[lc18]

because i am extremely bored i made thread to discuss your previous jobs, the pros and cons of each one.

Hogi yogi (sandwich place like subway or quizznos)- my favorite job so far, I lived in a small town so it wasn't busy very often and i loved the people i worked with, one being my girlfriend of four years, the pros were all the food. I would constantly eat food there. the cons were people at the window, they would have either big diesel trucks or yelled into the speaker or wouldn't speak loud/clear enough. also the pay wasn't too great but i was in high school so i didn't need a lot of money anyways.

Ditch burner- easiest job i have ever had, just got to play with fire all day and paid decent. too bad it wasn't year round.

Masonry- hardest job i have had so far, but also the best paying.

cingular call support- i was the guy people called when they call *611. this was by far the worst job i have ever had, i hated it. i would just get yelled at over and over again or have some people cry to me cause they had over 1400 dollars of charges to their phone, of things they downloaded or wasted time on the internet.

Surveys- not too bad of a job, i just called people to ask them to take a survey. wasn't too bad cause i never pressured people to take a survey. but from now on a take surveys when people call me, cause it gives them more money.

janitor- really good job with a cool boss. it is way easy, but the cons are the people that just stare at you while you work.

roofing- easy job thats fun to do, the con is the heat on the roof.

Your turn, what is your favorite job and least favorite job you have had

[TheWalrus]

While I was in school I was a lifeguard/ swimming instructor. After that went straight into welding. Now on the odd weekend I give flight lessons.

[Beisia]

I spent years in college and tried to get an up-scale job in the end. It was worth it. I only had well paying jobs because I went to school. Took my dads philosophy of bust your ass in school then make it easy in a good job after. I liked all of the jobs I had. The one I have now is the best, working online for hosting solution implementation.

[FlyinHawaiian30]

One summer in high school I was the guy to wash your rims and tires before entering the car wash bay. That was pretty cool. In college I delivered pizza which was excellent. I was a surgical tech for about 2 years which sucked. Now I have my ass planted in the IT field which is why i can enjoy sherdog at work.

[endubrules]

Construction of all sorts. Then home inspector, which was easy but boring. Got into porn (not as a job, just into it). Now in last year of law school.

[NerfKnees]

Corn detasseling - Cons: Scars from getting cut up by the corn, sunburn, sore feet, no fun, hard work, minimum wage, ridiculous heat, sore biceps and shoulders.
Pros: Umm...chicks dig scars and large biceps

C-SPAN archivist - Cons: sore feet, monotonous work
Pros: AIR CONDITIONING!!!!!!!!!! ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD!!!!!!!! YOU ACTUALLY GET PAID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

p.s. I hate detasseling. You will ruin your life if you do it.

[kraetos]

In order biginning at age 13.

Farm laborer during summers. Got a great appreciation for what migrant labor is all about and learned the value of piece work vs. hourly pay.

Sheep shearer. Fucking worst job ever. You have an endless stream of the dumbest animals on the planet coming to you covered in piss, shit, star thistle, ticks etc. They are covered in lanolin which is very sticky and smelly and covers you in short order. You are usually in a barn that is well over 100 degrees and when you are not wrestling with the sheep you are in a giant canvas condom, stomping down the shit and piss covered wool.
Getting the picture?

Lifeguard/swim instructor. Very easy, glorified baby sitter. One of the better summer jobs I had.

Hay hauler. Hardest job you can imagine physically. They don't do it by hand anymore for a reason. Bales weigh from 60lbs for straw to over 140 for wet alfalfa. You are on the back of a hay truck lifiting, carrying and stacking while in 100+ heat. I thought I was tough until I did this. Good money, but pretty dangerous. I ran a hook completely through one wrist when a hook tore out of a bale. Not fun.

Retail clerk. College job. Worst thing ever. Shitty pay, you work with idiots and serve them. no redeeming qualities.

Day trader/private investor. It's your money, you know the risks. Enough said.

Broker/Financial Advisor. Enjoyed working with the clients, but sales is dominated by slimy people with variable ethics. Liked retirement planning& planning for kids educations the best. Tax time really sucks. Good pay. Crazy perks if you are really good at what you do.

