As most of you know by now, I work in Fells Point. One thing people despise in Baltimore, or pretty much everywhere is paying for parking. The process is fairly simple. You walk up to a meter, which are located all over downtown, and pay about 1 dollar per hour, and receive your ticket. It's semi-annoying, and the officers who oversee it are even more annoying. Why can't you find a better job, than the parking meter overseer? It just screams SNITCH. Anyways, In downtown Baltimore, you can see a junkie, or two, or five running around scrambling for change from your average citizens. Every once in a while they can get some money from a stranger, or some local, having a nice day, who feels like giving back. Along with begging for change, Junkies have side-hustles. These can include, but are not limited too: Washing&Waxing Cars/ Detailing&Fixing Cars/ Selling Stolen Merchandise/ Pretending to be crippled , or handicapped. I could continue, but you get the idea. Well, while I have been working, I've seen junkies, run up to a person who is leaving their parking space whom hasn't used up all of their time, and ask for the ticket. They plan to sell this ticket to a person who doesn't want to spend time, and money at the "stupid machine" at a discounted price. I think this is one of the most genius Side Hustles ever. Wherever you see a need, you can find a way to capitalize on it.
PS: I know every less-fortunate person, is not a junkie, but in the cases I've seen "Junkies" ( drug addicts), are using this hustle, as a means to obtain a "Fix".
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