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Posted: 7/1/2021 5:39:13 PM EDT
Considering career change options
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Felons only can apply. Bonus if there is an outstanding warrant for you.
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I didn’t travel but I did the guess your age, height/weight, birth month for 2 years in the summer at local fairs in my area when I was in high school. I got paid a dollar over minimum wage at the time. The game is stacked against you. There is a red and white striped pole with 1 ft alternating stripes behind you. Everything else is within a range that is advantageous to the trained carnie. Remember though you are buying your own crappy prize you don’t get your money back. They stuffed animal you “won” costs the fair .50 and you just paid $5.00
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A gram of heroin, a place to sleep, and all the 350+ lb pussy you can eat.
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Carney Man |
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They probably make the most from stealing shit out of people's unlocked cars at night.
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Quoted: Considering career change options View Quote |
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The Jerk Carnival |
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I remember being a 7 year old child getting on a Ferris wheel at the Del Mar Fair and gazing into the eyes and toothless maw of the carnie “operator”. I remember suddenly questioning the safety of the ride and that some people make bad choices to get to where they are. Carnies are a good life lesson for kids.
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All the fried dough I can eat...and enough more that I'll soon be able to afford that footprint gas pedal.
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I think ideally you would own a food truck or portable rides and could potentially do pretty well. Most of the teenagers working the games and rides and food carts and shit don't last long.
I worked for a catering company that did carnival games in vegas for 1 day. Fuck that. |
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I think they pay by the tooth. $1/hr per tooth
No one makes more than $12/hr |
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Quoted: Considering career change options View Quote I have two words for you: Horizontal Directional Drilling. Carnie world. |
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Quoted: Read this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1952693004/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_74XD8CFKAF8B5CGKNE5Q View Quote welp, i know what i'll be doing tomorrow night. |
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Probably not much.
There is a town in Florida where quite a few of them end up living during retirement, if there is such a thing. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/26/welcome-to-gibtown-the-last-freakshow-town-in-america https://www.vice.com/en/article/9bnpyp/gibsonton-florida |
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Quoted: At least you get to spend the winters in Fla’s Gulf Coast. View Quote Yep. Gibsonton is such a treat. ETA-Beat like a rube playing “Football Cards.” I did use to get the best Bahama Momma sausage dogs and spicy boiled peanuts from the convenience store on the east side of 41 when I’d go through. |
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I did that shit for a week at the state fair when in the summer after high school. I got minimum wage and a cut of the money I pulled in.
Hit a pair, win a bear. Lost my voice by day 5 and learned higher learning was a better calling than carny work. |
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I had a cousin that was a carnie. I don’t know what he made, but when he passed away (RIP Bobby Joe) we found out he has about 20 kids scattered around the country.
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Quoted: Read this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1952693004/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_74XD8CFKAF8B5CGKNE5Q View Quote why the fuck would a person piss away $ to read that? |
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So, are we including additional underworld related revenues and.... discounts, in that?
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My high-school football team tasked us players to clean the local fairgrounds before our 2 a days summer conditioning/practices to raise money for the program.
I will never step foot on a Carny assembled ride, nor let my wife or daughter. The stuff we found in the early mornings while the Carny degenerates were sleeping off their meth was disturbing. Nuts, bolts, washers, etc that fell off of rides every damn morning. Not to mention hydraulic leaks, busted hydraulic lines replaced by duct taped hydraulic lines, etc. Used Needles etc were also everyday finds. Enjoy your required drug habit and STD if you go to work with them OP. |
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