Two students in Turkey's central province of Uşak came up with an easy way to make a little pocket money by helping people pour their hearts out.
Fatma Kübra Çavuş and Büşra Bayer from Uşak University listen to people's problems in exchange for 1 Turkish lira ($0.3) at the city's central İsmetpaşa Street.
Çavuş said that they have been listening to people's problems for the last 15 days and they speak with 30 to 40 people each day. "We try to listen to people's problems and try to make them relax or come up with solutions as best as we can. Our real aim is to give happiness to people we don't know. Then people pay us TL 1. The amount is symbolic but it adds up in the end " Çavuş said.
She added that young people mostly talk about their relations, while middle aged and elderly people communicate with them more easily.
Noting that they are discreet about people's problems, Bayer compared what they did with street performers and said that getting to know more people, learning about different lives and experiences was much more rewarding.
