ST. PAUL, MN—Counting down the days until the end of his work year, local Christmas tree lot guy Alan Martin told reporters Wednesday he was “so ready” for his annual 46-week vacation. “By the time late December rolls around, I’m usually pretty burnt out and just waiting for Christmas Day to get here so I can take…
I knew a guy in 2005 who ran one of those parking lot tree places. He had all of the trees shipped in from Oregon, paid people to sell them and run the place, and pocketed $20,000 profit for 3 weeks worth of nothing. I say nothing because he didn't really work or anything for those three weeks. He had other people do all the work for him and still cleared $20k. Seems like a pretty nice side gig.