I don't know why I am thinking about all the jobs I have had, but I think I have had at least 13. So let's see...1) Corn Detasseling (hard, hard work)
2) McDonald's (I lasted one week 'nuff said)
3) Dairy Queen (I lasted three weeks)
4) Kohl's Dept. Store (My boss told me I was treating the customer's like cattle (wtf?))
5) I was a maid at the Day's Inn (talk about a sucky job)
6) Video tape operator for a TV station (best job ever!)
7) Chopped onions at Zipps Burger Joint (yuck, lasted 2 weeks)
8) AV for the dance dept. at University of Georgia (love, love, loved this job!)
9) Booked tennis court time for posh health club (hated it)
10) Assistant designer for horrible woman #1 (drunk and yelled at me all the time)
11) Assistant designer for crazy woman (actually put her hands on the TV to chant?)
12) Trader at the stock exchange (right place, right time...don't miss it, loved makin' the money)
13) Hmm, I'm gonna call myself a SAHM (hardest job ever) and a blog makeover specialist!;)
OK spill it, what's the worst job you've ever had? I think mine is #2,5,7.
Definitely the summer I worked at Wendy's and the manager made me clean the bathrooms. Plus he was just an a-hole!
ReplyDeleteWorking at the "get your drink take your order" girl behind the counter (not the server - I did that too for another place and loved it)
ReplyDeleteConcession stand worker at a movie theater - don't ever order a hot dog or a pickle at the movies, trust me! Also, I was a credit card telemarketer, and a grocery store checker...all not fun! Hahaha. Great idea for TT!
ReplyDeleteA financial analyst at an office funiture headquarters. Boss was an a-hole. Work was dead boring.
ReplyDeleteI learned something important: no matter what they pay you, if it doesn't feel right don't take the job.
I just could not make myself care about the new line of file cabinets, no matter how hard I tried.
I worked in a factory for a few years while I figured out what I wanted to be when I grew up. Hot, stinky and the most repetitive things I've ever done.
ReplyDeleteWhile a freshman in college, I worked in the dish room of the cafetaria. I was the guy on the other side of the conveyer belt. It only lasted about a month. Unbelievably disgusting. All that grossness for work/study pay...sweet!
Depends on how you classify "worst". Of course, the jobs you have as a teen usually are generally all awful, but my last full-time job would definitely be considered my WORST.
ReplyDeleteI had a nightmare boss. He was the type that talked about everyone behind their back, and had a serious lack of self confidence. I always questioned whether he really liked me and I ended up quitting pretty much on the spot when I realized he was giving me an official "warning" about my behavior. Which, to this point, I thought, was wonderful. I was about to launch a new product at our sales conference. I personally think he didn't like me taking away his spotlight.
Every single job I had prior, I had great relationships with everyone I worked with and for, but only he seemed to think that I was worthless. It was he that was an idiot. But I quit, without having another job, and we decided to try to start a family. A few weeks later, we were pregnant with our first. I became a SAHM and never looked back.
I still hate that guy...but it was the best thing that ever happened to me.
WHoa! Onions? I wouldn't last a minute...I'm a blubbering mess making chili :(
ReplyDeleteWorst job ever for me-- Model in an In Sync + Gloria Estefan music video (was treated like scum the whole time)
You definitely had worse jobs than I did. But I was pretty focused after I landed that after-school gig at the record store. Music industry or bust!
ReplyDeleteWell, I didn't bust, but I'm not entirely done with music, either.
Hmmm. I loved all my jobs!! Even scooping ice cream!
ReplyDeletePhew! That was a lot. I agree with you, being a SAHM is the hardest job ever.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the visit.
wow. great list.
ReplyDeleteI lasted 2 weeks as a waitress at Chili's right out of college. Hated it.
THIS IS VERY FUNNY AND INTERESTING. GOOD JOURNAL IDEA.
