What kind of work have you did in your life?

[windsors]

Delivered Newspaper on a bicycle
Worked in a shoe store
worked in a Jewelry store
worked for my dad, tearing down furniture to be reupholstered.

 

[Kyanimal]

Chaz you should have worked for a frat instead of a sorority it would been more fun, If you worked at Big Boy in NC it must have been Shoney's.

It WAS a Shoney's!

As far as a Frat vs. a Sorority? It was the late 60's, early 70's. "Free Love", "Flower Power", and all of that other "Hippie" stuff!

I was SO Confused, and having Lots of FUN on both sides of "The Fence"!

Keep Smilin'!!
Chaz

 

[TickTockMan]

I have did a job as a teacher, so I cringe at the wording of the subject line.

So have/did I. (Blessed Basil Bernstein, pray for us sinners.) Teacher I mean, during college. My parents usually weren't stingy, but sometimes they forced me to earn some own money.

I might also add that the title of this thread is driving me berserk as well.

Shouldn't it be "have you done" in the thread title?

Me sorry.



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[TickTockMan]

I forgot I also worked in a dry cleaner as a janitor.


I also bucked hay for a summer. It was fun, but I was cheated out of money which still pisses me off.

 

[jbrown329]

I've worked as a cashier at convenience stores. A checker at grocery stores. And have been self employed.

 

[ronboy]

Although I am a self-professed Wegmans junkie, as a teenager and college student, I worked for their competition, Star Supermarkets. (no connection with the Star Markets in the Boston area).
I started as one of those bag boys who used to stand outside in all weather and load groceries into customers cars. The grocery bags came out of the store in numbered totes on a conveyor belt. When Star discontinued that service, they trained me as a cashier. This was before the cash registers were electronic or scanners. I was a whiz at running those big beige NCR cash registers. And I gave each customer their fair share of Top Value Trading stamps, which was Star's premium. (Wegmans gave away S&H green stamps). I stayed with Star until the local family that owned the chain sold out to a Buffalo food distributor called Peter J. Schmidt Co. Schmidt killed Star and converted all of the stores that it didn't close into either the Apples or Bells nameplate.

 

[johaninsc]

been trying to think of ALL of the jobs I've had


had to double up on some of them( with temp agencies) when I was in my 20's and 30's because I got my house

tough times back then trying to keep it

let's see

I worked in a seafood restaurant, convienience store, a company that installed and made fire sprinklers (lot of heavy schedule #40 steel pipe), Armoured Car service (trucks and vault), VA hospital records room, a metal plating company that plated giant journal rolls (maintenance), another plating company plating circuit boards, did some warehouse work for 3M, quality control at Hitachi (TV's) some outside stocking for Wal-Mart (garden dept.), some home decor stocking for Rich's, shipping and receiving for a clothing store, security in a bar, laid residential phone and cable, and my current hospital job



Johan been a busy boy


forgot to mention setting up ofice cubicles, too

 

[Telstra]

I suck cock for money ...

 

[jft245]

Paper route, lawn mowing while in high school
Dish washer while in collage
Desk Clerk / Night auditor at a hotel
Retail grocery store for the past 38 years. I have been a cashier, meat wrapper, produce clerk, aisle clerk, bagger, office person and assistant manager.

 

[frankfrank]

It WAS a Shoney's!

Just like where I grew up (Michigan), it would have just as inevitably been an Elias Brothers. In the biggest chunk of the country, I think, they were Frisch's. In eastern Ohio and Pittsburgh, I think, they were Manner's. Maybe other names elsewhere...

 

[Yooper]

I've did a lot, worked most of my life.

As a pre-teen/early teenager, shoveled walks in Winter (if I remember right, it was $5 for a inline lot, $10 for a corner lot), mowed grass (Standard lot, $5/your machine;$10/my machine, larger lots negotiable). Sold garden seeds door to door in spring--bought the seeds wholesale from a place in Iowa that still exists, got to keep the profits, and based on sales also earned premiums--one year I earned a Chemistry Set that my Mom still insists she doesn't remember but it disappeared very quickly--it was really cool, but I wish I knew what actually happened to it).

Gained a lot of knowledge from the Family business, as my Mom and her second Husband would buy a 'distressed' house, we'd move in and remodel around ourselves, then move on to the next house. We moved annually for about 7 years, and all hands were put to work.

As a teen, worked summers and winter weekends at a Christian Retreat camp high in the Colorado Rockies, but just 3 miles up the Canyon from our house--kitchen help and did Laundry two summers for Summer Camp. During the school year worked as a Custodian at my High School through a Government program that provided funding.

In College I did one semester in the Kitchen (hated that one), was the Mail Clerk for 2 years for my Dorm. One summer was the Lot Boy for a Volvo dealership which quickly turned into the go-fer job for the place, ferried around service customers, picked up parts, checked in and cleaned up the new cars and got the used cars reconditioned for sale.

After not completing University (I didn't know what I wanted to do when I grew up, and still don't ), got a job being one of those annoying Survey people in the mall--then stumbled into the Shoe biz because to get into the mall we always took a shortcut through the Shoe Store. Only there for a few months because I hated being commissioned.

