At first, they came by every seven or eight minutes, but as the days passed, they became more competitive, and every three or four is now the norm. They often stop in front of my house, facing off, not moving. My windows shake. My dogs do, too.

The trash collection stopped last week. Garbage in Tesco and 7-11 bags piles high on the edge of the main road and the side streets. Dogs have fun at night. There is a burning renaissance.

The one truck blares, my GF tells me, a punchy tune by a Korean pop star named PSY. Gangnam Style, she said was the song. At about a thousand decibels. The other truck blasts a more original “song” composed and sung just for that candidate. The lyrics go something like this:

I’m a nice guy,

I finished university,

I have a wife and children,

Who really love me,

I’m a nice guy,

No I’m not corrupt ….

Really, I’m not kidding.

This was the candidate who was trying to get re-elected. A few years back, his “platform” was to have trash pick-up and a sewer system. The poop plan is still on paper, he did get trash cans for everyone, though, with twice weekly pick-up. Until last week.

I asked my GF why the trash collection had stopped, for how long?

Until the election.

Why?

Because the new candidate hired the garbage men for one month, to drive the trucks that play Gungnum Style.

If I had a vote, I'd vote for the candidate that pledge to stamp out noise pollution

Starting with their <deleted> campaign trucks!!!

Not a problem where I live, no trash collection, just burn it like everybody else does!

Why is this topic not up there. I often think that if there was one thing I could change in Thailand without other unexpected consequences, it would be treatment of garbage. Burn it, put it in landfill, here they just throw it on the ground. If someone ever got a Clean Up Thailand campaign going AKA Ian Murray? in OZ you'd have a lifetime gig.

Good luck, I had an identical campaign in my area a few months ago. Two speaker cars for 2 different candidates, coming around every 3-4 hours starting as early as 8am. And since I live at the end of a dead end street, they would also often take a break just passed my house. With the speakers running of course.

It lasted 3 months.

Good luck, I had an identical campaign in my area a few months ago. Two speaker cars for 2 different candidates, coming around every 3-4 hours starting as early as 8am. And since I live at the end of a dead end street, they would also often take a break just passed my house. With the speakers running of course.

It lasted 3 months.

Here it starts at 6:30 am. I live not only at the beginning of the road into town, I also live one door down from the candidate. Guess where they park the truck, and whether or not they shut down the music when they do park it ....

I'm leaving next week for a month.