Crappy Jobs of China: Part 1
2009 September 29
Metro Terminal Pink-Shirted Loudspeaker Men
These are the poor folks who someday harbour dreams of becoming metro drivers, ticketing officers and lightbulb replacement specialists. Their job is to wait until the metro pulls into the terminal station, watch everyone get off, then leap aboard and shout “下车! 下车!” (“get off the carriage! get of the carriage!”) at anyone who tries to board before the metro pulls away and enters the loop’s Black Zone to get fumigated or something.
Next time I’m going to ignore them and see what happens.
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He reminds me of the guys in Taipei who turn up during the very orderly peak hour with wands that look like light sabres to marshall eveyone between the queuing lines marked on the platform (your actual 台, LOL) and make sure everyone gets into the carriage without the melee that takes place in some parts of the world).
There are little queuing lines in Shanghai too, but everyone ignores them and shoves aboard before anyone gets a chance to get off. It’s kind of fun, actually.
“Next time I’m going to ignore them and see what happens.”
I wouldn’t do that.
If any job was to cause someone to snap and start wielding a machete at commuters…
No, Hel, they’d be wielding a loudspeaker at commuters.