Showing posts with label careers in action. Show all posts
Showing posts with label careers in action. Show all posts

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.