The offered payment for not even a day's hard labour surprises him quite a bit - he's never charged that much for a job that wouldn't take at least a few days and several lunch breaks. Maybe he's been undercharging all this time, but he'd hate to think he'd been living practically penniless for so long, so instead he'll just stick to the belief that a dollar per box was considering overpaying and the man received an incredulous look in response.

"Christ, man, you'd think you'd be paying me to bend over the boxes as well, at a rate like that," Jeremy remarks. He almost regrets saying so, since that's usually something a man can get arrested for saying, and he'd only just avoided that a few minutes ago. But he means it in jest anyway, and continues on regardless of the stranger's reaction to his comment.

"Got yourself a deal, then." At the very least, it'll net him a few days of food, and he could really use that. Being paid up front was also a bonus, and he eyes the bills laid out for him intently. "Shall we get started?"