Lo Yu-yen, a graduate of Kuanhsi's Agricultural High School who works in the town hall, makes only a third of what her former classmates do working as caddies. "After tips, they're pulling in more than NT $ 4O, 000 a month," she says. But her family won't let her work on the golf courses, because pushing around golf clubs for someone else isn't dignified work.
關西農校畢業的羅玉燕在鎮公所的薪水只有在球場當桿弟同學的三分之一，「她們每個月薪水加上小費有四萬多元」，她說，但她家人不願意她到球場工作，因為要為打球的人推球車，有損尊嚴。