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Reply #30 posted 08/11/16 10:35am

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maplenpg said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

by date of hire

1) Peter Piper Pizza (dish washer and bus boy) lasted about 6 weeks they asked me to come in I said no they said well don't come back I said cool

2) Cleaned old mobile homes for resale (about 2 weeks the guy was a flake I quit)

3) Chinese Restaurant (Dish washer, some cooking, some cleaning, killed a pig once) about 3 mounts as i was going into the Army

4) US ARMY 4 years

5) Worked part time for Raytheon while i was in the army few months as I was getting out of the Army

6) worked as a Professor's aide in a college class (wrote part of a text book) 3 years...

7) Lot manatince engener at a used car lot (that is I washed cars and kept the lot and offices clean) about 2 years

8) my current job 18 years!

9) 1 year doing Taxes for HandR Block

What is your current job?

being super awesome!

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Reply #31 posted 08/11/16 7:18pm

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KingBAD said:

it's almost sickenin...

you people shoulda picked somethin and stuck to it... i did

lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol

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Hey, that's not fair.

I was working my way through college

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Reply #32 posted 08/11/16 11:52pm

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Good hell, I barely remember.

Includes, but probably not in order, and not a complete list:

Farm work
Factory work-- sewing, cardboard, thread mill, meat packing
Hotel maid (suck it, Sheraton, you miserable cheap ass-busting bastards)
Pizza delivery
Truck driver
Dog groomer

My best friend is 60 years old and has only ever had three jobs in his entire life. He stays on a job until they close the doors. He expects to retire in two years from his third ever job. Man, I moved around too much for that. But then he's also living in the first house he bought when he left home. He's only ever had two homes. His childhood home and his current home. I can not relate to that level of stability.
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Murica: at least it's not Sudan.
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Reply #33 posted 08/12/16 8:03am

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http://www.marketwatch.com/story/what-your-first-seven-jobs-say-about-you-2016-08-08

What your first seven jobs say about you



Twitter users, including celebrities Stephen Colbert, Buzz Aldrin, Regina Spektor and Lin-Manuel Miranda, shared their first seven jobs this weekend, which included gigs from dish washing to nude modeling.

Many users were quick to share their own first jobs. Others pointed out that the tweets weren’t just a walk down memory lane, but showed how U.S. employment has changed in the last several decades.

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Reply #34 posted 08/12/16 8:25am

morningsong

Horsefeathers said:

Good hell, I barely remember.

Includes, but probably not in order, and not a complete list:

Farm work
Factory work-- sewing, cardboard, thread mill, meat packing
Hotel maid (suck it, Sheraton, you miserable cheap ass-busting bastards)
Pizza delivery
Truck driver
Dog groomer

My best friend is 60 years old and has only ever had three jobs in his entire life. He stays on a job until they close the doors. He expects to retire in two years from his third ever job. Man, I moved around too much for that. But then he's also living in the first house he bought when he left home. He's only ever had two homes. His childhood home and his current home. I can not relate to that level of stability.
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Talk about an immovable force.
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Reply #35 posted 08/12/16 9:06am

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1 - Fence painter – My friend who lived across the street from me and I painted her parents’ fence when we were about 7 or 8 and they paid us each, like, $20, which was a FORTUNE. I was so rich!

2 – Babysitter – Random various babysitting gigs

3 – Dishwasher at a small café

4 – Convenience store clerk – Like in the movie Clerks, there was a video rental place attached.

5 – I took a temp job at my mom’s company the summer before college reorganizing and preparing their filing system for microfiche. Remember microfiche?

6 – I worked in my dorm cafeteria at my university, mostly setting up, replenishing and wiping up spills from the salad bar over lunch.

7 – Movie Theatre – I was a ticket taker, ticket seller, concessions and theatre cleaner. I eventually got promoted to manager. I remember thinking it was weird that someone trusted a teenager (I was 19) with dreadlock extensions and a nose ring with keys to a business. But hey – Prince used to come in! I got to hold the door open for him and everything.



I've worked at my current company for 20 years, but I've had at least 12 roles in that time, doing vastly different work now than when I started. There were a few more jobs in between too.

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Reply #36 posted 08/12/16 11:07am

sexton

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Horsefeathers said:

Good hell, I barely remember.

