No one likes to wait, especially when you live in a fast-paced world. But there’s a man in the UK, Freddie Beckitt, who has aced the art of waiting and turned it into a full-time profession. Popularly known as ‘professional queuer’, Beckitt has been pocketing as much as Rs 16,000 a day, waiting in queue for people in exchange for money. Yes, you heard it right. In a recent conversation with The Sun, Beckitt, who is a historical fiction writer, revealed that he has been working part-time as a professional queuer for the last three years.

Standing and waiting in the lines comes naturally to him, quipped Beckitt, a resident of Fulham, London. Talking about his clients, he revealed that they vary from young busy people to old pensioners. While it’s tough to wait during the winters, in the freezing cold, summers have proven to be quite beneficial for Beckitt.

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“I also do seasonal and Christmas shopping queuing, but big events that people know about in advance, is normally when people think to book me in to save them time,” Beckitt said. Talking about a recent job, he said, “I worked eight hours for a job queuing for the V&A’s Christian Dior exhibition for some very well-to-do people around their mid-sixties.” While his clients vary from families to young ones, who don’t like to stand and wait in lines, Beckitt continues to make some additional earnings by waiting in queue for them.

During the conversation, he also revealed that he even advertises his skills on platforms like TaskRabbit. Talking about turning into a professional queuer, he shared, “Unfortunately, I don’t think I can charge any more than £20 an hour and it doesn’t require any skill or even hard work! But it gives me lots of flexibility to earn and fit it about my writing schedule. My friends and family find it very amusing but definitely weren’t surprised.”

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