In these times of cut backs and layoffs I'm happy to report a new type of job that has become ever more popular...The Human Billboards. I'm not talking about the guy that tattoos a nike logo to his forehead, nor the grade schooler walking around with a Coke-Cola in hand, decked out in Guess Jeans. Nope, I'm talking about people that brave the element in Heat, Rain, Snow. These fine folks are on the edge of the most busiest intersections or in front of the business they are advertising (usually under the businesses bigger, more permanent sign). Standing....Standing...holding a sign. I've nicknamed the Little Ceasars person on Grand River over 496...Lobster Girl. I think I'll introduce her to sunscreen. I imagine she getting minimum wage for this which doesn't really seem worth the skin cancer. My favorite person was this guy holding a jewelry liquidator sign in the pouring cold rain. While at a red light, I had the person in the passenger seat offer the guy $20 if he tore the sign up and walked away. He did just that, and hopped up and down on the pieces as an extra bonus.
Well, I guess I know what I don't want to be when I grow up!
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