Includes, but probably not in order, and not a complete list:

Farm work
Factory work-- sewing, cardboard, thread mill, meat packing
Hotel maid (suck it, Sheraton, you miserable cheap ass-busting bastards)
Pizza delivery
Truck driver
Dog groomer

My best friend is 60 years old and has only ever had three jobs in his entire life. He stays on a job until they close the doors. He expects to retire in two years from his third ever job. Man, I moved around too much for that. But then he's also living in the first house he bought when he left home. He's only ever had two homes. His childhood home and his current home. I can not relate to that level of stability. [Edited 8/12/16 5:01am]


I'm also living in the same place to which I moved from my parents' house 20+ years ago. I don't like moving.

As for my full time jobs:

1. Roy Rogers fast food cook
2. Pergament home improvement center - lumber sales (this lasted exactly one week since I know absolutely zero about lumber sales)
3. U.S. Trust intern
4. McCann Erickson intern (loved seeing them on Mad Men)
5. Magazine assistant art director
6. Magazine associate art director
7. Magazine art director (currently)

So not counting freelance work, I've had exactly seven full-time jobs.

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Reply #37 posted 08/12/16 2:40pm

thekidsgirl

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1. Summer job as a "lab helper" in high school

2. Barista at Starbucks through college coffee

3. Private tutor (on and off through out the years) wall

4. Alternative education home teacher headlp

5. Cytogenetic technologist geek

6. Senior cytogenetic technologist grandpa

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Reply #38 posted 08/12/16 2:50pm

Horsefeathers

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Horsefeathers said:

Good hell, I barely remember.

Includes, but probably not in order, and not a complete list:

Farm work
Factory work-- sewing, cardboard, thread mill, meat packing
Hotel maid (suck it, Sheraton, you miserable cheap ass-busting bastards)
Pizza delivery
Truck driver
Dog groomer

My best friend is 60 years old and has only ever had three jobs in his entire life. He stays on a job until they close the doors. He expects to retire in two years from his third ever job. Man, I moved around too much for that. But then he's also living in the first house he bought when he left home. He's only ever had two homes. His childhood home and his current home. I can not relate to that level of stability.
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I just realized, duh, despite all this, I have been on my current job and owning my own business for 17 years. It is every bit as glamorous and awesome as you think. You wish you were me.


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Reply #39 posted 08/13/16 10:38pm

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lol My CV would be pathetic.

1. 1998-2001 - Various temping jobs

2. 2001-2002-ish - data entry and misc. admin crap at Spirax Sarco

3. 2002-2004 - English teacher in Thailand

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MY COUSIN WORKS IN A PHARMACY AND SHE SAID THEY ENEMA'D PRANCE INTO OBLIVION WITH FENTONILS!!
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Reply #40 posted 08/13/16 10:51pm

QueenofCardboa
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Fauxie said:

lol My CV would be pathetic.

1. 1998-2001 - Various temping jobs

2. 2001-2002-ish - data entry and misc. admin crap at Spirax Sarco

3. 2002-2004 - English teacher in Thailand

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That sounds like great job.

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Reply #41 posted 08/13/16 10:58pm

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QueenofCardboard said:

Fauxie said:

lol My CV would be pathetic.

1. 1998-2001 - Various temping jobs

2. 2001-2002-ish - data entry and misc. admin crap at Spirax Sarco

3. 2002-2004 - English teacher in Thailand

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That sounds like great job.

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Awful. I hated it. lol Not because of the students, who I liked, but because I'm not a very good teacher for classes of more than a handful of students, and because of my colleagues and bosses and the way they run things out here. I only studied for the TESOL certificate and came here to teach just as a way to come back here, like a foot in the door. My heart was never in it and at times it made me physically ill doing it.

MY COUSIN WORKS IN A PHARMACY AND SHE SAID THEY ENEMA'D PRANCE INTO OBLIVION WITH FENTONILS!!
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Reply #42 posted 08/13/16 11:06pm

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Fauxie said:

QueenofCardboard said:

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That sounds like great job.

