LOL Good one. Sense of humor could make you some tips for sure.Originally Posted by booger
LOL Good one. Sense of humor could make you some tips for sure.
I would work what my mama gave me...
"If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home"
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Be a lifeguard and chase girls, just like I did when I was younger on the Atlantic City beach.
Nope. Unless you are already a Jamaican, you woke up on the beach as one. Your momma did not give you thatI would work what my mama gave me....
Do I still have the same knowledge of relationships I have in Jamaica except I'm in a different body?
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This is a great exercise for sure. Makes you REALLY ponder the reality of so many. As Flip said "it ain't all palm trees and sunshine"... I love Bluez answer... I would probably do the same thing in terms of running errands for tips.... Probably overlooking that I am encroaching on others turf and the new low guy on the totem pole. You'd have to earn a reputation of honesty and kindness. Hopefully seek out people to make mention of me on this board..
I guess the answer is I would do what everyone else has to do, and that is survive. It's humbling to take a pause and just imagine what it would be like.
I think I would also seek out Stephen West and try to drink in as much of his spirit of kindness that he puts out in the world, and hope it comes back to me.... That guy to me is the face of Jamaican positivity and lives... really lives the one love ideal...
I do wonder if I pack the sand to make it. I guess I do but have never been tested in anywhere near the way most Jamaicans are out of the gate. I think we all respect them for their tenacity and dignity in the face of so much adversity.
Cool thread. Good ideas from all of you...
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Print up a bunch of "1 hour Jetski rentals for $25" presold coupons.....sell as many as I could and skip town.
Take the 100J in my pocket and convince a $2 huh oh that exchanges sex for money to have sex with married men so I could take pictures and blackmail the men.
If I had to do legal things...
In the Dominican Republic I saw a few beach people that had relationships with business' that if they brought in business they would get a finders fee or cut on the profit. Some of us know the same thing happens all over Jamaica....so....I would walk the beach and cliffs and strike up deals with places for a fee if I bring them business. Pretty dumb simple....it costs you nothing to hire me...if I bring you a $50US dinner customer you give me $10, if they spend $10 you give me $2, if they spend $100 you give me....or a flat fee of $5 per customer.
Or rent one of those $20-$25 per day JA cars and offer free rides to Times Square and other places that kick back money to drivers.
Or create free wordpress websites for places that need a website in exchange for food/lodging/money......
Tons of ways to start off with nothing and make something.....
Wonder if we flipped the question... Ask a Jamaican friend what they would do if they woke up in Winnipeg or Minneapolis in January with $5 in their pocket..... ( ample outerwear and boots) Would they even want to trade lives or would they love the chance to ply their resourcefulness up here? Guess it depends on the person. Bet the answers would be entertaining and enlightening.
I am going to pose this question to friends next month. Bet it would give me appreciation for them and the things I take for granted...
First I'd look for Rob and Lisa and then I'd get some suggestions about starting a small marketing\advertising consulting "business".....assuming I still have the same knowledge I have today. If that didn't work I'd look for milk bottles
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Not sure that would work IRIEchic, the economy is so bad in Jamaica the hookers are taking I.O.U.'sI would work what my mama gave me...
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