That two week window last summer where I made $900 from a garage sale and zero from my actual job felt like a total joke

I spent 14 days organizing junk people were throwing out, posted it all on Facebook marketplace, and somehow cleared more cash than my 40 hour week salary at the call center - has anyone else had a side hustle moment that made their main gig feel pointless?

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lewis.finley11h ago

Did your coworkers ever find out? Because I told one of mine about the time I made more flipping old video games on eBay than I did in a whole month at the retail job and he just stared at me like I had two heads. It really makes you question why you even bother punching a clock when one good weekend of selling junk can beat a whole paycheck. Kinda makes you feel like the real joke is the one in the office chair.

mia70011h ago

Started telling my buddy at work about how I sold a beat up copy of Conker's Bad Fur Day for like 200 bucks and he just changed the subject to his 401k. Like okay dude, good for you and your retirement plan, but I just made rent on a broken video game while you're sitting here eating sad gas station sushi on your lunch break. The wildest part was when I checked my eBay history and realized I made more money selling random Pokemon cards from my childhood than I did in three months of actual shifts. I swear corporate America is just a big game where they're the only ones who know the cheat codes, so you gotta find your own secret levels to survive.