"Worst" job you've ever had

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  • MotoDC
    MotoDC Posts: 947
    STAYSEA wrote:
    I lasted 15 minutes at papa john's pizza. I said I had to get something out of my car. And I just drove off.
    I had a moment of clarity. :lol:
    Worked a summer as a PJ's driver. It definitely seemed worse to be one of the people in the store. Always felt bad for them -- they worked harder (not that it was breaking concrete exactly) and got paid less than I did. Yeah it takes its toll on your car, but I was driving my dad's old honda hatchback hand-me-down, so I certainly didn't care.
  • AELARA
    AELARA Posts: 803
    Selling maps door-to-door under scorching sun, pouring rain or whatever... :fp:
    I am mine!
  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    I earned $1.25 an hour working on a worm farm but every friday when I got my $27 pay check I would buy a keg and throw a party and charge a buck a head and double or tripple my money :lol:
    the 70"s were awesome !

    Godfather.
  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    Godfather. wrote:
    I earned $1.25 an hour working on a worm farm but every friday when I got my $27 pay check I would buy a keg and throw a party and charge a buck a head and double or tripple my money :lol:
    the 70"s were awesome !

    Godfather.

    :lol:

    What's up, Godfather!!!???
  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    Godfather. wrote:
    I earned $1.25 an hour working on a worm farm but every friday when I got my $27 pay check I would buy a keg and throw a party and charge a buck a head and double or tripple my money :lol:
    the 70"s were awesome !

    Godfather.

    :lol:

    What's up, Godfather!!!???


    good things my friend ! when I saw this topic the worm farm was my first thought :lol: but what an experiance it was at 16 years old.

    Godfather.
  • BinauralJam
    BinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    Ah Godfather Siting!
  • JonnyPistachio
    JonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    Godfather. wrote:
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    Godfather. wrote:
    I earned $1.25 an hour working on a worm farm but every friday when I got my $27 pay check I would buy a keg and throw a party and charge a buck a head and double or tripple my money :lol:
    the 70"s were awesome !

    Godfather.

    :lol:

    What's up, Godfather!!!???


    good things my friend ! when I saw this topic the worm farm was my first thought :lol: but what an experiance it was at 16 years old.

    Godfather.

    Was it a tough decision between worm farm and ant farm? I hear ant farms are very lucrative.

    Hi there Godfather, good to see ya back! :mrgreen: :wave:
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  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    BinauralJam wrote:
    Ah Godfather Siting!

    It's been too long
  • BinauralJam
    BinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    BinauralJam wrote:
    Ah Godfather Siting!

    It's been too long


    Indeed
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,604
    Godfather. wrote:
    I earned $1.25 an hour working on a worm farm but every friday when I got my $27 pay check I would buy a keg and throw a party and charge a buck a head and double or tripple my money :lol:
    the 70"s were awesome !

    Godfather.

    That is some entrepreneurship right there!
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,759
    Godfather. wrote:
    I earned $1.25 an hour working on a worm farm but every friday when I got my $27 pay check I would buy a keg and throw a party and charge a buck a head and double or tripple my money :lol:
    the 70"s were awesome !

    Godfather.
    Wow, a keg for $27! :lol:
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    Godfather. wrote:
    I earned $1.25 an hour working on a worm farm but every friday when I got my $27 pay check I would buy a keg and throw a party and charge a buck a head and double or tripple my money :lol:
    the 70"s were awesome !

    Godfather.
    Wow, a keg for $27! :lol:


    yes about 1976 or 75, back then you could get a 1/2 keg or a qtr keg(poney keg) for even less from B's Keg and Deli :D

