Conference organiserRetail clerkFiling clerkProduction assistantFloor Runner/Production assistantPost office workerOffice assistantCollector of items for charityFiling clerkProduction assistantVideo editorVideo editorTV cameramanProperty claims officerCharity workerCharity workerUniversity admissions clerkData EntrantFilm school camera guy
While I was working in a particularly crap job, I wrote to Dan Fante, whose writing deals chiefly with the tedium of crappy jobs. This is what he had to say:
Ah, shitty jobs. I've had just one or two.
Keep reading Adam and thanks again for your e-mail.
df
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Monday, 15 December 2003 15:11 (twenty-two years ago)
― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Monday, 15 December 2003 15:18 (twenty-two years ago)
ALBANY, NY-Xerox operator at printing press-McDonalds bod-Wendy's bod-Customer Service Person/Cashier at Woolworths-Cashier at Caldor-Data Entry/Fingerprint scanning at NYS DCJS-Kentucky Fiend Chicken bod-loads of other data entry jobs I can't even recallNEW YORK CITY-Cashier at Tower Records-entered test results at blood lab-several other temp data entry jobs-accounts receivable clerk at video manufacturer-more temp work-accounts payable at diamond importers-data entry to database programming at Mortgage Backed Securities due dillegence consultantLONDON-database admin then webmaster/web designer at ad agency-freelance web designer-freelance database programmer-data entry/accounts receivable clerk-database programmer
Wow, it's astonishing my resume is only 2 pages long, but I leave out most of the short term things.
― HRH Queen Kate (kate), Monday, 15 December 2003 15:20 (twenty-two years ago)
Currently, I could make more money stacking shelves at asda wal-mart (true) do not repair bicycles for a living.
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Monday, 15 December 2003 15:21 (twenty-two years ago)
PaperboySupermarket Shelf-stackerAdmin assistantSales assisantBarmanDTP/Admin clerkDesigner/promotions assistantJunior designerDesignerSenior Library AssistantFreelance designer
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 15 December 2003 15:21 (twenty-two years ago)
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Monday, 15 December 2003 15:22 (twenty-two years ago)
PA to: TV producer x2, film producer x 2, film/theatre agent x 2;
Researcher for famous novelist recently mentioned in ILX thread;
Audience co-ordinator for crappy gameshow;
Development manager for major children's TV company;
Freelance scriptreader, several major production & distibution cos & agencies;
Chatroom moderator & manager;
Scriptwriter, script editor;
Hairdresser's junior;
Telemarketeer;
Receptionist, dogsbody, accounts assistant.
(not in that order)
― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 15 December 2003 15:24 (twenty-two years ago)
(These are the jobs I've been paid to do, I've done a fair amount of things for free as well.)
― Hanna (Hanna), Monday, 15 December 2003 15:26 (twenty-two years ago)
ann arbor:different department store. worked as a 'floater'.grading standardized testshost in restaurantsphotographing frat partiessubstitute teacher(all while working at department store)
chicago:law firm'talent scout' volunteer board member
london:charity worker
probably some i can't remember. a much shorter list than kate and nordic!
― colette (a2lette), Monday, 15 December 2003 15:27 (twenty-two years ago)
Haha I misread that as freelance stripteaser!
― Hanna (Hanna), Monday, 15 December 2003 15:28 (twenty-two years ago)
tv on-air personalitycarpet installer's assistantstage crew for big dumb country music festivalcamp counsellorcredit card application solicitatortime-share vacation sales assistantsnow mobile trail maintenance stoogelibrary assistantconstruction/renovation stoogearchives assistantboucheron (french-canadian lumberjack--swear to god!)walking trail builderwatershed conservation stoogeelementary school teacher's assistanttramp (lived by wits and thumb for three months)graveyard shift grocery store stockerdishwashermoverdrywall sanderdishwasherfreelance writerline cook (a promotion!)sous-chef (well, kitchen staff of two and I was not #1)retail sales (ladies' costume jewelry)dishwasher (a demotion!)university student (beginning to realize work sucks)line cook (a promotion, but hey! pay CUT!)student press editormall santauniversity drop-out (beginning to realize school don't pay)busboy at baredit'l ass't
(probably a few more, incl. volunteer stuff and stuff I forgot about by the grace of God)
― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 15 December 2003 15:28 (twenty-two years ago)
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 15 December 2003 15:28 (twenty-two years ago)
― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 15 December 2003 15:30 (twenty-two years ago)
― HRH Queen Kate (kate), Monday, 15 December 2003 15:31 (twenty-two years ago)
― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 15 December 2003 15:34 (twenty-two years ago)
;-)
― HRH Queen Kate (kate), Monday, 15 December 2003 15:35 (twenty-two years ago)
kitchen staff @ christian nursing homecoffee maker & ice cream scooper @ small local ice cream placechemistry/SAT tutorresearcher/scientist (inorganic chemistry)researcher/scientist (toxicology)record seller @ small indie record storeoffice tempdatabase developer/programmer
― marianna, Monday, 15 December 2003 15:40 (twenty-two years ago)
― Dave B (daveb), Monday, 15 December 2003 15:42 (twenty-two years ago)
― TOMBOT, Monday, 15 December 2003 15:43 (twenty-two years ago)
paper rounddeputy garden centre manager at Texas homecare (with a side order of putting furniture together)dishwasher at Debenhamsadmin assistant for employment servicemarketing analyst for a Marketing firm based at Staples cornercustomer service bodinventory controllerLogistics planner
― chris (chris), Monday, 15 December 2003 15:49 (twenty-two years ago)
Also, what's a sticky kid?