Got hired by a Self Service concept shoe store that was a specialty store division of May Department Stores. 4 or 5 months after I started there the location I was working at got robbed and the Manager had a meltdown, and I was immediately promoted to Manager. Had to learn VERY quickly and was successful--moved to a larger store, then got into Corporate as an Auditor, moved to LA and covered from Northern LA to Southern SF; then moved to Minneapolis where I covered all of Minnesota, the Dakotas, Iowa, all of Wisconsin except Milwaukee and Upper Michigan.

Got downsized out of that when the world invented Bar Code technology and went back to the Stores in the UP of Michigan. Spent 7 years running that--although I was asked several times to go back to the Auditing position but turned them down.

Got downsized again when May spun off the Company and was purged, along with anyone with more than 7 years of experience. In one case, a Store Manager of 25 years and with only 6 months to go before retirement was let go (yay Corporate management!).

Got myself a Builder's License in Michigan and spent nearly 15 years running my own Handyman business. Became successful enough to consider starting to hire when I ended up back in Colorado to take care of my Grandmother. Was supposed to be 6 months which turned into almost 5 years.

After Grandma passed, picked up a Temporary Christmas job at the Successor Company to May; I ended up as a 'rehire' because of a bunch of loopholes; most of you know how that worked out if you've been reading my posts lately.

Today I have been employed 30 days with a local owned Retail Hardware store where I now have the opportunity to marry my Handyman skills and my vast Retail experience. I will have a review in another 60 days, but they have had me do a BUNCH of things so far. Today the Owner tracked me down, though, and told me he hopes this will be my 'retirement' job; he's 'so excited' to have someone with my skill set working for him and he 'can learn a lot' from me. Should be interesting, and so far I'm loving it. I have no idea where this recent job will take me, but I think it will be good. No raise yet, but I'm doing better than at my last position already if I consider my discount (VERY generous, I got the Propane tank for my barbecue grill filled for $3.50) and the elimination of a 2+ hour commute a day.

 

[kallipolis]

and the elimination of a 2+ hour commute a day.

Worth its weight in gold.

 

[dpnice]

Worth its weight in gold.

I second that. The pleasure of leaving work and being home within less than an hour is inestimable.

 

[piano1]

Newspaper boy; cut lawns till I was 33 years old (tax free money!!); organ technician; various job with the phone company for 33 1/2 years before retiring at 53; working now as a counselor at a local cemetery (just got my Thanksgiving bonus - $500).

 

[BillyT]

Just like where I grew up (Michigan), it would have just as inevitably been an Elias Brothers. In the biggest chunk of the country, I think, they were Frisch's. In eastern Ohio and Pittsburgh, I think, they were Manner's. Maybe other names elsewhere...

They were Frisch's here in Florida also.

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[Kyanimal]

Just like where I grew up (Michigan), it would have just as inevitably been an Elias Brothers. In the biggest chunk of the country, I think, they were Frisch's. In eastern Ohio and Pittsburgh, I think, they were Manner's. Maybe other names elsewhere...

They were Frisch's here in Florida also.

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Around souitheast Ohio, and western W. Virginia, along the Ohio River, they were "Elby's". Here in Milwaukee they were "Marc's".

Things you may not know, and may not want to know, about "Big Boy" (Might not be Facts, just things I've heard):

Invented the Drive-In concept.

Invented the double burger with special sauce. (The "Big Mac" is a knockoff.)

Pioneered "Fast Food".

Premiered National Franchising, and became a chain of chains, thus the various names.

Started in Glendale, CA. Was bought by Marriott. Is now headquartered in Warren, MI.

When I was working at "Shoney's", the recipes for the Strawberry Pie filling, and the breading for the Onion Rings, were kept in the safe, only available to Managers. We were the only ones authorized to make those. The "Special Sauce" came already made, directly from Corporate. BIG Secret!

As times changed, many locations morphed into "Perkin's" or "Appleby's".

In some areas, due to new zoning laws, "Big Boy", some of which could be 14ft. tall, were challenged in court, and successfully defended as "sculptures", not "signs".

Now I'm hungry for a "1/2 Pound Ground Round", medium, with Onion Rings! (Not related to the "Ground Round" restaurants.).

 

[jbrown329]

Oops, I forgot pizza delivery driver.

 

[Cormac135]

Paperboy.

Empty juice bottle collector...........self employed.

Fast food outlets during Uni.

over the past year or so, customer services, Asda/Walmart/Tesco

Biscuit factory, nightmare journey there and back but came away with about £30 of biscuits everyday for only £i

 

[Taralen]

Had so many jobs.

But the most prominent ones and most memorable ones,

One of my first jobs, I worked very briefly at a defunct jewelry store in the Del Amo Mall

I worked at Gamestop for like a few months or so.

I worked as a server at Red Lobster for quite a while.

Recently I had an internship with Verizon in their advertising/media department. Unfortunately they let me go, but it's all good.

I now presently work at a hardware store restocking tools, renting equipment to customers, copying keys, cutting glass and wood, and occasionally working as a cashier.

I also work for a timeshare company at home during my convenience or when I want extra money.

 

[Latimer]

The story is quite lengthy... I should tell you... but I can't ...too much pain.

No real job now for years. Nobody seems to want to hire me.

Why do you think that might be? You're smart, speak multiple languages and--on this site, at least--quite personable.