Tree Trimming Six-Figure Dream

Called a guy to remove a tree from my yard He charged $750 Asked how many he does per week “Oh God, are you one of those morons who post about how easy it is to make six figures in the trades by assuming I’m fully booked and have zero costs? You know what, I’m actually going to charge you $1,750 for this job or I’ll just let the tree fall into your roof.” Incredible. $1,750 for just a few minutes of work. Imagine if he does just 10 other jobs a week. That’s $70k+ per month. Almost a million a year. I need to get into tree trimming!

A screenshot of a social media post recounts a customer hiring a tree trimmer, then dramatically inflating the worker’s earnings by multiplying one job across an imaginary full schedule while ignoring costs and downtime. The joke is that the narrator falls for the simplistic “six figures in the trades” math, prompting the worker’s sarcastic threat to charge more or let the tree fall on the roof. It is used as a reaction to naive income calculations and get-rich-quick claims about trade jobs. EN: A screenshot of a social media post recounts a customer hiring a tree trimmer, then dramatically inflating the worker’s earnings by multiplying one job across an imaginary full schedule while ignoring costs and downtime. The joke is that the narrator falls for the simplistic “six figures in the trades” math, prompting the worker’s sarcastic threat to charge more or let the tree fall on the roof. It is used as a reaction to naive income calculations and get-rich-quick claims about trade jobs.

• @eternalclassic / 92859 2026-08-19