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[–] 141 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I once met a hooker who said "I'll do anything for 50 dollars". I said "Paint my house." I gave her a paint bucket and told her to start with the porch.

She came back about an hour later and said "All done!".

I said, "Wow, that was fast."

She said, "Yeah, I'm getting pretty good at this. Oh and by the way, that's not a porch, it's a Mercedes."

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  • [–] 17 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    This is the first time I've heard of someone confusing the words "House" and "Porsche"

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  • [–] 72 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    I have this friend, a lady electrician.

    I met her at a reddit meetup. She told us this amusing story of working downtown. She was outside one of the downtown big corp buildings, on the street side. Leaning against a wall smoking a cigarette on her break.

    And this dude pulls up to her in his car. Rolls down the window.

    Asks her if she's working.

    To which she replies. "Yeah I'm working". At which point the conversation moved to her realizing he was asking her if she was a prostitute.

    This happened In the middle of the day. A work day. She's wearing work clothes. Tool belt. The whole thing.

    And this guy thought she was a "working gal".

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  • [–] 49 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    "Hooker electrician lady" kink unlocked

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  • [–] 32 points 7 months ago (11 children)

    I have a sweet gum tree and it produces these gumballs everywhere. They are prickly and get caught everywhere. I would gladly pay $50 to get rid of them all.

    This also reminds me of those posts on Facebook where some dude posts “need money quickly. Lost my job. Willing to do anything. Manual labor included”

    Then I contact them and offer $250 to do some lawn work. “Appreciate it, but I prefer to work inside”

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  • [–] 15 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    Wait is that what that tree is called? I also have one too I think if it the same.

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  • [–] 12 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    Yes. It looks like mine. With the gumballs on the ground. I read you can get a nut roller (Amazon $40) and roll the gumballs. If that doesn’t work, you can get a lawn vacuum (Amazon $130).

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Thanks because they are a pain in the butt.

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  • [–] 13 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    "I'm willing to do anything"

    "Work outside, where the weather is? Fuck off"

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    Not to sound like an ass but I don’t understand the whole “Anybody hiring? Need a job fast!”

    I ask them about their tech stack because I have a number of recruiters who can’t find people.

    They always tell me they don’t have a tech stack and would prefer something retail oriented.

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  • [–] 44 points 7 months ago (12 children)

    You don’t pour concrete, you place it.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (7 children)

    Hell yeah just put that concrete mix in the ground it's wet enough (we actually did that)

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    As someone who’s done the same, eh, you have the machine anyways, and maybe you live in a drier place? Because they more or less come out in a single chunk, or if not, soft enough that the auger won’t shirk at it. You have 50/50 chance of finding a boulder bigger than you’re auger hole anyways with any hole you try and make.

    We have pretty clay forward soil, so you can even just back fill and tamp it with the dirt you took out. Frost fucks with everything anyways.

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    Time isn’t the only factor, water may not be available, if it’s a colder place, you need to keep it heated all day while you work. Dry bonded concrete works, if you’re replacing all the posts, it doesn’t sound like it’s only because a few failed, because you would just replace those ones. It’s not an inherently wrong job just because you don’t like it lol.

    And auger makes the task moot anyways, and if it’s powder, a shovel works fine too.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (4 children)

    I'm not going to pay for the machine from my own money for some shit I do for work for a company. Next guy is just going to have to deal with it lol

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Those offering contracts cheap out on the contracts and specs, the people doing the thing cheap out on the work ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

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    Flipside on where I live is cheaper land development costs for the developer (a municipality, usually). They want to cheap out since it's easier sell to the municipal voters and contractors give cheap bids in return, deciding to cheap out on the work.

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    [–] 11 points 7 months ago

    This looks like an illustration from wikiHow and now I wanna know which article needed it.

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Have you ever been inside a Turkish prison?

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  • [–] 11 points 7 months ago

    When ICE deported all my mexicans

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago

    Sure but I have limited experience and that's an hourly rate.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    "How are your roofing skills?

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    I need 4 working girls.

    Need someone to subcontract xD

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    Maybe they could lay some carpet, if you know what I mean

    https://youtu.be/FszM6Jfwan4

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    Instructions unclear,

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    She should really reconsider her pricing structure. Pouring concrete is $100/hr.

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