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What Kinds of Jobs Have You Had?

Started by pandy, November 22, 2006, 08:58:08 AM

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pandy

When I was a teen:
babysitting
dog groomer
pet shop
live theatre usher
dept store (retail)
Burger King

During college:
nanny  :laugh:
receptionist

After college...
support-staff supervisor
office manager
operations manager
'06 SV650s (1 past Gixxer; 3 past GS500s)
I get blamed for EVERYTHING around here!
:woohoo:

Blu_Spd_Dmon

hmmm progression

dish washer
grocery sacker
grocery checker
stock boy (night shift)  :bs:
handy man

after associate degree
Drafter
systems administrator
Back to school for that bachelors  :thumb:
life in progress....
Blue 2004 GS500F - SM bars, Ghetto Fenderectomy - Sold to some punk kid with a smile ear to ear.

Blue 2004 GSX-R 600 - Ghetto Fenderectomy

Have you ever hear of the term "theres plenty of fish in the sea" well were do you think all those thrown back fish go???????
into Nick's matches of cours

cafeboy

handy man and auto tech and well i only work 3 nights a week so mr. mom aswell.
IF I COULD FRAME MY MIND---WHERE WOULD IT HANG ?
I've Seen The Future, and It's Cafeboy-Shaped.

blue05twin

When I was in my early teens,
cut grass
baby sitter

Late teens
Worked for the department of defense
   1.  Recreation center
   2.  The Gym
   3.  The movie theater
Buger King  ( hey anyone rmember those BK University tapes they used to make you watch?)

Early 20's
Marien Corps

can't remember when but I worked at a pet store at about 24 to 25.

Mid 20's worked for Quat Graphic's ( printing Press

Mid to late 20's Did beauty supply / general merchandise wholesale.

From then to current I'm donig Costume Jewelry / Ladies accessories wholesale.
Pilot 22.5, Mid 65 , Mains 147.5, Mixture screw 3.5 turns out

Even if the voices aren't real they have some good ideas.

Kasumi

as a young teen:

washing cars
cutting grass

Later teens:
Web design
Farm worker (crops and stuff non of those animals)
dish washer/waitress/chef

18 to 20
hopefully training to become an Air Traffic Controller with any luck but well see...
Custom Kawasaki ZXR 400

Jughead

#5
Damn do you really want to see my List. :laugh: :laugh:

Heating and Air- One Summer in High School
Dog Handler
House Setter
Handyman
Landscaper
Carpenter
Electrician
Plumber
Welder
Driller and Blaster
Pool Boy
Farmer (Tobacco and Cattle)
Mechanic
Garbage man
Motorcycle Parts Pimp on Ebay
Local Amature Vet.(Trained myself on Dogs,Cats,Goats,Cattle,Ferrets,Hogs,ETC.)
Rocket Scientist (OK I'm Joking on that one)
Brief Stint at Concrete work but I retired from that. :laugh: :laugh:
Even taught Shop Class my Senior Year in High School and Got Paid for it.  :thumb:
Taught the Special Kids in Shop Class my Junior year and Didn't get paid For it.
I've Probably done alot more that I've Forgotten About.

I have Plans into Moving into Real Estate/Home Inspection a soon as I save up Enough Money for School/License/Insurance.
If it's Not Broke Modify it.
Ugly Fat Old Bastard Motorcycle Club
UFOB #19 Tennessee Chapter

http://mars.walagata.com/w/jughead/540568.mp3

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NiceGuysFinishLast

Age 7:
Newspaper boy in Skagway, Alaska. (Stand on the cruise ship docks, pass out a free tourist information booklet. People tipped well, because they thought I was an eskimo, and they wanted to have their pictures taken with me)

Age 8: Newspaper boy again

Age 9: Newspaper boy, Server, and busboy at Siding21 (Restaurant in Skagway. I did light work, but I made good tips)

Age 10: Same

Age 11: Newspaper boy, Server/busboy at Corner Cafe, and laundry room helper at Skagway Inn (A bed and breakfast. I washed and folded sheets and towels for like 6 hours a day. Good pay, crappy job.)

Age 13: Yard work for an old lady. Didn't pay much, but wasn't hard, and she was nice.

