Telemarketer selling magazines in the late 80s.

It was horrible!

I lasted a week.

HemoDialysis Technician

Worked for a veterinarian. Came in every morning and fed everyone

plus cleaned the cages. Worst time was these 3 St. Bernard puppies got wormed.

I came in and it was a river of shit. Had to scrub the cage, scrub the floor and bathe

the dogs. I believe I was paid $1.75 an hour which was a huge raise from my previous

job where I got 90 ¢ an hour working at a resort doing yard work, carring luggage,

and washing dishes. I remember dragging 10 pieces of luggage up to the third floor and

the customer said she would give me a tip later when she got change for a quarter.

My first one: McDonald's when I was 16.

Selling cemetary plots to people pre-need. I began working at the Woodlawn Cemetary in Detroit when I was 25. I actually enjoyed it for awhile. I liked the serenity of being able to walk around and visit the final resting places of some of Detroit's most prominent citizens and learn about their history. When I first started working there, I sold cemetary plots to people in-need. That was a piece of cake because in-need life insurance policy holders will buy pretty much anything just to hurry up and get the process over with. I did very well and the commision was outstanding. One day I showed up for work and was told I was "promoted" to outside pre-need sales and the bosses neice who'd just returned from college was going to take over my former job.

Going door-to-door to sell pre-need funeral plots lasted exactly 1 day.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Selling cemetary plots to people pre-need. I began working at the Woodlawn Cemetary in Detroit when I was 25. I actually enjoyed it for awhile. I liked the serenity of being able to walk around and visit the final resting places of some of Detroit's most prominent citizens and learn about their history. When I first started working there, I sold cemetary plots to people in-need. That was a piece of cake because in-need life insurance policy holders will buy pretty much anything just to hurry up and get the process over with. I did very well and the commision was outstanding. One day I showed up for work and was told I was "promoted" to outside pre-need sales and the bosses neice who'd just returned from college was going to take over my former job.

Going door-to-door to sell pre-need funeral plots lasted exactly 1 day.

thedoorkeeper said:

Worked for a veterinarian. Came in every morning and fed everyone

plus cleaned the cages. Worst time was these 3 St. Bernard puppies got wormed.

I came in and it was a river of shit. Had to scrub the cage, scrub the floor and bathe

the dogs. I believe I was paid $1.75 an hour which was a huge raise from my previous

job where I got 90 ¢ an hour working at a resort doing yard work, carring luggage,

and washing dishes. I remember dragging 10 pieces of luggage up to the third floor and

the customer said she would give me a tip later when she got change for a quarter.

Surely you mean fed all the animals?

Mandingo said:

thedoorkeeper said:

Worked for a veterinarian. Came in every morning and fed everyone

plus cleaned the cages. Worst time was these 3 St. Bernard puppies got wormed.

I came in and it was a river of shit. Had to scrub the cage, scrub the floor and bathe

the dogs. I believe I was paid $1.75 an hour which was a huge raise from my previous

job where I got 90 ¢ an hour working at a resort doing yard work, carring luggage,

and washing dishes. I remember dragging 10 pieces of luggage up to the third floor and

the customer said she would give me a tip later when she got change for a quarter.

Surely you mean fed all the animals?

If it was in a cage I fed it.

The one I am in now............

My resume is up-to-date. Time to send it out.

My first job out of college was running a mail room for an car company. I had to be at work at 5 in the morning. Lasted 6 months. Being a night owl I just couldnt get my body to adjust to the time. Plus I had to get up like at 4 drive to the plant switch to the company car and then backtrack like 30 minutes the way I just came to get the mail and then back to the plant. ugh.

luv4u said:

The one I am in now............

My resume is up-to-date. Time to send it out.

when i was 18

i wanted to see what the hub bub

was about, so i got a yob, wob, that thing you said.

I SHOWED UP!!!worst couple of hours i ever spent.

haven't made a bad descision since...

KingBAD said:

when i was 18

i wanted to see what the hub bub

was about, so i got a yob, wob, that thing you said.

I SHOWED UP!!!worst couple of hours i ever spent.

haven't made a bad descision since...

chocolate1 said:

luv4u said:

The one I am in now............

My resume is up-to-date. Time to send it out.

I needed that, thanks

I could answer my job now (because working for big banks is just BAD NOW ... )

but then i will remember ...

I took this sales job about 6 yrs ago - it promised 100K a year ... the guy who hired me said "oh you just go out on 2 appointments a day ... the statistics are that you will sell 50% of the time ... so thats a sale a day ... and you make like $800 off every sale ...

so i had another job at the time ... so i thought this would work out great ...

well of course that wasnt really the whole story ... you got a "lead " and if you didnt turn that lead into a sale then you had like 3 days of training ...

IT SUCKED BIG TIME .... the first appt i went on - i sold the product ... my manager was with me ... and he said "congratulations .... by taking 1/2 the commission .... yeah !

so the second appt i went on ... was a bust ... they werent gonna buy no matter what .... and i soon learned that the job was kinda totally BS ...

Custodial for a biomed lab.

Amazon.com order picker. 10-12 hour days walking non-stop up and down ailes, pushing a cart, pulling merchandise off shelves in a hot warehouse (no air conditioning) with a two 15-minute breaks and a 30-minute lunch. No benefits. Not even an employee discount.

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TeeeeHaaaaHoooo said:

Amazon.com order picker. 10-12 hour days walking non-stop up and down ailes, pushing a cart, pulling merchandise off shelves in a hot warehouse (no air conditioning) with a two 15-minute breaks and a 30-minute lunch. No benefits. Not even an employee discount.