Kate, you are right to fear sgs - she's super strong.
― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 15 December 2003 15:51 (twenty-two years ago)
― Hanna (Hanna), Monday, 15 December 2003 15:56 (twenty-two years ago)
PaperboyTomato PickerNewsagent Shop WorkerExam Script LibrarianBook And Comic BuyerResearch ExecutiveEuropean Market Analyst
― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Monday, 15 December 2003 15:57 (twenty-two years ago)
WaitressHospital CleanerBarmaidPA to Nightclub Management/Music Promotion type peopleCare AssistantSecretary ReceptionistCall Centre droneData Entry droneFiling cheques for banks (two different banks! some employment agency took one look at me and went "bet she can put cheques in numerical order")Customer Account Management / Sales Admin for soul-destroying multinational companyCampaigns organiser for charity (the only unpaid job of my list) Archive assistant for local councilRecruitment assistantAssistant in a council department where people needed to know stuff about EU directivesMaking up UB40s (which may also be what Chris meant by "admin assistant for employment service" as I think that was my real job title)
There must be more than this, but I can't remember.
― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 15 December 2003 15:57 (twenty-two years ago)
― Anna (Anna), Monday, 15 December 2003 16:02 (twenty-two years ago)
Systems analystSoftware assessor / general computer dogsbodyProgrammer / analystDirectory Enquiries Customer Services RepresentativeDQ Quality Assessor
Where DID my life go?
― Rob M (Rob M), Monday, 15 December 2003 16:03 (twenty-two years ago)
― chris (chris), Monday, 15 December 2003 16:03 (twenty-two years ago)
― Anna (Anna), Monday, 15 December 2003 16:06 (twenty-two years ago)
― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Monday, 15 December 2003 16:10 (twenty-two years ago)
― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 15 December 2003 16:12 (twenty-two years ago)
― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 15 December 2003 16:13 (twenty-two years ago)
― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Monday, 15 December 2003 16:14 (twenty-two years ago)
admin assistant at telephone companylibrarian at private libraryadmin assistant at telephone company againlibrarian at schooladmin assistant at bookstoreDJProgram Director
I've been lucky.
― teeny (teeny), Monday, 15 December 2003 16:22 (twenty-two years ago)
and freelance striptease artist sounds like newspeak for flasher
― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 15 December 2003 16:23 (twenty-two years ago)
paperboydishwashertour guiderestaurant hostbass playerparalegalbartenderlegal internlawyerfilm critic
― Colin Meeder (Mert), Monday, 15 December 2003 16:24 (twenty-two years ago)
House sitter/Dog WalkerBabysitterWaitresses/Hostess at gross steak houseMailroom clerkConcessions stand worker at a movie theatreTemporary receptionist at a pipe companyFiling clerk for a medical waste companyStudent LibrarianFood preparer/Hostess at a tiny vegetarian restaurantSandwhich maker at a small cheese shopReceptionist for a government tax departmentHuman Resources administrator for a car companyReal Estate Assistant
― Sarah McLusky (coco), Monday, 15 December 2003 16:28 (twenty-two years ago)
Though technically, the money would come from being a songwriter, cause that's what the royalties were for. So add songwriter to my list.
― HRH Queen Kate (kate), Monday, 15 December 2003 16:32 (twenty-two years ago)
It's amazing how much of my musical "career" (either professionally or non-professionally) I've managed to consciously wipe from my mind.
― HRH Queen Kate (kate), Monday, 15 December 2003 16:33 (twenty-two years ago)
― MarkH (MarkH), Monday, 15 December 2003 16:40 (twenty-two years ago)
― yetimike (McGonigal), Monday, 15 December 2003 16:46 (twenty-two years ago)
― dyson (dyson), Monday, 15 December 2003 16:50 (twenty-two years ago)
Yes, we are. But Nick, doing a bunch of shitty jobs != "doing something" with your life!!
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Monday, 15 December 2003 16:58 (twenty-two years ago)
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Monday, 15 December 2003 17:00 (twenty-two years ago)
― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 15 December 2003 17:00 (twenty-two years ago)
― Nemo (JND), Monday, 15 December 2003 17:01 (twenty-two years ago)
― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 15 December 2003 17:03 (twenty-two years ago)
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Monday, 15 December 2003 17:04 (twenty-two years ago)
― Archel (Archel), Monday, 15 December 2003 17:04 (twenty-two years ago)
You talking to me, Mark? If so - whuh?
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Monday, 15 December 2003 17:05 (twenty-two years ago)
Um, no, nordy - yetimike (?) posted that as a previous career. Sorry, x-post.
― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 15 December 2003 17:06 (twenty-two years ago)
― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 15 December 2003 17:07 (twenty-two years ago)
BabysitterShort-order cook in drugstore soda fountainSales assistant at clothes storeDish busserSPINternBody Shop sales assistantAdministrator for anti-censorship charityFreelance writerAdvertising copywriterLondon correspondent for US music magazineWriter/Editor/Author
(if I ever label myself as 'broadcaster' pls shoot me thx bye)
― suzy (suzy), Monday, 15 December 2003 17:13 (twenty-two years ago)
― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 15 December 2003 17:21 (twenty-two years ago)
So, yeah, um, remember that, next time you disparage your neighborhood crackheads and dope fiends -- they work hard too!!! (PS I am clean & sober 9 years now -- not tooting my horn, or anything else, just trying to add perspective after being maybe-flippant about a real issue.)
