Working holidays like the 4th of July and Memorial Day is a money move because customers are relaxed and drunk while most people stay home. Retail, movie theaters, and sports venues stay open, and there's less oversight. The speaker made serious cash doing this, though not every boss will let you grab the extra hours.
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I'm a work on a holiday kind of guy, especially the fake holidays. I mean, dude, there's gold in them. You know how much money I've made on like 4th of Julys, Memorial Days, Labor Days? Oh God, we'd clean up, clean up. People go like, who works on holidays? Y'all watch sports on holidays, right? They all fucking work. You don't go like, why is the NFL working on Christmas, on New Year's? When you go to Dollar General to pick up the shit you forgot on Thanksgiving, They're working. You ain't mad at that. Does it make sense? You go to the movies, they're fucking working. You can work too. Does that make sense? People think it's nuts. We printed money on holidays. People are chill, they're drunk, they're excited, they ain't worried about their boss. It's nuts. And are they all happy to let you over? No, dude. Just like every other day of the week, they're never all gonna be happy and let you over. But a day's a day.