Age 14: Same

Age 15: Same

Age 16: Blockbuster CSR: Basically, cashier monkey, 20-25 hours per week, plus school and wrestling

Age 17: Same

Age 18: Became Manager at Blockbuster, 45 hours per week, but only for 2 months before I quit.

Age 18: Started full time job at hhgregg in Kennesaaw, 55+ hours per week, selling electronics

Age 19: Full time student at Tech

Summer between Last spring and this fall: Construction worker in Florida. That one blew nuts. 80+ hours a week of the worst job I've ever had, bar none.

Age 20: Whatever free lance work I can pick up, doing some dishes here and there, whatever I can find to make pocket money/bike repair money.
irc.freequest.net

#GStwins gs500

Hang out there, we may flame, but we don't hate.

My attitude is in serious need of readjustment, and I'm ok with that.

Chilly Willy

#7
High School:  Acting (through a grant for the county Health services), baby sitting, washing dishes, grocery bagger, Target shelf stocker

College: Tutoring, washing dishes, resident advisor, campus programs director, hotel clerk, bus driver, theater coach (via the Air Force's youth program), research assistant

Grad School:  Teaching assistant, summer camp counsellor

After college: English teacher, club director, summer school instructor, karate instructor

Chilly
94 GS500, Instrument LEDs and Speedo/Tach LEDs, Gel Seat, Kisan Headlight Modulator, Tail Light LEDs, Kat 6 rear shock, Plexi 3 Fairing, SW Motech Case Guards, SV Mirrors

makenzie71


94suzuki500

lawn business
double daves pizza
Thats about it.  Did lawns for a long time and then my mom begged me to get an indoor job, she was afraid for my skin in the sun.  So I did lawns suffered, went back to mowing and make 18 bucks an hour.  more than twice what I make at the pizza place. 
Going to school to be a nurse now.  Work 3 days a week when I finish school. 

Old Mr. Wilson

one time when I was a young chicken I was a paper boy for the Memphis Press Semitar.....then the Commonwealth.

Let's see, then I worked at a Gas Station and got fired (Customers said that I "acted like" I didn't want them to be there. Hahahahahahahaha. Well, that was true! Hahahahaha

Let see........I have worked for awhile on a boat as an apprentice baiter and
I've worked my way up to MasterBaiter...........
Taxes are Good. Millions that have been on Welfare for the last 30 years are depending on you. Also Millions that are coming over the border each year are depending on YOU.
Also taxes will fix our shitty schools and roads that have been broken for 40+ years.

You really don't get it do you???

Jarrett

Dish washer
Golf Cart washer
Book seller
UPS loader unloader, and Driver
United States Marine Corps
Engineering Student at UTA / UPS Driver
04 GS500F - Progressive Front - SM2 - 4.5in Kat Wheel - Pilot Power 110/150 - LunchBox - 140 65 20- Yoshimura RS-3 - Srinath Flange - GSX-R Rear Sets - 15T

The Buddha

Wowee ... OMW - you're still a master baiter I should say ...  :laugh: ...
Me - Just 2 - factory floor monkey in a can factory.
Then I realised I am smarter than the rest of the monkeys and high tailed it out of there and started doing unix app development ...
Then yea, I realised I am too smart for that and decided to slice up steel and weld it up in a messier smaller and generally worse looking feeling factory for less money. Oh OK atleast the work sucks ... Oh well but atleast my coworkers are a$$holes ... Oh OK atleast the medical plan is non existent ... Oh ... OK atleast I get to spend the day in freezing cold weather ... Oh OK atleast I get hurt a lot ... Oh OK ... atleast the commute is a killer ... Oh OK ... atleast the neighborhood trailer chicks are ugly ... Oh OK ... atleast I have to suck up to idiots constantly ... ad nauseum ...
Cool.
Srinath.

