Strange Jobs 奇怪的工作.ppt

Strange Jobs in China Store-front clappers In congested Chinese shopping streets, businesses pull out all the stops trying to attract customers. One common marketing idea holds that the loudest shop will get the most customers. To that end, shops often blare pop music while megaphone-wielding barkers shout the shops special offers at the top of their lungs. Barkers, also referred to as touts, are not unique to China, but the co-workers paid to clap their hands in unison to get the attention of passers-by Free ticket seller Every attraction in China requires a small army of employees to assist in the ticketing process: A few people sitting in the ticket booth to take the money and issue the ticket (sometimes these tasks are done separately by two people at the same window), a few people sitting inside the gate to take the ticket, examine it, and punch it. Another guard or two, often standing only a few feet inside the gate, have the job of double-checking the ticket they just watched you buy and have punched. Receipt stamper This is one of the first strange jobs expatriates encounter upon moving to China. At many department stores and supermarkets, a (usually, very bored) man or woman lurks by the checkout counters, putting a red chop on shoppers receipts as they exit. While in theory this could be an anti-shoplifting procedure, in reality the stamper rarely checks the contents of your shopping bag against the receipt, and usually they stand just by the security sensors that should, in theory, make their job redundant. * * Esnow presentation Are these jobs? Victory 5 Esnow Strange jobs Jobs that you have never heard of. Esnow Strange jobs 2. The Dog Whipper (打狗者) This was a church official whose job was to, no big surprise here, whip dogs. The reason for this wasn‘t that medieval people hated puppies. In fact the problem was that people loved dogs too much and hordes of (groups of)stray dogs waiting for food gathered around churches. Esnow Strange