It pays to queue in Venezuela - no thanks to shortage of basic goods

Caracas

SHORTAGES of basic goods and long lines of consumers hoping to buy them have spawned a new profession in crisis-hit Venezuela: waiting in line to buy things for other people.

Krisbell Villarroel, a 22-year-old single mother of two small children in Caracas, makes a living by queueing up to buy things that she then sells to clients who pay her for the time she spends standing in line.