Each shop employs about two or three local assistants, and one local observer noted that they have had the effect of decreasing crime, as "young kids who used to be pickpockets are now hired as messengers".
每個店鋪僱有兩到三名本地助理，一名當地觀察員指出，他們已經具有減少犯罪的效果，因為以前成為扒手的小孩現在被雇用為信使。