Re: [AFMUG] OT: remote support - part time jobs?

[Adam Moffett via Af]

Are you saying Steve should sell drugs to help pay the mortgage? If so, 
he should do pizza delivery at the same time....then he has a way to 
explain all the cash income.  I'm sorry to report that some of my 
colleagues in the pizza business were doing that.  On the other hand 
there were people who had seasonal work, and used pizza delivery to fill 
their off season. So in the winter I worked with roofers, landscapers, 
and drug dealers.  In the summer I worked with students, substitute 
teachers, and drug dealers.

I was in Midland all of last week and when guys found out I was from 
El Paso they asked if I could hook them up with Viagra or Cialsis.   
Guess they think we just drive to Juarez and buy them cheap.  15 to 30 
a pill
Maybe something new going out at the drill sites
I know drug abuse is high up there...too much quick money. Too young 
to save or invest

Jaime Solorza

On Nov 3, 2014 7:24 AM, "Adam Moffett via Af" <af@afmug.com 
<mailto:af@afmug.com>> wrote:

    You might consider pizza delivery.  You can definitely do that
    part time, and the pizza place will be very excited to get an
    application from someone who can spell their own name and address
    correctly.

    I did it for awhile and the whole job is like taking a break from
    real life.  Drive the car, listen to the radio, deliver the goods,
    smile, get a tip, drive more, fold boxes and sweep the floor while
    you wait for the next delivery.  Oh yeah, they also think you're 
    a hero at the pizza shop if you stay busy without being ordered
    to.  If they think you're a hero they'll give you whatever shift
    you want.  You want Friday and Saturday night.

    Unlike tech support....or anything else I ever did, the customer
    is always happy to see you and the interaction with them is always
    positive.  It was maybe one time in three hundred that anybody
    gave the pizza guy any attitude.

    On the less rosy side, you do have to pay attention to your
    vehicle maintenance and fuel costs and make sure you're actually
    making money.  You might gross $15/hour, and if you can do a lot
    of the basic car stuff on your own, you'll only put 20-30% back
    into the car.  Too many people went in and back out of that job
    because they weren't paying attention to what they were doing to
    their car.

    The other thing that ruined people was tickets.  Speeding, red
    lights, failure to yield....one ticket and you just paid out a
    couple of days worth of income to the court. Parking is not an
    issue though....nobody ever gave me trouble for parking anywhere
    as long as I had the pizza sign on the car.

    My banker has been being a dick about that whole paying him back
    on the house thing lately, every month making me pay, its like
    come on man, i took the money, isnt that enough?

    Ive been applying for remote support and helpdesk type stuff that
    is remote office.. but everything Ive interviewed for ends up
    being full time only. And none of them offer upward mobility
    given the nature of the work.

    any of you folks know of any of these call centers that hire part
    time remote workers? I dont care about being overqualified or the
    pay being crap, just looking for some supplemental dough.

    One thing amazes me is how many of these outfits use skype for
    communications, I dont know if theyre ultimately routing customer
    calls through skype or what, but thats the requirement they have.
    It used to be required you had a pots line

    -- 
    All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember
    that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you.
    Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a
    reason. By all means, do not use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance
    manual, 1925