Ziggy the Dancing Street Cleaner

1. DanO
   July 24th, 2008 at 5:52 am

   that's pretty neat. i don't know how clean he would keep the street, but i wouldn't care either.

2. Dr Zibbs
   July 24th, 2008 at 6:35 am

   Ziggy, this your boss. Get back to work.

3. dj
   July 24th, 2008 at 7:24 am

   Good for him! He doesn't let his job define him! Just goes to show you can have fun no matter what you're doing or what your circumstances are if you try hard enough!

4. earl
   July 24th, 2008 at 9:20 am

   Stereotypical government worker who takes eight hours to do what private enterprise can do in four.

5. DCer
   July 24th, 2008 at 11:02 am

   Wow.

   I am seriously conflicted.

   Why should a human have the job cleaning a street instead of a street sweeper like in the USA?

   http://www.madvac.com/content/101_outdoor_vacuum.php

   At the rate this guy is going he's never going to get any work done and they will have to hire 3 guys like him to do one robot's work. You know... I don't think he's actually doing his job.

   But it's a nice video. I'm sure he's a great guy. He may even be happier and better for society than a drone operating the street sweeper, but the question n my mind is what are their tax dollars paying him to do? It's not clear to me.

6. Thomas
   July 24th, 2008 at 11:33 am

   I didn't see any trash. Maybe the deterrence of knowing a really nice guy will have to pick it up is enough to keep people from littering.

7. Crispy75
   July 24th, 2008 at 12:41 pm

   Yeah, we have mechanical street cleaners in the UK too, but they're not really appropriate for tight London streets. You'd soon get it stuck between a lamp post and a shop stall, for example.

8. johzephine
   July 24th, 2008 at 1:11 pm

   I had no idea those were vacuums. Though, to behonest, the guys that drive them look like the happiest guys ever.

9. Ali S.
   July 24th, 2008 at 3:16 pm

   She's filming him without permission!

10. Lionheart
    July 24th, 2008 at 4:19 pm

    They guy knew they were filming him.

11. Tedd
    July 24th, 2008 at 7:46 pm

    Yet another govt worker slacking off. He is not hired to entertain, he is hired to clean the street. He is obviously being slowed down in his job by his dancing. People wonder where their taxes go, well look no further. If he finds his job boring, then he needs to get some needed skills and find one that is closer to his skillset. This guy really should be fired, he is not doing the job he was hired to do.

12. ted
    July 25th, 2008 at 6:44 am

    What a bunch of wet blankets.
    At least he's doing something interesting for the money, and not just acting surly and imperious like most government workers.

    Geez, he's a 47-yr-old who cleans streets for a living. He looked about 17. I doubt he'll be going back to school for his law degree any time.

13. monoclemonkey
    July 26th, 2008 at 9:39 am

    1,500 songs. Really. Does no one do math anymore?

    Does this guy:
    A) Work 12.5 hrs/shift and listen to 30 second songs
    B) Work 75 hrs/shift and listen to normal 3 min songs
    C) It is a trick question. No one does math anymore

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