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July 13, 2005
Mr. Window
We have all seen some deranged things thanks to the panoptic eye that is "the internet". Despite the sheer variety and scope of the human condition so represented I do not believe I have seen anything more disconcerting than the sight of a Shanghai maintenance man perched on a rusty air conditioner mount some thirteen floors up from the pavement.
Shanghai Diaries has details of his afternoon working at home.
I had no idea who asked this guy to do the job he was doing. I wondered if it had anything to do with the old ladies who woke me up rather rudely at 7 a.m. one Saturday morning — the Chinese never ring a doorbell just once, or even twice, it’s again and again and again until you arrive at the door. They lived downstairs and wanted to ask me if I had a habit of throwing water out my window.
I let this guy do his work, assuming it would be quick and that he could do what needed to be done by simply reaching outside the window. I glanced over at him and the wide open window and wondered if he was small enough to fall right out. I started to get a little nervous.
I let this guy do his work, assuming it would be quick and that he could do what needed to be done by simply reaching outside the window. I glanced over at him and the wide open window and wondered if he was small enough to fall right out. I started to get a little nervous.
And then the man climbed out the window...
Posted by Ghost of a flea at July 13, 2005 07:51 AM
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