Heigh ho, heigh ho, it's off to HELL we go...

[JakeD]

So, tell me about your work history.

Which of these jobs did you despise?

Which of these jobs did you love?

Which of these jobs was the highest-paying, and why?

[Ice Man]

Fast food slave...................low pay, crappy hours and you smelled like whatever you served when you got off

USMC...............OOOOHHHHH RRRRRAAAAHHHHHH! Need I say More!

The latter cause it was free room and board.........

[kittyroze]

Technically employeed by the San Fran Ballet when I was eleven, does that count? I had to get a work permit and everything. Fun job.

Baker/cook/waitress/cashier/custodian/graphic designer of an organic bakery and cafe (it was fine)

America Reads tutor (AWESOME)

Dishwasher (Ha!)

Peanut Vendor at baseball games (sucked royally, got hit on by nasty old men and had morethan my fair share of beer spilled on me)

Daycare employee (a roomful of ten screaming two year olds, how do you think I felt?!?)

Assistant Wellness Director(nice title,shitty job)

Leadership Institute-good job, too few hours

Carmike employee (me no likee, they treated me like crap)

Ad-Sales for the paper (ick, I hated working solely on commission)

News writer (I hate writing news)

Opinion writer (YAY!)

Regional Communication Coordinator for a national orginization...no pay, but good connections

Perkins Restaurant and Bakery (treated me like crap)

Ice Cream Artist (okay, paid well, cool people, shit job)

Soup Ladler (just fine, good tips)

Information specialist(good, people oriented, but that's okay ;) )

I think I need more jobs... :winkkiss:

[maryellen]

Network Admin for a brokerage firm , you want fun, tell a bond trader that the network is down for 15 minutes -- in that 15 minutes he could lose 100K -- or more -- loved the people, loved the stress, loved the energy, LOVED my salary....

MIS Manager for an Advertising agency -- hated this job, cause I hated the people, bunch of high strung creative types who's heads were so far up their asses most of the time, nothing got done.

Intern at a brokerage firm for 2 summers in college -- good money, lots of drinkin'

Lifeguard 2 summers in high school

Roadie for Bon Jovi one summer back in college, I have never touched a drug in my life, I think I was the only one, I never had more fun ever -

Checker in a supermarket -- ended up with carpel tunnel syndrome before anyone knew what it was

Camp counselor -- this is where my distaste of children began

Waitress at Friendlys -- Lasted 2 weeks - I am not graceful at all --in fact I am a klutz -- people don't find it amusing when you drop a tray of Jim Dandy ice cream sundaes in their lap - -I however .. did

Bartender at Margaritaville - a small bar near my campus -- made excellent tips, and had a blast.

[kittyroze]

I totally forgot, swim instructor at a public pool....hitting the warm spots was totally disturbing.

[Diva]

Door to door ticket sales (not too bad, unless you come upon some dogs)

Maid (I hate doing windows)

File clerk (not bad, just boooooring)

Millers Outpost salesperson (Anally retentive managers)

Retirement home volunteer (loved the stories, HATED the smell)

Babysitting (It broke my biological clock)

Taco Bell (I had a blast. Great crew and free food. I could do without the polyester outfit, though)

Hughes Market boxer/deli manager (My coworkers were really nice and the job was pretty easy)

Pizza palor waitress (I'm just like maryellen. Except it was only a salad)

Suicide Hotline operator (It was okay til someone killed themself while on the phone with me. I couldn't take it after that)

Information desk at college (Fun and met some interesting people.

976 recorded voice operator (I had a blast. I quit after they started to push doing it live)

UCLA patient escort (It was a great job, with the obvious heartaches. I delivered a baby once in the middle of a hallway)

UCLA Operating Room Orderly (fun people. Cleaning floors with bone and blood on it was NOT)

UCLA Operating Room Scheduler (VERY stressful, but was able to see every surgery going on and I learned a lot from it. I also made tons of friends.)

UCLA Referral (The callers suck. The coworkers a great. I like it here.)

[maryellen]

I did that for Samaritans for about a year - luckily I never had anyone kill themself while on the phone, but I just didnt have the warm fuzzy type personality -- they could talk to me to a point - but after a while, it was the same story over and over -- and you just wanted to reach thru the phone, and throttle them and tell them to snap out of it -- many of the callers needed some tough love rather than warm fuzzies.

The training was a hoot -- had to go to 3 AA meetings as part of the training, now I am not a serious drinker, I will have a good martini once in a while, but when you grow up with some drunks, you tend to not be one yourself -- first AA meeting I went to I saw someone I knew so I snuck out the back, went to another meeting, and was so completely turned off by the whole premise of it. Went out for a quick drink with the person who came with me, and ended up seeing several people from the AA meeting in the bar we went to, and they wuzn't drinkin' coffee.

Suicide hotline, that's a tough gig -


Originally posted by Diva
Suicide Hotline operator (It was okay til someone killed themself while on the phone with me. I couldn't take it after that)

[Diva]

A good friend once described me as "someone hell-bent on saving the world... one person at a time." I've always wanted to help people, but that was a tough gig. No matter how many times they 'ready' you for losing someone, it's never enough.

We had a debate about a woman who commited suicide (http://www.nochicktrix.com/forum/showthread.php?postid=9442#post9442) a while back. I've lost friends who killed themselves and have grown cynical to it. I think I'd be horrible at it now. I'd probably tell them, "Make sure it's clean, leave a detailed letter saying you don't blame anyone and don't screw up anyone elses' day." Yeah, that'd work. :whome: