Homeless ...again!

pattycakes_

pattycakes_

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Here in Greece I've been acting like a twat and ignoring the fact that my money was running out while checking out some bodacious ancient sites and swanning around like a prannet. Been in the same situ before. Maybe even made a thread about it but can't find anything now.

Not begging, just asking for suggestions. What would you do in this situation? Am in a small town, Nafplio, with a healthy tourism industry. Went around asking places if they need help today. No luck so far. Will do the same again tomorrow, but first am gonna try and find some sort of charity shelter. Apparently the church can help with that. Sleeping under the stars has lost its lustre pretty quickly, have to say. Weather not looking great in the next few days

A guy I met told me to get to Mykonos. He said finding a job there is easy af now the season has started up and they often can be found the same day, and can come with accommodation. So basically I only need to make 60€ to get there. Should be easy enough to make that. Again, not begging. Just asking for tips. Especially how you would approach places offering your services knowing that you only want one or two shifts. Or other means of making the dosh.

Have almost no funds now, so this will be starting from scratch. It also means no way to buy any kind of tools that could be used in the money making schemes.

And yeah, I know. Idiot. It sucks but I did it to myself. Whaddayagonnado.
 
Mr. Tea

Mr. Tea

Let's Talk About Ceps
Scultp your orange Cheeto-based faeces into a malleable clay and thence into scale models of the Parthenon. Then sell these to tourists.

Easy peasy.
 
Murphy

Murphy

cat malogen
Get fed, then get paid

Hospitality, give them a mobile of a friend yadda yadda just like Cocktail

Pot washing for food, a chef might look hat you differently but you’re easier to exploit as they’ll know you’re hard up

Cleaning, anything, for food.

Front of house if you have attire

Illegal option - contact the local police, say you got mugged, *two blokes in an off path area “while i was taking a piss!” and they could offer you a German/British contact

Busk

Breakdance

*Sell yourself into the company of male prostitution (jokes)
 
pattycakes_

pattycakes_

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Cheers @shiels. Actually have a pretty good cv already tho thanks. Have been around a bunch of places today. Thing is I'm in the wrong town by the looks of it. It's a quaint little seaside place and as the season's just began, most spots are already sorted. Plus Brexit means I'd really need things to be by the book with visa and a tax number n shit. Same for rest of Europe. This is the first time I've felt directly fucked by Brexit. Fkn sucks. And here in Greece they've recently tightened all the measures keeping illegal work in check - huge fines if you get caught - 10k for the business 500 for the employee. I do have a German residence permit (aufenhaltstitel) which I thought might help, but that only allows me free passage. No working. So while the chances anyone gets busted are low, in a small place like this where word gets around, is it really worth it for them to help out some random guy? Wind's been knocked out of the sails a bit today. Weather is looking shitty for most of the week too. A guy I met is making a few inquiries for field/yard stuff but am not holding my breath. Brit consulate might help with covering travel back home but then I'm gonna be in the same situ anyway. This Brexit twist has really fucked it all up. Under the table or just helping random people is the only option. But I wouldn't know where to start with that. Just knocking on doors and not speaking Greek? Would make a good film sequence.
 
pattycakes_

pattycakes_

Can turn naughty
Scratch some of the previous post. chatGPT just said this: "Bottom line:

You’re in a very good position. Show up in Mykonos, Santorini, or Crete with a CV and start asking around—you have the legal status and timing on your side."

My German permit was made from before Brexit time so I have fairly similar freedoms to regular EU peeps. Shit is back on. Just need to get to the island. GPT was even heavily hinting at there being a lot of cash in hand shit etc. phew.
 
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pattycakes_

pattycakes_

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shiels said:
Aye you’ll be ok you have the wit to work it out
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Kinda sorta. Today's been an emotional roller coaster. Cold approaching places and asking for jobs doesn't come naturally. First tries were going good "ah what's the big deal? Piece of piss, just smile and the world smiles back" 5 rejections later "ah, umm, hehh" then the guy tells me about the fines and that was a major knock. Another guy tells me restaurants aren't easy because they're pretty tightly ran with a specific mentality whatever that was supposed to mean. Had to go and sit down with a bag of Cheetos. Then while sat eating said bag, out of nowhere, a magical and mysterious hand whirls out of the ether and presents me with an offer.

:unsure:

Well, let's just say within 48 hours I should be on the isle of Mykonos, where the next chapter will commence. Thank you mysterious hand!
 
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