In the name of dirt dog poor how did/have you survived?

[Husker_OS]

Re: In the name of dirt dog poor how did/have you survived?

The waiting tables thing is a myth. The lunch shift at most places isn't very good and the dinner shifts are sought after. I served tables at a Darden restaurant during the baseball offseason in Tennessee and the lunch shifts during the week sucked. Work from 11a - 2p and get around $7 per hour on average. Customers suck during the lunch hours. I did it during the week to avoid working on Saturdays and Sundays. Doubles on Monday/Wednesday/Friday with lunch shifts on Tuesday/Thursday. Off on Saturdays and Sundays. Averaged around $400 weekly. The worst time was Valentine's week. Cheap *** people.

[fistofrage]

Re: In the name of dirt dog poor how did/have you survived?

Get a job in a hotel with a restaurant or any serving job. You can usually get a free meal when you are working and hustle and you'll leave with tip cash in your wallet. There are jobs out there you just have to go find one.

[Redacted01]

Re: In the name of dirt dog poor how did/have you survived?

Don't be a dick head for no reason.

It's extremely hard to find a job that works around some school schedules. I was turned down multiple jobs because they needed me to work whenever I was suppose to be in class.

If you are looking for some cakewalk job where you just sit at a desk, that's going to happen... ok, that's a lie. I knew a girl that had a campus job where she worked 16 hours a week and literally just had to sit at a desk. Got paid $9 an hour to do her homework. You're probably going to have to go into food. If you are in a college town, there were a ton of jobs on and off campus that may suck, but they get you some money and they work around your schedule. They are quite aware of why 90% of their employees are there. Now if you decided to schedule 20 credits hours or something, that can't be helped.

See below...

If you have no job and no job skills in the field you are in school for, go get a serving job.

Even at places like the Olive Garden you make around $100 per shift that lasts only 4-5hrs a night. Those jobs its so easy to pick up or give up a shift that you can work whenever you want and basically stop after you make enough for the week.

Serving / Bartending is an excellent way to pick up spare cash while you concentrate on what you want to do. Heck, one guy quit his real job because he found a breakfast buffet at a local premium hotel and makes anywhere from $250-$400 on an average shift working from 7am-12pm pouring orange juice and collecting money.

The waiting tables thing is a myth. The lunch shift at most places isn't very good and the dinner shifts are sought after. I served tables at a Darden restaurant during the baseball offseason in Tennessee and the lunch shifts during the week sucked. Work from 11a - 2p and get around $7 per hour on average. Customers suck during the lunch hours. I did it during the week to avoid working on Saturdays and Sundays. Doubles on Monday/Wednesday/Friday with lunch shifts on Tuesday/Thursday. Off on Saturdays and Sundays. Averaged around $400 weekly. The worst time was Valentine's week. Cheap *** people.

See above. If you are in a college town, restaurants are busy. All. The. Time. Sure, you may get a lot of cheap students that don't tip well, but you'd be making more than if you were in some suburb that was just dead for parts of the day.

One of the first things I did my freshmen year was get an on campus job. It is really that easy unless you are too lazy to go to the career center.