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Mandalay: ticketing office
 

Train station ticketing office chair norms vs ticketing agent size.

This form of high-chair is common in countries with high counters and long queues such as this Mandalay ticket office. The strong contrast between the chair size and the height of the person – in this instance a middle aged ticketing agent in a country where the older generation will, I assume, have had a relatively limited ~diet.

Mandalay: ticketing office