Self-reliance in the epidemic situation︳Unemployed tour guides work 3 jobs for the mortgage and support the family for 3 days without sleep and ride a car to make up for sleep under the epidemic to survive-Sky Post-Family-Home

“Suddenly with zero income, even if it makes a mosquito feel very prodigal…” The outbreak of the epidemic at the beginning of last year plunged the tourism industry into an ice age. Tour guides were faced with suspension of work and unemployment, and they sought opportunities to change careers. Andy, a senior tour guide who has led a European tour for nearly 30 years, has gone from a monthly income of more than 40,000 yuan to zero income. He who wants to support his family knows that he can’t wait to die. He has been a mask factory worker, car follower, and warehouse clerk for more than a year. And other casual workers, and even worked 3 jobs at the same time, and didn’t sleep on 3 days and only relied on hitchhiking to make up for sleep.

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50-year-old Andy was brought into the industry by his uncle when he was young. He was born in “red pants”. At the beginning of his career, he was responsible for short-term trips to the mainland for two or three days. Later, he was promoted to take a Southeast Asian group, and then he took long-term groups such as Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. And Europe, etc., as well as the less popular South Africa, Mediterranean and Middle East groups at that time.

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The most profound tour in Europe and America with a group in the past 30 years and almost fell off the cliff

For many years, he has led a group to travel around the world. He has visited the Matterhorn in Switzerland, the ancient city of Durido in Spain, and the trek mountain in New Zealand. He described almost “all (places) that have been in a group have been taken.” They leave the group every other week, and the average monthly income can reach 40,000 to 50,000 yuan.

He pointed out that in the early years, the European tour group did not require high English proficiency, so basic communication is enough. However, because the tour guide’s income mainly depends on commissions and tips, the European tour group has relatively few shopping links and the income is not particularly high, but there is a lot of preparation time. , So not all colleagues are willing to take it.

But Andy recalled that the most thrilling trip took place in Sabah, Malaysia. At that time, he took more than 10 group members to ride the “Van” uphill to play the rapids. On the way up the mountain, the brake system failed. Flew down the cliff with the car, but fortunately, there was a big tree to withstand it. In the end, there was no danger.

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Asceticians who work in the epidemic have no answer for a year

Looking back at the sudden outbreak of the epidemic at the beginning of last year, seeing the epidemic rapidly spreading to various parts of Europe and the United States, at that moment he realized that this epidemic is not as short as SARS in 2003.

“At the time, SARS was mainly affected by the Mainland and Hong Kong. A few months have passed. This time, the tourism industry throughout the world has ceased, and suddenly there is no income. Because living expenses, mortgages, and support for family members were required, there was no job at that time. For fear of making a mosquito feel very prodigal, I know I can’t just sit and wait.”

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Andy started to work as early as the beginning of the epidemic, that is, in February and March last year. However, in addition to tourism, various industries such as catering, retail, and beauty are also facing unemployment problems, and many employers know that they are just riding bulls and horses. His unwillingness to hire makes it even more difficult to get a job, so he can only work harder to find it.

“I can’t accept spending money in vain sitting at home every day, because even if I go out to eat a meal, I feel guilty, and I will ask myself, “You don’t have any income, but you still go out to eat?”.

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In order to strive for performance, try to report as much as possible for 3 days without sleeping and relying on a ride to make up for sleep

Fortunately, he started early and found his first part-time job two months later. After that, he worked as a supermarket salesman, airport handyman, warehouse clerk, car delivery, salesperson, etc. The longest one was working as a mask factory worker for several months. On the contrary, some experts have been unemployed for a whole year, and only occasionally have 1 to 2 days of casual work.

In order to solve the cost of housing and food, Andy worked 3 casual jobs at the same time for a period of time. Because he wanted to strive for performance, he would report as much as possible when editing the change, so he could only sacrifice sleep and rest time.

“The hardest time is to work as a salesperson, car delivery or inspection station employee during the day, and then to work as an air transport worker at night, and then return to another job in the second day. I have not really slept for 3 consecutive days, but I can only eat while riding a car. Sleep up.”

“It turns out that it’s normal to do two jobs.”

Although the income is far less than before, at least he can help as much as possible. At the beginning, he had the mentality of staying on the ground and staying on the ground, but when he came into contact with grassroots colleagues from different backgrounds at work, his mind began to change.

“It turns out that many colleagues do two jobs. It’s not enough to do it. It’s normal. They only do it for 3 or 4 hours a day, and they do it every day. At first, they thought about why they had to do coolies, and then they told themselves to grit their teeth. When I discovered that some of my colleagues have been relying on this job to support their families for more than a decade, and they are happy at work every day. Why do I feel that I have fallen into trouble? Why should I say that I am suffering?”

The self-developed travel guide app is the voice navigation for European travel and Hong Kong people

At the same time working hard for life, Andy teamed up with Roy, who is also a senior European tour guide, to develop a European free travel lazy app called “Self Tour Guide”. He recruited a number of senior tour guides who had stopped work during the epidemic and recorded them in Cantonese. The audio guide for users introduces the history of historical sites, local traditional culture, tax rebate points, food introduction, etc. Andy said that he doesn’t know when he can lead the group again, and hopes to record his many years of experience as a tour guide through this app, and contribute to the promotion of the tourism industry.

“You don’t need to look around for information when traveling. An app has all the necessary information. Even if you can’t travel abroad now, you can listen to your addiction.”

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