Shanghai's 'Telephone Booth Princess' Manages City's Last Staffed Booth for 33 Years
80-year-old Shen Yuxiu earns just 2 yuan a week tending to two vintage landline phones on Fuzhou Road
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- Shen Yuxiu, an 80-year-old grandmother in Shanghai, has been managing the city's last staffed public phone booth for 33 years, earning only 2 yuan (3 US cents) per week.
- Located on Fuzhou Road between The Bund and People's Square, the booth features two vintage landline phones.
- Shen works daily from 9am to 8pm, charging 0.4 yuan for local calls per three minutes and 0.2 yuan per minute for provincial calls.
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A Shanghai grandmother has been nicknamed the "telephone booth princess" for persisting in her post as a public phone booth manager for 33 years. Shen Yuxiu, who is in her 80s, manages the city's last staffed booth. She looks after two very old landline phones. Everyday she arrives at 9am and stays until 8pm. Despite the fact that the booth is located on Fuzhou Road, which connects Shanghai's two hottest tourist spots, The Bund and People's Square, Shen said that she only earns two yuan (3 US cents) a week. Phone calls inside Shanghai are charged at 0.4 yuan per three minutes, and calls made to other provinces are charged 0.2 yuan per minute. Shen said people can also dial abroad from the phones.
