The picture below was taken at the taxi stand at Ambassador Mall in Jakarta. When you look at the picture below, it may appear like a normal picture where a bunch of children are holding umbrellas while it is raining.
Actually the story has a slight variation. As you may have already known, traffic in Jakarta moves at excruciatingly slow pace. Some times it takes more than 30 minutes to travel 500 meters. While it rains, the traffic moves even slower and takes a long time to get a taxi.
During these times, kids wait with umbrellas to escort the shoppers who come out of the mall to the road where they safely make their 'passengers' get into a taxi. For providing this service the kids take tips of small sums of 3,000 to 5,000 Indonesian Rupiah, which is equivalent to 50 to 70 cents Singapore Dollar (20 to 30 rupees).
Sounds interesting, innovative and enterprising right? That's Jakarta for you.
(Picture taken with my iPhone4)
During these times, kids wait with umbrellas to escort the shoppers who come out of the mall to the road where they safely make their 'passengers' get into a taxi. For providing this service the kids take tips of small sums of 3,000 to 5,000 Indonesian Rupiah, which is equivalent to 50 to 70 cents Singapore Dollar (20 to 30 rupees).
Sounds interesting, innovative and enterprising right? That's Jakarta for you.
Great Observation power I must say! I was truly amazed to know this. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you. It is question of survival for these street kids. Instead of begging they want to help and be rewarded..
DeleteLovely capture.
ReplyDeleteI am curious to know whether they do not have child labour laws?
wonderful indeed!
ReplyDeleteOh...thank you so much for your kind words. Much delighted.
Deletewow..an innovative idea..
ReplyDeleteYep. Better than seeking alms right?
DeleteDid not know before. Very interesting piece of information.
ReplyDeleteThere are so many such interesting things in most of these countries in South East Asia...
DeleteThat's a really interesting tidbit about Jakarta. Now I wonder if this happens in the neighbouring islands as well.
ReplyDeleteFew years ago when I went first to Jakarta, I quite liked the idea. This time around I captured it as a picture and shared it here.
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DeleteWow...this is amazing. To do this instead of begging is really enterprising! Thanks for the post.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments. There are many such small things which can be emulated in any nation.
Deletenice post!
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DeleteQuite enterprising, these kids... nice post!
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