{"id":231799,"date":"2016-07-17T15:18:21","date_gmt":"2016-07-17T15:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=231799"},"modified":"2016-07-17T15:18:21","modified_gmt":"2016-07-17T15:18:21","slug":"man-in-new-zealand-quits-his-job-to-play-pokemon-go-full-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/07\/man-in-new-zealand-quits-his-job-to-play-pokemon-go-full-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Man in New Zealand quits his job to play Pokemon Go full-time"},"content":{"rendered":"
A man in New Zealand has quit his job to play Pokemon Go full-time.<\/p>\n
Tom Currie worked as a barista and bartender at a seaside restaurant on the Hibiscus Coast near Auckland, but has decided to jack that in to find digital creatures on his phone instead.<\/p>\n
He says he’s relying on friends and family to help out but admits his parents are “a little bit baffled”.<\/p>\n
“When I resigned, I didn’t tell my manager I was going out into the world to hunt Pokemon,” he told Newsbeat.<\/p>\n
“But after my story got picked up I gave him a courtesy call to update him just in case the media contacted him.<\/p>\n