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What's the oddest job you've ever had?

brianluxbrianlux Posts: 41,626
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I have had a quite a few different jobs (pretty much living out my life by a phrase I once read that says, "Specialization is for ants") but I think the most unusual job was being held by a harness and walking along the top of a Boeing 727 jet and cleaning it with a mop.

What's oddest job you've ever held?
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  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,405
    I sold Kirby vacs in rural Central Kansas for one day. That was enough.
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  • oftenreadingoftenreading Posts: 12,844
    My oddest job is high on the ewwwwww factor. Maybe too high to post here.
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • whispering handswhispering hands Posts: 13,527
    Cleaning the ER Trauma unit.. Got crazy, one night I literally mopped brains up off the floor.. And 81 was texting me the whole time..
    I have had so many weird jobs..
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 41,626
    oftenreading said:

    My oddest job is high on the ewwwwww factor. Maybe too high to post here.

    Is anything too ewwwwww for AET? (Check out the AHHHHH!!! thread! :lol: )
    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,237
    Pog stand in the mall (3rd job at the time)
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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 41,626
    2-feign-reluctance said:

    Pog stand in the mall (3rd job at the time)

    What is a Pog stand, 2-feign?

    By the way, my comment, "Specialization is for ants", is certainly no put-down on ants. Ants are some of the most important creatures on earth. If ants and all the social insect in the world were to suddenly disappear, ecosystems would fall into chaos and almost all, if not all, mammals would dies off within weeks. Specialization is important! I've just never had that kind of singular focus.

    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • hauntingfamiliarhauntingfamiliar Posts: 10,217
    edited September 2016
    My current job. I am a Representative Payee for the mentally ill. It has its ups and downs, but it's definitely the best and most rewarding job I've ever had. There is never a dull moment. Just when I think I've heard everything; something new, intense and wild comes along. I'm never bored.
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  • LongueuilLongueuil Posts: 2,224
    edited September 2016
    Working for porn magazines (not as a model) would be my oddest.
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  • HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Posts: 16,427
    Teaching 2nd grade level math... to college students.
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  • MalrothMalroth Posts: 2,515
    oftenreading said:

    My oddest job is high on the ewwwwww factor. Maybe too high to post here.

    post! post! post!......
    The worst of times..they don't phase me,
    even if I look and act really crazy.
  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,237
    @brianlux
    A small cart in the mall that sold Pogs - located near the Taco Bell & Piercing Pagoda (where I had my ears & nose done!).
    Pogs were a 90s thing...

    http://tvblogs.nationalgeographic.com/2014/06/26/6-facts-about-pogs-the-1990s-favorite-forgotten-game/
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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 41,626
    2-feign-reluctance said:

    @brianlux
    A small cart in the mall that sold Pogs - located near the Taco Bell & Piercing Pagoda (where I had my ears & nose done!).
    Pogs were a 90s thing...

    http://tvblogs.nationalgeographic.com/2014/06/26/6-facts-about-pogs-the-1990s-favorite-forgotten-game/

    So thaaaaaats what those things are called. I remember seeing them. Learn something new around here every day! :smile:

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    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • 23scidoo23scidoo Posts: 19,097
    Second job, working on parking, in a big club..
    note..i don't know how to drive..
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