best questions from the public
best questions from the public
got this one about 6 weeks back - "are you all homeless?"
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You only get payed 12 cents a tree? even i get 10$ an hour..
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Person: What do you do for work?
Me: I'm a treeplanter
Person: So... you plant trees?
Me: Yes... *facepalm*
Me: I'm a treeplanter
Person: So... you plant trees?
Me: Yes... *facepalm*
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"Someone said that there was a school bus full of hippies, so I came to check it out. Who are you guys?"
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(while grocery shopping in Kelowna)
random woman: You must have a big family
me: i cook for treeplanters
r.w.: Ah yes, i understand how that is. I have three kids - - TWO are in college.
me: blank stare, mental facepalm..."uh huh, ok". Walk away. Pile 32 loaves of bread on my cart.
random woman: You must have a big family
me: i cook for treeplanters
r.w.: Ah yes, i understand how that is. I have three kids - - TWO are in college.
me: blank stare, mental facepalm..."uh huh, ok". Walk away. Pile 32 loaves of bread on my cart.
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I've been thinking increasingly in the past few days that I wish this message board had a "like" button, like Facebook."Someone said that there was a school bus full of hippies, so I came to check it out. Who are you guys?"
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"Oh, you plant trees. So how many a day? Like, 50?"
(The person inevitably picturing like, 3-4 year sapplings being planted out of the backs of trucks.)
(The person inevitably picturing like, 3-4 year sapplings being planted out of the backs of trucks.)
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I like the inevitable reply of "oh wow, thats really good of you!"
Like were trying to save the planet and not make money.
Like were trying to save the planet and not make money.
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jess wrote: me: i cook for treeplanters
r.w.: Ah yes, i understand how that is. I have three kids
maybe random woman knew exactly what she meant
got this standard chestnut the other day:
are you all volunteers?
(I actually somewhat compete with volunteers quite frequently).
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Along the lines of the last comment "Do you get paid to do that?" has come out a lot
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it must hurt your back!?
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My personal favorite I've heard so far, when saying what I do in the spring and summer:
"That's kinda dumb, isn't it now?"
"That's kinda dumb, isn't it now?"
Expect delays.
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I sometimes like to answer this one with "well I'd rather cut them down, that usually pays better."zilla wrote:I like the inevitable reply of "oh wow, thats really good of you!"
Like were trying to save the planet and not make money.
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"Oh, you're out in the woods all day. Where do you pee?"
I've gotten this one quite a lot. I think because I'm a girl.
I've gotten this one quite a lot. I think because I'm a girl.
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"Tree planting, wow, sounds exciting, but don't they have machines these days to plant them"
The more flies you eat, the less there are to bite you
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my all-time favorite:
"How did you get a body like that?"
"How did you get a body like that?"
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got a memorable one the other day. kind of in a milk-comes-from-the-store, right? vein, but also a bit existential:
"Why do they want you to plant trees out there if they are just going to cut them down again?"
"Why do they want you to plant trees out there if they are just going to cut them down again?"
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got this one yesterday, i was speechless....
"You must love working with all those men!"
???
"You must love working with all those men!"
???
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the comments from the public are always interesting, not just the questions
today I heard what could be the all-time #1 comment - "now that is some hard work" (from a Tree Improvement Forester, even)
I generally answer "Huh, I always thought it was easy."
today I heard what could be the all-time #1 comment - "now that is some hard work" (from a Tree Improvement Forester, even)
I generally answer "Huh, I always thought it was easy."