There are many sad truths about Thai people, but one of the greatest truths of all is that they are exceptionally stupid when it comes to dealing with electricity. In fact, it almost seems to be a proven fact that a Thai person's Intelligence Quotient goes down in direct proportion to how close they get to high voltage.(Plug in a kitchen utensil with metal parts into an outlet in your house or apartment in Thailand, and you will find — as often as not — that the Thai electricians who wired your residence did not bother to complete the circuit. Your stuff therefore isn't grounded. Your coffee machine's metal parts are now carrying a live charge. ZAP.)
Look at this picture above. What you see there is a metal bar sticking out of the ground and holding up live electrical wires. What you see floating in the water is a dead guy. Get the idea?
Look at this picture here. This is the Pattaya utilities company hard at work. Do you really think they know what all of those lines are? Do you really think that none of those lines on the ground is carrying a charge?Personally, I'm impressed that the electricity somehow manages to stay on most of the time. Well... I guess when you have that many wires, it's hard to take all of them out at once.
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I don't know how many appliances I fried in Thailand. Of course, I complained, and they just looked at me and said, "When you are done with an appliance, unplug it". They just don't get it at all. Shopping centers keep burning down, and they are still totally clueless...
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