For those of you keeping track, it's week five of recess. I was talking to Rusty last night, telling her it seems all at once like it has been longer than the 4.5 weeks, and shorter. Without the weeklong drudgery that keeps you looking forward to the weekend, each day is just that, a day. Oh it's Wednesday, you say? What's a Wednesday?
I am looking for one those regular "job" things I've been hearing so much about. I'm also going to pursue freelance work, because regardless of the intermittent longing for someone to ask me "what are you doing for lunch?" or say "Bob's being a total dick today!" there's nothing like working in your underwear. I had an interview on Monday and I even made a point of asking them what their bedhead and flip flop policy was.
In order to get my head on straight while I ponder my next step in life, I thought it would be a good idea to list some of the jobs I've had in the past to help regroup and refocus.
At age 13, I spent two weeks mid-summer "corn detassling" for minimum wage and maximum fatigue, sunburn, and inspiration to never have to do manual labor ever again
At age 15, I washed dishes at Vicki's restaurant, essentially a roadhouse in the middle of nowhere. How I got the job? My mom's derelict friends showed up one day and asked, "Does Angie need a job?" My mom's like, "sure does." And off I went.
At age 16, I stuffed the ads into the Saturday paper at the LaSalle News Tribune. You stood on your feet for hours, lost several pints of blood from paper cuts, and nearly hurled from the smell of newsprint and soy ink.
At age 17, I flipped burgers at the Hardee's. Highlights include cleaning a fryer, and encouraging a co-worker to spit in the food of a girl we didn't like from the Catholic high school.
At age 18-I worked at Walmart. Was promoted from the snack bar to fabrics and crafts.
At age 21-I rented tents and equipment to fraternities at the campus outing center. Brutal.
At age 23-Temp work. Favorite job including the midnight shift at the hospital switchboard. Major duty included paging the priest and checking out people when they died. Seriously, phone would ring and it was, "Mr. Thompson in 312." I'd interrupt, "Dead?"
Quite a resume, eh?
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4 comments:
I hope I never at Hardee's when you worked there!
and exotic dancer comes in where...
I feel your pain:
- ice cream man (stop me when I'm passing by)
- fireworks factory slave
- security guard
- school maintenance
- bartender
- caddy
- camp counselor
- special ed instructor
- corporate whore/weasel
this was a funny one. I am 24 and the longest job I have ever held was a little less than a year. I dont think that I am the 'working type'. My favorite job was Blue Cross Blue Shield.. worse was Sonics Burger Joint. The manager asked me to go outside and sweep, I went outside alright and got in my car and went home.
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