Jobs you've had

A lot of people I chat with on here are always talking about spending too much time here ... which made me think of jobs ... which made me remember I don't have one.

And that made me think of the jobs I used to have. And I'm bored. So I wanna know what jobs you used to have. 'Cause I'm nosey like that.

This is my list of past jobs:

- A paper boy for a community newspaper
- A paper boy for a large newspaper
- A solicitor for a large newspaper
- A bill payment collector for a large newspaper
- An Assistant District Manager for a large newspaper
- An A to Z delivery service for a large newspaper as well as Sears
- A salesman in a second hand retail store and with my dads side business of Hosta sales. (Hosta's are plants for those that are scratching your head)
- A telemarketer
- A director on my college's Student Union
- A Campus President/Association Vice President on the same SU
- PR monkey for a few college based travel companies
- A male phone sex operator (yes, really. Don't ask.)
- A photographer for a few different adult websites
- A Wedding photographer

And I still am:

- A journalism graduate
- A published music writer
- A published creative writer
- Unemployed.

i made pretzels (my first job)
worked at hot topic (i still do)
worked at an arcade (thinking of going back, it payed awesome)
and worked at UPS (lasted a week cause it was a slow season and there wasnt enough work so i kept getting sent home early, and fuck if i was gonna get up at 4am everyday just to get sent home, so i quit)

-various construction related jobs (roofing, electrical, flooring)
-odd jobs at a junk yard
-fast food worker/assistant manager
-U.S. Navy submarine electrician (current)

blow, rim & hand.

- "cook" at MacDonalds for a few months, quit because I was going to get fired anyways
- busyboy at a Japanese restaurant. Pay and hours weren't the best but I got so much free sushi that I didn't care
- shop laborer in a machine shop. Hated the job (I was a fucking janitor) and I hated the people I worked with. Paid well though
- Dishwasher, all kinds of suck there
- Theater technician
- Currently unemployed

- Paperboy
- Grocery Store Clerk
- Pizza Delivery (Two Different Places)
- Cart Pusher at Sams Club
- Print Shop Supervisor
- Manager of a Video Store
- Record Store
- File Clerk at a Life Insurance Company
- Intern for Drive Thru Records (Also ran their booth on Warped Tour one Summer)
- Freelance Graphic Artist (Did some stuff for Epitaph Records)
- Musician
- Studio Producer
- Tour Manager
- VP of A&R for a Record Label
- Editor for Several Publications
- Assistant to the President of a Magazine
- Webmaster
- Photographer


[Edited on Jul 14, 2004 by SteveNeurotic]

cashier at deadbeat grocery store

hostess for casino buffet - turned into buffet cashier

coupon hander outer/facer for teh shelves for new realities for two weeks - i quit after i had a kidney infection and the bitch still wouldn't send me home

internet help desk for earthlink - good god, up until that job, i never realized how truely stupid people are.

1st - stockboy at the local drug store
worst - juvenile corrections officer
best - police academy
highest paid - social worker

-data processor in a gum factory
-Teaching assistant (Drew University, Oberlin College and Syracuse University)
-Camp Counsellor at an art camp for "gifted kids"
- administrative assistant (MANY MANY MANY PLACES)
-Interviewer at a temp agency in NYC
-Production Assistant (too many now cancelled TV shows)
-Tour Guide
-Production Secretary
-Production Coordinator
-Assistant to Writers
-Writer

-journey's shoe store
-hot topic
-k-mart
-taco bell
-michael's arts and crafts
-blackwell dollar movie theater
-video production intern
-tara movie theater(art house)
-toys r us
-batteries plus(a store that sells batteries...no, im not kidding)

i had an interview for a security company this morning

i have an interview in 20 min for a pizza place

i have a bachelor of arts degree in film and video

i am unemployed

now, after rereading what i just wrote, i am going to go shoot myself in the face with a shotgun

men's lifestyel magazine editor
organising car rallies - gumball 3000
now I work for a sweatshop free clothes manufacturer

- costume actor @ a haunted house
- subway sandwich artist
- little king subs
- baker @ breuggers bagels
- merry maid
- schlotzky's deli
- clerk @ vintage clothing store
- delivery driver
- sub
- boston market chicken place
- cub foods supermarket
- bath & body works
- telemarketing (inbound)
- kptm fox 42
- 02 tv sports
- director @ video production company
- mata community media
- doorman @ local club

auto body shop (3 yrs)
taco bell
Japanese language tutor (3 yrs)
library staff (easiest)
deli prep cook
kitchen manager
now I'm just a
line cook (shittiest)

bike mechanic
stock boy
DJ
record store owner
parts dude
operations manager

Hmmmm...

-University computer lab monitor (I babysat a room with PC's all day, woo hoo)
-Dunkin' Donuts
-bagger/cart-boy at a grocery store (Acme)
-coffee shop cashier
-convenience store clerk/deli worker (Wawa, for those who know what this is)
-comic book store cashier
-mail sorter (Discover card)
-dishwasher/delivery/kitchen staff/waiter at a pizza joint (Betsy Ross)
-credit card customer service (Bank of America)
-environmental technician (asbestos removal...heh)
-cable modem internet tech support (I'm not telling you who I work for )

[Edited on Jul 14, 2004 by Godsmoker]

not much for me...

1) after school day care
2) camp counselor
3) screen printer/t-shirt maker
4) manager of a CD store.

Saturday girl at a hairdressers, a bakers a newsagents and a corner shop.
Counter clerk at the post office.
Shipping clerk at the Australia NewZealand Container Shipping Company.
Trainee Dispensing optician and general dogsbody
Qualified dispensing Optician( no lomger a dogsbody).
Parent
Practice manager ( back to being a dogsbody again)

In no particular order:

Tech support guy for a small lawfirm
After school program supervisor at an elementary school
Cashier at an auto parts store
Radio Shack
Large Appliance salesman (Fridges, washing machines, etc)
Graveyard shelf-stocker at K-Mart
Dominoes Pizza Delivery (Fuckin' *LOVED* that job)

Currently a computer geek in the US Army.

-Trevor

Oooh fun thread!

- Pizza maker
- Pet Shop general worker
- Army Mechanic
- AS/400 RPG Programmer
- Protocol Programmer
- Cisco Network Specialist
- Drug Dealer
- MHT (local Clinic)
- Secure transaction system designer
- Garage owner


and currently Layabout.

boy I've done some weirdo shite in the past.

Paperboy for a few years. Started this when I was 11.
Dishwasher at Perkins
Line Cook at Perkins
Dishwasher for a marina bar/food joint
Shelf Stock at The 99 cent store
Advanced Electronics Technician on Submarines in the Navy
Customer Service Rep for telephone answering service at 2 places
Plumber apprentice
HVAC-R Apprentice at various union shops - this is my current profession

Overall I have worked a whole 16 years so far of my 27 years. Looking at retirement, pending I live that long, I will have spent roughly 3/4 of my life working and this makes me sad.

[Edited on Jul 14, 2004 by NcroSanct]

-paper boy
-drug dealer
-cook at several jobs
-Genuine New York pizza slinger (Ladies love when you make pizza from scratch for them. especailly when you toss it up in the air )
-Jet propulsion Mechanic
-Peep show booth Maintanance(The girls where always cool to chat with)
-Painter
-Medical Community Guinea Pig

-delivery driver
-maid
-sandwich maker
-gas station peon
-fast food peon
-Morticians assistant
-Contract floral designer

Fun thread!

-chemistry lab worker
-parasitology lab worker
-horse caretaker
-veterinary technician
-website/database designer
-and in a few months I'll be able to add veterinarian to the list!!!