Street Performer?

In historic Covent Garden, you see all types of street performers.  They are professional performers who audition for the opportunity to work there.  They work a set schedule, rotating so that everyone gets their fair share of good time slots and bad time slots.

Just outside their jurisdiction, you see guys like this.

He’s playing a traffic cone.  He’s humming into it and collecting money.  As far as I can tell, all he needs to do is carry a tune and give a thumbs up, periodically, to people who throw him cash.

Not how I’d choose to earn a living, but interesting, nonetheless.