Students roast in sun as Surin bid for Guinness World Record backfires

[georgefromcanada]

Students roast in sun as Surin bid for Guinness World Record backfires

The organisers of the Elephant Festival have been pilloried for trying to set a Guinness World Record at the expense of students made to sit in the scorching heat for hours on end.

www.bangkokpost.com

"Many young students were there and the weather was very hot," the administrators of the Spirit of Surin Facebook page said. Many children passed out because of the heat, it added.

A friend of mine fainted as we were walking from the school to the stadium," she said. "Around 3pm, an emcee told us to fold our umbrellas so that the event would look beautiful when it was recorded."

Reminds me a bit of WKRP's turkey drop Thanksgiving.

 

[Wombat]

My 16 year old son was one of the students that was coerced into participating. He said it was terribly hot and uncomfortable and he can endure a lot as he spent most of the last school holidays doing an Army Cadet Induction course.

He said he was tricked into going as he was supposed to be doing practice for a singing contest otherwise he would have taken the day off and gone with the rest of us to the Elephant Buffet. He also said the long wait was because a certain "official" was late, by about 2 hours, arriving. I also think said "official" must have slept in as the Buffet didn't start until about 10 AM when, going on previous years, it should have started around 8 AM. It was very uncomfortable for a lot of people in the heat who arrived early expecting the early start and were forced to hang around for 2 hours or so. I went to my first Buffet in 2004 and it was an enjoyable experience, this time it was not, ruined by officialdom.

The late start to the Buffet was welcomed by a few Thais as they had a field day stealing most of the melons and other offerings, when the elephants arrived they didn't eat much as there were a lot of pineapples left which did not appeal to them, the few melons that were left were quickly eaten.

 

[Wombat]

My son also said that students were told that they would be punished by various different ways if they did not attend school on that day.

 

[Prakhonchai Nick]

Rag elephants......Guinness Book of Records./...............Really.. WTF! And all those watching and recording are under cover with refreshments! Heads surely must roll

 

[nomad97]

My daughter was leading the parade, holding one end of the Welcome to Surin banner. I understand from my wife that the organisers wanted my daughter to remain for the Elephant Folding effort in the stadium. My wife told her she had done enough already, having slept over at the school the night before in order for the early start for hair and make-up (04.30). My wife brought our daughter home.

By all accounts, keeping the students sitting in the hot sun for several hours doing nothing was not appreciated. Why? If some dignitary was late and the reason for the delay, they should be subject to a similar punishment before being drawn and quartered by 4 elephants.

 

[Youngagain]

My daughter was leading the parade, holding one end of the Welcome to Surin banner. I understand from my wife that the organisers wanted my daughter to remain for the Elephant Folding effort in the stadium. My wife told her she had done enough already, having slept over at the school the night before in order for the early start for hair and make-up (04.30). My wife brought our daughter home.

By all accounts, keeping the students sitting in the hot sun for several hours doing nothing was not appreciated. Why? If some dignitary was late and the reason for the delay, they should be subject to a similar punishment before being drawn and quartered by 4 elephants.

Sitting in the blindingly hot sun for too long is very bad. When I saw the photo I felt sorry for them.

 

[FERRET]

My daughter was leading the parade, holding one end of the Welcome to Surin banner. I understand from my wife that the organisers wanted my daughter to remain for the Elephant Folding effort in the stadium. My wife told her she had done enough already, having slept over at the school the night before in order for the early start for hair and make-up (04.30). My wife brought our daughter home.

By all accounts, keeping the students sitting in the hot sun for several hours doing nothing was not appreciated. Why? If some dignitary was late and the reason for the delay, they should be subject to a similar punishment before being drawn and quartered by 4 elephants.

And shot with a ball of their own sh*t.
All for what ?, so some pseudo paramilitary Somchai could have their 5 minutes of fame whilst getting their rocks off.

 

[Coffee]

Students roast in sun as Surin bid for Guinness World Record backfires

The organisers of the Elephant Festival have been pilloried for trying to set a Guinness World Record at the expense of students made to sit in the scorching heat for hours on end.

www.bangkokpost.com

~ 'Nothing achieved is ever easy. We have to fight for it.' - Surin Provincial Governor

Excellent motto. Same as fighting for Democracy.

(At least the students were not shot at the Elephant Stadium. Stand with Iran - "F**k the Ayatolla!")

 

[Ivor the Engine]

Hope those in power, see the adverse comment and do something about those who organised this crapshow.

 

[Yorky]

Hope those in power, see the adverse comment and do something about those who organised this crapshow.

Whether they see the adverse comments or not.................

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[gotlost]

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[Rice]

Hope those in power, see the adverse comment and do something about those who organised this crapshow.

Yeah, sure. We all know the reality of that. Maybe a record can be set for the most incompetent attempt at a record. All this record stuff truly is just BS.

 

[Coffee]

Yeah, sure. We all know the reality of that. Maybe a record can be set for the most incompetent attempt at a record. All this record stuff truly is just BS.

"To Be Number One"...rah-rah...hip-hip and so forth.

(A mantra from higher up the ladder that cannot be mentioned. )