Australians Hiring People to Wait in Long Lines for Hot Pastries and Tickets
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Simone Minas paid $280 to have an Airtasker, Rose Le Febvre, wait in line for 3 hours to buy nearly $100 worth of pastries from a pop-up shop.
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Le Febvre has done similar queuing jobs before, including waiting for rental property viewings and cleaning gravestones.
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Airtasker has seen queueing tasks become more common, especially after COVID-19 with passport office lines.
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Other examples include $210 to wait for Cinnabon launch, $250 for Lune Croissanterie pastries, $233 to join Taylor Swift ticket queue.
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Airtasker spokesperson said there's a growing trend of Australians paying for others' time by having them wait in queues.