With times getting tougher, people are trying to all that they can to make ends meet. While some try to get into higher-paying jobs and others try to go abroad, there are those try to take part-time jobs to make some extra cash. Unfortunately, some of these jobs often cost more for the people who get into them than the money that they make or they have to go the extra-mile for it. It gets even harder because even if they do make something out of it, it gets harder to sustain it and in the end you work harder there than your main line of income, proving the sad fact that there is no such thing as easy money. With thought in mind, I feel like listening to Steely Dan's song "The Royal Scam".
Though some say this is about illegals entering the country, for me thing song reminds of all those instant cash schemes I use to read in the job section or in advertisements in the the internet. The ads that feature jobs that pay lucrative salaries not in months but weeks sounds so good that you forget to check the company's name or what they are about. The next thing you know, you're peddling some kind of commodity door to door in an effort to make a sale and wear out your clothes and shoes from all that walking. Doing that today is even tougher because people are really holding on to their money and don't want to take chances on something that they don't know, let alone need. It would take a real charmer to pull it off in this line of work.
You know you better take a good, long and hard look at the fine print. Some ads sound too good to be true. In some cases, the worse part of it all is when they ask you for a fee before you start the training. Still, you can never be too careful in checking these things out. Better ask around to save yourself a lot of trouble. That way you can avoid falling for a real pain-in-the-butt royal scam.
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