Responsibility

My extend writing belong to an interview was brief and possibly incomplete speak: Elevator usage: Considering relevant laws and the intended purpose, it can be interpreted as “reserved for those in need” and should be respected. However, from the perspective of persons with disabilities, it is all about “Inclusive Living” and utilizing various facilities.

The general opinion would think of people from [developed countries] as well-mannered, courteous, and highly respect rule of law. This is conceivable as their countries’ law punish severely the wrongdoers and are usually enforced to the letters, making people do nothing else but simply obey it. [Thailand] As we know, many Thai laws are not followed to the letters. The law enforcement is too loose. This makes disorder and chaos so prevalent throughout the society.

The driver is a beautiful woman, came with her friends. Also, one of her friends gets off the car to guide the parking. Caption and photo provided by one of our members yesterday. This space is carefully provided for disability parking, but it is ruined because of your ignorance. This is a social problem, and everyone should cooperate to fix this.

Bangsaen beach, Thailand: I was waiting patiently for this car’s owner. Not too long, a young girl walk back to get something in the car. I asked nicely, “Hello, is there any disabled people or someone in special need that really have to use this accessible parking?” She replied, “Nope.”

We previously issued an open letter to Lactasoy in regard to the misuse of priority parking by one of its driver. And in just a matter of hours, Lactasoy promptly replied us with a very clear and precise argument. I have attached the file so you can review it. In a nutshell it states that “On behalf of the company, the incident is utterly unacceptable and is considered a serious lack of responsibility, conducted by a personal judgment. The company has examined the involved driver and decided to make a punishment, and put the driver on probation. Nevertheless, the company …

I was waiting there patiently until the car owner’s back. I greeted her and asked politely, “Mam, you park your car on top of the line, making it harder for PWDs getting in and off.” She’s still a decent lady, her hands were up to pay respect to me and apologized for what she did. Many of our social problems begin by an act of ignorance and neglecting tiny, yet impactful, things like this. It gradually spoils this careless behavior until it inflicts as part of our culture. Thus, this initially-tiny social problem expands to become a national issue. I …

The parking and accessible facilities in Thailand has defined in the law since 14 years ago. In the picture my car (BMW 3539) was parked on the right at Central Bang-na department store and there were many car parking in the accessible parking space and can’t be verified and we were seeing this happening all around in our country. Two years later, I published my first video clip and working on this issue and have been working on up until now. Now, we can be said in Thailand ‘mostly all public places’ have been fixing all their accessible facilities very …

According to our informed acknowledgment, Tesco Lotus is a place where the misuse of priority parking is found so prevalent. We thus made an effort to make a field survey to Tesco Lotus Express, Bang Na Branch. This time we’d like to do it differently, in a more relaxed and informal style.

I went to Suvarnabhumi airport. I was about to take a lift to go down stair, and found a group of foreign tourists waiting in front of the lift. I was behind them, wait for a few minutes they’re just stay as they’re been and I said out loud… “Excuse me, you guys are waiting right in front of the lift door, how could the other passengers get off?” The ladies suddenly seemed a bit nervous. One of them began to walk away, taking an escalator instead. Then soon all of them followed the first one.^^ Please pardon me but …

This incident was a story while I was travelling in Japan at the beginning of this year. It took place at Bic Camera, Namba Store in Osaka. Bic Camera is a leading consumer electronics retailer chain in Japan. The store was extremely crowded at the day. Most of them were seemingly foreign visitors. I was waiting for an elevator for so long to go to the upper floor. Due to the crowd, every time the lift opened, it was packed with tons of customers that I wasn’t able to get in it. Believe it or not, I had been waiting …