johnbarpic

The work at height regulations in UK were changed so the decision of am I to high was taken away. Now as soon as you feet are not on the ground consider you are working at height & take the appropriate precautions.
The option these people chose not to wear & not to check their equipment is common in many countries around the world. All because of the human factor & belief ‘’it will never happen to me’’ on this occasion as with many other industrial accidents it did. All because the workers did not follow procedures. Yes this also happens in the UK. follow the procedures assess your risks, mitigate  against them put measures in place to prevent them happening, And the job should turn out fine & we all go home to our loved ones & cash in the pocket. The reason we all do it. Common sense costs nothing the choice is yours.

Out thoughts & prayers are with there families at this very difficult time.

Senior HSE Advisor,

People who want to knock Pattaya have a choice, come, stay, or leave. It’s there choice. Like all places around the world there are different faces of the location & destination. One thing we can boast for Pattaya we have the lot, Nightlife, culture, commerce, tourism in every guise, for party people & relaxing folk,
I have encountered many people who are experts & never once set foot in the country. You get out of life what you put in. My English wife & I put a lot of effort into our Thai friends & what we get back from them in friendship & assistance with things we have to do in Thai language is 10, fold.  
We meet people from all corners of Thai life, from the wealthy, to the hard working survivors we get treated the same by them all.  If folk want to listen to the
Knowledge less critics then it’s up to them. If they decide not to visit because they have listened to an idiot. Who saw it on TV or I heard it down the pub, do we really want them to visit & then promote the negatives. We are better off without them. As first said there are far more decent people here than the other sort.

I took my two sons to flight of the Gibbon this morning they are 27 & 23 big enough to go alone you might think. But when you ask F-O-T-G to collect them in Pattaya they asked them to go to Sukhumvit Rd in Bangkok for pick up point, that’s after giving them the address. they then came back with another suggested address. not at our house on the way to F-O-T-G , so we gave up with the pick up idea. So much for being told hotel pick up, Geography is not a strong point with the transport dept at F-O-T-G



So I decide to drop them, off told to be there for 8:00  so we arrive at 7:45 to be met by a bunch of idiots running the check-in a total fiasco, then to be told we arrive to late for this 8am group have to wait for next group. 45 mins cooking in the morning heat & humidity. 5 baht cup of water costs 20 baht, Then the lads get given the free T-Shirt as it says on the tin for F-O-T-G. One problem XL T-Shirt is a chest size 28. oh yep the  label shows XL, when we asked for a bigger size we were met with ''no have bigger size'' & that stupid grin that you would like to remove physically,  obviously the people running the check in run the T-Shirt ordering. ( these are two big muscle bound lads)



My concern was if idiots are running the check-in which was a total shambles how was the safety!!!!!!!!! if your like me have no time for incompetence then think twice before the flight of the gibbon.



I Just told the boys to make check of every Rope, clip, carabineer & buckle. I will await there verdict I collect them later if they are not stuck in the trees.  

If by any remote chance there is an expat behind this operation spend a little time on reception meeting & greeting training & checking in your customers. Knock the charge for a second water on the head hell it is cheap as chips in Thailand, were are european designer evian etc etc here just somthing to quench the thirst & heat.  good news of service travels fast bad news travels much much faster.  Your charging a good price give a good service.

My advice would be to hire acontractor to do it for you Bht1500 / 1800 per month and all you have to do is swim in  it .  Home & pool do mine on third road excellent service there are plenty about .

Try Moonpig online they deliver world wide i use it its excellent

John B-P