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Side Jobs?
2008-05-07, 11:35 AM #1
Anyone else have a side job they do outside their full time career/job?

I'm looking for a good temporary job to buy some spoils (mostly stuff for my car, and room) but I'm not really sure where to start. I considered lawn business but i dont have a truck or anything to haul equipment around with... Most contractors who need assistants dont work when im off (my regular hours are 7am 3:30ish pm) Fast food doesn't really pay well enough to justify the time here (~5.50/hr typically). Anyone have any suggestions?
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2008-05-07, 12:00 PM #2
I dogsit/housesit. I put an ad in the local paper a while ago, but now it's pretty much recurring customers. I get paid $30-50 a day, and all I do is sit on their couch, steal their wifi, eat their food and watch TV, and then spend 20-30 minutes walking / feeding the dog. I pull in an extra $300-500 a month doing it.

I've only run into 1 house without wifi, but I used my real job's EVDO card and I was set for the weekend.
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2008-05-07, 12:10 PM #3
Hm... not a bad idea, though there isn't much wifi around here... even on private networks.
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2008-05-07, 12:29 PM #4
This year my landlord payed me $12/walk to walk his dog. It added up.
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2008-05-07, 12:33 PM #5
Walking dogs is a weak business around here... most people have more than large enough yards, if their dogs don't just roam free.
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2008-05-07, 12:43 PM #6
If you can't walk your own dog, why have one?
2008-05-07, 12:57 PM #7
Waiting tables is excellent for a side job. Usually flexible hours and you basically create your own wage. Also a useful skill that you can take anywhere and immediately find employment.
TAKES HINTS JUST FINE, STILL DOESN'T CARE
2008-05-07, 12:59 PM #8
Bleh, I keep reading this as "Blow Jobs?"

Everything that I do besides sitting on this car seat I dug up from a trashyard count as side jobs, really.
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2008-05-07, 1:13 PM #9
Originally posted by FastGamerr:
Bleh, I keep reading this as "Blow Jobs?"

Everything that I do besides sitting on this car seat I dug up from a trashyard count as side jobs, really.


What?
Quote Originally Posted by FastGamerr
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2008-05-07, 1:14 PM #10
Aye cannot pay hunderts of evros to get miself a proper chaire! :|

Besides it's soft and I cleaned it :\
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2008-05-07, 1:17 PM #11
Sounds comfy.
2008-05-07, 3:24 PM #12
Side jobs... does raiding in a MMORPG count? Being forced to submit an application to the raid guild's website, showing up one day a week to coordinate with a group of annoying people on vent for 4 to 6 hours, be bossed around like a peon by a douche bag a.k.a. raid leader, and being forced to do tedious grinding during the week to prepare for the raid all in the name of getting some pretty armor that'll make you look just like every other player who is the same class in your guild... that's no longer a game, that's a job LOL.
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2008-05-07, 3:30 PM #13
Originally posted by KOP_AoEJedi:
What?


I once welded the bottom of an old rolley chair to the frame of a car seat so I could use it as a desk chair.

BEST. CHAIR. EVER.

The wheels broke on the rolley part from all the extra weight, though. :(
2008-05-07, 3:31 PM #14
Originally posted by KOP_AoEJedi:
Anyone else have a side job they do outside their full time career/job?

I'm looking for a good temporary job to buy some spoils (mostly stuff for my car, and room) but I'm not really sure where to start. I considered lawn business but i dont have a truck or anything to haul equipment around with... Most contractors who need assistants dont work when im off (my regular hours are 7am 3:30ish pm) Fast food doesn't really pay well enough to justify the time here (~5.50/hr typically). Anyone have any suggestions?

Fast Food pays 5.80 at least, and in June will raise to 6.35 I think it is.

