5月4日
aeration=草地打孔
又换工作了,用机器在草地上打孔,晒,累,总收入的35%归我.累了,今天先这样,以后再补!
今天是7号,在家休息,具体说说工作的情况: 实际上这个工作相当于sales,挨家挨户敲门文要不要打孔。有些老外不知道,从来没做过的,就很好忽悠,价钱也可以要的高一点,印度人就很抠门,25块钱的活,能愣讲成10块钱,中国人的生意很难做,所以看到中国人一般连问都不问。有些老外很傻,不会说谎,却总想把价钱压低,我就遇到一个这样的。 "i have only ten bucks."老外说," will you just do the front yard for me?"看了一看,前院不大,我就说好。然后向他要钱,一般这种活,老外都是先给钱。那个老外犹豫了半天,说"i will pay you after. need to see how you done it." 觉得里面有蹊跷,就说"i need to see money first, if you don't give it to me before i done the job, that's fine, but i have to see it!"老外愣了一下"just give me one sec."然后进屋估计是去看有没有10块钱,出来拿着20的跟我说"i just found another 10 bucks!" ......"can you do the back for another 10 dollars?" "no!"我坚决地回答,过了一会又掏出来5块钱,"15 for the back yard?" "i quit, i won't do it for a liar" 老外郁闷了,不说话。我刚要退车走,他又说“30 for front and back..." 我回头嘲讽的笑了一下,继续推车走了。他跟上来,我有点突突,毕竟他长得比我壮。佯装镇定,我冲他大叫"what do you want? i ve already told you i won't do it for 30......"话还没说完,他又说:"35..." 价钱还算可以,那就做,毕竟赚的是钱,没必要跟钱过不去。"alright..."他这时候已经把35块钱拿在手里了。做完了,刚要走,老外又来劲了,"can you write a receipt for me?"具体问了才知道,那个人是self employed, utility cost 可以deduct, 只是没想到这个人这么麻烦。"i dont have any receipt." 那个人让我等会,进了屋,过了一会,打印出来一张纸条,上面大概写着: received 35 dollars from ... 然后让我签字,我看了一下,工工整整地用中文写下了:"真他妈抠"四个字。"there you go" "thank you"