Crappy job

In the part of the world where I live you cannot put signs out by the street. No garage sales, no liquidation sales, no nothing. The only exception is real estate signs on the weekend.

So what does a business do to promote their twice a year liquidations sale?

Well it's okay in the eyes of the law to have a dude stand by the street and hold a sign. So you see these poor souls standing in the sun holding a sign that says 'eat at Joes' for hours on end. It seems like it would be mind numbingly boring, and hot as hell. Often the guys doing this job look like they may not have many options. I feel for them in a way, I mean at least the will work for food crowd are their own bosses.

Sure, there are worse gigs, pretty much anything in a slaughterhouse is right up there, and it ain't Baghdad, but still.