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I applied for that same job last week and they hired me.

Unfortunately I had to take a drug test so....no job there.

I wasn't looking forward to working there so no great loss.

thedoorkeeper said:

TeeeeHaaaaHoooo said:

Amazon.com order picker. 10-12 hour days walking non-stop up and down ailes, pushing a cart, pulling merchandise off shelves in a hot warehouse (no air conditioning) with a two 15-minute breaks and a 30-minute lunch. No benefits. Not even an employee discount.

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I applied for that same job last week and they hired me.

Unfortunately I had to take a drug test so....no job there.

I wasn't looking forward to working there so no great loss.

Count your blessings.

Ive had a few Sucky ones...


Working on a farm shoveling pig shit(semi fun).

Working for Labor Ready, digging ditches in pouring down rain(in seattle).

Cleaning up abandoned and foreclosed crack and squatters houses.

Moving furniture up a big ass hill and only getting paid 7 dollars an hour ..

Never again.

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A whore, but the pay wasn't great. I had to keep paying the clients.

kewlschool said:

A whore, but the pay wasn't great. I had to keep paying the clients.

a house wife

I was 16 or 17 and my first job ever was a summer job for a nonprofit agency typing names and adresses from the damn telephone book. I hated it. The office was freezing and I had to use a friggin manual typewrite.

thedoorkeeper said:

Worked for a veterinarian. Came in every morning and fed everyone

plus cleaned the cages. Worst time was these 3 St. Bernard puppies got wormed.

I came in and it was a river of shit. Had to scrub the cage, scrub the floor and bathe

the dogs. I believe I was paid $1.75 an hour which was a huge raise from my previous

job where I got 90 ¢ an hour working at a resort doing yard work, carring luggage,

and washing dishes. I remember dragging 10 pieces of luggage up to the third floor and

the customer said she would give me a tip later when she got change for a quarter.

Wouldn't that qualify as your first job?

TeeeeHaaaaHoooo said:

Amazon.com order picker. 10-12 hour days walking non-stop up and down ailes, pushing a cart, pulling merchandise off shelves in a hot warehouse (no air conditioning) with a two 15-minute breaks and a 30-minute lunch. No benefits. Not even an employee discount.

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DAYUM! That sucks. They could at least give you a free book or something.

TeeeeHaaaaHoooo said:

thedoorkeeper said:

I applied for that same job last week and they hired me.

Unfortunately I had to take a drug test so....no job there.

I wasn't looking forward to working there so no great loss.

Count your blessings.

Did you fail the test or just not take it and forfeit the job? That happened to me. I got hired, failed the drug test for marijuana and was told the job would be rescinded unless I had a prescription for the grass, which I did not because this was back in 1999. I begged and pleaded and agreed to take random drug tests for a year if they hired me. They agreed and I was hired. I was tested every month up until around January of the following year. I had started in June the previous year. I didn't get summoned for a test in February or March so I figured I was done and took a chance. I smoked a half a joint with a friend on a Sunday. That Monday morning I was summoned for another test. OH SHIT!! I knew I was in big trouble. So I tried drinking massive amounts of water to flush my system. No dice. When the results came back I was fired. My boss was so hurt because he really liked me and my work ethic and didn't care that I smoked grass. I was honest with him and told him I liked to smoke on my own time at home, never publicly. Hell, he smoked! I never went to work high and never smoked on the job. I felt so bad. He actually had tears in his eyes when he had to tell me I had been fired. It wasn't his decision and he had fought for me, but the powers that be weren't having it. I was so mad with myself too for making such an asinine mistake. Now the shit is legal in DC and that's where the job was.

Shyra said:

TeeeeHaaaaHoooo said:

Count your blessings.

Did you fail the test or just not take it and forfeit the job? That happened to me. I got hired, failed the drug test for marijuana and was told the job would be rescinded unless I had a prescription for the grass, which I did not because this was back in 1999. I begged and pleaded and agreed to take random drug tests for a year if they hired me. They agreed and I was hired. I was tested every month up until around January of the following year. I had started in June the previous year. I didn't get summoned for a test in February or March so I figured I was done and took a chance. I smoked a half a joint with a friend on a Sunday. That Monday morning I was summoned for another test. OH SHIT!! I knew I was in big trouble. So I tried drinking massive amounts of water to flush my system. No dice. When the results came back I was fired. My boss was so hurt because he really liked me and my work ethic and didn't care that I smoked grass. I was honest with him and told him I liked to smoke on my own time at home, never publicly. Hell, he smoked! I never went to work high and never smoked on the job. I felt so bad. He actually had tears in his eyes when he had to tell me I had been fired. It wasn't his decision and he had fought for me, but the powers that be weren't having it. I was so mad with myself too for making such an asinine mistake. Now the shit is legal in DC and that's where the job was.

Oh yeah I failed the test. I didn't know they were doing drug testing. If I had I wouldn't have

even applied. Almost walked out when I saw that was what they were going to do but I thought

I had been there a half hour so what the hell. I suffer from depression and I need some pot occasionally.

So now I won't smoke again until I get a job. Didn't really want the Amazon job so

no big deal.

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chocolate1 said:

Telemarketer selling magazines in the late 80s.

It was horrible!

I lasted a week.

OMG...me too..i lasted 3 hours....so much rejection.~

worst job was working at the spca...cleaning up piss & sh%$...i had to put down cats & small animals..i was 14.

fuc^ed me up for a while...