“Yeah, dude, I’m Kurt.”
“Marcel told us that we could make some money here? We’re trying to raise bus fare to Burning Man? We could really use the work?”
“Not today, but maybe tomorrow,” Kurt said. “Come by around lunchtime.”
“You sure you can’t use us today?”
“Not today,” Kurt said. “I’m busy today.”
“All right,” the other said, and they slouched away.
“Word of mouth,” Kurt said, with a jingling shrug. “Kids just turn up, looking for work with the trash.”
“You think they’ll come back tomorrow?” Alan was pretty good at evaluating kids and they hadn’t looked very reliable.
“Those two? Fifty-fifty chance. Tell you what, though: there’s always enough kids and enough junk to go around.”
“But you need to make arrangements to get your access points mounted and powered. You’ve got to sort it out with people who own stores and houses.”