ReplyDeleteI BABYSAT FOR A WONDERFUL FAMILY AS A TEEN. THEY TOOK ME ON VACATIONS W/THEM AND I LOVED IT.
WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE, I WORKED AT A REALLY FANCY SALON AS A SHAMPOO GIRL. I WASHED PEOPLE'S HAIR ALL DAY AND I SOAKED MANY OF THEM WITH THE HOSE THING. I MADE REALLY GOOD TIPS AND I GOT FREE SERVICES. I LOVED THAT JOB NOW THAT I'M THINKING ABOUT IT.
AFTER I GRADUATED, I DID SOCIAL WORK FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS, MY SHORTEST JOB EVER. I HATED IT. I WAS A SOCIAL SERVICE SPECIALIST FOR ADULT POPULATIONS WITH DISABILITIES. IT WAS VERY DEPRESSING. I WAS NOT CUT OUT FOR THAT KIND OF WORK.
AFTER THAT, I GOT A JOB IN A RADIOLOGIST OFFICE DOING FRONT DESK DUTIES. LITTLE STRESS, NOT DEPRESSING AND GREAT HOURS. I LIKED THAT JOB TOO. MY OLD BOSS CALLS EVERY SO OFTEN TO ASK IF I'M READY TO COME BACK. REALLY GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE.
THAT'S MY RESUME.
Wow, what a variety:) Happy TT...great list. I soooooooo need a new job right now.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great idea! I loved reading about your jobs :)
ReplyDeleteHere are mine:
TONS of babysitting, starting at age 11
CLEANED church on Sat. nights at age 14
CASHIER at TG&Y (similar to a Dollar General all thru highschool & some in college)
TYPED lots of papers for people in college
PIZZA restaurant cashier for a semester in college
CLERICAL work in a huge office - full time
EMERGENCY ROOM checkin clerk, midnite shift (hated it) - full time
PRESCHOOL teacher (hated, hated, hated it)
CLERICAL work in medical office
CLERICAL work in church office (loved it)
HOMESCHOOLING mom (loved it!)
SUBSTITUTE teacher at private school (hated it)
CUSTOMER service desk at a grocery store
LIBRARIAN ASST. at small private school (loved it)
CLERK at a Christian bookstore (loved it)
CLERICAL work in a medical office currently
Most of my jobs have been part-time. I didn't realize how many I'd had!!
You've really gone from the ridiculous to the sublime, haven't you? Great list. (Thanks for visiting my TT)
ReplyDeleteOoh. I hate to spoil the surprise, because mine is on the list of 100 that I will post Friday on my 300th blog post! I can tell you that fast food is NOT fun but the worst job I ever had was babysitting.
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Some of my babysitting jobs were the worst jobs ever...
ReplyDeleteWow, what a list, but you are right, being a mommy is the toughest job out there. Have a great TT. :)
ReplyDeleteWorst job ever was working as a file clerk. Eight hours a day, five days a week trapped in the file room putting things in alphabetical order. OMG...BORING!
ReplyDeleteI don't think I've ever loved a job I've had LOL!
ReplyDeleteHeehee... good post!
ReplyDeleteThe only item I have ever stolen was a very lacy bra from Kohl's at the age of 12.
:)
Worst job... I have been fortunate... lifeguarding in the rain. Yuck!
i worked in a specialty market...behind the counter. would you like a 1/2 pound of that tuna salad? but, i lasted 1 week because, the smells there...ew. and, the fact that the food wasn't fresh. they used the same tuna salad and all the other crap, for days...we had to mix it up before displaying it, to make it look fresh...so nasty!! hated. it!
ReplyDeleteJack of all trades! :-)
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Boy, some of those jobs sound awful. No wonder you worked on the NYSE - it's pretty straight forward after a corn detassler!
ReplyDeleteHappy TT!
One thing for sure, you wern't called to the food industry!
