I was a projectionist for the last 20 years now working ground floor theatre operations to finish out my years to retirement. I was interested in supplemetal income. A friend said look into MS but I am learly as they seem to get less pay and benefits than my entry level min wagers do for all the forms and time they put in. As I helped a poor old lady once with a sheaf of papers an a load of photo's to take , I dained to ask her what pay she would get for this and was shocked, seemed like slavery would fair her better. I also thot whomever sent her there (as she was in here seventies and very frail) should have had his head examined.

Any how for one thread I noted about "prints" an trailer checks there is no such animal anymore everything comes on a hardrive and is shuttled around to the needed audutoriums from a central server as needed, Thats why Im no longer a projectionist. Best I know every theatre in the country of any size surely an most likely the mom an pops has been coeirced into the digital age.

Thanks all

Hi Vlade, welcome to the forum. Most mystery shops and audits don't pay much per shop. You'll have to do several jobs in one day to have a decent day. You're right, the pay can be very low on a per hour basis when you're starting out. As you learn how to do each type job you'll become faster both on site and doing the report, so it will get better.

For example, I do one particular job in large numbers that pays $12.50 per job with each job requiring about ten minutes on site. I have done as many as sixteen of those in one day with most of the day spent getting from site to site. This is a job that can be reported later, so I didn't have a stack of reports I had to do that night. All in all, that was a pretty good day for the hours I put in. Not every day turns out to be below minimum wage.

I don't recommend this as a full time job, although I feel certain many forum members do this full time and do very well with it. I'm a part timer supplementing other income and the beauty of this for me is I can work when I choose and take off any time and for as long as I prefer. As you get older and older this will become more important to you.

Like your little old lady, I am in my seventies, not frail but with multiple issues that require attention and prevent my working every day. I've been doing this since late 2009 and this is the most interesting and most flexible part time work I've found. Working part time, I earn between $10,000 and $15,000 per year. That's not much money but it keeps me out of my savings and lets my modest investment income roll over into my accounts.

As long as you're able to handle a full time job, that would certainly be preferable if you don't mind working every day. When you reach the point you want to be a flexible part timer, I think you'll really like this.

Thanks that was very informative, like you are now I'm not looking forward to eating up savings. I'm very close to that point and am looking into other partime means. With the costs of everything steadily rising. My future monthly allotments looks more like some kind of hermit/survivor experience like one might see on the Discovery or History Channels