An Attempt to Better Myself

"That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms" (thatbastardkurtis5) 08/30/2017 at 20:41 • Filed to: None

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So I’ve got a job interview tomorrow, which is cool because I just found out the job existed this morning. They wanted me to come in today, but it was going to be at 5 and I had to pick up my son from daycare. The job itself is kinda neat though.

Obligatory Miata picture.

It’s spraying lawns for mosquitos and ticks. On its own that isn’t exciting, but it’s a seasonal job...8-9 months a year. During those 8-9 months it’s a lot of hours, but at the end you get laid off and either collect unemployment or get a seasonal gig until it starts back up. He said half he job is driving, which is cool because that means half the job I don’t consider work.

Is it a ton of money? No, not in the grand scheme of things. But it’s 50% more in 3/4 of a year than I make in a full year right now, so that’s a definite improvement. It’s enough to let my wife quit her job and go back to school, which is what she wants, which is therefore what I want.

I figure I can supplement that with a seasonal gig at UPS or FedEx, keep the money coming in. Or I’ll just take a few months off and be a fat sack of fat, whatever.

So hopefully it’s cool and hopefully I get it. I’d love to quit my job and start this one before I take the family to Seattle in late September, but we’ll see.

ttyymmnn > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 08/30/2017 at 20:53

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And soon, your son will be out of daycare. That’s like getting a raise.

random001 > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 08/30/2017 at 20:53

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Good luck to you!

AestheticsInMotion > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 08/30/2017 at 21:02

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Before my window washing business took off, I had almost no clients through the winter months so I took a couple weeks off to relax, then delivered pizzas for a few months. Driving the Miata with the top down, running to someone’s door and handing them food hardly felt like work, and the pay was surprisingly good. About $350 in tips per week working 5 nights (5 hour shifts) plus hourly wages. Here at least, every pizza delivery driver seems to be a total gearhead too!

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > ttyymmnn 08/30/2017 at 21:03

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Fact. Ours is one of the ‘cheaper’ ones around and its still like $1000 a month. I suppose when you think about it, he’s there 40 hours a week...so $6/hr is a relatively low price to pay for keeping my small human alive for me, but still.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > AestheticsInMotion 08/30/2017 at 21:05

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I’ve got a WRX delivery guy and an S2000 delivery guy. I hadn’t thought about that at all, but the Miata is an excellent pizza delivery car with its mileage/get paid to drive it quotient. That’s not a bad idea.

Carsbikesscooters > AestheticsInMotion 08/30/2017 at 21:07

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I’m thinking of becoming a Jimmy John’s delivery driver to have a little money in my pocket during high school and college. Around where I live, they do it kind of on a do it when you want basis. Driving my golf around delivering sandwiches doesn’t sound bad.

ttyymmnn > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 08/30/2017 at 21:07

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Preach. We never had our kids in daycare full time, but even then, it was a chunk of change. And I had twins in daycare. We only put them in for 9 months, sort of like Pre-K to get them ready for kindergarten.

AestheticsInMotion > Carsbikesscooters 08/30/2017 at 21:12

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If you’ve got the time, go for it! I’ve heard that Jimmy John’s is pretty good as far as treating employees goes

AestheticsInMotion > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 08/30/2017 at 21:14

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As long as you can handle your local weather, it seems like a pretty good gig.

Save even more money by feeding your family nothing but free pizza! /s

TheRealBicycleBuck > AestheticsInMotion 08/31/2017 at 05:54

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I delivered pizza when I was in high school. I got to drive around with my radio blaring, so it was a great time for a teenager. But since I was working in a tiny town, the tips were awful. Most weeks I made more on my hourly wage than I did in tips. This was the norm for all the drivers. Sometimes small towns suck.

nieldcaj > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 08/31/2017 at 08:18

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One of my professors once said “If an employer wants you to come for an interview at the same time you have to be at a funeral, see if you can get the funeral moved”. Real life doesn’t work like that, but I enjoyed the quote.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > nieldcaj 08/31/2017 at 09:23

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I usually agree with that. If they wanted me in any time other than 5 it would have been fine...I doubt anybody is going to argue with the ‘I have to pick up my toddler from day care’ defense, haha.