ReplyDeleteOne summer I cleaned a swimming pool before opening day. Drained it, cleaned all of the scum and debris out of it, got the worst sunburn of my life.
Happy TT
Great list! I think my worst one was working for my dad at his dairy farm. Milking and feeding cows. All day long. One day, I showed up- he handed me gloves that went to my shoulders and told me that we were going to artificially inseminate cows. Sorry. NO WAY. That was my last day.
ReplyDeletei waited tables at pizza hut, i stunk of grease every day and never felt clean no matter how hard i scrubbed....
ReplyDeletegood topic tho....
~Q
worst: fast food at an amusement park
ReplyDeletebest: kinding loving what I do now
Geez. Corn dehusker?
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The Pink Flamingo
http://thepinkflamingo.blogharbor.com/blog
My worst was working as an assistant for someone at a government office. She would even ask me to do her daughter's homework!
ReplyDeleteWorst job ever? Working as a legal secretary to a guy who was a screaming lunatic. I lasted one week...just like Bruce Springsteen: "I went out for a ride and I never went back..."!
ReplyDeleteHappy TT!
My worst job was working as a Shift Manager at Hot 'n' Now. Most of the employees were either lazy and immature or bitter and insolent. Just like you, I didn't last long at McDonald's. I worked there for 4 days and called in before my 5th day to tell them I wasn't coming back.
ReplyDeleteNo. 1 sounds interesting. Worst job: house cleaner to a 98-year-old German woman whose son was a soldier for the Germany army in WWII. She was mean and miserable.
ReplyDeleteIt's terrible but my worst job could have been my best job under different circumstances.
ReplyDeleteI was a rep for a weightloss company. I loved the idea of helping women feel better about themselves and to get healthy. I HATED the emphasis on commission and selling extra stuff I wasn't sure the person would need.
It was terrible because I aced the certification and was natural at selling the products I felt were invaluable...because I felt they were invaluable. But everything else was all about paycheck and I just couldn't do it.
It was also two hours away by bus and a mile walk to get there. Talk about insult to injury. I had to let it go. But I'd still love to work in the fitness industry and haven't given up ways to accomplish it.
Happy TT
~X
What a wide variety of jobs you've had! Great 13 NW!
ReplyDeleteMy gosh..u remembered all those jobs..I worked as a cashier before (during school holidays)..its not easy..
ReplyDeleteEver been to Disney World? Did you notice that people wearing hundreds of glow necklaces, bracelets, etc. magically appear when it gets dark? Did you notice that kids attack, climb on, beat up, and generally harrass those people? Life as a Glow Stick Girl sucks.
ReplyDeletegreat list!!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely a wide variety of jobs. You got me thinking I bet I have had about 13 jobs,I will need to count them.I never worked at a fast food joint but I do not think I would like it.
ReplyDeleteAnd being a SAHM is always going to be your hardest and most rewarding job.
I used to have a part time job cleaning bathrooms at my mother's timber warehouse where all the truck drivers used to stop by.
ReplyDeleteI worked as a cashier at Wal-Mart for 3 weeks during the holidays. Don't know how I lasted that long!
ReplyDeleteWow, those are pretty cool. Kohls, huh? Did you get a discount.
ReplyDeleteHmm - probably waitressing in a busy little diner that was cheap and not liscensed (cheap so very low tips) and the owner took 20% of our tips as well. There were about 5 of us girls there and evern though it kinda sucked we partied our butts off after work and had fun anyway.
ReplyDeleteI was a nanny one summer in college. I had been babysitting throughout my teenage years and loved it. However, I realized after 3 months of being a full-time nanny, that at age 19 I was definitely not ready to be someone's mom. The mother was really nice, but was a single mom with a wonderful career so she just wasn't available for the kids as much. Everything was on her shoulders. It really made me sad for her and them. The dad was a "lifetime" college student and artist...just not dependable. The kid's weren't bad, but they were both ADHD, and it was just a bit too much for me. Good thing...it was the best birth control evah! I didn't have my daughter until I was 27! Which was really old for girls in my family! :-) LOL!