Bank Officer/ Commercial Lender. The deal making & analysis was cool. The politics and bullshit dealing with a large bank much less so. Managing people was the single worst aspect. Decent pay.

Chief cook, quail feeder and man of leisure. I like this one the best.....

[FlyinHawaiian30]

Originally Posted by endubrules

Construction of all sorts. Then home inspector, which was easy but boring. Got into porn (not as a job, just into it). Now in last year of law school.

Oh come on if you're going to throw that porn job out there then at least tell us what it was! Were you a PA? Some sort of audio video tech? Fluffer? what? I need to know? lol

a former boss of mine decided to run some webcams with some local strippers and he said that was worthwhile

[cheese7668]

I was a Custodial Artists (janitor if you're a prick) from 15-21 (though most of high school and college). You dont get paid shit and you have to clean shit, but its easy and you are usually in the building by yourself. I would get paid per building, so I could work at my own pace and no one was looking over my shoulder.

Sometimes I actually miss it, you'd be amazed the amount of thinking you can get done with a backpack vac on.

[NHB7]

Age 8: I passed out flyers for a pizza delivery place

Pros: I got a bunch of free pizza.

Cons: I had to get up at like 4 am and I'm pretty sure I put flyers on a lot of pedofiles doors, but managed to escape without ever getting wronged. One dude came to his door in his underwear and invited me in. I ran.

Age 12: Sold snowcones at a pool.

-Pros: Free snowcones (that got boring though). When you are 13 the 16-17 year old female life guards are hot as heck.

-Cons: boring and hot. And the 16-17 year old female life guards are hot, but you never score with any of them.

Age 16: Lifeguard

-Pros: Many of the female life guards are hot and now you can score with them (I didn't. I was too shy at the time).

-Cons: Suprisingly hard work. There is a lot to learn. And sitting for 6 hours in the sun sucks sucks sucks.

Age 17: Car wash window washer.

-Pros: Free car washes.

-Cons: Everything else. They were slave drivers. I was working 12 hour days. Nobody can ever tell me that mexicans are lazy because all my co-workers were mexicans and they went full speed all day. I was dead tired by the 6th hour. Then when those guys got off they went to their next jobs. But another con was none of them spoke english so I had no one to talk to for 12 hours. But they were seemingly polite to me.

Age 17: Barnes and Noble

-Perks: I saw hot girls all day long. And being a shy guy at that time it was nice to have a reason to talk to them since they all came up and asked me about books which I knew a lot about.

-Cons: I was the youngest person and had no one to relate to. I use to get really dizzy putting books on shelves for some reason as well.

Age 18: Host at Elephant Bar

Pros: Met Kerry Vera (She wasn't Vera at the time, but now she is Brandon Vera's wife and I had a huge crush on her then). And everyone there was cool (except some of the managers). Discounts on food.

Cons: Stupid uniform. When you are a host you end up arguing with the Waiters a lot. Some get mad that you don't seat enough people in their area others come crying because you seated too many people in their area.

Age 21: Movie theater

-Pros: Free movies (to this day, I'm 26 now, but they still hook me up even though I don't work there). The whole staff was cool (but I was older than almost everyone). We would watch movies after the theater closed and drink there, smoke weed (not me but my friends). We even hired a stripper once to perform in the theater. Sometimes people played video games on the big screen. Met a GF their, and that went pretty good for a long about a year and a half.

-Cons: Very low pay. As I got older I and old staff moved on, I became like Grandpa NHB7. Often had to work very late on weekend nights.

Age 24: Suicide hotline

-Pros: felt very rewarding. I got good benifits (rare at suicide hotlines). Looked great on my resume for grad school (I'm in a clinical psychology program). Learned a lot. My boss is still a good friend and a great reference. During very slow periods, I was on Sherdog a lot. I eventually became the second in charge and could create my own schedule.

-Cons: Often feel like you aren't helping when you have chronic repeat callers. Believe it or not, you pretty much end up hearing the same sad stories so much, they get rather boring.

Age 26: Trader Joes

Pros: The staff was cool. They all loved it there. Some cute girls and definitely a lot of cute female customers (and tons of Milfs).

Cons: Actually kind of hard labor. Boring boring boring. A very fast pace is expected and they will be on your ass if you look like you are slowing down. Lot of clicks and gossip.