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RVertigo

"Lawn Care Specialist" :laugh:
Administrative Assistant (Filed, copied, made calls, took calls... etc)
Inventory Worker
Deli Clerk (Cut meat, fried chicken, cleaned stuff, played fried chicken baseball, cleaned more stuff)
Lab Tech (Made eyeglasses)
Lead Lab Tech (Told other people to make eyeglasses, Yelled at people, "Fixed" daily lab stats)
Technical Support Specialist (Talked to stupid people)
Quality Assurance (Played Games)
Software Test Engineer
Professional Student  (Got laid off... Went back to school :icon_razz:)
Professional Job Seeker (I got pretty good at looking for jobs and, hey, I was getting paid for looking)
Ditch Digger  (Needed some cash...  DAMN that sucked :icon_confused:)
Computer Builder (Needed more cash...)
Wedding DJ (Still needed more cash...  That didn't suck  :thumb:)
Software Test Engineer (Got my old job back)
Musician (Hey... I've been paid for it... That counts...)

jen_

School District Various Admin Jobs
Water District Public Affairs Lackey
Disneyland Parking Lot Jockey and Fantasmic Crowd Kicker
Research Assistant - Geology
Teaching Associate - Geology
Staff Geologist
And finally...Professional Geologist

Quit my job on Monday.  Want to do something different.  Graphic Design, but have 0 experience.  Paint bikes maybe.
'89 project bike

Old Mr. Wilson

Seshadri...........you need to get your ass OUTTA THERE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Damn that was depressing reading that. Maybe you could work on the boat with me.........
baiting. We have a heater so that it's not so cold. Well, it's really not a heater per se. It's a hand warmer. A MasterBaiter isn't really that bad!! We would always catch fish! :)

p.s. If it's really that bad, get your ass OUT of NC. Not kiddin'.
Taxes are Good. Millions that have been on Welfare for the last 30 years are depending on you. Also Millions that are coming over the border each year are depending on YOU.
Also taxes will fix our shitty schools and roads that have been broken for 40+ years.

You really don't get it do you???

WildBlue

Quote from: Old Mr. Wilson on November 22, 2006, 02:36:21 PM
Seshadri...........you need to get your ass OUTTA THERE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
p.s. If it's really that bad, get your ass OUT of NC. Not kiddin'.

He was talking about moving back to California, where he belongs...  :icon_twisted:

"You can check out any time you like, but you can neeeever leaaaaaave"   :laugh:

pandy

Quote from: WildBlue on November 22, 2006, 03:17:07 PM
"You can check out any time you like, but you can neeeever leaaaaaave"   :laugh:

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :thumb:
'06 SV650s (1 past Gixxer; 3 past GS500s)
I get blamed for EVERYTHING around here!
:woohoo:

scratch

Awesome, now I have that song in my head!  <no sarcasm, I like the Eagles>

Highschool; sophmore, junior years: paperboy for the San Jose Mercury, 147 houses.
Highschool; senior year: began as sales associate @ Monkey Wards (Montgomery Wards).
After highschool; continued working @ Wards, and became the youngest Department Manager in the nation (@ age 20; Paints & Garden).
After 3 1/2 years I quit Wards and enjoyed life for 3 months.
Became a motorcycle salesman for about a year.
Became a motorcycle mechanic for about 6 months.
Parts person for a Triumph, BSA, Norton dealer.
Joined the Navy as a nuke Machinist Mate, failed out & became a Storekeeper; 4 yr enlistment.
Worked as a materials handler for Lago Systems, and closed out the company after 1 yr.
4 months @ Laser Reference & was let go for being too slow.
Worked for my current employer, til I found a better job (making 50% more), after 3.5 yrs.
Worked @ startup for 1 week short of 1yr.
Went back to my current employer 'bout 4 years ago.
The motorcycle is no longer the hobby, the skill has become the hobby.

Power does not compare to skill.  What good is power without the skill to use it?

QuoteOriginally posted by Wintermute on BayAreaRidersForum.com
good judgement trumps good skills every time.

Mk1inCali

Paper route from 11-15.
Parts Buddha Loves You at a Yamaha shop 15-16.
Barista 16-18.
Cow hormone dispersion technologist 18-19.
Parts driver for autoparts store 18-19.
Screen printer 19-20.
Seafood deli clerk 20-current (21).
Anthony
                         '00 GS500E + 33K miles
        Bob B advancerK&N Pods/Dynojet Stage 3/Yoshimura black can full system;
        F3 rearsets/MX bars/SV throttle tube/New cables/Galfer SS line/EBC HH pads;
        Buell Signals/AL ignition cover/Fender & Reflectors hacked off.

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