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I just finished washing, drying, folding and sorting a mountain of laundry and it inspired the idea for this blog. Like many people (I was going to say young males, but I actually assume this is true for just about everyone) I don’t really enjoy doing mundane every day tasks. These include but are not limited to laundry, cleaning, cooking, doing dishes and waiting on hold with faceless corporations to complete minor tasks. I don’t derive much enjoyment from these activities (usually) and don’t really find the result to provide me with the satisfaction level that I feel is appropriate for the amount of work I put in.

The poker player in me can’t help but put an hourly rate on my time doing these things, and I decided at some point that my time might be better spent at the poker tables. A few summers ago I came up with a solution that seemed good not just for myself but for a friend as well. A classmate of mine at Penn was whining about how she was having no luck procuring a summer job, I was planning on being in Vegas for the summer to play the WSOP so I told her that I would happily pay her to be my butler for the summer and complete all the tasks I detail above. Overall it would be a fairly cushy gig, good pay, mostly free hours, and a free summer in Vegas. I would benefit from eating healthier for the summer due to having someone to cook for me, thereby avoiding the fast food trap that is Las Vegas, as well as having far more free time to focus on the tournaments and cash games in Vegas at that time. She laughed and it turned into a joke, but upon further reflection I kind of wish I had given the idea a try at least at some point in my poker career.

Since the time I decided having a “butler” of sorts would be a good idea for me, I have come to realize that it is in no way a unique idea. In fact, I have learned that certain high stakes poker professionals employ someone year round to work odd hours and do all sorts of bizarre tasks as simple as bringing a burger to bellagio at 430 am.

I suppose in the end, the old saying prevails. “Give a man a fish he eats for a day, teach a man to fish, he eats for a lifetime”. When all is said and done I don’t really want to be given fish for awhile until my friend finds something better to do, I really should just learn to be proficient and efficient at all of these tasks and I will be a better person for it. Unless maybe any of you out there fits the bill.