u/MikeGander

Free personal assistant for a year

No matter what your current profession, life situation, income, etc. is, you just became one of the winners in a contest hosted by a new nationwide company that hires out personal assistants. They want to convince potential customers that people in all walks of life could use a reasonably-priced PA so you get to try out their services at no charge for a full year, providing you're good with the conditions.

  1. You can't ask your PA to do anything illegal or inherently dangerous.
  2. No sex, relationship, anything that could be construed as sexual harassment while they are in your employ. If you're friendly with them that's fine, they can go to social events with you, but they're not there to be your friend much less love interest. If you do somehow fall in love with each other you can quickly disclose it and you'll be assigned a new PA.
  3. You must find SOMETHING for them to do for at least 4 hours a day, at least four days out of the week, that is conceivably helpful to you and/or your immediate family or housemates or whoever you live with.
  4. Their timing is very flexible. If you need them to take all day off and be there for you from midnight to 6 AM, they'll do it with no complaint.
  5. They are very happy with what the company's paying them, benefits package, etc. so they are highly motivated to do a good job and keep you happy. They won't view tasks as beneath them or too hard, unless you're just intentionally trying to humiliate them or push boundaries.
  6. As part of their qualifications for the job, they can drive, are computer literate to some extent, good at written and verbal communication, have at least decent interpersonal skills and are physically and mentally healthy enough to do most work.
  7. They don't live with you; they have their own home or apartment nearby. But they are open to crashing at your place if you have room and that's helpful to you.

So what do you think? Are you taking the deal or passing on it? And what would you assign to them to make sure you're giving them enough work to get to keep them?

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u/MikeGander — 11 days ago

Not trying to dox anyone or do any official survey, be as vague or general as you like, I'm just kind of curious about who's actually watching nowadays. Where fans live, how long they've been watching, age, other pop-culture interests etc.

As for myself ... nearly 50 years old in Central Texas, watched off & on since junior high. Married Christian dad but fairly liberal at least by Texas standards. Small business owner, part-time musician, outdoorsy, fairly active and social.

Other pop culture interests include Americana music, oldies of various genres, football, pro wrestling, prestige-ish dramas like Breaking Bad, comedy in general.

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u/MikeGander — 23 days ago