A Route 34 minibus driver has been fired and fined 5,000 baht for drinking beer and smoking with friends during working hours on Tuesday this week.
The Bangkok Mass Transit Authority fined Chuchart Diloklarp, who confessed to misconduct after a passenger on the bus photographed the incident and posted it on Facebook.
He was also sacked by his employer, Kliaw World Co, a concessionaire of the state enterprise. The BMTA also fined the bus company 5,000 baht for failing to maintain service standards.
The bus itself was ordered off the road for seven days, from Feb 21 to 27.
Fare collector Manaspan Kaewsurin, who wore shorts while on duty on the same bus, was suspended from work for the same period.
The BMTA issued a statement apologising for the poor and dangerous service.