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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 09:57 AM Original message |
What were your worst jobs? |
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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. OMG!! I was a temp for the bridgestone/firestone recall |
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City of Mills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
2. Re-shrinkwrapping used porn tapes |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Are you serious? This isn't a joke? |
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City of Mills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Absolutely |
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Jokerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 01:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
70. Don't you just love the smell of hot shrink-wrap? |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
3. Working in a plant that made charcoal |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. How long ago was that? |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. 1968 |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. I bet now they have much better protection |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. Not if it is Anos del Diablo. they think workers are basicly helots |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
4. Corporate mail room |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
55. Sounds like the Hudsucker Proxy... |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
5. Delivering phone books door to door. On foot. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
33. I did that as a fund raiser for Cub Scouts |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
6. Recommended, |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. did you lose a bet or something? |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 11:09 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. : |
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Doc_Technical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
8. Keesler Air Force Base MS in 1971 |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 05:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
42. Ah yes, I remember KP at Keesler. |
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Rambis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
10. Concrete puddler |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 11:16 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Sounds like rough work |
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Rambis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. not union so no |
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LeftyFingerPop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
15. Interstate road construction |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. I couldn't have dont that |
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SacredCow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
16. Retail sales/service in a bike store.... |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
17. Only because my boss was a jerk, |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. He's lucky the employees didn't report him to the parent company |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Yeah, they probably would have... |
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Moondog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
18. I worked as an orderly in a maximum security |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
20. Waitress. Awful job. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. I always tip well |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #20 |
51. this current waitress says thanks you |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 02:20 AM Response to Reply #20 |
78. . |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
21. Made donuts from round 2 - 6am for a little donut shop... |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Night shift donut finisher/sales clerk |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Yeah, you're right, it could have been worse but I never thought to ask... |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 08:19 AM Response to Reply #21 |
60. I made donuts too, My shift varied from 3:30am-1:00pm to |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
23. Chicken incubator on a kibbutz |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
24. Shoveling raw sewage. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Why would anyone have you shoveling the sh*t? |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. I'm no longer clear on the reasoning. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 03:29 AM Response to Reply #36 |
57. You too, huh? |
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Moondog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #24 |
41. Tomatoes. |
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Dulcinea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
27. Telemarketing. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. Seconded |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
28. Vaccinating baby chicks at a chicken hatchery before they were taken out to the farms. |
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dembotoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
35. taking inventory mostly in food stores |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
39. janitor in a hospital one summer in high school. I had to squeegee afterbirth off the floor |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
43. Stocking shelves at Caldor's |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
44. The one I HAVEN'T HAD SINCE OCTOBER 2008 ! ! |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
45. It's a bit of a toss-up between every job I've ever had aside from my current one. |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
46. Stock boy at JC Penny's |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
47. digging in the dirt |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
48. Boxing soap in a soap factory. |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
49. debt collector |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
50. Being a tour guide for Dick Cheney |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 04:24 AM Response to Reply #50 |
58. Holy crap! You win!!! |
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many a good man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
52. Cleaning restrooms in a turnpike rest stop |
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midnight armadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:34 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. ...and did you wash your hands before baking? |
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Lorax (307 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
53. Telemarketing for a cemetary IN a cemetary. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 09:52 AM Response to Reply #53 |
62. How did people react to your calls? |
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AllenVanAllen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
56. A co-generation power plant |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 07:39 AM Response to Reply #56 |
59. I never heard of that type of fuel |
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AllenVanAllen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #59 |
75. It's basically cooked waste oil |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
61. Steam cleaned the inside of a rendering truck once. |
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backtoblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
63. truck wash attendant. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 11:15 AM Response to Reply #63 |
65. What is a truck wash attendant? |
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backtoblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 04:20 PM Response to Reply #65 |
71. I dried big rigs at a truck wash |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
64. Making tart pastry shells at a bakery |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Did you enjoy tarts before the job? |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. I do enjoy them |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #67 |
72. I used to be a tart, myself. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
68. Let's see... |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
69. Janitor. |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
73. Sales clerk at a Kresges |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
74. Night janitor in a movieplex. |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
76. Cinderella at an amusement park... |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 02:01 AM Response to Original message |
77. Muck outs for those with difficulties |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 02:22 AM Response to Original message |
79. I ran my own lawncare business when I was 14. |
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