WORK POST #3: All the Jobs I’ve Seen in Shanghai (jobs 23-42)
This is the third post in a series of on the subject WORK. Last week I posted some definitions to get me thinking more about the topic. Please share your thoughts on work in the comments. I’m curious how you think about the work you do or would like to do.
Below I continue my list of “all” the jobs I’ve seen in Shanghai.
Enjoy!
23. The guy who stands on the sidewalk next to the spinning lamb to make you a sandwich
24. The guy who has a small table in the stairs down to the subway, who cleans your cell phone or iPad
25. An old woman or man in that same stairwell, with her or his head bowed to the ground, behind a little container for your money
26. The agents who recharge your metro card or get it to work again when its not
27. The security guards who range from serious to half-hearted in their attempts to get you to put your purse or backpack through the x-ray machine before you cross the turn style
28. The guys who sometimes stand on the subway platform waving a green flag
29. More people to clean up trash
30. Subway train drivers–some more graceful than others, I’ve noticed (or is the heat affecting the brakes?)
31. People walking the subway car, singing with a microphone and amp and often with a small baby or child, with a cup for your money
32. People with blankets covered in goods for sale (earrings, purses, small flower nosegays, cell phone covers, umbrellas) stationed near the exit of the subway
33. People who stand at the street corner, now under giant umbrellas, making sure you mind the crosswalk properly
34. Another person waiting to sweep up your trash
35. The people who drive bicycle carts containing mountains of cardboard, for example, for recycling, often ringing a bell as they pass through the neighborhood
36. Cab drivers
37. Tuk-tuk drivers in some neighborhoods
38. The guy with a basketful of eggs and a pigeon in a cage next to him (Do people eat pigeon eggs or pigeons or. . . ?)
39. Various food stall operators (fried chicken, fried dough in different variations, bubble tea, noodles, kebabs)
40. The girls who stand outside of restaurants in traditional costume next to speakers blasting LOUD pop or traditional music
41. The people just inside the grocery store when it is raining, who give you a plastic bag to put your umbrella in
42. Drug store clerks–always many in one small store, who will follow you about one foot behind, letting you know they are there to help
Chinese film maker Dayyan Eng, working with Kevin Spacey earlier this year on location in Southern China (click photo to read about the movie)