― yetimike (McGonigal), Monday, 15 December 2003 17:25 (twenty-two years ago)
― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 15 December 2003 17:30 (twenty-two years ago)
File clerk, insurance companyFile clerk, psychiatric hospitalIntern, textbook publisherIntern, indie record labelBuilding painter, college renovation crewAdministrative assistant, telecommunications companyFact-checker/copyeditor, textbook development firm
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 15 December 2003 17:33 (twenty-two years ago)
― Douglas (Douglas), Monday, 15 December 2003 17:34 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ricardo (RickyT), Monday, 15 December 2003 17:37 (twenty-two years ago)
― hstencil, Monday, 15 December 2003 17:49 (twenty-two years ago)
― kirsten (kirsten), Monday, 15 December 2003 18:26 (twenty-two years ago)
I've had two very brief temp jobs related to the New York Times, one copying old photographs from their archives for the Century issue of the Magazine, and the other doing research for a freelancer working on a New York Times travel guide re the NYC tri-state region.
The rest of my jobs were Summer Internships, in order:U.S. Senator from NY, now deceasedNY Congressman who is now a Senator(my) Congresswoman (still)Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Press OfficeCNN Weekend Political interview divisionThe White House (no, I didn't know Monica)Paralegal Assistant, large corporate law firmResearch Assistant, law professor and legal clinicIntern, Solicitor's office of U.S. Gov't cabinet dept.Intern, "boutique" corporate law firm
Presidential Candidate
and I was going to recommend this based upon the qualifications
― gobbler's knob, Monday, 15 December 2003 18:31 (twenty-two years ago)
What the fuck is a bicycle burrito??!!
― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Monday, 15 December 2003 18:49 (twenty-two years ago)
― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 15 December 2003 18:50 (twenty-two years ago)
Hah. Do I have to spell it out for you?
― yetimike (McGonigal), Monday, 15 December 2003 18:52 (twenty-two years ago)
― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Monday, 15 December 2003 19:00 (twenty-two years ago)
― El Spinktor (El Spinktor), Monday, 15 December 2003 19:01 (twenty-two years ago)
― suzy (suzy), Monday, 15 December 2003 19:02 (twenty-two years ago)
― El Spinktor (El Spinktor), Monday, 15 December 2003 19:03 (twenty-two years ago)
working on a farmbabysittinghouse/petsittingmodel for a pediatrics textbookworking at mcdonald'sworking at a bakeryhousepaintinglawnmowingcamp counsellorfrench tutorworking the front desk at the dormsretail: floor paeon (arranging displays and being the salespeoples' bitch), stockperson (everyone else was boys, that was fun), cashier, salesperson.waitress/banquet cocktail waitresssoftware testereditor (sort of pre-editor, actually)data entrymedical guinea pig
― JuliaA (j_bdules), Monday, 15 December 2003 19:05 (twenty-two years ago)
― dyson (dyson), Monday, 15 December 2003 19:32 (twenty-two years ago)
in chronological order
leaf rakertrash dumperdish washersandwich makervegetable farmerwood cutterwater truck driverseptic truck drivergas station attendantsoy milk/ice cream makerhouse painterblueprint cutterproduce delivery drivercomputer operatorwarehouse managermail room supervisorhardware supplies clerkdecoupage artist/jewelry makervineyard managerwine purchasercrush managervalettemp
and for kicks, composer
― Vacillating temp (Vacillating temp), Monday, 15 December 2003 20:09 (twenty-two years ago)
If you care,
Paperboy/lawn trimmerGrocery BagboyBurgerbot at Der Burgher FuhrerPizza cookDishwasherBagel CookPizza deliveryCabinetmaker assistantvet/kennel assistantghetto convenience store clerk, night shiftshoplifter/auctioneerUsed book auctioneerdumpster diver/salvage auctioneerpornographerfurniture refinisherretail cashierarts & crafts camp counselorvideo store clerkhome movie digital transfer techanimator
― sucka (sucka), Monday, 15 December 2003 21:41 (twenty-two years ago)
farm laborercar washerlandscapersupermarket dudedeli managerdaily newspaper internuniversity academic researcher computer lab monitoradvertising agency internadvertising agency writerwaitermedical salespromotional salesfinancial auditorfreelance writerparent
― don weiner, Monday, 15 December 2003 21:50 (twenty-two years ago)
Sold drugsPirated CDsDone impressionsEdited filmsWashed dishesLooked after dogsWashed carsActedMade speechesWritten stuffTaken photographs
Ok so many of these were for beer rather than cold hard cash, but they all count... (and make me look like less of a profound loser!)
― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Monday, 15 December 2003 21:50 (twenty-two years ago)
― Galison (Barss), Monday, 15 December 2003 23:11 (twenty-two years ago)
clerk at Kroger'sclerk at Tom Thumbfood-runner at Pappadeauxwaiter " "bartender " "waiter at the Oasis on Joe Poolwaiter at Texas Roadhousepainter/general construction
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Monday, 15 December 2003 23:27 (twenty-two years ago)
coffeehouse kitchen staffseasonal clerk for defunct department store chain: electronics dept.grocery store "courtesy" (read: bag-hauler)customer service representative; catalog companycollege bookstore stock clerkseasonal clerk for defunct department store chain: apparel dept. (including short unfortunate stint in childrens')customer service representative for ticket-ordering servicedata entry tempdata entry temp againcustomer service representative for internet company (three guesses how I lost that job)customer service tempdata entry for utilities servicee-mail tech support tempone-day envelope-stuffer tempelectronic ad assembler for local newspaperinsurance collections tempmailroom clerk
― nate detritus (natedetritus), Monday, 15 December 2003 23:34 (twenty-two years ago)
Shagged your boss? Shot your boss' dog? Set fire to a co-workers muffin?
― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Monday, 15 December 2003 23:35 (twenty-two years ago)
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Monday, 15 December 2003 23:36 (twenty-two years ago)
― nate detritus (natedetritus), Monday, 15 December 2003 23:42 (twenty-two years ago)
― M Matos (M Matos), Monday, 15 December 2003 23:42 (twenty-two years ago)
― ihttp://www.stylusmagazine.com/staff/nick_southall.jpg (Nick Southall), Monday, 15 December 2003 23:43 (twenty-two years ago)
― (Nick Southall), Monday, 15 December 2003 23:44 (twenty-two years ago)
― nate detritus (natedetritus), Monday, 15 December 2003 23:45 (twenty-two years ago)
― (Nick Southall), Monday, 15 December 2003 23:45 (twenty-two years ago)
Anyhow: it was an internet company, it was early '01, I was downsized. This was my introduction to the 21st century zeitgeist.
― nate detritus (natedetritus), Monday, 15 December 2003 23:49 (twenty-two years ago)
― (Pashmina), Monday, 15 December 2003 23:53 (twenty-two years ago)
― (Nick Southall), Monday, 15 December 2003 23:54 (twenty-two years ago)
― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Monday, 15 December 2003 23:54 (twenty-two years ago)
Music Maven (aka Data Entry Chick
Public Television Intern
Femme/Lesbian Movie Distribution Shipper
Census Enumerator (aka "Please don't shoot me for asking a question you filled out last week")
Marketing Assistant
Senior Shipping and Distribution Clerk
― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Monday, 15 December 2003 23:55 (twenty-two years ago)
Law firm file clerk
Waitress, Ryan's Steakhouse
Waitress, Hooters
Various temp receptionist jobs
Admin. Asst. at law firm
― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 00:02 (twenty-two years ago)
BabysitterMath tutorAsst. activities director at a nursing homeIn-bound telemarketer (i.e. you called me)Math tutor (again)Payroll clerk
And various volunteer-type things.
― Tenacious Dee (Dee the Lurker), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 00:38 (twenty-two years ago)
In New York:Intern at Talent AgencyAgent Trainee at Talent & Model AgencyWaiter (Kin Khao, Chez es Saada, Casa La Femme, Clementine, Genki Sushi, Heat Sushi, Uncle Pho, The Elephant, Jewel Bako, The Grocery, The Park, Lozoo, 66, Ruby Foos - guess how many I've been fired from...)Foot Fetish "Model"Website DevelopmentMusic Consultant
matos, you were a cook at a chinese restaurant???
― phil-two (phil-two), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 00:52 (twenty-two years ago)
paperboygolf caddygrocery baggergrocery stockboytombstone engraverdrummerstudent librarianprep cookrehabilitation aide for CHI patientsexpensive knick-knack shop stockboystockboy/sales at museum gift store'security' at big nightclubwaiter at cheap steakhousewaiter at mid-level seafood jointwaiter at expensive steakhousewine stewardbass guitaristlaw clerk at private firmlaw clerk for the U.S. government
― webcrack (music=crack), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 01:12 (twenty-two years ago)
Must say I love how this reads: being wine connoisseur is essential to working for the gov't, natch.
― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 01:13 (twenty-two years ago)
― M Matos (M Matos), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 01:14 (twenty-two years ago)
Grocery cashierreviewer for student newspaperassistant to Admissions director for Honors Program (UT)receptionist to Dean of Liberal Arts (UT)Marketing coordinatorcopywriterwebsite designerinternet business managerweb/graphic designeraffialiate marketing managersubstitute teacherrestaurant hostessregional web designereditorial writerdesigner for p2p music software companyfreelance web designdata entry temp for insurance companycreative director for fashion companyEnglish teacherexpo at pan-asian restaurantbartender
― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 01:45 (twenty-two years ago)
― David Beckh0u5e (Dave Beckh0u5e), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 02:02 (twenty-two years ago)
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 02:06 (twenty-two years ago)
― Christian Rawk (Christian Rawk), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 02:44 (twenty-two years ago)
NannyClerk @ PharmacyClerk @ smelly candle, and collectable plate storeClerk @ over priced resort gift shopClerk @ University book storeGirl Friday @ caterers (I called it the " whore house of food") Bartender WaitressGripRickshaw DriverLandscaperCookRabies Clerk - 2 toursHR Assistant - 2 toursLegal Assistant - 2 toursPaper Maker
― danielle g. (danielle g.), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 03:09 (twenty-two years ago)
― minna (minna), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 03:24 (twenty-two years ago)
None of the above is anythign like what I wanted to, or thought, I'd end up doing. Weird.
― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 03:29 (twenty-two years ago)
― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 03:40 (twenty-two years ago)
Go fuck yourself.
― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 16 December 2003 03:51 (twenty-two years ago)
janitor day camp counsellortelemarketer (1 day)motor assemblershippercustomer service guy (wholesale)delinquent account chaserenglish/math/computer tutorweb programmerelectric scooter mechaniclibrary help desk guy/technician
― Elliot (Elliot), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 04:15 (twenty-two years ago)
― Allyzay, Tuesday, 16 December 2003 04:26 (twenty-two years ago)
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 04:46 (twenty-two years ago)
― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 12:42 (twenty-two years ago)
heh, got to make use of the skills you have...actually, private law firms were pretty interested in this, almost to the exclusion of any legal-related skills I might have.
Somewhere in my list insert 'Construction Technician'
― webcrack (music=crack), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 12:55 (twenty-two years ago)
(various other less significant positions)
Markelby ([email protected]), December 15th, 2003.
So Mark, what sort of money can an entry-level Messiah Grade I expect to pocket these days?
― Fred Nerk (Fred Nerk), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 13:25 (twenty-two years ago)
A tip, though - make sure your life insurance policy is up to date, and consider retiring to start your own bakery and fishmonger business.
― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 13:50 (twenty-two years ago)
BabysitterJustified & Ancient Ice Cream PersonAvon LaydeeeShelf packer Shoe SalespersonPhotographic AssistantCustomer Service Assistant (Call Centre Drone)Office ManagerCivil ServantP/t Telephone Banking Advisor (Call Centre Drone)P/t Reservations Assistant (Call Centre Drone)P/t Booooze SalespersonP/t 100 & 999 Operator (Call Centre Drone)Database AdministratorBusiness Systems AnalystTemp ReceptionistTemp TypistTechnical AssistantAdmin AssistantP/t Stock ReplenisherAdmin ManagerClient Services Co-ordinator
― smee (smee), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 14:05 (twenty-two years ago)
Eagle-eyed viewers will spot the point where I finally got my shit together.
― Tag (Tag), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 23:53 (twenty-two years ago)
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 18 December 2003 14:32 (twenty-two years ago)
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 18 December 2003 23:52 (twenty-two years ago)
― Orbit (Orbit), Friday, 19 December 2003 02:19 (twenty-two years ago)
― Orbit (Orbit), Friday, 19 December 2003 02:20 (twenty-two years ago)
Nice. Did you go to UCSC?
― Dean Gulberry (deangulberry), Friday, 19 December 2003 02:21 (twenty-two years ago)
― hheeeeeee, Friday, 19 December 2003 02:40 (twenty-two years ago)
Actually no (I went to UCLA) but I spent the summer in Santa Cruz and my roommate *did* go to UCSC, so I went up to the campus a few times. It's a very nice place, and I lurve the banana slug...
― Orbit (Orbit), Friday, 19 December 2003 02:48 (twenty-two years ago)
― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 19 December 2003 02:55 (twenty-two years ago)
― Kate Silver (Kate Silver), Friday, 19 December 2003 03:00 (twenty-two years ago)
― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 19:58 (twenty-one years ago)
― adam. (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 19:59 (twenty-one years ago)
― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 20:00 (twenty-one years ago)
― adam. (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 20:00 (twenty-one years ago)
― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 20:30 (twenty-one years ago)
― kephm, Wednesday, 15 September 2004 20:35 (twenty-one years ago)
― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 20:35 (twenty-one years ago)
Jocelyn is the queen of the sexy job!
― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 20:38 (twenty-one years ago)
― sexyDancer, Wednesday, 15 September 2004 20:41 (twenty-one years ago)
Many of these jobs lasted less than a week. The bear costume one was for the worst 2 hours of my life (bastard kids!).
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 20:58 (twenty-one years ago)
― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 21:17 (twenty-one years ago)
Mine too have lasted for short periods of time. But I have a new job as of today! Be happy for me ILX!
― mouse (mouse), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 21:21 (twenty-one years ago)
― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 21:22 (twenty-one years ago)
― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 22:06 (twenty-one years ago)
Mostly punches, until they got me on my knees, then it was lots of blows to the head that I couldn't see coming because of the crappy little eye holes in the bear head.
It was 100 degrees. Everyone else was in shorts and t-shirts. I must've lost 10lbs (which, incidentally, is also as much as I was paid).
My mate was a rabbit, they pulled his ears.
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 22:21 (twenty-one years ago)
and they still say i haven't got enough work experience at 23. fuckers!!
― dog latin (dog latin), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 22:26 (twenty-one years ago)
― tremendoid, Wednesday, 15 September 2004 22:46 (twenty-one years ago)
* = ongoing
― jim wentworth (wench), Thursday, 16 September 2004 01:25 (twenty-one years ago)
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 16 September 2004 11:40 (twenty-one years ago)
I like the qaulification on the end there :)
― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 16 September 2004 11:44 (twenty-one years ago)
― Towelette Pettatucci (Homosexual II), Thursday, 16 September 2004 11:51 (twenty-one years ago)
― Michael Stuchbery (Mikey Bidness), Thursday, 16 September 2004 11:52 (twenty-one years ago)
― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 16 September 2004 11:55 (twenty-one years ago)
ps. congratulations mandee!
