Service: Urban Fantasy

Who hunts in the middle of a crowd, without being seen? There are a lot of answers to that question, but it boils down to "someone in the service industry." Taxi driver, waiter, secretary, hairdresser...all the service industries, or servants before there *were* real service industry workers. It's an easy way to figure out where I should aim my career, devote my talents, and pickup side jobs along the way to prepare for the next time I need to shift personas. Following the trail of illegal immigrants is also a good way, although some of the jobs they take I can't, not without sticking out like a sore thumb. I envy the Chinese immigrants and the string of Chinese restaurant jobs that trail across America. Being a traveling farmhand that goes where there's seasonal work is only a real option for those times when I look like a total and thorough bum, and when I do, people are less willing to bet that I'll actually work instead of earning just enough for a bottle and then sleeping under their grapevines.


Inspiration: Rewatching Sherlock, A Study in Pink.
Story potential: High.
Notes: The minimum wage life is an interesting side to various kinds of urban fantasy hidden world lives, if you think about it. Could really add a different POV to it. Theoretically, I could even get a couple of part time, minimum wage jobs to get more background.