Labor Intensive

When you come to the Philippines from a relatively developed country, you cannot help but think that some things can be done a little more efficiently, like using a lawnmower to cut grass. After a while, however, you come to realize that what may not seem to be very efficient is, in fact, reasonable given the high unemployment rate. We have a small patch of grass on the road divider strip in front of our condo on Roxas Blvd. and three different groups seem to be involved in maintaining it -- the green uniforms, the blue uniforms and the picture shows the yellow/red group -- note how the grass is being cut.