The catch is you have to save enough money to get through the months where lawns don’t need mowed in most of the US.
Anon mows lawns
Submitted 7 months ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to greentext@sh.itjust.works
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MutilationWave@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Revan343@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Hopefully grandpa also left him a snowblower
GBU_28@lemm.ee 7 months ago
To be*
And then you get on the shovel -> snowblower -> plow grind
Frozengyro@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Don’t forget raking leafs, and basic landscaping in the spring like trimming shit. Pulling weeds too
njm1314@lemmy.world 7 months ago
100 bucks? God damn.
Isoprenoid@programming.dev 7 months ago
We don’t know the size of the section, or the quality of the job.
So that could be: “God damn, that’s cheap!” or “God damn, that’s expensive!”
If he is getting tips, then it may actually be reasonable. Genuine question, do Americans normally tip the people who mow their lawns?
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
I pay $70+$10 tip for 0.8 acres. My guy seems happy with that.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Yup. We’re conditioned to tip everyone
EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
Tipping is ingrained into our basic economic culture. Restaurant staff (waiters and waitresses in particular) make 80%+ of their money through tips. Federal minimum wage is about $7.25 USD, and almost no states have a minimum wage that low (some places it’s easily double that), but it’s completely legal to pay wait staff $2.25 an hour and expect them to make up the difference to $15-20 per hour in tips almost anywhere. A standard “good” tip at a restaurant is 20%. Even going to a grocery store you’ll often see a tip jar on the counter that people toss their spare change into. Outside of restaurants, no other job is completely dependent on tips to live, but in many service industries it’s still customary to tip as a way to show appreciation for a service rendered (especially if they go above and beyond).
njm1314@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I don’t know if I’d say it’s common exactly, especially since so many people use services and extended contracts and whatnot. Not at all unheard of though.
bamfic@lemmy.world 7 months ago
He said he was in a rural po dunk area, so that seems high. Then again greentext so probably bullshit anyway
chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 7 months ago
My yard guy only charges $45 but I tip $15 on top. Still a great deal. I don’t have the energy for that shit after work.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 months ago
We’re supposed to tip? What the hell
assembly@lemmy.world 7 months ago
That’s a good price here in Seattle.
NuWuX@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
No Anon, we’re reporting you for tax evasion.
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 7 months ago
rbos@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
I’d be worried about insurance as a catch. Especially if you live somewhere like the USA.
Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Yes, its that easy when you get all that for free to start your business with.
OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
Success is a combo of luck and work. Many people have one, OP got both. Let’s congratulate them instead
Isoprenoid@programming.dev 7 months ago
And connections. Lean on your network, fellas.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 7 months ago
And live in an area where there’s demand and where people will give you jobs, i.e. you have the right skin colour.
Isoprenoid@programming.dev 7 months ago
I guess that’s why they call it capitalism.
shalafi@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I started with borrowing my mother’s lawnmower, that’s it. But the first afternoon I had enough to buy a weed eater. Couldn’t even afford a pager, had to call my mom and check on customer calls.
Crud. Forgot where I’m at. Yes, success is nothing but luck 99.9994% of us will never have.