Here's why my preference for a one-man gardener biz

[DAXhound]

Guidance office coordinates part time job openings between community and students. It may also involve making announcements in the am and pm on the public address system. They also facilitate the armed forces recruiters.

[MN-Born-n-Raised]

Originally Posted by DAXhound

Guidance office coordinates part time job openings between community and students. It may also involve making announcements in the am and pm on the public address system. They also facilitate the armed forces recruiters.

"Good Morning students. This is your Guidance Counselor. Hot off the press is a $150 gardening opportunity to trim Mrs. Voebe's encroaching bush."

When no one is interested, the the next day, the counselor will read over the public address system: "Buenos días estudiantes. Este es su consejero vocacional. Recién salida de la prensa hay una oportunidad de jardinería de $150 para podar el arbusto invasor de la Sra. Voebe."

Naw. It ain't happening!

[Burning Madolf]

Originally Posted by MN-Born-n-Raised

"Good Morning students. This is your Guidance Counselor. Hot off the press is a $150 gardening opportunity to trim Mrs. Voebe's encroaching bush."

When no one is interested, the the next day, the counselor will read over the public address system: "Buenos días estudiantes. Este es su consejero vocacional. Recién salida de la prensa hay una oportunidad de jardinería de $150 para podar el arbusto invasor de la Sra. Voebe."

Naw. It ain't happening!

I still can't get over the fact that kids need a guidance counselor (or the guidance counselor needs the kids?) to get a part time job? WTH? (I could go into a when-I was-a-kid rant but I won't)

[DAXhound]

They might also have a job board (besides the ones looking for school staff)..and guess where that might be.

[Voebe]

Originally Posted by asufan

You called High Schools looking for a landscaper? WTF

Sorry, I thought I was pretty clear that I'm looking for someone for what is basically yard work - not landscaping.

[Greenvalleyfan]

Originally Posted by Voebe

I'm still doggedly looking for an inexpensive low-end gardener who's fluent in English. Since what I need is more like yard work, I don't feel like paying fancy prices for a "landscaper," and it would be nice to again find someone who works out of his home with no overhead.

A nursery recommended a guy, who came by to look the place over. But he had a sidekick who he didn't bother to introduce, and about 90% of the conversation was between the two of them, not with me. I gradually got the impression that he'd be sending the sidekick over on his own, and I said I wasn't thrilled about having someone who didn't speak English. Oh, he does speak some English or he can call me, the boss assured me - although even then the sidekick hadn't said a single word, just grinned.

But the funny part was that when I asked him what it would cost to cut back my neighbor's encroaching tree, the boss went into another long Spanish discussion with the sidekick, and even though I don't speak Spanish, the sidekick clearly had said $150. Then the boss turned to me and smilingly said he could do it for $200.

That's why I prefer one-man operations, where the boss isn't marking up the worker's price.

Didn't anyone tell you that you live in Arizona? Almost all lawnwork (lawns in Arizona=grass? WHY?!?) is done by a Hispanic part of the population. They all speak Spanish and some are bilingual. Why don't use an app that will convert Spanish to English. That literally will cut out the middle man.