Especially if you work a regular job from home.
I used to bartend. Quit when my main job was enough to live on well and when the tips stopped being worth the hassle and aggravation. People can be pretty darn shitty, even to the ones handing them booze.
Similar for being a bouncer. Grew tired of obnoxious drunk strangers. Plus my pub turned into a wanker rich kid pub. I like helping friendly drunk derros.
I drove Uber on Saturday night for a bit over a year. Bouncers were the best. Very polite, sober, and tipped well. It was so predictable to get that hail 15 minutes or so after last call, they get in the front seat and have to pull the chair back.
The very worst: white girl 21 years old with two friends who were the same.
Weird thing about humanity. Large guys paid to be intimidating for a living being super nice, girls with a bodyweight so low I could easily carry them being rude as fuck. Or maybe it’s not weird, maybe if you spend your life being naturally scary just by existing you learn to not set off flight-fight responses.
Dunno know. Got a theory big guy?
Bounced for a decade.
Pretty white girls arent used to hearing the word NO or being on the recieving end of violence. The idea that someone might just not give a fuck and smack them in the mouth is alien to them.
Big guys are used to being percieved as a threat, my wife can argue for an hour with someone in customer service over a dispute, but the moment I weigh in and I’m anything less than dripping with pleasant energy security turns up in minutes.
When I was bouncing people would say “You cant touch me! Thats assault!” and I’d say “No, I shouldnt touch you. Big difference. I can do way more that just touch you if I decide you’re worth the trouble… Now go away.”
I deliver newspapers and amazon packages in the morning before starting my main job. It basically covers my car payments with a little extra left over.
How do you sign up to deliver amazon packages?
The company I work has a contract with them . I scan them with an app on my phone. I get about 10-15 a day and they are all in the same area as my paper route so it only adds a few minutes to my paper route for an extra $15 or so a day. I live in Atlantic Canada so I can’t really help you unless you live near me.
Real estate photographer. Very predictable and easy to squeeze in, in my spare time. It also pays for all my camera toys.
How did you get into it?
Knew a real estate agent who needed photos, took some and they were good, so I kept taking photos.
Oof, here we go:
- 📊 OptikAnalytics: Privacy-respecting Google Analytics alternative
- 🏀 InThePaintCrew: Basketball blog
- 📱 SwapMyOS: GrapheneOS installation services
- 🍪 CookieSlayers: A directory of products, services, and companies that don’t use third-party tracking cookies
- ✲ OpenSourcely: Forum-style news aggregator about open source
- 📆 No-Code Calendar: The no-code community’s event calendar
- 🌇 LifeViaChicago: Chicago photography and lifestyle
- 👕 WindyCityBay: Making clothes, shoes, and other items more sustainable
- 🙈 idcaboutprivacy: A running list of real-life situations that show how privacy is foundational
- 🔖 Hiram’s Digishop: Digital products for a better web
Re icaprivacy I’d like to see more links like #2. The UK woman who was banned from shops as a real life situation / consequence. The rest are privacy leaks and security issues that my friends and family know of but don’t care, until it’s real-life as per the UK example.
I got into part-time modelling gigs, thanks to a friend of mine. It was very experimental at first and of course my first few shoots were free, but since the last couple of gigs I have made some decent amount of money . It also kind of helps out people starting their own projects and ventures , where they don’t have to pay hefty fees for photoshoots. Works out good for both parties. On an average, a single gig suffices me with the secondary costs of living for about 2 months.
This is not feasible for 99% of Lemmy. I guarantee it.
I work in IT and I work 2 of those jobs at once.
Been thinking about doing that. Do they know about each other?
No. There’s no benefit to me if they do. It will only potentially serve as an issue for me.
I work on my own house. Easily saving a couple hundred k in repairs and remodels (and getting to make sure top to bottom its to my standards).
I did one bathroom and got quoted 40k low end for someone else to do just the tile work
Man, I’m about to undertake a bathroom shower remodel project. 40k is worth learning each step and taking an entire year to do it. Haha.
My side hustle is taking care of my kids. Instead of paying me, I just seen to lose money on it.
I avoid the hustle and chill
I make my own hot sauce, sell to friends and acquaintances, don’t do it consistently, but typically have a few people asking when I’ll make some more. Thought about selling at my local farmer’s market, but the process is a bit ridiculous.
I built a Discord bot a while ago that I later added a Patreon for, which adds some extra features. I don’t make a lot of money with it but it covers the hosting costs and leaves enough for an extra night out every month.