ProofreaderGraphic artistTearsheet deliver-erLegal advertisement coordinatorMarketing and Advertising coordinatorAccount Coordinatorand now --- BUH BUH BUH
CLIENT SERVICES COORDINATOR
― Towelette Pettatucci (Homosexual II), Thursday, 16 September 2004 11:55 (twenty-one years ago)
― briania (briania), Thursday, 16 September 2004 11:59 (twenty-one years ago)
― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 16 September 2004 12:00 (twenty-one years ago)
A paper girlA dog walkerA Sainsbury's check out dollA shop assistant in a children's clothing and toy departmentAn envelope stufferA typist (English & Spanish)A data entererA telephone market researcher (English & Italian)A cleaner for elderly peopleA junior admin type in the Benefits Office (inc. switchboard operator)A manager of a pharmaceutical information serviceA Department of Health telephone answererA stagiaire in a pharmaceutical information company in ParisA school principal's secretaryAn administrator at Victim SupportA personnel/payroll assistantA project administratorA clerk in a hospital endoscopy clinicA sales compensations administratorA conference organiserA DJA translatorA temp (this covers anything I can't remember, which is probably lots, because I was a temp for several years)
― Madchen (Madchen), Thursday, 16 September 2004 12:01 (twenty-one years ago)
I feel a bit shit that I've had so few jobs. I guess I was a paper girl for a bit, too - I forgot.
― Towelette Pettatucci (Homosexual II), Thursday, 16 September 2004 12:18 (twenty-one years ago)
oh ive wasted my life
― lukey (Lukey G), Thursday, 16 September 2004 12:42 (twenty-one years ago)
― lukey (Lukey G), Thursday, 16 September 2004 12:48 (twenty-one years ago)
― brock (brock), Thursday, 16 September 2004 12:48 (twenty-one years ago)
some of the job descriptions on this thread are superb, blckbuster video guy
― Ste (Fuzzy), Thursday, 16 September 2004 13:02 (twenty-one years ago)
― ex-jeremy (x Jeremy), Thursday, 16 September 2004 13:21 (twenty-one years ago)
I read that with Mark E Smith's voice.
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 16 September 2004 13:23 (twenty-one years ago)
― ex-jeremy (x Jeremy), Thursday, 16 September 2004 13:31 (twenty-one years ago)
- HGV driver (in a few years)- landlord (in 40 years)
― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 16 September 2004 13:31 (twenty-one years ago)
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 16 September 2004 14:16 (twenty-one years ago)
― Madchen (Madchen), Thursday, 16 September 2004 14:29 (twenty-one years ago)
― Vermont Girl (Vermont Girl), Thursday, 16 September 2004 15:19 (twenty-one years ago)
starkville, miss.newspaper clipping assistant (i was 7; my grandmother "hired" me to help out)
jackson, miss.grounds crew, some country clubdrug delivery, some pharmacy
magnolia, ark.tennis court worker/racket stringer (was on the team at university)
jackson, miss. pt. 2painter, mississippi state hospital (state mental inst. known to gradeschoolers statewide as "whitfield," as in "you're crazy they're gonna send you to whitfield.")
magnolia, ark. pt. 2cook/delivery driver, pizza hutcook/delivery driver, pizza innclerk for some administrator or other at the univ.
fayetteville, ark.cook etc., jim's razorback pizza
magnolia, ark. pt. 3cook/delivery driver, pizza inndishwasher, SAU cafeteria
fayetteville, ark. pt. 2sales assoc., champs sports, fayetteville mall (went 4 days)book shelver, some giant used textbook repository (went 2 days)
jackson, miss. pt. 3substitute teachersales assoc., williams-sonomadishwasher/prep cook, some fancy italian rest. (ciao?)customer service person, books-a-million
little rock, ark.city desk clerk, arkansas democrat-gazette (i've come full circle and am back in the newspaper business)
i need a new job yesterday
― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Thursday, 16 September 2004 15:24 (twenty-one years ago)
― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 16 September 2004 16:36 (twenty-one years ago)
― adam. (nordicskilla), Thursday, 16 September 2004 16:37 (twenty-one years ago)
― Hey Jude, Thursday, 16 September 2004 18:41 (twenty-one years ago)
― cºzen (Cozen), Thursday, 16 September 2004 18:44 (twenty-one years ago)
― firstworldman (firstworldman), Thursday, 16 September 2004 18:53 (twenty-one years ago)
Editor at chemical industry trade paperBartenderEditorial Producer, mlb.com (part-time)
― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 01:56 (twenty-one years ago)
― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 02:19 (twenty-one years ago)
― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 02:25 (twenty-one years ago)
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 02:26 (twenty-one years ago)
BabysitterMower of LawnsTicket-takerDishwasherGopher/apprentice for a graphic designerListings management assistant at a real estate office.Receptionist (same real estate office)Art Gallery sitter/minder/phone-answererBartenderFreelance writer for several outletsWriter/Editor for sporadic and ill-managed music magPart time Copy Editor for a quarterly journalCopy ClerkNews Desk AssistantEditorial AssitantAdministrative AssitantNews Desk Editor
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 02:39 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 02:40 (twenty-one years ago)
Climbing wall attendant / salesperson
Tree nursery laborer
Cook/receptionist/handyman/waiter (all at one place in the mts of NH)
Pizza delivery boy
Valet parking guy
Temp laborer
Maintenance man at a place in the USVI
Barista
Cook/receptionist/handyman/waiter (back again at same place in NH)
Assistant manager (again, place in NH)
Valet parking guy (see above)
Backwaiter
Children's ski school instructor
Independent filmmaker
Neighbor's tree cutter-downer
Roofer
Painter
...back to children's ski school
Dead body hauler (!!!)