    Godfather.
  • donnaruhl
    donnaruhl Posts: 2,157
    Any job my Granny got for us.It started when I was about seven or eight.
    Granny would have all of us cousin's for the summer.At least twelve of us,as Ranch
    Hand's. We would get up @ 4:oo am and hit the hey @ 8:00 pm. In between, We plowed,and Sowed,and Plucked,
    and Shucked, Canned. She had a couple of properties that she farmed. We would get a quarter a day,Which we would spend on swimming at the local High School Swimming Pool during our afternoon break.A few years later
    We found ourselves on the Ranch in Oregon,Doing the same stuff.But this time she would take us to pick Blueberries,Or mow fields.She taught us a hard lesson on the all mighty dollar. My Cousin and I got a job for five dollars an hour.(Big Bucks Back Then) We didn't just mow this guy's property,We had to Sickle it first.We worked that place all day,Thinking of all the stuff we could buy. When we were done,She took the money and gave us 75 cent's each.When we asked her why,Her reply was,Well young'ins You have to pay for gas,Transportation,Food,Lodging...This stuff isn't free in life.Buy the end of summer, we had saved up 6.75 each.I bought a turquoise ring that I managed to hold onto for some years.Never quite knew what all of her antic's were about until I grew up,and learned that a penny saved is a penny earned. :)
  • OnTheEdge
    OnTheEdge Posts: 1,300
    Bottle redemption center back in 1991. Especially with a hang-over.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,759
    OnTheEdge wrote:
    Bottle redemption center back in 1991. Especially with a hang-over.
    Yuck. That's a bad one. I feel a little sick just when I walk by one of those and smell it. :sick:
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    donnaruhl wrote:
    Any job my Granny got for us.It started when I was about seven or eight.
    Granny would have all of us cousin's for the summer.At least twelve of us,as Ranch
    Hand's. We would get up @ 4:oo am and hit the hey @ 8:00 pm. In between, We plowed,and Sowed,and Plucked,
    and Shucked, Canned. She had a couple of properties that she farmed. We would get a quarter a day,Which we would spend on swimming at the local High School Swimming Pool during our afternoon break.A few years later
    We found ourselves on the Ranch in Oregon,Doing the same stuff.But this time she would take us to pick Blueberries,Or mow fields.She taught us a hard lesson on the all mighty dollar. My Cousin and I got a job for five dollars an hour.(Big Bucks Back Then) We didn't just mow this guy's property,We had to Sickle it first.We worked that place all day,Thinking of all the stuff we could buy. When we were done,She took the money and gave us 75 cent's each.When we asked her why,Her reply was,Well young'ins You have to pay for gas,Transportation,Food,Lodging...This stuff isn't free in life.Buy the end of summer, we had saved up 6.75 each.I bought a turquoise ring that I managed to hold onto for some years.Never quite knew what all of her antic's were about until I grew up,and learned that a penny saved is a penny earned. :)
    grandpa had us three boys de-weed his sidewalks & patios. they wrapped a section of his house, sidewalks, patios & this was all red brick that got weedy until we were shown how to pudding knife weeds out of brick sidewalks, patios & things.

    it paid us each 50 cents
    3x.50 = $1.50
    back in those days $1.50 bought a pack of smokes
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  • he.who.forgets
    he.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    Shortly removed from college I took a job as a warranty representative with Morrison Homes, it was a pretty decent salary for an entry level position and someone right out of school. I knew nothing about the construction business and I was apparently the 4th warranty rep for a huge neighborhood in about a year's time, shit was really screwed up. I was basically responsible for scheduling homeowners' home warranty walk throughs which occured about 3 times post-closing. One after a month, another at 6-months, and another after a year. I'd make a punch-list and then schedule the repairs. I probably had about 100+ homes that were all under warranty and the repairs were so far backed up that nearly every homeowner hated me before they even met me. I'd wake up around 5am each morning and wouldnt get home until 6-7 in the evening. A lot of the small shit I'd end up doing myself, like painting, drywall repairs, grout staining, etc. It doesnt sound so bad, but I couldn't sleep at night worrying about the next day. I lasted about 3 months before quitting.
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  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    donnaruhl wrote:
    Any job my Granny got for us.It started when I was about seven or eight.
    Granny would have all of us cousin's for the summer.At least twelve of us,as Ranch
    Hand's. We would get up @ 4:oo am and hit the hey @ 8:00 pm. In between, We plowed,and Sowed,and Plucked,
    and Shucked, Canned. She had a couple of properties that she farmed. We would get a quarter a day,Which we would spend on swimming at the local High School Swimming Pool during our afternoon break.A few years later
    We found ourselves on the Ranch in Oregon,Doing the same stuff.But this time she would take us to pick Blueberries,Or mow fields.She taught us a hard lesson on the all mighty dollar. My Cousin and I got a job for five dollars an hour.(Big Bucks Back Then) We didn't just mow this guy's property,We had to Sickle it first.We worked that place all day,Thinking of all the stuff we could buy. When we were done,She took the money and gave us 75 cent's each.When we asked her why,Her reply was,Well young'ins You have to pay for gas,Transportation,Food,Lodging...This stuff isn't free in life.Buy the end of summer, we had saved up 6.75 each.I bought a turquoise ring that I managed to hold onto for some years.Never quite knew what all of her antic's were about until I grew up,and learned that a penny saved is a penny earned. :)


    Great story !



    Godfather.
  • cydonia
    cydonia Denbighshire, North Wales , UK Posts: 456
    The first job I had was gardening and then became a lazy student for a few years. To pay off the debts I became a kitchen porter(washing up) for a couple of years, which is really not that enjoyable. I gradually progressed to selling ice creams at a national trust property in oxfordshire, england. So basically I've probably washed thousands of dishes, mopped acres of floors and smoked thousands of cigerettes, and they say we're emancipated!
  • Tenzing N.
    Tenzing N. Posts: 466
    Just out of college, filled up my small, twin engine prop plane with urine and blood samples from all over the Deep South and flew them to Birmingham. 5 nights a week through every single thunderstorm and occasionally covered in ice. And shot at twice. Never crashed so I guess it could have been worse.

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