Would you pay someone to stand in a queue for you?
Updated | By Nkhensani Manabe
Queues are the absolute worst. How much would you pay someone to stand around in line for you?
Standing in line to renew your licence, get your ID copy certified, see the doctor or even to get some food at a festival is something we all have to deal with at some point in our lives.
But no matter how many times you have done it or how comfortable your shoes are, standing around and waiting can get very boring and frustrating, very fast.
Robert Samuel from New York knows this very well, and he decided to see if he could make some extra money just by standing around. A few years ago, when the iPhone 5 was released, Robert put up an advert on Craiglist offering to stand in line for someone who wanted to get the phone early.
After he got paid for that favour, Robert saw that standing in line could be a very lucrative business. That's how his company, Same Ole Line Dudes, was born.
Robert and his crew stand in line, in their official T-shirts, and wait for almost anything that their clients want.
Can you imagine if someone offered to stand in line for you at the traffic department, or at your local home affairs office? That would make the process so much less of a pain!
How much are you willing to pay per hour for someone to stand in a queue on your behalf?
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