It struck me as I saw this street cleaner, that I had never seen a street cleaning truck where the water was placed on the street manually.
There could be many reasons for this. It is possible that it is cheaper to hire someone to manually place the water on the street than it is to purchase a truck or machine to automatically put the water on the street. Or perhaps there is a strong union, or the US is particularly quick to spend on street cleaning technology, or perhaps there is another reason. But from what else I've seen in Thailand and southeast Asia in general, and what I know of average salaries and per capita income in Thailand, my guess is it's simply more economical to hire someone to manually perform this task.
No comment - it was just a striking sight to see.
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or maybe a skilled and dedicated worker gets the streets cleaner. are they particularly clean?
entirely possible - the streets *were* very clean, they did an excellent job
each morning, a few ladies sweep the whole length of the sidewalk/gutter on the soi i live on, which is also a lot of work, especially since they use brooms with natural fiber (grass and twigs). but they do a great job, too
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