A piece of news

I was looking for something interesting to post in this blog when I came across this piece of news titled THE WORLD OF DOORMEN IS OBVIOUS, YET MYSTERIOUS*. And it really caught my attention because it is different from any other piece of news. At least, it is not related to politics, religion, science or violence. It talks about a job that is 150 years old and it is done mostly by men. According to this article, being a doorman it is not a difficult profession and no real training is required. In fact, it is a well-paying, working-class job, and it provides the same benefits as any other job. This is one of the reasons why many people left their previous jobs to become a doorman. Being a doorman also gives the possibility to become a superintendent which then can hire doormen. There are many courses at the union of doormen that can lead them to superintendent work.
I think that this piece of news has nothing to do with things we are used to listening to or to reading from the media. That makes it somehow interesting and different.
QueenV.

*Taken from The New York Times. N.Y./ Region. By N. R . Kleinfield. Published: April 21, 2010.
A version of this article appeared in print on April 22nd,2010 on page A20 of the New York edition.
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www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/nyregion/22doormen.html