Few people dispute the claim that Gurgaon has emerged as the undisputed center of Outsourcing in the world. Over the past few years the residents and workers of Gurgaon have become experts at identifying activities that should be outsourced to others who have special abilities and skills. Apart from traditionally outsourced activities like completing children’s homework, walking the dog, and cutting toenails, there are several new tasks that can be outsourced to create new exciting jobs.
Here are a pick of the top new jobs in town.
Parking Scout- Anybody who drives or gets driven around in Gurgaon knows that parking spaces are rarer than polar bears in the Thar desert. Imagine the frustration of the avid shopper who has waited in a long queue outside the MGF mall on a hot Sunday morning only to get the Parking Full sign slapped on her face just as she inched into the driveway. Instead of driving around grinding your teeth and tyres in desperation, employ a Parking Scout. The Parking scout will an identify appropriate vacant parking spot, send you an Alert message on the mobile and quickly plant a quick “ This spot has been Taken” flag in the vacant space, keeping it warm till your car arrives. You might end up seeing Double Dhamaal for the fourth time at Omaxe Mall on Sohna Road while you actually wanted to catch Heroine in Ambience but that is going to have to wait till you get parking there.
Place keeper – An extension of the Parking scout is the place keeper at restaurants. Remember how your best friend used to drop her hanky or schoolbag to reserve a place on the bus for you. The Place keeper does this at restaurants that don’t take reservation. If you want a place at the Food Court on the weekend or sample the Chole Bhature at Haldiram but don’t have the patience to wait for a table once you get there, you just need to call the place keeper. The Place Keeper will rush to the restaurant before you arrive and warm the chairs so that you can have a quick on time meal. The place keeper will convey the menu to you and even place the order so that everything is ready by the time you arrive. The place keeper will also do this at the snooty places that forever to get your order. This is done by placing the order and pretending to talk continuously on the cell phone while saying ‘ My friends are just coming.’ When you arrive, the place keeper discreetly melts into the distance allowing you and your friends to enjoy a great meal.
Sale Spotter – Once upon a time, when there were a handful of shops and no sales except Festive Offers during Diwali, it was possible to keep track of all the bargains and discounts available. Now with 40 malls with an average of 40 shops per mall and Happiness Sales, Spring Sale, Summer Sale, Winter Sale, Off Season Sales and No Reason Sales, the canny but busy shopper cannot possibly know where to head to get the best deals. The Sale Spotter will trawl all the malls and stand alone shops, scan the newspapers and let you know where you can avail of that amazing Buy 1,Get 3 Free Offer on Hand Knitted Ear Warmers. You have to make sure that you buy at least ten things you do not need at these sales so that you can justify the fees of a highly qualified Sale Spotter who will provide you with the incomparable satisfaction of getting the best bargain in town.
Professional Haggler – Everyone knows that the cost of living in Gurgaon just goes higher and higher. Everyone from the maid to maalis, presswalas to painters quote exorbitant rates which have no relation to the fees in the rest of the nation. Even the mango sellers in little push carts raise the prices once they see you disembarking from your new BMW to buy the fruit of the season. The newbie Gurgaonite desperately needs the services of a Professional Haggler who can battle with the most battle scarred domestic help to batten down the rates. It should be made compulsory, especially for Expats and the Newly returned Indians to employ the Professional Hagglers so that they don’t create artificial inflation and spoil the market for the locals by agreeing to any price that is quoted. This the ideal job for senior homemakers who long for the days when they haggled with the sabziwala for extra dhania-mirch before the advent of the home delivery and super markets.
Jobs like these will not only boost the local economy, reduce unemployment etc, etc but also ease the hectic stressful life of the average Gurgaonite.
