You know, all those high schooler mixologists. With their own portable bars. Totally reasonable you guys, c'mon help 'em out!
Classic !choosingbeggars@lemmy.world behavior.
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Why do so many people want slaves
Slaves aren't free! You have to buy them upfront and then provide food and housing.
This person wants magic.
True, they want volunteers or interns.
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When you view other human beings as transactions, then slavery is no different than a coupon.
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It's for a church honey. NEXT!
Omg what was this from?
Hilarious when they're so serious!
Beautiful
NEXT!
omg that's amazing..
Church lady asking for a ride for 20 people to some event. Everyone kept giving her suggestions and each one was met with a flippant, “That’s not enough for 20 NEXT!”.
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/r/oldpeoplefacebook
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"You are magnanimously permitted to not keep the free work you did a secret."
There's lots of high school mixologists I'm sure.
I did pretty well.
“I can make a screwdriver… or anything with soda.”
Is pouring a bottle of everclear into a gallon of Hawaiian punch mixology?
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When I was in high school I had an acquaintance who made white Russians. He had a travel case specifically for all the ingredients and the glassware to match. Couldn't make any other drink to save his life. The white Russians were acceptable.
Couldn't make any other drink to save his life.
That’s just, like, your opinion, man!
I used to be a videographer. Mostly weddings, and a few very small indie films. I eventually transitioned out of that and into a more stable career, but I've got 10+ years of experience.
A couple of years ago, knowing this, a buddy asked me if I'd be willing to film his friends' live comedy sketch show. It's a guy I've known since high school, so I figured I'd cut him a deal: I'd do it for $25/hr, 4-hour minimum. He responded, "What if I made you some lasagna instead?"
So that show went unfilmed.
I did a bunch of free wedding photography and portraits and stuff for friends and family when I was in college. I stopped when I started getting referred to people who weren't my friends who also expected free work out of me and then acted like I was the asshole when I refused.
My wife used to be a cosmologist, she did very well for herself but it was hard on her health doing it professionally for so long.
When we moved away, instead of building new clientele from scratch, which is hard. She took the opportunity to change careers into finance.
She still does hair on the side, for friends and family.
But we had to make a rule now that it's family only, because honestly that's like 15 heads, counting only the family geographically close enough to make it viable, and that keeps her busy enough as it is.
She does it for free, out of love, and obligation. Though most the family is pretty good about insisting they pay her the market rate, and being very thankful. She's a great cosmologist.
She'd like to add in a couple friends here and there, again she likes to be helpful, but it quickly snowballs into more and more demands with less and less appreciation, even with close friends. And with less close friends, or just acquaintances, people start getting really offended when she legitimately has to turn them down.
They refuse to understand she's busy enough as it is, and even if they're paying top dollar(which they never do), she doesn't want to do a side hustle that big. She just wants to do family, and some select friends.
So now we have a rule, family only. Period. Only her best, oldest friends, basically family, does she do their hair.
Everyone else, even if she wouldn't mind doing some of them occasionally, get a blanket no. Family only. Because people can't be chill.
That stops most people from being offended, and takes pressure off her having to explain the nuance.
She doesn't have to explain why friend B can have hair done, but not them. Because friend B isn't getting it either. Nobody is. Family only.
I’d do it for $25/hr, 4-hour minimum.
That sounds cheap as fuck, isn't that cheap as fuck? And he didn't even go for that?
Yes, it is bonkers cheap. Like, unbelievably cheap. Even when I was first starting out, $300 for a shoot was my floor. But I'd been friends with this guy since forever and wanted to help him out.
Edit: autocorrects and typos
I'm in the business myself, and the way I handle this is simple. When it's coming from people I know personally, I look at it like I'm going to do it for free, I weigh that decision that way and only say yes if I accept that. I let them know my rates are quite expensive, and that I'm not asking that from them because I'm doing it as a favour/for the art/for myself (depending on what we're talking about, weddings, portraits, short films, something for their business etc). Then I let them decide if and how much they'd like to offer, and I'm happy with anything, because I've already accepted this was something I was gonna do "for free".
Weddings in particular, I did a bunch when I was young and these days I'd never pursue more work in that niche, I only do it for family/friends and then the last thing I want is for money to sour things.
Obviously you can't be doing that all the time, thankfully I don't and have plenty of properly paid work as well. But you gotta make the difference between favours and clients and can't look at it the same way, if my wife's cousin asks if I can help her film some clips for her cupcake side-business I ain't gonna treat it like a corporate client and ask the 1200€+ day-rate.
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I have a personal stance on doing professional work for friends.
If they offer to pay me for my services, they get discounts and maybe even a few freebies. If they ask for me to do it for free, they pay full price forever.
I'll also proactively offer free work for friends sometimes when it looks like they could really use it, with the understanding they're getting "much better than amateur, but nowhere near my best" when it comes to quality.
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You and your friends sign up for this job. Day of, all of you either don't show, show but then leave partway, or do such a terrible job that they send you home.
Show up, drink everything, chef makes a meal they feed to the drunks, dj starts playing american pie on repeat
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I would like to reply with 8 fake profiles and assure that we will be there, then just not show up.
just ballparking here, but that looks like at least $1000 she's trying to cheat a bunch of kids out of.
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"unskilled labor" but done by young people so I don't have to actually pay.
Society is way to comfortable with ageism such as this - a teen should have the same pay as an "adult" working the same job.
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Hi, as a fine art photographer, I would love to shoot this mediocre bullshit event for negative money cause I’m spending gas and bringing some of my assistants with me.
I wonder how much he's "tipping" these 7(!) people he's asked to work for free at his daughter's party. I do like the boldness of the ask though, not like asking one-by-one "hey is there a DJ who might be ok working for tips?" but "is there an entire event company out there willing to do this for no cost?"
The moment they said mixologist, that post became a criminal offense.
That is sooo NextDoor. com.
As a wedding caterer for 10+ years, I feel like OP owes ME money for having to read such a stupid request
This is sarcastic, right?
High schooler mixologist?
They know how to mix beer with more beer, and that's about it.
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I’m sure she will tip a good 25% on the $0 invoice
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