this is a new record for me!
i was out walking, saw a sign at a little place that rents mostly weeks and weekends near the ocean. 'Housekeeping Help Needed - by the hour - Call xxxxx' I dialed up on a whim and a man answered. he said 'I'm at the house right now'. i said, 'so am i' ... so i walked up to the door. man came to the door.
felt a little weirdly uncomfortable, so stood talking at the door rather than go inside.
he told me $14 an hour, cash, plus any tips and it's sporadic. i thought 'maybe' - but i was not liking the under the table arrangement. wondering if i'd actually get paid or what if by some chance i got hurt - for sure they don't carry workers comp.
he said, 'if you're interested you've got the job, starting right now.'
just then a woman came to the door and said 'the house is all done.' then pointed to a big, gas powered weed wacker leaning on the house and told me to get started on the patch of grass and crazy tangle of weeds on the side, very thorny, look like wild blackberries.
'that's not housekeeping' i said. 'you're fired' she said and turned on her heel. they never even asked my name, and i never got theirs.
wow
i was out walking, saw a sign at a little place that rents mostly weeks and weekends near the ocean. 'Housekeeping Help Needed - by the hour - Call xxxxx' I dialed up on a whim and a man answered. he said 'I'm at the house right now'. i said, 'so am i' ... so i walked up to the door. man came to the door.
felt a little weirdly uncomfortable, so stood talking at the door rather than go inside.
he told me $14 an hour, cash, plus any tips and it's sporadic. i thought 'maybe' - but i was not liking the under the table arrangement. wondering if i'd actually get paid or what if by some chance i got hurt - for sure they don't carry workers comp.
he said, 'if you're interested you've got the job, starting right now.'
just then a woman came to the door and said 'the house is all done.' then pointed to a big, gas powered weed wacker leaning on the house and told me to get started on the patch of grass and crazy tangle of weeds on the side, very thorny, look like wild blackberries.
'that's not housekeeping' i said. 'you're fired' she said and turned on her heel. they never even asked my name, and i never got theirs.
wow