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Orianna Rosa Royle

An 11-year-old is cleaning his neighbors' trash cans for $10 each—he now has 100K followers as teens face the worst summer job market since 1948

Photo of Ashton Meyer (Credit: Courtesy of Jonathan Meyer's parents.)

Teens are up against the worst summer job market in nearly 80 years, fighting just to get a shift at an ice cream shop. One 11-year-old is taking matters into his own hands and offering to clean his neighbors’ trash cans for $10.

Once his school let out for the summer break in May, Ashton Meyer began knocking on the doors of local residents of East Gwillimbury, Ontario, to ask whether he could clear out their trash—and documenting each knock on Instagram and TikTok.

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