomes a comfortable option - one I'm seriously considering.

 

Its difficult to know what will happen. But I do know that if my Wife and Son were in the UK, In all likelihood, no matter where I was when lock-down kicked off, I'd be with them now. (if someone wants to counter this with stats of Thailand vs UK - the point was addressed much earlier in the thread).

 

 

[Mattd 2,289]

Just now, bbi1 said:

So, why not come back to Thailand asap to be with their families when they knew about the virus since January and how bad it was? They had nearly 3 months to come back to Thailand before things were shut down.

Open your mind, people do not just leave for pleasure, they will be a lot of folks who work overseas, offshore etc. etc. that left to go to work, what are they supposed to do?

Once at work, it would not be a simple task of popping on a plane back to here, especially if on a ship, platform, rig etc.

I know of Thais that are stuck in UAE with no way of getting home either.

Not every farang here is retired.

[richard_smith237 25,954]

6 minutes ago, bbi1 said:

So, why not come back to Thailand asap to be with their families when they knew about the virus since January and how bad it was? They had nearly 3 months to come back to Thailand before things were shut down.

There are enough comments which address the point you have tried to make a couple of times. 

Please read them, the moronic repetition of ignorance is shaming your intellect or lack thereof.

 

 

 

Edited May 23, 2020 by richard_smith237

[garzhe 310]

Another example of xenophobia, it wont go away whatever the circumstances