Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Crazy Jobs

Among the amusing scenes we've witnessed here in Shanghai (the daily street performances/workouts and the recent trip to Ikea), we've also seen some interesting careers in action.

First, there's the traveling pet salesman:
Yes, that's a bunny in a cage hung by the wheel of this
man's moped.

Then, there's the  gardener who has to water the plants of a big, busy street, in the middle of day: 

Notice the traffic having to divert and
merge right.

Here's the scariest one of them wall -- window washers.  I haven't been able to get a good pic yet, but they literally hang from these ropes with a bucket by their side. (What safety standards? Apparently, should a window washer die on the job, his family will get compensated a whole $3K.)


And finally, the styrofoam collector, seen here in a fuzzy picture taken on a rainy evening.

That's him in the red poncho. Notice the enormity of his styrofoam collection on the back of his BIKE.
Oh, and the cigarette in his mouth. 


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