The Russian online service YouDo.com seems to have become a real internet hit. The website connects people with jobs they’d like done with people who are looking for work through a mobile cloud service.
The service has two groups of users: a client, who places a work order and indicates the price he is willing to pay for it, and a person who is ready to take on the task for the amount offered.
Among the most common requests are for a courier or a service person, but sometimes people take the opportunity to ask for something really extraordinary. Have a look:
Looking for a Man With a Cat for Rent
“We are moving into a new apartment. We’d most like a man with a male cat (not a female!!) to arrive at the given address by 9 am. We’d meet with him to perform a symbolic moving in: me with my wife would enter the apartment with a few personal belongings, but first we’d let the cat in. Then, of course, the cat would be taken back! A neutered cat will also do.”
Stop the Rain in Moscow
“Urgently stop the rain in Moscow, at maximum speed, without doing any harm to either the atmosphere or the ecology, [in a way that’s] safe for mankind and for an average daily budget of one block of four apartmentsfirst-of a multi-story apartment building in the Moscow region.”
Make a Sociological Portrait of a Girlfriend
“I’m appealing to qualified psychologists (specializing in gender or physiognomy) and sociologists: we need to make something of a socio-psychological portrait of an “ideal girlfriend” based on provided data (photo, psychological testing results) for my brother, to ease his ongoing search. A more detailed description of the task is available once we meet in person.”
Dog Surveillance
“On weekdays, while I am at work, I need someone to watch for my dog via a webcam. It is important not to miss when he starts misbehaving and reprimand him.”
Be a Shopaholic Instead of Me
“Guys, you are missing a chance to profit from my weakness!
Dudes, save me — help me once again, don’t let me get left without a warm coat this wonderful hot summer! And without earrings! And a pendant! The delivery is ordinary as I can meet only at the beginning of autumn. Please take this into consideration when thinking of a fee…”
Searching for a Prince
“To perform the role of a prince at a birthday party. Looking for a man, from 25 years old, in the costume of a prince, who will sing a serenade, present a rose and “gallop off” on a horse (or rather, a hobbyhorse). The performer must have his own costume. The serenade will be chosen by the performer. The rose is mine.”
“My grandmother is asking that I find her a friend so that they may spend time together: walks, companionship. She is 72, active, sociable and cheerful, but longs for the company of some nice grandpa. There is one nuance though: she is hard-of-hearing, but hears well with a hearing aid.”
Moscow Sightseeing for a Teddy Bear
“To give a sightseeing tour of Moscow for a teddy bear and provide a photo report: sightseeing on Red Square, at VDNKh (All-Russian Exhibition Center), Sparrow Hills (Observation place), a picture with Lenin, etc.; choose a couple of museums and shopping centers.”
Get Rid of a Beetle
“There is a huge beetle on my wall. Someone come and kill him. Right now.”
Make a Quest to Handle a Gift to a Girl
Needed: a performer and two of his friends for a surprise. Altogether, three people are needed to handle a gift.
Role 1: to make a phone call to a donee and make her want to walk to a nearby phone booth. If the donee doesn’t respond to the telephone conversation, then you should run into her on the street and intrigue her.
A sample phone conversation: “Saturn is in the third house, the time has come. Arise, chosen one! From now on, you are Ksenia the Invincible! When it strikes a baker’s dozen you’ll meet with your fate! The portal in the telephone booth will be open only for half an hour. Hurry up!”
Role 2: to stand in a telephone booth simulating tempestuous conversation. Put an envelope with a letter at a little shelf in the booth. When the donee arrives, to turn around, make an ugly face, duck away and start running. In ten minutes turn around, duck away once again and vanish.
Meanwhile, Role 1 should watch and ensure that the donee takes the envelope.
Role 3: Sit down at the table where the donee is sitting, put a case on the table and ask which of the two she will choose. If she asks ‘where is the second?’, use the walkie-talkie to call Role 2 and say:
“The subject seems to suspect something”, get the answer: “The cost of an error is too high, switch to plan B.”
Then get up slowly and tiptoe away, occasionally hiding behind furniture.
If Role 2 doesn’t get a call, he calls Role 3 and says: “There’s no more time, the powers of darkness are waking up”.
Then Role 3 springs to attention, shouts into the walkie-talkie: “Yes, General!” and runs away.
All the roles should have super sunglasses, a hat and ideally, a false moustache.
Walkie-talkies I have.
