Hmm...I don't think I'll ever be out of a job thanks to my trade. As long as my pet grooming equipment and hands are working I'll always have work. Even if I got fired at both businesses I work at I'd still be able to go to some of my clients houses.
I was always a little bit jealous of the groomers back when I worked in a pet store, I knew they could pretty much always have work because they're always in demand. They also made a lot more money than I did.Originally Posted by starlet
I could never do it myself, though. I can't stand the way dogs smell. :x
What is wrong with the way dogs smell?
They smell good when they're done though :3 Oh man...if you would've seen the Bouvier I had today you would have cried. She smelled like a barnyard, had lots of huge mats (I could have made toupe's with some of them!), covered with fleas and nasty skin under all that nasty coat. I'm pretty sure she hasn't been groomed in at least a year or 2. She felt a lot better after she was done though, you could tell.I was always a little bit jealous of the groomers back when I worked in a pet store, I knew they could pretty much always have work because they're always in demand. They also made a lot more money than I did.
I could never do it myself, though. I can't stand the way dogs smell. :x
I smell it enough at home! D:What is wrong with the way dogs smell?
Bathe your dog.
I leave that to my mom and sisters, because the dogs are THEIR dogsBathe your dog.
Dogs stink, even after bathed.
Also if you have an intelligence score of 7 or higher you can get a minimum wage job. The problem is if you've hit rock bottom (on the street/no clean clothes) no one will hire you because you have no address and look like a loser.. So you need to rely on a social outreach or something and that's when things would get really tough I assume. I came back to Ontario, was living on a friends' couch and got a job within a day through a placement agency. It was full time nights at a factory working four 10-hour days... not the best job but kept me in beer and nerd books... Then I landed a sweet job at a major communications company.
I need to move to where you live.
My mom and I are both struggling to find work anywhere. She has better credentials for Pharmacy Tech or Medical Assisting and I have better credentials for... just about everything else because I'm younger and can learn fast. But neither of us has any luck... and that's just what we need... a SHIAOTLOAD of luck! My dad's the only paycheck making $18/h in construction but he has to drive 45 mins out of town to get there. Gas, wear-n-tear, pg&e, insurance, truck payments, rent, food (we try to stay under $80/wk)... my dad's not getting younger...
I'm epileptic with a medical black mark on my profile preventing me from getting a license which makes it even harder to find a job. America is the land of opportunities... to scrape by on the skin of your teeth making less than minimum shoveling crap for the amusement of others...
I'd steal some decent clothes from the Goodwill Store. The worst they could do would be to throw me in jail, but at least then I'd have a place to sleep. Then I'd bum a few coins off of anyone I could or look to find some on the ground or in tip jars. Only need a few coins. I would then go to the local library and use their public computers to write and print out a resume. Hopefully I'd have enough for at least 10 copies. Then I'd bathe myself at a public beach shower or a fountain or a pool. Again, any arrest would just land me in a warm cell with a decent meal for the night.
For lunch I would go to any fast food place where you don't have to bus your own table. There are plenty in the city. Americans are so wasteful I'd probably have a decent meal out of the leftovers of just one family. Maybe two.
Then I'd hit the streets looking for any Help Wanted sign. Retail would be best since I have experience, but I do not have too much pride to not do fast food if needed. The upside there would be the access to free or discounted meals. I'm pretty qualified and know how to handle an interview, so it shouldn't be that hard to land a minimum wage job. I'd of course have to lie about my address and employment history, but they wouldn't know that.
Dinner would be easier. Just wait by any restaurant waiting for them to throw out the scraps. Or, better yet, just ask a bakery or some other local establishment if they could spare any food. I'd offer to sweep in front of their place or do any work they may need. People are generous if you are nice to them and show you aren't just looking for a handout.
Night would be the most difficult. I have no idea where I would sleep. Maybe try to find a homeless shelter, but I don't know where those are. I wish I could sleep at the library, but I'm sure they take measures to prevent that. If all else failed I'd go into the subway and park it in a walkway tunnel or something.
Once I got the first paycheck, I'd buy a change of clothes and see about getting some low income housing. I'd use the internet at the library to research all the options open to me.
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If I lost everything I would exploit the kindness of my friends and crash in as many of their places as possible until I could get a minimum wage job. Interestingly, that's incredibly similar to my current position, except I sponge off my parents and I have two minimum wage jobs. I'm allowed to be a smurf up at the moment though because I'm young and lazy.
I'd become a high class "escort".
I'm in South Florida, and when I R.U.N.N.O.F.T., I had a car, which was a pretty good leg up, and one you ain't got. Other than that, I had to hustle to find a place to live and a job and in about 3 days, my $1k cushion was spent, and I needed work.
I found that waiting tables at a bar restaurant is a great way to make income with no job history, no skill, and no education. It's actually a plus if you know a lot about liquor and marijuana. I was an atrocious server: I was a man.
haha. No, but seriously, I had a little bit of an ego problem (restaurant patrons want slaves and tools they can manipulate, not humans), I wasn't the best at carrying food, I had a poor memory, and I am still atrocious at time management among tables. Yet I was able to work part time and pull $500.00 per week anyway.
Right now, my drive to work is 45 minutes+, and I drive a truck. I know plenty about upkeep costs. 300 bucks per month in gas alone. But I make it. I am a business owner and a college professor, but I managed to make it working at a restaurant first. It's just what you gotta do sometimes before you get the evasive hiugh pay job you want.
So, I don't know how you and your ma are trying to find work, but I know that the job market is hell out there. I hunted for teaching positions for half a year before I waited tables (the second time). I wouldn't be surprised if your mom can't find work in her field simply because I know so many seaoned professionals who are out of work because there is no money and no job in any field anywhere.
But I'll swear by serving, yo. You gotta wait on jerks who will make you hate yourself and the whole rest of the world, and all your coworkers will be potsmoking losers, young ignorant chumps who you won't want to associate with (or else they will become great friends and fun people you can have enjoy and know for years after leaving the job. You might be cool. I'm an antisocial, holier-than-thou, stuck-up jackass). But the bottom line is ther there is money. Never enough, and people don't tip well in general so you sometimes have to try to put in a lot of hours and act extra nice to the ones who ordered the steak medium rare with the mash on the side like in the picture and then get pissed and want a free meal because what they really wanted was the cobb salad - but that'll get you money when you need it. It's the ultimate get-out-of-poverty solution for me. bar restaurant.
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