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美国纽约时代广场的公厕近期公开招聘“公厕大使”。应征者需外向、热情，一旦被录用就要在该公厕工作六周，报酬高达一万美元。“公厕大使”的工作职责除了与客人互动以外，还要在Twitter和Facebook等社交网站上撰写博客和评论与大家分享其工作体验。这些公厕是卫生纸制造厂商Charmin设置的，在过去几年的度假旺季帮助缓解了曼哈顿城区旅游者如厕难的问题。今年，Charmin决定通过招聘五名“公厕大使”进一步提高这些公厕的知名度，而低迷的经济状况和十万美元的丰厚报酬使得该职位的竞争有“白热化”趋势。[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 9*ABPsNe? sOg^.5uFroG]
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Wanted: outgoing and enthusiastic applicants to work as restroom ambassadors in central New York location. Good pay.
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Amid a struggling U.S. economy, hundreds of jobseekers applied on Thursday at the open auditions for the opportunity to interact with guests at the Times Square restrooms, lured by the promise of $10,000 for six weeks' work.
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In addition to greeting guests the five lucky applicants will comment and blog about the experience on social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook.
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"I'll glue myself to a toilet for $10,000," actor Carlos Lozada told the panel of casting agency judges who will select the winners of the national search.
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For the past few years toilet paper maker Charmin has set up the toilets to provide relief for the throngs tourists in Midtown Manhattan during the holiday season.
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This year the company wanted to enhance the experience with five bathroom ambassadors. The winners will be announced at the opening ceremony of the toilets on November 23.
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Competition was cut-throat, with some candidates arriving at 4 a.m. for the chance to wow the judges with demonstrable enthusiasm for all that goes on behind stall doors.
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Bathroom humor was in abundance and costumes were elaborate, including toilet-paper dresses, a pair of superheroes and at least one claim to royalty by a self-styled potty-paper princess.
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Aspiring actors vied with students trying to raise tuition money and even a businessman hoping to seed his enterprise.
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The company estimates that about 500,000 people a year use the toilets, which are open during the last six weeks of the year.
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The lucrative contest came as the U.S. economy was still shaking off the effects of the worst recession in decades, with nearly 10 percent of the nation's work force without a job.
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"With like 10 percent of the public out of work Charmin thought ... why not elevate it to a situation where we could employ five ambassadors and really give them an amazing salary for an amazing job," said Phillip Sontag, senior vice president at MS&L, a public relations firm working for Charmin.
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The company also employs up to 150 people to work in the washrooms, presumably at a less lucrative salary.
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