Broke in a foreign country? WWMD

[pollard]

So I just got my app. back for my variations of conditions and turns out I dont qualify for it and therefore cant work here.


Since I planned on getting a job down here I planned and saving not too much. I have enough for food for a while but even that is sketch. Getting a job under the table seems like the thing to do but I have already had some places turn me away. I guess I could bust out another student loan. Any advise?

[cj001f]

Prostitution is legal in New Zealand.

[Shaggy]

Can't you apply for a working holiday visa? Or is that what you were applying for? I was thinking of doing NZ next summer with such visa, if I don't bankrupt myself this winter.

(said visa may not be obtainable from within the country)

[splat]

Take that money, buy some nice clothes.
Find the ugliest rich girl you can.
Pride is not your friend.

[Sinecure]

First off, find really cheap digs. Although sometimes a job is the best place to find that.

Great under the table jobs include: Bartending, Waiting Tables, Prostitution (if you are really hot, suave and well dressed), Ski Guiding, Ski Mechanic (ski hire shop), babysitter/nanny. Ski mechanic kind of sucks since you'll have to work mornings and miss any good skiing. Babysitting or being a nanny can be good if the family is good, the kids are good and they don't want you to ski with the kids (if the kids are young - if they are teens and good skiers its OK). Tending bar or waiting tables is probably your best bet. You should get some tips (I don't know if Aussies tip well - the English suck at tipping, and Euros aren't much better) and the pay won't be too bad. Plus you'll most likely be working nights. If you are really lucky, the bar/restaurant may have a room somewhere and will let you crash there for free. Look for smaller places, not the big hotels or places that are chains and need to deal with lots of bureaucracy. Be up-front with the owner about your status and play up any experience you may have had.

I did it in France for a season. I didn't stay in the bar or restaurants where I worked, but in one of the restaurants there was a guy who lived there (it sucked since it was halfway up the mountain so he was a shut-in every night). I also found people who would let me crash in their place for free or cheap, and I ate as many meals as possible in the bar / restaurants where I worked. I met a lot of cool people, worked as a guide sometimes during the day and picked up a few other odd jobs here and there. I couldn't instruct (and even guiding was sketchy) because in France the instructors have some sort of union and have few qualms about breaking kneecaps of people who teach w/out a license.

There's always the National Bank of Dad if you get really stuck.

Have a great season.

[Toby]

You should get some tips (I don't know if Aussies tip well - the English suck at tipping, and Euros aren't much better) ...

Tipping's a northern hemisphere thing.

[Superstar Punani]

I say wing it and let shit fall in place. The spontanaiety, fun and random adventures you'll have are but one of many things that no amount of money can ever buy.

[G]

I say wing it and let shit fall in place. The spontanaiety, fun and random adventures you'll have are but one of many things that no amount of money can ever buy.

It's that kind of crazy thinking that caused me to be trapped there in New Zealand for years.


And I loved every minute of it.

[PaSucks]

Tipping's a northern hemisphere thing.

Last I checked, England and Europe have been in the northern hemisphere for about 3 billion years, since Pangea broke up.

[Toby]

Sinecure didn't say England and Europe don't tip, he just said they suck at it. Tipping didn't exist at all down here until relatively recently (80s?). And people don't really care if you don't tip at all, unlike the U.S. where people expect it. I'll tip anywhere for good service, but not for bad service. I fucking hate it in the U.S. when people think they can give you shitty service and still expect 15%. Fuck that.

[AKA]

Sinecure didn't say England and Europe don't tip, he just said they suck at it. Tipping didn't exist at all down here until relatively recently (80s?). And people don't really care if you don't tip at all, unlike the U.S. where people expect it. I'll tip anywhere for good service, but not for bad service. I fucking hate it in the U.S. when people think they can give you shitty service and still expect 15%. Fuck that.

do you have a funny little accent and say things like "mate","cheers", and call french fries "chips"??

If you do there is a slim chance you're gonna get good service because everyone already knows you tip like shit, so why work hard for the limey 10%? Its a vicious cycle.

[pollard]

I forgot to mention that I am a going to college and that I have a place to live. I am not in a ton of danger money wise at the moment its just I have a little less then four monthes left here.

Funny thing about whoring myself out is that on my student visa it says I cant.

[Tuckerman]

Sounds like being on Phish tour Heres what I would do in that case, you need to get the dood thats in town with the most shrooms get him to front some to you and get to work start small and work your way up. Good luck, the ugly girl thing might work also.

[bad_roo]

do you have a funny little accent and say things like "mate","cheers", and call french fries "chips"??

If you do there is a slim chance you're gonna get good service because everyone already knows you tip like shit, so why work hard for the limey 10%? Its a vicious cycle.

Have you ever been to England?

American shitty service is about nine times better than our idea of great service. Therefore tipping is just a waste.

[DJSapp]

Drug dealer. Seriously, if you're in need of $$$, they really don't look at your credentials, unless you are a cop.

[Sutter]

I forget who recommended this a while back, but hang around the parking lot and look for the people with the big, dope SUV, like a family or something, and offer to carry their skis to the base from their car for $10 or something. Who knows what kind of conversations you could get in, maybe creating a a better opportunity for yourself down the road. But I think Splat said it best with "Pride is not your friend."

Or if you have Phish tour experience sell 10,000 bean veggie heady organic burritos.

Please don't

[Tippster]

Performance Art. Go to the main square in town, set up a boom box with some really crappy Russian Electronic Music or something and do the Robot. Once you have a few $$ dress up like MD9's robot and really make some ducats.

I'm absolutely serious. If it's funny/different/silly people will pay you to continue.

[cj001f]

Performance Art. Go to the main square in town, set up a boom box with some really crappy Russian Electronic Music or something and do the Robot. Once you have a few $$ dress up like MD9's robot and really make some ducats.

I'm absolutely serious. If it's funny/different/silly people will pay you to continue.

The Wizard will take Pollard.

[AKA]

Have you ever been to England?

American shitty service is about nine times better than our idea of great service. Therefore tipping is just a waste.

Thats why I almost always put the 15% large party gratuity on as soon as I heard the first "bloke" or "quid" uttered from their toothless little mouths.

most never caught it.

[splat]

A student? Shit...........


Loan time.
The rest will fall into place.

[mr_gyptian]

A student? Shit...........


Loan time.
The rest will fall into place.

first impulse is always the best. Might be the funniest thing you've ever posted.

[TJ.Brk]

I say wing it and let shit fall in place. The spontanaiety, fun and random adventures you'll have are but one of many things that no amount of money can ever buy.

Ditto. If that fails see splats post