ReplyDeleteBy the way...I added you to my list of favs on my blog! You...crack me up! :-) Happy Thursday!
ReplyDeleteCheri
The summer after I graduated high school I worked in a boutique at the mall; a clothing store called Saturday's (for those of you on the west coast...I don't even think they exist any longer...).
ReplyDeleteAnyway I had to work the 3.30 to 9.30 shift, even on weekends and I only lasted 3 months! I was just not geared to pressure sell on commission and the other girls were ruthless; they would steal my sales! Or I would have nightmare clients and people wanting to do returns and I was horrible with those when I worked the register... I can remember picking up clothing that was strewn on the floor (people are animals) and having only 1/2hr to eat and going to one of those disgusting food courts in the mall (you know the ones) Ugh, what memories... ;)
It sounds like food service isn't your thing for sure... :)
ReplyDeleteGreat list!
Worst job making the cole slaw for KFC every morning.
ReplyDeleteINteresting list.
Mine is up :)
Blockbuster Video. Sucked.
ReplyDeleteI worked part time one summer as housekeeper at the Ramada. That was the without a doubt the hardest, nastiest job I've ever had. You better believe I always remember that and leave a nice tip for the maids now.
ReplyDeleteI cleaned up the kennels (at 5am) at a dog grooming salon while I was pregnant with my first daughter. Perhaps that was the reason I had severe morning sickness until I was 8 months along and quit my job!
ReplyDeleteWorst job I've ever had? waitress at a Big Boy. I only lasted 3 weeks.
ReplyDeleteI worked the dish machine at the cafeteria in college, which was horrible, stinky work--you had to shower and launder your clothes after working--but the camaraderie more than made up for it.
Oh wow - the worst job - let me think....OH - I temped at a construction site way out in the middle of nowhere - where no one ever came, called or did anything. He just wanted someone there in case soemone did. It was boring and awful. (before the days of internet). He wanted to hire me - and I refused! TOO boring and scary as it was down about five miles of dirt road...
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Smiles,
Holly
http://theabundanceplace.com
I can't lie! Your jobs sound crazy and fun (as well as pure torture). Your resume looks a little like mine. I may need to do this in a future post!
ReplyDeleteHmmmm Best jobs! that would have to be all those summers I lifegaurded at a sleepy little community pool talk about having a killer tan! I love my job now and the money that comes with it, I am the director of operations for an insurance company. But the best job by far is being wife and mom to my family!!!!
ReplyDeleteI've had some bad ones too.
ReplyDeleteMy great aunt and uncle owned a corn farm and we spent hours detasseling corn. Yes - it is hard work.
Blessings,
Karla
Happy T13
My worst was at a high end kids retail store.
ReplyDeleteYou always make me smile. As a parent let me agree whole-heartedly that your role as a mother is the toughest job of all. I salute you, as I salute all mothers. From the bottom of my heart, God bless you all.
ReplyDeleteMy worst jobs ever (3 that immediately come to mind) are all because I had bosses from Hell. Really horrible, nasty, evil bosses.
ReplyDeleteHmmm, maybe that's why I'm my own boss now ;-)
I was a "pre-processor" at a credit card processing company once as a temp job. All I did, ALL DAY, was take the check and statement out of the envelope and put them into little piles. ALL DAY!
ReplyDeleteI got all educated to be a computer programmer, but the job ended up ruining my health, so THAT was the worst job!
ReplyDeleteWhao you have had some varied jobs, think mines was working in a supermarket where despite promised hours you were giving nightshifts and just under the hours to be allowed breaks
ReplyDeleteDetassling hands down. I lasted 2 days.
ReplyDeleteI got a job as a customer service representative and later found out my interviewer had tricked me -- it was a telemarketing job! After eight hours, I quit.
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