Good Lord...


...this is going to take some time...


AGE:13
EMPLOYER:neighbor
TYPE OF WORK:yardwork
WAGE:pocket lint and ocassional soda
PROS:feeling like an adult because I had a job
CONS:being exploited as cheap labor

AGE:16
EMPLOYER:Franklin Golf Club
TYPE OF WORK:Country Club kitchen staff
WAGE:I don't remember
PROS:Worked with all of my best friends who I am still best friends with almost 20 years later... waiting for the boss to go hame, then breaking back in and getting drunk in the pool with all my friends... rifling through peoples stuff in the locker rooms... golf cart polo...golf cart demolition derby... golf cart jumping... golf cart hide and seek... hiding golf carts inside the clubhouse...
CONS:watching them tear the place down after it went bankrupt


AGE:16
EMPLOYER:Denny's (busboy), Kings (cook), Cimmaron (salad bar guy)
TYPE OF WORK:food service
WAGE:minimum wage
PROS:Denny's-ing with the people during the weekly AA meetings Kings-NONE! Cimarron- hot chicks all over the place!
CONS: I can never again eat at Denny's knowing what I know now.


AGE:16
EMPLOYER:David Weiss Catalog showroom
TYPE OF WORK:warehouse
WAGE:minimum wage
PROS:I was the only person in the warehouse at night... used to steal all kinds of goodies...once jerked off in my asshole boss's coffee cup.
CONS:being forced to work over 40 hours a week and violate all the minor labor laws in the process.


AGE:16
EMPLOYER:Toys R Us
TYPE OF WORK:take a wild guess
WAGE:minimum
PROS:I (along with all my friends from the now defunct country club) was hired as Xmas help, and would be laid off after New Years-knowing that I was too valuable to fire before then gave me certain self proclaimed liberties... hacky-sack fights in the store... messing with customers... playing paintball in the store room... messing with customers... pushing shopping carts over the hill and down into the creek... messing with customers... giving my friends parents HUGE at-the-register discounts on all their shopping needs... messing with customers
CONS:Not a single one.


AGE:17
EMPLOYER:Misty Pines Kennel
TYPE OF WORK:kennel hand
WAGE:minimum
PROS:playing with dogs and cats all day
CONS:cleaning up umgodly amounts of the worst smelling dog crap in the world-nervous and anxious dog crap!

AGE:17-18
EMPLOYER:Monte Celo's
TYPE OF WORK:restaurant
WAGE:minimum
PROS:hot chicks
CONS:washing dishes


AGE:18
EMPLOYER:Amoco
TYPE OF WORK:gas station attendant
WAGE:minimum
PROS:none
CONS:owners son was a crackhead who used to threaten me and try to steal cash out of my drawer


AGE:18
EMPLOYER:Pittsburgh Fire Extinguisher
TYPE OF WORK:testing and certifying fire ext's & hoses
WAGE:$5/hr
PROS:making $200/wk under the table
CONS:no future


AGE:18-22
EMPLOYER:U.S. Navy
TYPE OF WORK:Aviation Electrician
WAGE:$1172/month when discharged
PROS:It's true what they say, I did see the world.. soent a lot of time in Christchurch, New Zealand... Got to go to Antarctica
CONS:shaving, ugly uniforms, working 12 hrs/day-7 days a week for 5 months staright out of the year.


AGE:21-22
EMPLOYER:Domino's
TYPE OF WORK:pizza delivery
WAGE:minimum + tips + $.75 a delivery
PROS:delivering to a party and being asked to stay, seeing naked hookers in some hotel deliveries
CONS:working 7 days a week while still in the Navy



AGE:22
EMPLOYER:Johnson Controls
TYPE OF WORK:Fueling aircraft
WAGE:$5.50/hr
PROS:working in aviation
CONS:union shop with union assholes and union rules


AGE:23
EMPLOYER:Matt Hunt Contracting
TYPE OF WORK:contracting
WAGE:$10.00/hr
PROS:cool work that paid well and was under the table
CONS:working outside in the winter


AGE:23
EMPLOYER:Leo's Towing
TYPE OF WORK:tow truck driver
WAGE:$6.35/hr
PROS:Got to be a 'hero' multiple times a day... no one looking over my shoulder... I enjoyed the work
CONS:low pay


AGE:23-27
EMPLOYER:Lockheed
TYPE OF WORK:senior electrician
WAGE:$14.50/hr
PROS:getting my foot back in the door of the aviatio0n industry... travel... respect
CONS:started dating my first wife THAT BITCH!!!


AGE:27-30
EMPLOYER:Treasure Island
TYPE OF WORK:animations technician/ stuntman
WAGE:somewhere over $20/hr
PROS:Marrying my current wife... living in Vegas... getting paid to go swimming 6 times a night... being in of one of the most recognized shows ever in Vegas... POKER!!!
CONS:worked with some real @ssholes... watching the MGM take over and ruin both the show and the hotel


AGE:31
EMPLOYER:General Scientific/Lockheed Martin
TYPE OF WORK:classified
WAGE:classified
PROS:classified
CONS:classified


AGE:31
EMPLOYER:Lockheed Martin
TYPE OF WORK:Systems Engineering
WAGE:more than I've ever made before in my life!
PROS:I love my job.... get to fly with the unit... being half the age of most of my colleagues.... being one of the few who got this job without having a degree... upward mobility... travel... bought the 'S'... corporate anonyminity
CONS:corporate anonyminity

 

Zoe - You just became my hero.

 

do i really feel like going through all of my jobs?!?!? damn zoe how long did that one post take?!

i will later when i am not as hungry food time now

 

I'm in the middle of listing mine. Will probably post it tomorrow...

Zoe, I'm w/ Billy...you are my hero!

 

great thread!

 

Zoe that does take the cake! I never @ work I did fool around over the chicken fryers at Roy Rogers when I was 16, more boring job details to follow as well! This needs some serious time!

 

I am the hero.

 

No no Schwarzenegger, I think the crappiest job you had was Kintergarden Cop, but Jingle all the way comes in a very close 2nd

 

I admit you are a heroish figure but Evo is right you have made some stinkeroos that you called movies!

 

Most of my jobs have kicked a$$.....when I turned 16 my father got me a job at the Lexus dealer (we had bought a TON of cars from this dealer, so my dad requested they give me a job...hehehe). My job was driving the customers Lexus from their house to our dealership and back.....this was cool because about 65% of the customers lived about 2 HOURS AWAY, so I essentially just pimped in a different Lexus everyday. WOO-HOOO!!

Pro: I got to drive a bunch of new Lexus all the time, I was allowed to take the Lexus loaner cars home with me and to school, and I drove everywhere in the tri-state area and was paid for it.

Con: Ummmm...is there one?? Well, my neighbors thought I was a drug dealer because I always had a new Lexus at my house (some of my neighbors still think this).


When I was 18 I worked at a carwash where the Manager was a prick and verbally told me he hated the fact that I drove a nicer car than him and he was twice my age....HATER BASTARD! So I got out of there and went to my next job.

18 years old and working for the Acura dealer was my next job. I did the same thing there that I did at Lexus, only with a perk. I was made the ONLY person in service besides the NSX tech who was allowed to drive the NSX's (both customers and the dealerships). So I picked up all the customers NSX and transported them to and from the dealer. Nice eh?

Pro: NSX's....end of discussion.
Con: Ummmm....no

Yeah....my jobs when I was younger were pretty cool.....now you know how I got hooked on the NSX.