Ski tuner
Dead beat
Copy writer (cross your fingers)
(xpost: ok)
― giboyeux (skowly), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 02:47 (twenty-one years ago)
― Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 02:58 (twenty-one years ago)
1. Grocery bagger (1 day)2. Car wash... uh... guy (Friend of family's car wash)3. Seaman, third class (For two years, off and on, on vessels that used huge air guns and oil-filled cables to gather info about the rock structure under the Gulf of Mexico, then sold the data to oil companies for incredible amounts of money. I swept, mopped, and chipped rust. Learned to tie some knots, but I've long since forgotten.)4. Pizza delivery driver5. Barista6. Pastry chef (Not professional, obviously, but I did get to work under the fine tutilage of irredeemable, alcoholic asshole losers who were such complete failures as human beings that getting up at three AM, getting home at noon, and drinking until seven was only proof of their implacable status as masters of all other humans, apparently)7. Short order cook (Made eggs. Never got good at it.)8. Barista again (Made some sandwiches, too. Came home smelling like tuna and onions for about a year.)9. Mortgage loan officer (Worse job ever.)10. Office temp.11. Glorified office temp.12. Office temp glorified enough to be given a job title. I'll spare you the exact nature of it.13. Assistant editor/web designer/magazine designer (My current job, which, as you may be able to tell from vast inspecific range it covers, is more like esteemed temp than anything else.)
Hi! I'm Kenan. I have had a wide range of terrible jobs that I was not especially good at. Hire me!
― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 03:06 (twenty-one years ago)
what an uninspiring list! thankfully I start my new, much better job next week.
― cheeses haitch christ (haitch), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 03:07 (twenty-one years ago)
Conference organiserRetail clerkFiling clerkProduction assistantFloor Runner/Production assistantPost office workerOffice assistantCollector of items for charityFiling clerkProduction assistantVideo editorVideo editorTV cameramanProperty claims officerCharity workerCharity workerUniversity admissions clerkData EntrantFilm school camera guyJury consultantDatabase administrator
― the D Double signal (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 03:16 (twenty-one years ago)
and I just got a volunteer gig for an artists' project. Still looking for paid work and still not getting any.
― sgs (sgs), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 08:31 (twenty-one years ago)
― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 09:51 (twenty-one years ago)
― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 09:58 (twenty-one years ago)
― sgs (sgs), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 10:11 (twenty-one years ago)
lifeguardswimming instructordishwasherfurniture store stockboyrecord store clerk (twice)editorial assistant (twice)copy writer associate editordeputy editorassociate editor (different place)freelance writer (hehheh)columnist (reviewer)contributing editorsenior editorfreelance writerauthordad/cook/chief bottlewasher
― m coleman (lovebug starski), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 10:25 (twenty-one years ago)
Dude, you should have written to Bukowski as well. Err, he's dead. Nevermind.
― nathalie's post modern sleaze fest (stevie nixed), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 10:30 (twenty-one years ago)
music club doorman/bouncer (least threatening/effective evah)
― m coleman (lovebug starski), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 10:31 (twenty-one years ago)
― Maria (Maria), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 11:56 (twenty-one years ago)
― Rubbish Posting Name (alix), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 12:05 (twenty-one years ago)
― Maria (Maria), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 12:10 (twenty-one years ago)
DishwasherCleanerBakerWaiterBarmanTour GuideShort-order chefChef de PartieOffice droneManufacturer of garden ornamentsLabourerRooferBuilderSite JoinerBailiffEmployment Service counter jockeySommelierBar managerUniversity lecturerRestaurant Manager
I don't really see much logical progression here
― Matt (Matt), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 12:33 (twenty-one years ago)
In order:
Convenience store clerk Junior news reporter for community paperFast food monkey at theme parkServer/dishwasher at university dorm cafeteriaProduction assistant for low-budget kiddie TV game show (I played a sampler keyboard that triggered sound effects when the kids buzzed their answers in)Barista (not Starbucks - I quit after a few months)Night clerk at university dorm (they became a hostel/hotel in the summer)Intern/production assistant/street team slave at shitty indie record label & studio Intern at unrelated, cred recording studioBarista (Starbucks - I quit after a few months)Control room sound for small-market TV station (newscasts only)Sales & tech support for digital audio boutique (Pro Tools, Logic Audio, etc.)Keyboardist, composer, producer (radio jingles, Flash sites, small-label dance & urban music)
― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Saturday, 17 December 2005 18:36 (twenty years ago)
I am pretty work-shy.
― Cathy (Cathy), Saturday, 17 December 2005 18:50 (twenty years ago)
― sunny successor (katharine), Saturday, 17 December 2005 19:01 (twenty years ago)
--
my favourite was florist. it was funny
― Zoe Espera (Espera), Saturday, 17 December 2005 19:17 (twenty years ago)
― d4niel coh3n (dayan), Saturday, 17 December 2005 19:35 (twenty years ago)
― d4niel coh3n (dayan), Saturday, 17 December 2005 19:36 (twenty years ago)
― Jeff-Beetle (Jeff), Saturday, 17 December 2005 19:36 (twenty years ago)
― Jeff-Beetle (Jeff), Saturday, 17 December 2005 19:38 (twenty years ago)
I probably embellished the aquatics stuff a bit. Despite the varying job titles, all the aquatics jobs were spent working for the same employer, and the same could kinda be said for the university stuff. So sometimes I feel like I've only had two jobs in my life.
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 17 December 2005 20:05 (twenty years ago)
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Saturday, 17 December 2005 21:51 (twenty years ago)
part-time warehouse dude for record labelpart-time data entry clerk for digital music servicewarehouse manager at record label
― hstencil (hstencil), Saturday, 17 December 2005 22:25 (twenty years ago)
...i'm young yet.
