People do dumb things. Here’s the latest:
A Canadian man has been arrested in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai after he allegedly opened the door on a commercial plane and triggered the evacuation slide prior to takeoff (read full story here).
The article goes on to say that he faces the following penalty: If found guilty he could face the death penalty, imprisonment of up to 20 years, and/or a 600,000-800,000 baht ($16,700-$22,300) fine.
I’m going to guess that he gets fined and banned from returning to Thailand.
I’ve done some dumb things when I’ve traveled (see TPOL’s Travel Lessons), but I have yet to be arrested. How about you? What’s the dumbest thing you have done? So I, like my readers do to me when I share such stories, can call you stupid too.
Fined? Thailand has a much smaller % of their population imprisoned than we do…but when you are caught…I am sure the system will be more complex then a simple fine. He will be enjoying some prison time.
Thank you for the comment but you didn’t answer my question.
Yeah in Thailand he’s gonna do some hard time.
As for me: dumbest thing thus far was leaving my cell phone in a rental car returned at LAX.
Oh no, that’s miserable. How far did you get before realizing?
Dumbest thing I’ve done? Well, you probably know that.
Those reports didn’t get you or him in jail.
I’m sorry I’m too old and senile to recall. Are you the president of Mexico? Or Nancy Haley?