It’s Monday morning in Michigan. I guess that means I’m livin’ in the future.
People in China litter. Most rationalize this with the argument that someone gets paid to pick it up. That person needs a job, and there’s a lot of people in China. Over a billion. Unfortunately, an undesirable behavior continues. Also, someone broke a glass bottle of ketchup in front of my compound eight days ago, and some pretty obvious chunks of glass still await, so the public can’t necessarily count on that worker’s competence level.
Really curious to see how littering fines get enforced as the World Expo nears. Also, I got word from a cab driver that the government will definitely clampdown on motorcycle taxis in the coming months.
But China does recycle/reuse a lot of its trash. That’s why someone stole my half-full water bottle in the park the other day. They’re quick, those plastic thieves.
I don’t know where they take the bottles, but here’s how the pricing structure works
(approx. 67 Mao = $1)
Small Bottled Water = One Mao
Big Bottled Water = Two Mao
And the cooking oil jugs in the photo? Three Mao.
Actually, Mao coins can buy a lot. Just ten mao can get a banana, a mini-orange, some chili peppers, a potato, a big handful of peanuts, a bottle of water (some places), a lighter, perhaps a small onion? Ten Mao probably can’t buy Baijiu, and that’s good. It’s like redeeming tickets for prizes at the arcade.
The recycling man didn’t wanna talk too much, but I see him everyday so as our friendship inevitably develops I’ll post more pricing info.
Too bad more kids don’t boogie to cosmic disco, but almost everyone gets down to today’s track. I’ve watched this one birth many a dance floor.
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Azoto - Anytime Or Place (1980)
