Thai Security, Living Small

This guy is standing on guard at a doorway during Buddhist celebration, but he just smiles and lets everyone come and go. His only function is to add to the importance of the day, not to protect anything. You'll notice he has no weapon.


Thais love uniforms. Kids wear them to school everywhere, and in government schools the teachers do too, dressing up like officers in the Royal Navy. Every apartment building, no matter how small, has a platoon of security officers with fine uniforms, who crisply salute everyone who comes and goes. I've never seen them actually stop anyone.

I think the uniforms are about respect, and it seems they add a little pleasure to the job, living small.