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I need money

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by moonlight, Mar 26, 2008.

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  1. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    For a quick-buck fix...if you're in or near a big city, look in the yellow pages and find companies that put on casino nights, the fake-money things for corporate parties and the like. Those companies hire regular folks as dealers and pay cash on the spot. I used to do that quite a bit, pulling in $50 or so for 3-4 hours work once or twice a month (and maybe a dozen times in December, when everyone has holiday parties). Other dealers for the company I worked for were teachers, lawyers, bankers, you name it. Super-easy money for making fun of drunk people splitting 10s against a dealer 6.
     
    playthrough, Mar 26, 2008
    #13
  2. Joe Williams

    Joe Williams Well-Known Member

    Sad.

    Used to be, an editor-in-chief would be embarrassed to have staffers scrounging on the side, all over town, to make ends meet. These days, they don't blink an eye and would love to have more outsiders subsidizing their journalists.
     
    Joe Williams, Mar 26, 2008
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  3. Tom Petty

    Tom Petty Guest

    actually, chief, meth is so 1980s.
     
    Tom Petty, Mar 26, 2008
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  4. BigSleeper

    BigSleeper Active Member

    Gotta make a living. I'm getting my forklift certification this summer. No shame in being prepared.
     
    BigSleeper, Mar 26, 2008
    #16
  5. Smallpotatoes

    Smallpotatoes Well-Known Member

    I've heard telemarketing scams are quite lucrative.
     
    Smallpotatoes, Mar 27, 2008
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  6. Trey Beamon

    Trey Beamon Active Member

    Depending on what you're doing, $28K ain't horrible. I made about half that at my last gig.
     
    Trey Beamon, Mar 27, 2008
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  7. ServeItUp

    ServeItUp Active Member

    Bookstores need shelvers and sellers in the mornings. Makes for long days but, in the words of Jimmy Malone, what are you prepared to do?
     
    ServeItUp, Mar 27, 2008
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  8. Tom Petty

    Tom Petty Guest

    not picking on you serve, but being able to write those words with a straight face is exactly what's wrong with this fucking profession.
     
    Tom Petty, Mar 27, 2008
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  9. Tripp McNeely

    Tripp McNeely Member

    OK, I know this is off topic, but jesus, who is that hot chick in your avatar, Tom Petty?
    Wow.
     
    Tripp McNeely, Mar 27, 2008
    #21
  10. Tom Petty

    Tom Petty Guest

    solid.
     
    Tom Petty, Mar 27, 2008
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  11. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Except for the papers that try to claim that working a second job is a conflict of interest.

    I know there are some jobs in which that is the case, but I worked at a paper where I had a second job, and the editor tried to claim it was a conflict of interest. I told him, "well, pay me more, and I won't have to work it." He didn't, and I still worked the second job.
     
    Baron Scicluna, Mar 27, 2008
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  12. Rumpleforeskin

    Rumpleforeskin Active Member

    My suggestion of slinging rock is already out the window then. If there are a ton of banks around the area, you may want to give those a shot (money, sperm, blood).
     
    Rumpleforeskin, Mar 27, 2008
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