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Why a Swiss town pays $24,000 a year for a hermit
Starting in October, a solitary existence will be all in a day’s work for Michael Daum.
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I seem to remember reading back in the 1970's or 80's that there was only 1 unemployed person in Switzerland, he was a hermit. This couldn't possibly be the same person, right? I want to say it was a Guinness World Record thing. Does anybody else remember that?
I don't think so. After looking into it it seems they posted this position before in 2014, that article says this hired hermit position is a 600 year old tradition. I'll put a link to it in case anyone is interested.
Oh how funny. Thanks.