With the huge population of China, the government is hard work having to provide jobs to everyone. In fact the famous and needed 8% growth, at least, the leaders say the country needs, is that this is the figure, that could continue to create jobs for people and can not be unhappy keep up the much coveted and virtual harmonious society.
But having to provide jobs to 1,300 million people, not everyone gets work desirable.
For example, this week I've seen every day on the subway to a boy, and I say that boy was not more than 25 years, whose work is simply standing next to a straight arm's length indicating only the gesture, which can be lowered around the platforms on the line 10. Work exactly the same information that makes the cheap and has a perpetual sign, right above your head, but instead of an arrow, he uses his arm. Of course, the poster does not get tired, but his arm themselves, so it has developed the technique of supporting the arm on the railing of the stairs for their hard work is less tiring. And no jokes, stand at arm's length and 8 hours have to be extremely weary, bored well.
Another boy of about the same age, has a slightly more complex job: standing next to an escalator and armed with a megaphone its main task is to teach the public transport users in Beijing, climb the stairs to the right part is to stand and raise the left foot. And incredibly, the Chinese are not yet clear. It is more common than climbing a ladder of this kind, and that both sides are overwhelmed with people. So this poor boy must be very attentive, and every time someone steps on the left side of the ladder, you have to take the megaphone and shout something like "part of the left is to continue to rise, to stay standing right next move. "
Something similar happened in the months leading up to the Olympics In the months prior to the Olympics Underground stations and bus were flanked by employees dressed in a flashy yellow uniform, also hit a megaphone, trying to educate people to let out before entering, in the case of metro, and to learn to do and respect the queue on both public transport. I must say that although there is still some one ready and some other clueless, it seems they will get used to it.
And is that the Games have brought many changes to China's capital. For example, the useless scanners for which you must pass the bag every time you enter the subway and I talked to a few months ago. The installed for the Olympic Games, for security reasons, but once the sporting event must have thought "Well, since we bought, we will amortize" and who have left there. Moreover, each machine is at least 4 jobs, and that each has two security guards behind the screen and two on each access of the metro to make sure people obey and spend their belongings in the unit.
Anyway, once you've created 4 jobs for each machine at every subway entrance and multiplied that amount by the number of stops around the public transport network that is easier to keep them in their work, they throw them the street and having to create, and invent, new additional posts.
The truth is that it is a play around, because in addition to keeping people employed, give the virtual sense of security. I say virtual, because in my opinion this measure is only for show and lacks any real effectiveness.
For example, the other day I got this message from a friend of mine:
"It is unbelievable with all these scanners (in meters), and yet I have a guy standing next to me wearing a giant saw hand. What are scanning then? "
And I've already learned that not even need to go through the scanner if you want, I go through the side of a the guards at the door, open the bag and showed it, she looks inside reluctantly and tells me go with disdain. I tend to carry bags large enough, and believe me with the quick and selfless you check out the sleepy guard, could lead in the bottom of the bag a load of dynamite that nobody would realize.
But all is by not sending all these people to stop!
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