Now I've seen it all

Let me give you a brief background before delving into my current story. The Japanese are extremely clean. I don't think I have ever visited a cleaner country (and we've visited lots of countries). Heck, I'd use a public Japanese toilet any day over one on base. Whenever we have a maintenance call for our house, the Japanese workers remove their shoes upon entering and they always clean up after themselves. They even take their trash!

Currently, the homes in our neighborhood are getting their roofs re-painted. I thought it was amazing the amount of work it takes before they can even start. The Japanese workers set up an elaborate ladder and railing system on the roof. Shoot, we had our roof replaced in Hawaii and the grade was much steeper and they didn't do anything like this. These guys are super safety conscious. After they get the rail up, they sweep and vacuum the roof. Yep, I said vacuum. I wish I had a shot of that. Then they paint it and take everything down. It takes a couple of days or weeks, depending on how fast they want to work. This is what our house looked like when they did our roof.

Well, today we were walking in the neighborhood and I heard a vacuum cleaner. This is what I saw. I took the picture on the sly, so it's a bit fuzzy. Now, I can say, I've seen it all. And I bet those people will never know just how clean their yard really is.