I got a job as a "sign-twirler," Jow Forums. I'm supposed to stand at a street corner next to a shopping plaza and spin a sign around so that people in passing cars can see it. I will work from 6:30am (actually before sunrise right now in the winter) until 6:30pm, with a 15-minute break every 2 hours. I will get paid $15.50/hour for this plus tips (but they said that most people don't get very many tips). I had my safety orientation today and begin my first shift in 9 hours.
Does anyone else here work as a sign-twirler? What am I in for? How common are sign-twirlers in your country, Jow Forums?
Never heard of this before. Wouldn’t it be cheaper to just put up a billboard?
Jose Robinson
A billboard in a major commercial area is MUCH more expensive. I will get paid about $3,800/month if I work 5 days per week. Renting a full-sized billboard for a month around here is something like $12,000.
Zachary Wright
>I will work from 6:30am until 6:30pm, with a 15-minute break every 2 hours this doesnt sound reasonable
Logan Williams
>15 minute break every two hours >6:30am to 6:30pm user please consider getting another job, this sounds horrible.
Jonathan Williams
sounds like hell
Leo Cook
How much do they pay you?
I got in a fight with my dad over this. He thinks that twirling signs is a rare skill and that only a few know therefore it's in demand so it must be a high paying job. I think the exact opposite
Logan Watson
how the fuck can people read the sign if its being spun around?
Angel Howard
>How much do they pay you? literally the 2nd line you fucking retard christ, why can americans not read
Daniel Bell
user please
Christian Nguyen
I did this when I worked at a TNT fireworks stand for three weeks in June/July. Didn't get paid and the work is soul-crushing. Good luck user
Dylan Flores
>American jobs OH NO NO NO
Nathaniel Parker
What did they just not pay you?
Samuel Morris
It's sort of a franchise deal. You buy the fireworks from TNT in exchange for running a branded stand. My friend ran the stand. We operated at a loss (probably because he fucking scammed me) and I never got paid. Many such cases!
Juan Jones
Yeah getting pyramid scheme'd would be really shit
Cameron James
your life is worth less than a metal rectagle with paper glued on
Jack Morales
Guffawed mightily also stoned
Robert Murphy
I work twelve hour shifts at a Chinese restaurant 6 days a week, and sometimes my tips are really good but there's some days where I end up making less than minimum wage
Austin Jenkins
I don't really need the job to survive economically, because I can just keep NEET'ing for a long time with savings and some other stuff. But there are a few factors here:
1. The job is within walking distance of my house, so it's convenient.
2. I was diagnosed with obesity by a doctor over 2 years ago, and I really need to do something about this. The other sign-twirling guy who trained me said he lost almost 30 pounds during his first 2 months on the job.
