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What’s incredible is the number of commenters who don’t recognize obvious satire when they see it.
We’re in a post truth world rn. This very much could have come fresh from LinkedIn Lunatics.
I’m pretty sure it’s satire.
But…
Two things at play: people don’t seem to critically/carefully read things very much, and Poe’s Law has been so thoroughly beat into the ground the past few years that satire has taken a huge blow.
For what it’s worth, many autistic folks have a hard time discerning satire so that kinda adds to it.
It does make a rather absurd pivot in that paragraph.
Wouldn’t that be detectable?
Legit asking. I feel like the joke here isn’t terribly well makes.
Pro tip: once you’ve secured the job just ask ChatGPT to do it. Same pay but more free time for you.
And that is the story of how I have my own personal chef and a team of arborists. Follow me for more advice.
Being an arborist is one of the most dangerous careers there are, this “passive income” guy would probably die in under a year.
If that post was sincere, I will eat my hat.
I’ve met people like this before: I hope it’s satirical, but wouldn’t be shocked if it was posted in earnest.
Edit: Yes, I am now aware this particular account ia just satire.
you mean your tree.
Ever eat a pine tree, many parts are edible.
the seeds. need fiber eat the wood.
Reread their username
That’s exactly the hard thing about satire these days, someone who would call themselves that in earnest is not beyond belief.
Pretty sure that account is satire
I’ve known people like this IRL, glad this isn’t real through.
Edit: Weird downvotes, but OK.
I’m downvoting you too, sorry. I’m not sure why, but it seems like the popular people are doing it, and I just want to fit in. We can still be friends in secret if you’d like.
That’s kind of you, but I don’t know if you’d want to be friends with me: I heard there were popular people downvoting my posts and they might go after you for associating with me.
Wow, that’s something only a true friend would say! Too bad about the unpopularity… Goodbye forever 🙂
You want to know about the big money? Look into cutting down trees on other people’s property.
Cut down a mature hardwood tree on your neighbour’s lawn and it might cost you tens, even hundreds of thousands of dollars.
There’s got to be a way to monetize that.
Too late. Lawyers already have.
That was almost c/linkedinlunatics material for a second. Well done.
As a former groundsman for an arborist, I was shocked at how much of what seemed like a ludicrous sum just bled away to nothing. Guy earned the equivalent of maybe 20$ an hour after expenses. This was 20 years ago, so that was livable and more than double what someone at McDonalds could expect to make, but the actual income he brought home to the family was microscopic compared to the 1.2 million he took in before expenses.
What sort of expenses are there? Obviously equipment and paying wages, what else? Insurance?
Equipment is more than you think. Trucks with cherry pickers or spider lifts are a couple hundred grand each, plus they need to be maintained and replaced. And you probably need more than one. So now you’re deep into 6-figure debt, and that means big monthly payments. That’s before you even get to the costs to store the equipment safely, leasing an office, skilled workers, etc. And yes insurance and bonding, which, you can cause some major damage to multiple structures at once, so that’s not cheap at all. How about marketing? Do some billboards or commercials? Tens of thousands more.
I’ve worked in commercial construction (which absolutely is a cash generating machine) and tree trimming services are like a mini version of that - you need a lot of upfront cash to make it happen and get a stable cash flow going before it’s solid and profitable.
I agree with this guy but to the plumber trying to charge my mother 450 to re install the float valve assembly…fuck you man.
If the plumber is your mom’s neighbor and has the float already, then yeah it’s pricey but if they had to drive 30 minutes to get there and go to the store for the part, it really isn’t that crazy. Also is it a legitimate business or just an under the table side job? Location in the country matters too.
Have you ever installed a float . … because $400 for at most an hour of work is crazy. If it’s more than an hour then you’re doing something wrong or something else.
But I literally just redid mine and it’s stupid easy.
Yeah absolutely, I’m not disagreeing with you. But if you had to drive across town to perform the work, and say you didn’t know beforehand that it was a float or you didn’t have the right type with you and had to go to the store, then your total amount of time spent port to port would likely be more than an hour. How much is your time worth? I am a technician , my work charges over $200/hr labor rate. About half that goes to me. There is overhead with coordination, vehicle costs, tools, etc… Basically what I’m saying is that yeah, the physical work only takes 10 minutes, but much more goes into the cost than just that.
This is a fake story. Guy recounting the story is lying through his teeth.
It’s called satire
Must be the post funny era of satire I keep hearing about.
Nah, just the joke flew over your head at Mach 5.
It’s okay, not everyone gets every joke, or maybe you were having a slow day
At March 5? Huh.
Mach 5.
Mach is a unit of speed, used mostly by aircraft, with Mach 1 = Speed of Sound
So mach 5 is 5 times the speed of sound
For some reason it’s pronounced “Mac”, I dunno why
Someone doesn’t understand gross vs. net income. Or how much work it takes to take down a tree.
Depends on the tree. But one cost nobody is mentioning is insurance. It’s pricey for these guys because a small mistake can do a million dollar’s damage and kill 3 people in about 5 seconds.
Would arborists be liable? Or would they demand you in the contract to take all and any consequences?
You can’t sign away liability a lot of times. Contract law isn’t as simple as “they signed it!”. There are limits to what can be signed away in a contract and liability is a classic
You can’t sign away liability a lot of times
Yeah, but do arboristic works fall into these “a lot of times”?
I can’t find anything particular on the internet.
And how much is it?
you could probably do 2 trees at the same time. that’s over a million dollars a year
“Lawrence, what would you do if you had a million dollars?”
“I’ll tell you what I’d do, man. Two trees at the same time, man!”
