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[-] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 243 points 1 year ago

Yes, its that easy when you get all that for free to start your business with.

[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 77 points 1 year ago

Success is a combo of luck and work. Many people have one, OP got both. Let's congratulate them instead

[-] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Success is a combo of luck and work.

And connections. Grow and lean on your network, fellas.

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 55 points 1 year 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 40 points 1 year ago

I guess that's why they call it capitalism.

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 103 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 year ago

Hopefully grandpa also left him a snowblower

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 92 points 1 year ago
[-] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 50 points 1 year 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 18 points 1 year ago

I pay $70+$10 tip for 0.8 acres. My guy seems happy with that.

[-] Metz@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Out of curiosity, how long does he need? If he manages to do that in an hour or max of 2, then this is not bad at all.

[-] EldritchFeminity 5 points 1 year 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).

[-] ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You do have to earn at least minimum wage as a waiter if your tips don't add up with your wage to at least $7.25 hourly, though (higher if your state/locality has a better minimum wage). That said, $7.25 is a poverty wage and wage theft exists. Ideally this would be solved with an appropriate minimum wage and decent pay for waitstaff/kitchen staff.

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year 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 43 points 1 year 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 17 points 1 year 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 19 points 1 year ago

We're supposed to tip? What the hell

[-] assembly@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That’s a good price here in Seattle.

[-] NuWuX@sh.itjust.works 82 points 1 year ago

No Anon, we're reporting you for tax evasion.

[-] rbos@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 year ago

I'd be worried about insurance as a catch. Especially if you live somewhere like the USA.

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