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Awful. I hated it. lol Not because of the students, who I liked, but because I'm not a very good teacher for classes of more than a handful of students, and because of my colleagues and bosses and the way they run things out here. I only studied for the TESOL certificate and came here to teach just as a way to come back here, like a foot in the door. My heart was never in it and at times it made me physically ill doing it.

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I taught English in Greece in 1989-1990.

I didn't know what I was doing and it was very stressful.

I had a blast being a migrant worker that summer on Crete picking oranges. (it the most fun job I have ever had) biggrin

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Reply #43 posted 08/14/16 3:59am

Adorecream

1. Berry picking - Summers of 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1993 - performance based salary -kiddie work, working for peanuts (Less than $10 a day - slave labour)

2. Orchard worker -Summers of 1994/1995/1996 working for between $5 and $7 an hour, picking strawberries, courgettes, apple tree thinning and pulping of fruit for ice cream.

3. Cleaning a church - 1997 $30 a week - 2 hours

4. Various day jobs at University 1997 to 1999 during semester, 1 day emergency jobs, cash in hand ($40 to $80 a pop) on days off from class.

5. Storeman - Paint Aids Limited 6 month contract Aug 1998 - Feb 1999, finished to go back to college.

6. Casino Croupier at Skycity Casino, dealing games blackjack, roulette and stud poker $12.79 an hour fired after 13 months November 1999 to January 2001

7. Post Office Mail sorter - 2001 Summer and 2002 Autumn - Part time.

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Jobs 1 to 2 in Christchurch New Zealand, others in Auckland. My work history has always been very patchy.

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Reply #44 posted 08/14/16 2:40pm

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1. Babysitting.

2. Washing dishes/collecting glasses etc in pub/restaurant my Mum ran.

3. Nursery assistant in a private nursery. Beautiful bunch of 2-5 yr olds.

4. Nursery nurse in a school nursery.

5. Waitress. Great peep. Rubbish Waitress.

6. Barmaid. No thanks, not 4 me. Wall 2 wall yuppies didn't help matters.

7. Collecting 4 a charity, on street. Lasted 1 day. Never again.
"We just let people talk & say whatever they want 2 say. 9 times out of 10, trust me, what's out there now, I wouldn't give nary one of these folks the time of day. That's why I don't say anything back, because there's so much that's wrong" - P, Dec '15
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Reply #45 posted 08/14/16 4:10pm

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Haven't hit 7 yet lol

1. Sales Associate - Retail

2. Advertising Admin for the newspaper

3. Dress specialist at David's Bridal

4. Makeup Artist/Retail at a cosmetics store

5. Admin Assistant for a cosmetics company

6. Product Development for a cosmetics company (current)

From now on, 4 U I shall be wild 💜
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Reply #46 posted 08/15/16 12:08am

Adorecream

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1. Berry picking - Summers of 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1993 - performance based salary -kiddie work, working for peanuts (Less than $10 a day - slave labour)

2. Orchard worker -Summers of 1994/1995/1996 working for between $5 and $7 an hour, picking strawberries, courgettes, apple tree thinning and pulping of fruit for ice cream.

3. Cleaning a church - 1997 $30 a week - 2 hours

4. Various day jobs at University 1997 to 1999 during semester, 1 day emergency jobs, cash in hand ($40 to $80 a pop) on days off from class.

5. Storeman - Paint Aids Limited 6 month contract Aug 1998 - Feb 1999, finished to go back to college.

6. Casino Croupier at Skycity Casino, dealing games blackjack, roulette and stud poker $12.79 an hour fired after 13 months November 1999 to January 2001

7. Post Office Mail sorter - 2001 Summer and 2002 Autumn - Part time.

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Jobs 1 to 2 in Christchurch New Zealand, others in Auckland. My work history has always been very patchy.

The rest of my jobs are pretty laughable too.

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8. Warehouse worker at a book supplier - not store, one of those ghetto companies that sells books at workplaces. - 3 months.

9. Teaching English in South Korea, 6 months, basically a scam, they staged a break in at my flat and sent me home (2002 - 2003)

The next two jobs were decent

10. Philatelic Assistant - Auckland City stamps 2003 to late 2005 - good work, left to go to another city

11. Just $2 - Ghetto dollar or in our low rate dollar economy $2 shop chain - supervisor - good regular work October 2005 to January 2007

12. Back to Auckland - Temping at the Bloodbank encoruaging people to give blood and working at call centres - 2007 to late 2008.

