“There are 11 maids in the morning shift, and seven in the afternoon. And I don’t think that’s enough. Look at the gallery floors, there are only two maids and the space is huge! Well, at least it doesn’t have small corners and chambers like the fourth and fifth floors. But the dirtiest would be the toilets on the first floor—oh, and on the third floor too—as people usually go to the washrooms on the lower floors before going up to the galleries. And there are always events as well as passers-by. I’m okay with the work, though, because the pay isn’t that bad.”
Pranom Sompuk is a contract cleaner at BACC. She has been in the center for nearly two years. She’s encountered some unexpected events in the men’s washrooms (but we won’t tell you about those). You can help her by keeping things clean when using the toilets, and saying “thank you”—that’s all!
Sereechai Puttes/Time Out Bangkok