The idea came to the mind of an American "boy" called Chuck McCarthy, an aspiring actor from Los Angeles with the urgency of putting something in his pocket. After considering the hypothesis of proposing itself as a dog-sitter, he chose to opt for a more original activity. This is how the profession of "People Walker" (literally "walker of people") has been invented, which is bringing him some success. What is this about? In practice, instead of accompanying the dogs to the park, Chuck offers an accompanying service to people who want to take a walk in the city. With whom he tries to establish a "human contact", without excessively invading their private sphere. Let's see how we understand better.
What the young Chuck has been doing for a few months now is wearing comfortable clothes to accompany people of all kinds to walk a stone's throw through the streets of Los Angeles at a cost of 7 dollars per mile. The idea is to make company with those who have the need or desire to move around or, on the contrary, those who do not find the motivation to leave the house. His clientele is, in fact, very varied. There are those who ask to be "escorted" in an unsafe area of the city and those who, more simply, ask to walk for a while, exchanging just a chat on the more and less. Being willing to grind miles is not enough; Those who like Chuck aspire to make the "People Walker" by profession, must be in charge of the crackling. And it must be able to put customers at ease without ever invading their most intimate spaces.
The original service has already been quite successful, so much so that the thirty-year-old corpulent has had to hire 5 employees to meet the needs of an ever-expanding clientele. Which includes people of all kinds. My clients are of various ages and are both men and women - explained the first People Walker in the world - Most of them are looking for motivation to leave home, but they are also looking for company and security ". They are not necessarily lonely people - said Chuck - in a big city like Los Angeles, organizing a walk with a friend is not always easy. That's why many people choose to "hire" it: To regain possession of the pleasure of taking a few steps in the company of someone who is willing to listen to them and to get in touch with them. We constantly communicate with the phone and computers,"noted McCharthy," but we are not so much connected. We need human interaction.
The business of the young "walker" is going to "swollen sails", so much so that Chuck is thinking about expanding his business. Among the ideas on the construction site, the idea of creating an app for mobile phones that allows people (who want to walk in company) to "geolocalize". The basic idea - explained McCharthy - is to connect walkers with potential customers in a simpler and faster way ". I have also created an organization and a facebook page for people who are interested in starting this activity - he added and I am trying to help them with some information so that they can then help each other. Maybe the People Walker's service will soon be available in Rome and Milan ". Why not? Young people short of ideas could follow in the footsteps of imaginative Chuck (in Israel, they have already done so) and set out on the road. To go further along a road that could provide them with important gratifications and interesting meetings.
