Because You Would Rather Be Evicted, Starve and Move Back In With Dad Than Do This

Dogged Pursuit: Professionals Find New Livelihood Selling Frankfurters

BANDERA, Texas -- In hard times, some small-town Americans are turning to a new livelihood with relish.

Among them are Andrea and Ben Guajardo. They began selling hot dogs from a pushcart on Main Street in November.

Ms. Guajardo is a grant administrator for a health-care system. Her husband, Ben, is a pipeline operator. Theirs is the first hot-dog stand in Bandera, pop. 957, that anybody here can remember.

"It's a backup plan," says Ms. Guajardo, a mother of four. "No one knows what's going to happen with the economy, and I don't want to have to scrounge for a minimum-wage job."

(Sarah E. Needleman, WSJ)

So she wants to sell hot dogs to migrant workers over getting a minimum wage job? Shit, I'd rather work at McDonalds. At least you get to be in the air conditioning and none of your friends will see you and laugh(because they sure don't eat that crap). I'd probably even take $5 an hour to clean toilets before I would be seen selling hot dogs on the street. I intend to get through this economic tragedy with a tiny bit of dignity. This cart business is absolutely mortifying!