Though most of us are familiar with your face, we really don’t know anything about you. Tell us a little about yourself.
My name is Raj Brahadersink, but people call me “Baboo.” I am an Indian Hindu who grew up in Bombay. When I was 18 years old, my brother-in-law asked me to come to Bangkok to help his business. I have worked for Kirin restaurant for 34 years.

What are your working hours?
I work every day from 5pm till 9am. From 10pm until 9am of the next day, I am in Kirin restaurant, working as the guardsman.

In your opinion, what makes a good parking attendant?
The core is being hardworking, service-minded, and punctual, but personally I have to add “physical strength.” Keeping active around-the-clock gets tougher as you get older.

You are the parking attendant for Kirin restaurant. Why do you bother with the whole soi?
I started that a long time ago when you could park in Siam Square without sweating. These days a parking space is as rare as gold and takes time to find. We can’t even reserve the space in front of our shop for our customers anymore. I started taking care of the whole soi with the simple philosophy that the more flow there is in the parking lot, the better chance there is for the Kirin customers to get a space.

What makes you happy while you work?
Simply the little thank you’s I get when helping out! My service is not driven by money. Kirin restaurant already pays me that. Apart from that, good friendship and teamwork with the other two Siam Square guards in this soi makes me happy.

You’ve appeared in various media, from music videos to advertisements. Do you consider yourself famous?
I don’t think so. I don’t really like paparazzi, even though they did capture positive pictures of me. I work here as other hardworking people do, but they treat me like an object, taking photos or video taping me without my knowledge. At least they should notify me or ask my permission before they do it.

Do you love Siam Square?
Of course, how could I not love it? I have worked here for more than 30 years. I couldn’t love it more. It is more than half of my life’s memory.

Ever thought of doing something else?
I get everything I want from life: a good income and pleasant working environment plus tasty food from the restaurant as a premium If you were me, would you look for something else?