#2462 - TBT: Parking Lot Striper Lines Up Repeat Business
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 September 2023
⏱️ 8 minutes
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In this week’s “Throwback Thursday / Where are they now?” segment, we hear from a parking lot striper who’s built a seasonal, recurring business keeping parking lines looking spiffy. For less than five hours a week on average, he earns an extra $2,500/month
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Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
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Connect on Instagram: @193countries
Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com
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| 0:00.0 | Let's talk today about a parking lot striper. |
| 0:12.8 | Do you know what a parking lot striper is? |
| 0:16.2 | Not to be confused with a parking lot stripper. |
| 0:18.6 | Sorry, it's just kind of obvious. |
| 0:20.0 | Like, every time I look at this word, here on my notes, I'm like a parking lot stripper, |
| 0:24.4 | no stripper. |
| 0:25.4 | Okay. |
| 0:26.4 | Basically, the person that puts down the lines in a parking lot, okay? |
| 0:30.5 | You go to the grocery store, there's all those parking spaces. |
| 0:33.1 | There might be some directional lines, some wayfinding points. |
| 0:36.6 | Well, somebody actually has to do that, right? |
| 0:38.9 | And it's not a public good, like, obviously, if you're on a road, like a public road, |
| 0:44.1 | then your city or your state or province or some form of local government is responsible |
| 0:48.4 | for that. |
| 0:49.4 | They've got full-time strippers, or maybe they contract with some as well. |
| 0:54.0 | Not for private commercial spaces like at the mall, the grocery store, and so on. |
| 0:58.4 | You need somebody who does that. |
| 1:00.2 | This is an industry. |
| 1:01.4 | In fact, we featured a couple people over the years, including one guy, I think, who's built |
| 1:05.9 | this into a business of teaching other people to be parking lot strippers. |
| 1:10.0 | This is a different guy. |
| 1:11.5 | This guy, for less than five hours a week on average, he's earning an extra $2,500 a month. |
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