Satien Promsang, 32, climbed to the top of a large advertisement for Brand’s Essence health drink alongside the Dara hotel at the Darasamuth intersection at around 1pm.
Called to the scene, police and Kusondharm Foundation volunteers positioned an inflatable airbag on the ground to cushion his fall if he decided to jump.
Police contacted his wife who pleaded with him by phone to come down and at about 2.30 pm that is what he did.
With tears streaming down his face, but speaking not a word, he was lead to an ambulance from the Phuket Ruamjai Foundation and whisked away.