I made an easy $100
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (43080)
Staten Island, New York
August 2, 2021 1:29pm CST
All I had to do was update a Microsoft Excel file...
Updating the data was not a problem.
Easy to do.
The challenge was sorting the data in alphabetical order.
The way the data was structured doing a regular sort, or custom sort even, screwed everything up.
What I had to do was open a new spreadsheet and copy/paste the data from the old spreadsheet to the new one, doing it in alphabetical order.
That is, I had to find those people that start with the letter A and then copy/paste that data into the other spreadsheet.
Then do the Bs, the Cs, etc...
And while I was doing each individual starting letter, I had to make sure that within that letter it is in order as well.
It didn't take a few minutes.
More like a few hours, or more than a few hours even.
But it didn't take too long a time.
And in the end I got $100.
All while sitting at home in my sweats.
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21 responses
@Vikingswest1 (6305)
• United States
2 Aug 21
If it took you four hours, that's still 25 bucks an hour. Excellent pay.
Good for you. Do you wish you could do this every day now?
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@Vikingswest1 (6305)
• United States
2 Aug 21
@lovebuglena
Sweet. Tell her you'll do more!
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
2 Aug 21
@Vikingswest1 I doubt there will be more to do.
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
2 Aug 21
Just out of curiosity I wish I had kept track of how long it took me do this.
If something like this came up again I would do it. I wasn't even looking for it. My mom was asked to do it but she told me that she wants me to do it instead as she has no time for it. She said she would pay me what she was paid for it. I said ok.
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
2 Aug 21
Actually, I was told that I will need to add some more data to it... Not 100% done with it.
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
2 Aug 21
I already have the money though. 
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@Sojourn (13836)
• India
2 Aug 21
@lovebuglena But they paid you still, seems to be a good client.
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@mythociate (21437)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2 Aug 21
And I have to mention the misuse of that word "made"; it's the 'popular' way to say it (as I'm pretty sure people don't know how else to GET money ... legally ... not unless you count 'suing people whom you say owe you money'), but ... since very few people want to "give" me money, I feel the need to remind people that most money-making is ACTUALLY 'agreeing to fulfill a contract in return for money that the employer gives you.'
That, or I'm just a jealous nerd.
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
2 Aug 21
Is made not a good word to use? Is it better to say earned instead? Or should I say given in return for completing an action?
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
2 Aug 21
Thanks. I did not expect that to happen.
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
2 Aug 21
It wasn't a site. It was something my mom was asked to do but she asked me to do it instead. When she got paid for the job she gave me the money.
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@CarolDM (203452)
• Nashville, Tennessee
2 Aug 21
@lovebuglena Oh I get it now! Makes more sense.
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
2 Aug 21
@CarolDM If it were on some site I am not sure they'd offer to pay that much. But never know.
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@florelway (23141)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
2 Aug 21
That's a hefty pay for a simple task. That's good. Is it a regular thing to do?
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
2 Aug 21
@florelway What do you mean by "consolation from your mom"?
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
2 Aug 21
This was a one time thing. I wouldn't mind such a regular thing for $100 each time.
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@florelway (23141)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
2 Aug 21
@lovebuglena yes, it's an easy job. But that could just be a consolation from your mom.
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@RebeccasFarm (86764)
• United States
3 Aug 21
More power to you and good it was easy
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
3 Aug 21
I thought I'd just do a sort or custom sort and that would do the trick. It didn't work out that way. Didn't expect to have to do a manual copy/paste to sort all the data. There was over 100 rows of data.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
2 Aug 21
I can imagine that was a bigger task than one might think, but $100 is good pay.
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
2 Aug 21
Yeah. I though I just press the sort button and it will do the trick. It didn't work out that way.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
3 Aug 21
@lovebuglena lol yes I would have thought so it!!
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@moffittjc (118459)
• Gainesville, Florida
3 Aug 21
Even if it took you a few hours, it still turned out to be a great pay for the work you did!
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@moffittjc (118459)
• Gainesville, Florida
7 Aug 21
@lovebuglena A definite advantage for you! I wish I could find a stay at home job that paid handsomely!
@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
7 Aug 21
@moffittjc That would be awesome. This was a one time thing though. My mom had me do it instead of doing it herself and then she paid me what she was paid for it.
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
3 Aug 21
Definitely. And I didn't have to go anywhere to make it.
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@kobesbuddy (74594)
• East Tawas, Michigan
2 Aug 21
This was an excellent way to earn $100, how nice!
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
2 Aug 21
Yep. Felt pretty good to get that money.
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
2 Aug 21
@kobesbuddy 
If someone told me I'd get paid $50 for a survey I'd think it was a joke or a scam. Glad you actually got paid!
If someone told me I'd get paid $50 for a survey I'd think it was a joke or a scam. Glad you actually got paid!2 people like this
@kobesbuddy (74594)
• East Tawas, Michigan
2 Aug 21
@lovebuglena And one time I earned $50 for a survey. I thought it was just a joke, but they did pay me! This was over 15 years ago, now those fair surveys aren't available.
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@LindaOHio (156271)
• United States
3 Aug 21
That's great that you got an opportunity to make some extra cash. You should spend it on yourself!
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
3 Aug 21
It's probably gonna go toward paying my credit card bill.
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
3 Aug 21
Definitely worth it to get that $100.
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@aureategloom (8344)
• Bosnia And Herzegovina
2 Aug 21
i'd like to do that too (i like doing that and actually most of the things are in alphabetical or numerical order here)
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
2 Aug 21
When you have data on every line it is very easy to sort. But when you have data on some lines and not others, and then you have data next to that it will not sort correctly. So, have to resort to doing it manually.
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
2 Aug 21
@aureategloom Pressing a button to sort and not having to do anything else is much more satisfying.
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@aureategloom (8344)
• Bosnia And Herzegovina
2 Aug 21
@lovebuglena oh... but still, it's satisfying
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
3 Aug 21
Yes. Manually sorting is a little tough. Easy to make a mistake.
@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
2 Aug 21
Yep. An unexpected $100 is awesome.
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@cahaya1983 (11121)
• Malaysia
3 Aug 21
Sounds tedious but glad it's worth it in the end! Excel is definitely not my forte although I did have to work with it in the past.
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
3 Aug 21
It was slightly time consuming but I wouldn't say it was tedious.
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@RasmaSandra (73473)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
3 Aug 21
Congrats to you and way to go, I was never good at Excel but have worked on it before
@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
4 Aug 21
I am not an expert in Excel but I know enough for at least basic stuff.
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@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
2 Aug 21
Good job Lena
I know nothing about it so will just say well done
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
2 Aug 21
Thank you! Would be nice if it took less time to complete. If I could just press the sort button and it'd work.
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@S4mmyboy (3266)
• Mumbai, India
3 Aug 21
That's a good payout. Maybe it's a one time job.....whatever it may be you minted $100 and it's too good
@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
3 Aug 21
This was a one time thing.
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