Posted on 01/25/2022 8:24:25 PM PST by ransomnote
ransomnote: We're just part of an ant farm the fascists like to play with.
A pair of Indonesian fishermen have been fined NT$100,000 (US$3,610) each by Taiwanese health authorities for leaving their quarantine hotel rooms for just over a minute.
The men had arrived in Taiwan by plane on November 15, 2020 and checked into a quarantine facility. On the evening of November 22, they left their rooms to buy some food.
When they walked into a hotel lobby, staff told them to return to their rooms immediately, and the men complied. However, despite being absent from quarantine for just a little more than a minute, the fishermen were fined NT$100,000 ($3,610) by health authorities, Taiwanese media reported.
Since they failed to pay in time, officials announced on Monday that they owed NT$270,000 ($9,700) in fines and room fees. Their employer eventually paid the sum on behalf of the two men.
The island nation has some of the strictest quarantine rules in the world. It was reported in 2020 that a migrant worker from the Philippines was fined around US$3,500 for leaving his quarantine room in Kaohsiung for just eight seconds.
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It is kill or be-killed time.
Which will you choose?
Did they get the snacks?
Little Debbie(tm) or some fine Lantz(tm) products from the vending machines?
Good luck with that China problem Taiwan.
Hundreds of millions of Taiwanese lives probably were saved by the covid police /sarc
That could buy a lot of room service.
Foreign workers.
Guess Door Dash doesn’t work there
Should I choose the
Bluefin Sushi on roll with Seaweed Chips or the
Chicken Shack-Attack Hot Wings with Bell Pepper Tempura?
decisions. decisions!
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I was picturing them tapping on the glass front of a vending machine to free a package of pretzels that failed to drop, when approached and fined thousands.
Raisinets!
Your version is probably what really happened.
I was writing the Paula Dean scenario.
Ran down to the gas station for some sushi?
Those sort of quarantines for something not much worse than the flu are breaking civilization. Which shall we keep?
Taiwan is a totally different situation than the United States. They make the right choice for their situation
Being an island, they could declare travel forbidden, nobody in or out.
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