I have been seeing this person, a senior, for the last 4 months now in a prominent square. With two small tools, a box and a few posters, I estimate he has been easily making $100 to $200 a day.
What is he doing? He is challenging everyone for a game of chess and a donation of $10. I have never seen anyone winning over him. Many people take up the challenge, pay $10 and then play with him. If anyone wins over him, he promises to give them a champions cross.
He frequently talks on a speaker to the crowd that gathers around him to witness the game. He not only gets $10 from the person challenging him, but also from the crowd.
There can be very few novel ways to make money like that. Interesting part is that he is a senior and he is not only making money, but also having fun and providing entertainment to the public.
Then there is another person. In fact I have seen quite a few like that at various times. They mostly color themselves in silver grey or in various colors from top to toe. They look like a statue of some sort or a wax candle or a celestial body.
They stand stylishly on a stool motionless with one bent leg, one stretched and folded arm, saucer like hands etc. They look frozen with not even a movement of eyelids. Some people may take them as real statues and figurines.
The only time they move is when some one drops a coin or two in their hanging bag or box. Then they make a queer gesture as a matter of appreciation to the donor before again becoming motionless.
Standing like that for 2-3 hours, they easily go home with up to $50. I have also seen them standing in front of a shop or vendor to attract customers. He gets money both from the vendor and the public for entertaining them.
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