I'd suggest getting a job at subway maybe--place is pretty easy. Or a call center even.
D E A T H
2008-05-07, 3:35 PM #15
Originally posted by SavageX378:
Side jobs... does raiding in a MMORPG count? Being forced to submit an application to the raid guild's website, showing up one day a week to coordinate with a group of annoying people on vent for 4 to 6 hours, be bossed around like a peon by a douche bag a.k.a. raid leader, and being forced to do tedious grinding during the week to prepare for the raid all in the name of getting some pretty armor that'll make you look just like every other player who is the same class in your guild... that's no longer a game, that's a job LOL.


I wouldn't count it as a job, since you're the one paying them.
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2008-05-07, 3:43 PM #16
Check out your local craigslist "gigs" section.
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2008-05-07, 4:06 PM #17
DELIVERY BOY
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2008-05-07, 4:23 PM #18
Originally posted by FastGamerr:
Bleh, I keep reading this as "Blow Jobs?"


That's a side job for some people.

I coach and referee lacrosse. Make an extra $4000 a year or so doing that. Also do the house/pet setting for family and family friends. Easy gig.
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2008-05-08, 12:36 AM #19
Yeah, I watch too much porn, I read side job and wondered what kind of position that is...
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2008-05-08, 12:39 AM #20
burglary
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2008-05-08, 12:47 AM #21
Freelancer stole.. my heart.
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2008-05-08, 1:16 AM #22
Originally posted by Rob:
I once welded the bottom of an old rolley chair to the frame of a car seat so I could use it as a desk chair.

BEST. CHAIR. EVER.

The wheels broke on the rolley part from all the extra weight, though. :(


replace with some decent casters, they arent that expensive, and could totally handle even yo mommas fat ***

o.0
2008-05-08, 1:38 AM #23
Originally posted by Rob:
I once welded the bottom of an old rolley chair to the frame of a car seat so I could use it as a desk chair.

BEST. CHAIR. EVER.

The wheels broke on the rolley part from all the extra weight, though. :(


fatty
2008-05-08, 2:00 AM #24
Retail.

The house sitting thing sounds cushier
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2008-05-08, 2:01 AM #25
Originally posted by Rob:
The wheels broke on the rolley part from all my weight, though. :(


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2008-05-08, 11:17 AM #26
It broke from the weight of the carseat, you buttbreath mouth breathers.
2008-05-08, 11:20 AM #27
ess dees
2008-05-08, 11:22 AM #28
Originally posted by SavageX378:
Side jobs... does raiding in a MMORPG count? Being forced to submit an application to the raid guild's website, showing up one day a week to coordinate with a group of annoying people on vent for 4 to 6 hours, be bossed around like a peon by a douche bag a.k.a. raid leader, and being forced to do tedious grinding during the week to prepare for the raid all in the name of getting some pretty armor that'll make you look just like every other player who is the same class in your guild... that's no longer a game, that's a job LOL.


You need a better guild.

Every raid with my guild is a blast, we've brought people to tears they're laughing so hard.
"If you watch television news, you will know less about the world than if you just drink gin straight out of the bottle."
--Garrison Keillor
2008-05-08, 11:33 AM #29
You both need a better game to play.
2008-05-08, 11:41 AM #30
Originally posted by Rob:
It broke from the weight of the carseat, you buttbreath mouth breathers.


lmfao! ahh I needed that... The car chair sounds sweet... maybe I will use my RSX seats for that if I ever get some nice recaros.

Delivery boy is a terrible idea for a job right now especially with gas prices going up.

Fast food is okay, I've done it before... its just annoying, stupid customers, stupid bosses... usually you either work with 40 year olds who never graduated highschool, or 16 year olds who have yet to.
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2008-05-08, 12:21 PM #31
i work in a search engine marketing company

and i make pancakes on the side

and also some random html and javascript and stuff like reimage.com
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2008-05-08, 9:05 PM #32
Originally posted by fishstickz:
You need a better guild.

Every raid with my guild is a blast, we've brought people to tears they're laughing so hard.


Heh, I've never been in a raiding guild. I was attempting to poke at the stereotype of raiding guilds in general.
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2008-05-09, 5:34 PM #33
Originally posted by Rob:
You both need a better game to play.

They need to play Barbies horse adventure.

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