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jmfargoIt's not that I don't want others to have the success that I have; it's that I have no way of helping them.
At least once a month, and more now that the economy has started sucking even worse, I get an email that goes something like this:
"I (my friend, my lover, etc) was laid off from work recently. I was reading that you work from home doing data entry, and would love to learn how to get into that. Most things I find online are scams, but you're really doing it, and even supported yourself doing it. I understand if you don't want to help..."
And I never get back to them.
It's not that I'm being a jerk. It's not that I don't want other people to be happy and successful, working from home making good money.
It's that I have no idea what to say.
The truth is that this job fell into my lap. I got a data entry/transcription job through a temp agency, and over time the company I was temping with decided to hire me on. Somewhere between then and now they decided it was okay for me to work from home because I was really good at what I do. Some time between then and now they decided that ALL their employees should work from home so they don't have to rent an office.
So I never have any idea what to tell people. I don't mean to be rude by not replying; I just put it off trying to find the right words, and then forget.
If I could help, I would. I swear. But I can't. I was just lucky.
I hope you folks and your friends get lucky too.
At least once a month, and more now that the economy has started sucking even worse, I get an email that goes something like this:
"I (my friend, my lover, etc) was laid off from work recently. I was reading that you work from home doing data entry, and would love to learn how to get into that. Most things I find online are scams, but you're really doing it, and even supported yourself doing it. I understand if you don't want to help..."
And I never get back to them.
It's not that I'm being a jerk. It's not that I don't want other people to be happy and successful, working from home making good money.
It's that I have no idea what to say.
The truth is that this job fell into my lap. I got a data entry/transcription job through a temp agency, and over time the company I was temping with decided to hire me on. Somewhere between then and now they decided it was okay for me to work from home because I was really good at what I do. Some time between then and now they decided that ALL their employees should work from home so they don't have to rent an office.
So I never have any idea what to tell people. I don't mean to be rude by not replying; I just put it off trying to find the right words, and then forget.
If I could help, I would. I swear. But I can't. I was just lucky.
I hope you folks and your friends get lucky too.
