1001 Ways to Make Money If You Dare (44 page)

268 GROCERY SHOP FOR OTHER PEOPLE.
Food shopping is an annoying chore and one you may be able to turn into a moneymaking scheme. Try targeting lazy bachelors and harried housewives who dislike the task enough to pay someone else to do it for them. Make the best use of your time by doing your own shopping at the same time — just be sure you don't end up with your client's prune juice with extra fiber. You'll both be sorry.

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269 DELIVER NONDELIVERY TAKE OUT.
Some of the best restaurant food is take-out only. If you live in a college town, you could make a few bucks by picking up food from restaurants and delivering it to apartments or dorms. Advertise in the college newspaper or website and your business will be booming in no time.

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270 BE A GO-FOR.
Some people are too busy thinking about how important they are to leave the office to deliver documents or work materials. Hang fliers in the lobbies of office parks and stop by career fairs to make your services known.

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271 BE AN ERRAND BOY OR GIRL.
Remember on
Seinfeld
when Elaine was Mr. Pitt's personal assistant? Her daily challenges included tasks like buying her boss socks. Create an advertisement touting your skills as a personal assistant and advertise it in the newspaper of a town with a good-sized upper class. Here's the secret: a personal assistant is just a fancy term for “errand boy.” If you can stomach completing demeaning tasks, this is all you.

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272 HIRE YOURSELF OUT AS A MOVER.
Eventually, people with trucks will get sick enough of moving their friends' crap to say no. When that happens, the desperate and displaced can pay you to help them move. Be warned, though — you can't bitch to your paying clients like you would to your friends.

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273 START YOUR OWN LAUNDRY SERVICE.
Hang up fliers in the local Laundromat advertising your services as a washer, dryer, and folder. You can schedule lots of jobs at the same time, people can drop off their laundry for you to take care of, and they're free to run errands while you take care of their clothes. Just be sure to turn down the work if someone particularly smelly or messy tries to hire you — no money is worth that.

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