Fancy a job as a seafood peeler in China? You could earn US$1,500 a month
Shanghai restaurant pays student peelers to do dirty work for diners so they can stay glued to their phones
A restaurant in Shanghai has found a novel way to help diners who want to play games and use social media while they eat crayfish.
Two crayfish peelers sit with customers at the restaurant in the central Huangpu district and do the labour-intensive work, leaving them to play with their phones while enjoying a ready-to-eat delicacy, reported video streaming app PearVideo.
A video posted on Tuesday shows He Nanxin, a fourth-year university student who majors in fashion design, wearing gloves while she peels a large bowl of bright red crayfish.
The male customer opposite looks down at his mobile phone, chatting on social messaging app WeChat before delving in as she continues to peel.
She is one of two student peelers at the restaurant who each handle more than 100 of the creatures a day. They receive 15 per cent of the service charge.
“Every month my salary can reach five figures,” He said. This means she earns more than 10,000 yuan (US$1,570) a month.