― joseph (joseph), Saturday, 17 December 2005 23:21 (twenty years ago)
― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 18 December 2005 04:28 (twenty years ago)
― gear (gear), Sunday, 18 December 2005 04:32 (twenty years ago)
Mystery ShopperStocktaker / General HandsGraphic Designer / Multimedia / Office AdminFreelance Graphic / Web DesignerWeb Designer / EditorProgram SellerKitchenhand
― Mil (Mil), Sunday, 18 December 2005 04:47 (twenty years ago)
― Mary (Mary), Sunday, 18 December 2005 06:23 (twenty years ago)
― Mary (Mary), Sunday, 18 December 2005 06:24 (twenty years ago)
babysittercamp counselorchain record store clerkchain video store clerkindie video store clerkindie record store clerkinternet service provider internmusic trade magazine internrecord label internet/web internrecord label internet/web produceragency web producernewspaper web site manageronline games web site manageragency sr. web produceragency sr. tech web producerfreelance information architectfront-end web developeruser interface designertechnical director
― Jen (nstop), Sunday, 18 December 2005 09:06 (twenty years ago)
Not in that order.
― stevo (stevo), Sunday, 18 December 2005 15:06 (twenty years ago)
― Laura H. (laurah), Sunday, 18 December 2005 16:07 (twenty years ago)
― Eva van Rein (Gaia1981), Sunday, 18 December 2005 16:49 (twenty years ago)
― u saved me (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 18 December 2005 17:20 (twenty years ago)
― u saved me (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 18 December 2005 17:21 (twenty years ago)
― Sundar (sundar), Sunday, 18 December 2005 20:08 (twenty years ago)
M&S cashierM&S stock-workeradmin assistant
― cozen (Cozen), Sunday, 18 December 2005 20:16 (twenty years ago)
the last job is the best so far and i'll be sad to leave it when i move in less than a month. next up is substitute teaching.
― origami snail (origami snail), Sunday, 18 December 2005 22:21 (twenty years ago)
To wit:
-day care worker (working two days a week-- 2 months-- first summer job)-odd job doer for a small shipyard (I was "too slow" to do any good-- 1 month-- second summer job (I was too lazy/stupid to get a job earlier in the summer))-"waiter" for faculty dining club (really a glorified busboy-- didn't take main dish orders, no tips) (semester and a half before I got fired for not showing up for my shifts) (was too depressed to get out of bed by lunch time)-factory worker, manning a small wax injection press (3 months-- summer job that I ended several weeks early by quitting on the spot one day) (and I never showed up on time for my shifts-- dick move, since I was supposed to be relieving the guy whose reference got me the job in the first place)-grunt labor for in-ground swimming pool repairer/installer (3 and a half summers in 5 years-- fucked up my chance to be anything more in the first year by waffling when lead guy offered to mentor me, then had last summer cut in half because of ongoing 44r0n 4z-style psychotic break)-catering worker (two outings-- decided it was too depressing/demeaning to do)-dishwasher (two weekends-- restaurant owner offered to train me to be a cook after I performed the amazing feats of showing up for my shifts on time and actually doing my job, stupidly declined offer because I didn't like his "vibe" even though he liked me)-library aide at small public library (three months-- stupidly, got so annoyed with checking the stacks for $5.50 an hour that I went back to swimming pool job I hated for $10 an hour, even though library supervisor wanted to make me full-time for the summer-- pity that, now that I'm thinking about doing library school and find myself without references or creditable experience)-sorter of packages at UPS hub (10:30 PM to 2:30 AM, four months-- quit on the spot one night, after supervisor decided I was his best guy and subsequently gave me worst place with the most responsibility on the sorting line)-"jogger" bundling product off the back of a printing press (rotating 12 hour shifts, 7 PM to 7 AM three or four days a week, standing on concrete floors with no breaks-- fuck, was I desperate or just stupid?) (nine months-- quit to go back to school once I had some money saved)-loader of packages at UPS hub (same shitty shift as before, six months-- amazingly, they hired me back-- much easier/less stressful job, because if I got backed up the mess fell into the sorters' laps and not mine-- again, supervisor decided I was his best guy and I rewarded him by giving notice unexpectedly and then not showing up for my last week after accidentally napping over and hence missing my Monday shift, deciding they'd never believe that as an alibi, and then just not bothering to show/call/do anything about it)-library aide at university library (a month? two months? started flaking out on my shifts at some point and wound up quitting by e-mail long after the point where I assumed I'd been fired-- in retrospect, this possibly due to impending psychotic break, or maybe just me being a lazy asshole who didn't want to check the stacks for $5.50 an hour any more-- pity about the library thing again, but maybe it's not for me anyway)-pizza delivery guy (two and a half years-- by far the longest continuous period of employment for me to date-- quit after third time my paycheck bounced, despite assurances that it was just due to yet another glitch in the payroll)-pizza delivery guy at another outfit where I made fewer tips (three months-- too depressed to keep going in after coming back from vacation, after manager decided I was the most reliable driver and hence gave me the longest and shittiest shifts, so just stopped going in last week-- will I ever learn?)
Ha ha, how the fuck do I turn this into a resumé? Why didn't I take that summer job interning at my uncle's insurance company when I had the chance? Much stupid bullshit could have been avoided if I hadn't been lazy and stupidly "noble" at the time.
― Chris F. (servoret), Friday, 23 December 2005 08:18 (twenty years ago)