Do we have an insanepeoplefacebook community? This also belongs there if it exists on lemmy

Well that's a dead community. Last update was 2 years ago

Slaves aren't free! You have to buy them upfront and then provide food and housing.

This person wants magic.

When you view other human beings as transactions, then slavery is no different than a coupon.

Omg what was this from?

I did pretty well.

“I can make a screwdriver… or anything with soda.”

Is pouring a bottle of everclear into a gallon of Hawaiian punch mixology?

Couldn't make any other drink to save his life.

That’s just, like, your opinion, man!

I did a bunch of free wedding photography and portraits and stuff for friends and family when I was in college. I stopped when I started getting referred to people who weren't my friends who also expected free work out of me and then acted like I was the asshole when I refused.

I’d do it for $25/hr, 4-hour minimum.

That sounds cheap as fuck, isn't that cheap as fuck? And he didn't even go for that?

I have a personal stance on doing professional work for friends.

If they offer to pay me for my services, they get discounts and maybe even a few freebies. If they ask for me to do it for free, they pay full price forever.

I'll also proactively offer free work for friends sometimes when it looks like they could really use it, with the understanding they're getting "much better than amateur, but nowhere near my best" when it comes to quality.

I'm in the business myself, and the way I handle this is simple. When it's coming from people I know personally, I look at it like I'm going to do it for free, I weigh that decision that way and only say yes if I accept that. I let them know my rates are quite expensive, and that I'm not asking that from them because I'm doing it as a favour/for the art/for myself (depending on what we're talking about, weddings, portraits, short films, something for their business etc). Then I let them decide if and how much they'd like to offer, and I'm happy with anything, because I've already accepted this was something I was gonna do "for free".

Weddings in particular, I did a bunch when I was young and these days I'd never pursue more work in that niche, I only do it for family/friends and then the last thing I want is for money to sour things.

Obviously you can't be doing that all the time, thankfully I don't and have plenty of properly paid work as well. But you gotta make the difference between favours and clients and can't look at it the same way, if my wife's cousin asks if I can help her film some clips for her cupcake side-business I ain't gonna treat it like a corporate client and ask the 1200€+ day-rate.

Show up, drink everything, chef makes a meal they feed to the drunks, dj starts playing american pie on repeat

Everyone knows there will be no tip.

Society is way to comfortable with ageism such as this - a teen should have the same pay as an "adult" working the same job.

High schooler mixologist?

They know how to mix beer with more beer, and that's about it.