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Originally Posted by JAS0643
Although in the past a lot of people wouldn't harvest trees unless the person asked them to there is no need in that any more. If people don't want their trees harvested then they have the option to hire us where we can't harvest trees. In my opinion if I have the ability to harvest trees I assume the farmer wants them harvested so I harvest them. There is no need anymore for the bull s*** of asking for permission to harvest something on someone's farm. Also I never say I have trees that need harvesting when I go to the mp and I always get my 2000+ trees harvested with no problem.
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It's been my experience that a lot of people don't fully read the info box when they get hired and the vast majority, me included, don't have the trees on most of the time so don't even see them. One of my farms is mostly covered with trees and you can't even harvest with them on. The orginial has about 140 on top of a portion of the crops so they need to be off to get it all done.
I've read the box, knew I was getting hired to do both crops and trees and totally forgotten about it by the time I'm done harvesting because they aren't on. And, I hire two people to harvest on each of my farms 3 to 5 times a day and I get questions about trees every day....can they do them or why can't they do them. So, I know there's still some confusion even after all this time.
I've also inadvertantly clicked the wrong hire option. Usually they never touch the trees. But, I also tend to hire the more aggressive job hunters. They tend to want to get right to the plowing as soon as possible.
I don't think it's b.s. to ask someone about the trees if you want to do them or you want them done. It's just common courtesy. It eliminates confusion.
Anyway, the original reason for responding was the "babysitting" comment.
I hire from the MP way more than the average player and my experiences have been, overall, very, very good.
Connection issues can be a problem. Communicaton can be a problem sometimes...I can't tell you how many people I've hired who didn't have great command of the English language. I've hired people from all over Europe, Asia and Australia and every part of the US.
I never expect my next hire to be my new best friend, but I have made some friends there.
I hire only to get the work done and to get them and me some points and coins.
I tend to hire the more aggressive job seekers, but never those that flood the chat box.
I have rarely had issues but stuff happens. I spent an extra 20 minutes the other day with a woman with connection problems getting her to refresh and rehiring her so she could finish plowing and get the points. If I hadn't been there I would have come back to an unfinished job and thought she got booted. I would have never thought she was a slacker that didn't finish the job. I would have assumed connection issues and I'd have been right.