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Interesting read. It reminded me of "Do Things That Don't Scale" https://paulgraham.com/ds.html https://paulgraham.com/ds.html I just didn't get the part where
by luciapiton 3y ago
Interesting read. It reminded me of "Do Things That Don't Scale" https://paulgraham.com/ds.html https://paulgraham.com/ds.html
I just didn't get the part where he says teens are mean to him, but the only example is where a teen made his job easier...
> I was always uncomfortable with these jobs, in large part because the teens were extremely mean to me. One girl waited until her mom left the room to casually turn to me and say "I will pay you $500 to lie to my mom and say you set this up".
> I was offended that this 15 year old thought she could buy me, in large part because she was correct. I took the $500 and told the mom the tracking software was all set up.
- OldGuyInTheClub 3y agoA guess: The teen sized him up as needing money, intuited how much, and offered it in a show of power.
- xboxnolifes 3y agoProbably less about what was said, and more how I'd imagine an entitled teen might act and say things.
- Cacti 3y agothe kid called him cheap and/or poor in the straight-forward way you talk about someone’s hair color.
- raisedbyninjas 3y agoMean teens and the bribing teen are separate anecdotes. Most teens are unhappy with a stranger rifling through their phone, especially somebody installing spyware. Those are the mean teens.