When I was a kid, my father would see road crews leaning on their shovels and called them lazy bastards. Only if my mother wasn’t in the car, then they were simply lazy, but I have challenged many people to hack at the earth for more than five minutes. Most quit after two minutes.
Farangs criticize Thais for the same weakness without realizing that Thai workers are pushed to the limit. 10 hours a day. 6 days a week. 200-300 baht a day. The money goes to cigarettes and alcohol to fuel their labor, so whenever they get the chance they’ll find someplace to catch up on their sleep and no one does it better than this day-laborer lying on a steel atop a townhouse.
Comfortable?
Click on photo to enlarge and you’ll see how comfortable.