A dog's life: Bangkok street sweeper carries pet to work

By Jiraporn Kuhakan

 

Thitirat Keowa-ram, Bangkok's street sweeper, carries her 1-year old poodle-shih tzu mix breed as she works at a street in Bangkok, Thailand, August 28, 2019. REUTERS/Jiraporn Kuhakan

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A street sweeper in Thailand has become an internet sensation after a picture of her carrying her dog on her back while sweeping the streets of the Thai capital went viral.

 

Mazda, a year-old Poodle-Shih Tzu mix is seen calmly hanging in a vest attached to the back of his owner like a backpack while she sweeps the street in a Bangkok suburb, not bothered by passersby and the traffic.

 

Bangkok street sweeper, Thitirat Keowa-ram, created an internet storm after a picture of her carrying her dog on her back while sweeping went viral.

 

"I asked my boyfriend to buy me a dog to keep me company," Mazda's owner, Thitirat Keowa-ram, 28, said.

 

"My boyfriend agreed under the condition that I bring it to work," she said.

 

Thitirat has kept her promise and carried the fluffy black and white dog to work every day for a year now, not bothered by the almost 10 kg (22 lb) of weight in the pooch pouch on her back.

 

A bring-your-dog-to-work trend has been gaining popularity in Thailand in recent years particularly in firms with irregular work hours that see the dog-friendly policy as a way to alleviate employee stress.

 

(Writing by Panu Wongcha-um; Editing by Robert Birsel)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-08-29

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31 minutes ago, webfact said:

A bring-your-dog-to-work trend has been gaining popularity in Thailand in recent years particularly in firms with irregular work hours that see the dog-friendly policy as a way to alleviate employee stress.

This is very forward thinking by the firms who are participating (very western).

Looks like a Shih Tzoodle to me.

So this woman is thinking of sweeping the streets/roads with a dog in tow, either the dog will get run over or she will be to distracted to do her job properly having to keep one eye on the dog at all time...

3 hours ago, ezzra said:

So this woman is thinking of sweeping the streets/roads with a dog in tow, either the dog will get run over or she will be to distracted to do her job properly having to keep one eye on the dog at all time...

Oh the Drama Queen.

 

i think she happy, the dog happy, the people who see her are happy. 

But Ezzra not happy!

3 hours ago, ezzra said:

So this woman is thinking of sweeping the streets/roads with a dog in tow, either the dog will get run over or she will be to distracted to do her job properly having to keep one eye on the dog at all time...

She's not thinking of doing it.  She's done it every day for the last year without problems.

It's not likely to be run over as it's strapped to her back. No need for an eye on the dog at all times!!

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4 hours ago, Damrongsak said:

Looks like a Shih Tzoodle to me.

She'd better taken to a miniature pinscher

3 hours ago, ezzra said:

So this woman is thinking of sweeping the streets/roads with a dog in tow, either the dog will get run over or she will be to distracted to do her job properly having to keep one eye on the dog at all time...

I think you just read the headline without reading the article or watching the video....

Poor dog.

 

Oh yeah! Looks really miserable and abused!!  Considering how many dogs are treated by their owners, I think 'Mazda' is treated exceptionally well.

7 hours ago, ezzra said:

So this woman is thinking of sweeping the streets/roads with a dog in tow, either the dog will get run over or she will be to distracted to do her job properly having to keep one eye on the dog at all time...

Did you read the article, or watch the video..?

35 minutes ago, HHTel said:

Oh yeah! Looks really miserable and abused!!  Considering how many dogs are treated by their owners, I think 'Mazda' is treated exceptionally well.

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carrying her dog on her back while sweeping

I'll bet she works 8 hours per day. Yes, poor dog.