I tried to pay a young teen $15 an hour to pick up branches and stack them in my truck a few weeks back. EASY work, all the branches were less than an 1" thick. Dude made like I was wasting HIS time, and hauled about 6 branches in the hour. Complained on his cell phone to his buddies the whole time. I got fed up, paid him $20 for the hour, sent him on his way with a $2 bus stub, said i'd finish up.
Drove down to "Workers Lane" where you pick up day workers, hired a guy in his 50's that clearly injected and drank, drove him to the site. He not only cleared up the huge pile of branches lickety split, he grabbed a rake and cleared up the tiny stuff, followed directions exactly when i had him pull on a rope, swept the sidewalk, helped the homeowner pile firewood and did'nt b:censored: once during the 4 hours. Paid him $20 an hour for the 4 hours, plus a $20 extra, made him a huge homestyle lunch and drove him home at the end of the day, with a ready to eat dinner and lunch for whatever he worked at the next day. Guy thanked me with a handshake, said he really appreciated the work, the bonus and thanked me twice for the food.
