‘They pay him $1000 to take pictures with his car’: People Share the Strangest Ways They’ve Seen Someone Make Their Living

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Jul 15, 2024 2:00 PM EDT

Ever wondered if there is some side hustle you could do to earn enough money and quit your regular job?

We are sure all of us would love to find an obscure profession that does not require a lot of work or skills, but can make us enough money to live comfortably without worrying about any financial struggles, and that would be enjoyable and exciting.

Well, this Reddit thread is here to give you some ideas, as people were asked to share the most bizarre and ridiculous ways they heard or saw someone make a living. From flying hawks, to traveling with stuffed animals, to recreating medieval battles in their backyards, people sure manage to find strange ways to make money.

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    What's the most unique or unusual way you've seen someone earn a living?
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    David Dave Davo · 16 hr. ago The Bristol museum car park attendant. Used to sit in a little booth and collect the parking fees for the local council. Worked there for years. One day he didn't turn up to work. After a few days the regulars got worried and called the council to see if he was ok.
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    Turns out the car park for the museum was free and the council had no idea anyone was charging for it. This guy had collected parking money for years. Set up his own booth, then disappeared.
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    Dad_Is_Mad 14 hr. ago I have a client (I'm a CFP) who inherited some money from his grandmother, about $150k. He's in his 20's so I was certain he'd blow it all. Sure enough he comes in and says he needs the cash for a business opportunity that he and a guy are starting. He's a real Chad
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    type guy. Lives in South Beach, parties, says bro every other word. So basically, I stereotype this situation as another one that's going to blow their inheritance and will be broke within the year. Guy pleads to keep his account open, swears up and down he's
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    gonna put this money back. I obliged. Months go by and I see an alert that a money wire has come into his account, $150k. So I'm pleasantly surprised that he held his word and put it back. Next month, $250k. Another $250k, then another.
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    In our business, we have a regulation that we MUST discuss with the client about how the funds are being deposited and where they originate. It's part of the US Patriot Act. So I call the guy.
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    Turns out, he and another friend went down to Miami and used all his inheritance to buy Ferraris, Lamborghinis, etc. All these exotic sports cars. But here's the catch, they're all hurricane cars. None of them work. They've all been flooded and insurance totalled them. What
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    they do is buy these exotic vehicles that don't work and polish them up. Put them on a wrecker and drive them to people's houses and drop them off for 4 hours. Turns out, there's a huge demand for wannabe influencers to take pictures with exotic cars. He charges $1000 and you get 4 hours with the
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    vehicle in your driveway to take as many videos and pictures as you want. After that, he loads it on the back of his wrecker and takes it somewhere else. The last I spoke with him, they had bought a salvaged jet and were in the midst of redoing it. His entire
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    business model will revolve around people giving over hard-earned cash so they can look cool on the Internet. Blows my mind, but at least he's doing well financially!
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    michigangonzodude. 16 hr. ago My sister owns a nail salon after working for other people cutting hair etc. She has a side hustle working for funeral homes. Cutting hair and manicures. For um, their clients.
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    Th3_Accountant · 16 hr. ago I remember a guy in Berlin who sold stuffed animal holidays. People from America would pay him and send him their stuffed animals, and he would take them on a tour of Berlin in a little old Soviet era car
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    Berlin in a little old Soviet era car and take pictures of them along the way. In the end he would send the stuffed animal back to his owner including the pictures of his trip!
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    ZakDadger 13 hr. ago Ok. Not gonna lie. That sounds like an awesome gift for a kid. Wait until you have like 20. Drive around for the day taking pictures of each one. Put together an adorable lil scrap book. Ship it back with the toy in a box with a bunch of different stamps on it.
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    mustbethedragon · 14 hr. ago I knew a barber who lived and worked out of an RV. He'd drive into a town, find a parking lot near a busy spot, and get permission to stay there. He had charisma for days and had Lenny-Kravitz-level style, but was also a super mild and kind
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    person. He'd work when he wanted to and always had a line. People accepted that he didn't keep regular hours or appointments. Apparently he had done this for years. Once he got bored in a location, he'd take off and find a new city. He was easily top 5 coolest people I've ever met.
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    Gc1981 15 hr. ago · edited 5 hr. ago I remember chatting to an older guy who mentioned that he made his money from his YouTube channel. It was around 10-12 years ago so I didn't even know you could make money from YouTube. He told me about his videos, how he repairs household appliances and lots of people watch.
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    I looked him up that evening and he had a huge following. I watched a few of his videos and he would get a broken appliance and attempt to repair it. He didn't really know what he was doing and half the time he couldn't even fix it but people loved him. He would take it to bits and say
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    i wonder what would happen if I put a screwdriver in there or say that little part looks burnt, let's just hit it with a hammer and see. I just looked him up again and there is no sign of him. Edit- A few people asking for the channel details, not sure I should give that. I can't find any trace of
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    him any more. I don't remember the channel name, only his name. He took it quite seriously and I would cause him offence since I've said he didn't really know what he was doing.
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    SundressZzSunbeam 17 hr. ago • I once had a student whose dad made a living by organizing and hosting medieval reenactment battles in their backyard
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    • DIAL_1-800-RACCOON 14 hr. ago My cousin lives is NYC and works for a company that maintains corporate rooftop beehives. Companies that own skyscrapers want the earth- friendly image of having bees on the roof but they obviously don't want to do it themselves, so my
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    cousin does it. She's not rich or anything but makes a comfortable living in a big city doing something pretty unique.
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    FrskyDng0 15 hr. ago Maybe not CRAZY weird, but I recorded sound effects for game and movie studios for many years (and still do from time to time). Pretty much every sound you hear in a film or TV show is recreated by sound designers. I supplied their
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    "raw materials" - lots of traveling to point microphones at everything from obscure one-off historical artifacts to everyday objects like doors or cabinets. If you've watched shows like The Office and Mr. Robot, you've heard some of my work!
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    GOes2eleven 17 hr. ago · • edited 11 hr. ago Met a man in UK that flew his hawk once a month over my office parking lot to keep small birds away and from pooping on the cars. He spent his days going from office park to office park, flying his hawk.
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    VIOLA865 17 hr. ago I've seen people earn a living by designing personalized crossword puzzles for clients.
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    BasenjiBob 15 hr. ago I know a lady who makes six figures chasing geese. She has a couple of well-trained border collies. She drives around to fancy corporate campuses and lets the dogs out to chase the geese
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    away. (It's illegal to hurt the geese or disturb the nests.) She works for herself, maybe 3-4 hours a day and not even every day, and makes bank.
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    LoveAndHeels - 17 hr. ago knew this guy who made a living by painting custom pet portraits on old bowling pins.
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