Tough economic times make people do crazy stuff.
Here is a guy that went from being a CEO to being a pizza man:
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=12582289&ch=4226720&src=news
Must be tough going from making hundreds of thousand of dollars per year to delivering pizza.
What I didn’t get is why they haven’t payed the mortgage in 2 years and why having 100.000$ in credit card debt. I wouldn’t put the whole situation on just the economic situation but also on greed and stupidity.

Another case, this time a woman who choose to work as a stripper when the economy kicked in:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090322/ap_on_bi_ge/economy_adult_entertainment
Greatest challanges of the job: learning to dance in five-inch heels and developing a thick skin to be able to handle the verbal abuse from the patrons.
Advantages of the job: it’s well paid and secure… at least until you become a wreck and nobody wants to pay to see you naked.

So, in though economic times you’re supposed to find a gig to just pay the bills. Doesn’t matter what you do. Problem is that if everyone took that path the question is:
Who would do the “real” jobs that earn the cash that go into these gigs?

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