The woman put used chopsticks into the plastic bucket

Woman putting chopsticks into a bucket — Woman putting chopsticks in a bucket

While walking aimlessly through the alleys, I found myself back in Chinatown again. Chinatown is a noisy place. Many stores lined the streets, and many people were walking around. Food stalls could be seen here and there among the stores selling goods.

As I was walking along, I noticed a woman working behind one of these stalls. She was holding a large number of used chopsticks in her hands. Apparently, it is not customary in Thai culture to eat with chopsticks. Eating with a knife and fork seems to be the norm, but here we were in a corner of Chinatown. I guess they provide chopsticks at their stalls. If you think about it, knives and forks are both from the West. I wondered if people in Thailand, like those in India, used to eat with their hands until Westerners arrived in the country.

As I watched, a woman began to put chopsticks in a plastic bucket. She also seemed to be separating the garbage. She put the chopsticks and other garbage into separate buckets. Perhaps disposable chopsticks are recyclable in Bangkok as they are in Japan.

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