13. Teaching course - Graduate Diploma all 2009, graduated never found a job.

14. Auckland city stamps again all of 2010 - Horrible new owners made me redundant, this wa swhen our government intriduced a 90 day trial rule in which anyone could sack a worker after 90 days for no reason and of course employers abuse this rule. The law came in 2 months before they made me redundant and changed my job title, so they could sack me within the 90 days.

15. Unemployed for 4 years apart from occasional movie extra work (Shit money, Americans call NZ extras - Mexicans with cellphones, they pay minimum wage, take 20% management fee cut and then 23% more in witholding tax, so you get 57% of the minimum wage, and you have to wait 6 to 8 weeks for the money) also under the table jobs and selling and buying coins and stamps on trade me.

16. Last year - Relief teaching (Supply in America, we don't have tenure here) good money but unpredicatble days and hours.

17. Currently doing another refresher course as the government have decided any teacher who has never had a full time teaching job in 6 years must do it, its pointless and I am on garden leave from my practicum when the Catholic school found out I was atheist and gay.

Got some kind of love for you, and I don't even know your name
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Reply #47 posted 08/15/16 2:29am

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QueenofCardboard said:

Fauxie said:

Awful. I hated it. lol Not because of the students, who I liked, but because I'm not a very good teacher for classes of more than a handful of students, and because of my colleagues and bosses and the way they run things out here. I only studied for the TESOL certificate and came here to teach just as a way to come back here, like a foot in the door. My heart was never in it and at times it made me physically ill doing it.

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I taught English in Greece in 1989-1990.

I didn't know what I was doing and it was very stressful.

I had a blast being a migrant worker that summer on Crete picking oranges. (it the most fun job I have ever had) biggrin

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Yeah, that sounds much more like fun to me too. smile

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Reply #48 posted 08/15/16 5:33am

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This thread is attracting some pretty cool folks. I haven't seen a good quarter of you in years. dancing jig

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μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ
πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν
τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.”
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Reply #49 posted 08/15/16 12:17pm

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Fauxie said:

QueenofCardboard said:

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I taught English in Greece in 1989-1990.

I didn't know what I was doing and it was very stressful.

I had a blast being a migrant worker that summer on Crete picking oranges. (it the most fun job I have ever had) biggrin

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Yeah, that sounds much more like fun to me too. smile

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It was great!

I was small and didn't weigh much so I was the one who got to climb the trees and get the oranges up top.

And I worked with other foreigners; English, Aussies, Kiwis, Romanians, Bulgarians, Turks and others.

Fellow travelers are some of the most interesting people you'll ever meet.

They didn't pay us much, but my memories of it are so precious that they alone are more than enough compensation. biggrin

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Reply #50 posted 08/16/16 1:52pm

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1) Drive thru specialist turn Shift Manager at Taco Bell

2) Bakery clerk at chain store

3) Shift Manager turn Cashier at gas station

4) Sales floor at different chain store

5) Sales Associate at warehouse conglomerate

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Reply #51 posted 08/17/16 5:14am

CityPhantom

1. Hustler (I live in a country where prostitution is allowed, so it was no crime razz )

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2. Sex Shop Assistant cool

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3. Actor (porn movies) tonk

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4. Travel agent jet

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5. Accountant in music retail music

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6. Assistant to A&R in the music industry deal

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7. Accountant in a news agency bored

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Reply #52 posted 08/17/16 6:06am

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1. Paperboy (yup. Rode my bicycle and delivered newspapers)
2. Tutor (it was my friend, but his mom paid me $5 a week so it counts, right?)

3. Friendly's (restaurant) - started washing dishes/sweeping then moved up to the Grill

4. Macy*s (store) - worked in Housewares (I know alot about blenders, pots & pans, and cutlery!)

5. Draftsman for a Construction Co. - dude went bankrupt in less than a year fart

6. Draftsman for a Fire Alarm Company - not exactly what I was looking for, but I was desperate

7. Project Coordinater/Manager for another Alarm Company - 20 years and counting!

By St. Boogar and all the saints at the backside door of Purgatory!
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