What's your weirdest job experience?

[dannyzmom]

Lots of SA & moreI have lots of pieces of Simple Additions, specifically, the ones that are being retired this season. They've only been used for show and ar ein new condition. PM me if you're interested.

I also have 2 LemonAids (I think that's what they were called)

 

[dianevill]

Idea for your SAHi,
I just donated my Striped SA to Curves for their annual August Auction. You might want to check your local Curves to see if they are having one. I donated three small bowls, one small square, one medium bowl and the rectangle platter. I cleaned them up and dried them off real good and put them in kind of a flat basket with a sign of the value (including the basket). Curves has the auction all month long and are allowing me to leave flyers and business cards all month.

Just an idea...

 

[BethCooks4U]

That's a great idea! I will have to look into that. I have a lot of things...

 

[dannyzmom]

Hi,
I just donated my Striped SA to Curves for their annual August Auction. You might want to check your local Curves to see if they are having one. I donated three small bowls, one small square, one medium bowl and the rectangle platter. I cleaned them up and dried them off real good and put them in kind of a flat basket with a sign of the value (including the basket). Curves has the auction all month long and are allowing me to leave flyers and business cards all month.

Just an idea...

Hmmmm - good idea!

 

[DebPC]

I donated 2 grilling tools to the Curves auction in my area and now am trying to decide on what to give for a church auction. Be sure and get a letter for the value you donate for taxes.

 

[Admin Greg]

Well I repaired/cleaned overhead projectors for a summer. That's about it

 

[imported_heat123]

Your topic reminds me of that show "dirtiest jobs" LOL!
Ummm, haven't had too many jobs in my career -none of them were weird really. The one I hated most though was being a cashier at a local drug store!

 

[janetupnorth]

I don't think I've had a "wierd job" but I've done the following and then some...McDonalds for a whole whopping 3 months (I would go insane if I didn't leave - my mind was too bored!)
Secretary for the Junior League of Racine
Marketing Research at Case IH
Pricing Analyst for Agricultural Products - Case IH
Professional Musician (Racine Municipal Band - about 5-6 years - we actually HAD to join the musician's union to play - I guess that is wierd)
Maintenance Supervisor - Chrysler Kenosha Engine Plant
Production Supervisor/Corporate Industrial Engineer - Master Lock Company
Church Secretary
Fulfillment Supervisor/Systems & Process Engineer - current company
Lifeguard - waterpark/hotel in area
Volunteer Firefighter/EMT
Red Cross Instructor - First Aid/CPR/Pet First Aid/Teach the medical portion of Lifeguarding
Pampered Chef Independent Consultant

 

[erinyourpclady]

I was the manager of a tie shop.....I used to be able to tie a bow tie!
And I was a Nanny. Oh and I worked in the sporting goods department when I worked at the Marine Corps Exchange in 29 Palms, Ca. To avoid doing actual work we would take the hand guns apart with the premise of cleaning them........

 

[JAE]

I worked in an egg factory. It was disgusting. I smelled like eggs and my car smelled like eggs. GROSS. Eggs were always breaking and then we'd have to stop the conveyer to clean it up. The first station was where a suction thing picked up the eggs from the crates and were put into the washing thing. The next station was where we had to take out the eggs that weren't completely clean from chicken doo doo and look at the eggs under a special light to make sure there wasn't blood in the yoke. The last station was pulling the cartons off (I don't remember if we filled them manually or how that worked) the conveyor and putting the cartons into boxes. We'd have to put boxes together and line them up by size. If one egg broke, we'd pull a wire to stop the whole system and clean up the mess. All the eggs affected by the broken one had to be taken back to the washer. The quicker we finished all the eggs the quicker we could go home. So it was really annoying if eggs kept breaking and having to be rewashed. I worked on weekends and holidays, including Christmas. I couldn't believe I had to work on Christmas. My dad said, "well, chickens don't stop laying eggs just because it's Christmas." This was in 1988-1989, and I made a big $5 ish an hour. Most of my friends were making minimum wage which I think was $3.45 or something like that.
I have another. My dad is a farmer. I was a country girl, longing to move to the suburbs!

 

[cmdtrgd]

I was a kid wrangler in a giant hamster cage for kids - Discovery Zone. I got paid to play with the kids, run after them through the tunnels, pour sprinkles on their heads at their birthday parties - it was great!

 

[Smashie]

I worked in an egg factory. It was disgusting. I smelled like eggs and my car smelled like eggs. GROSS. Eggs were always breaking and then we'd have to stop the conveyer to clean it up. The first station was where a suction thing picked up the eggs from the crates and were put into the washing thing. The next station was where we had to take out the eggs that weren't completely clean from chicken doo doo and look at the eggs under a special light to make sure there wasn't blood in the yoke. The last station was pulling the cartons off (I don't remember if we filled them manually or how that worked) the conveyor and putting the cartons into boxes. We'd have to put boxes together and line them up by size. If one egg broke, we'd pull a wire to stop the whole system and clean up the mess. All the eggs affected by the broken one had to be taken back to the washer. The quicker we finished all the eggs the quicker we could go home. So it was really annoying if eggs kept breaking and having to be rewashed. I worked on weekends and holidays, including Christmas. I couldn't believe I had to work on Christmas. My dad said, "well, chickens don't stop laying eggs just because it's Christmas." This was in 1988-1989, and I made a big $5 ish an hour. Most of my friends were making minimum wage which I think was $3.45 or something like that.
I have another. My dad is a farmer. I was a country girl, longing to move to the suburbs!

Okay, now I know why I don't like eggs!:yuck:

 

[jlevernier]

I worked in an egg factory. It was disgusting. I smelled like eggs and my car smelled like eggs. GROSS. Eggs were always breaking and then we'd have to stop the conveyer to clean it up. The first station was where a suction thing picked up the eggs from the crates and were put into the washing thing. The next station was where we had to take out the eggs that weren't completely clean from chicken doo doo and look at the eggs under a special light to make sure there wasn't blood in the yoke. The last station was pulling the cartons off (I don't remember if we filled them manually or how that worked) the conveyor and putting the cartons into boxes. We'd have to put boxes together and line them up by size. If one egg broke, we'd pull a wire to stop the whole system and clean up the mess. All the eggs affected by the broken one had to be taken back to the washer. The quicker we finished all the eggs the quicker we could go home. So it was really annoying if eggs kept breaking and having to be rewashed. I worked on weekends and holidays, including Christmas. I couldn't believe I had to work on Christmas. My dad said, "well, chickens don't stop laying eggs just because it's Christmas." This was in 1988-1989, and I made a big $5 ish an hour. Most of my friends were making minimum wage which I think was $3.45 or something like that.
I have another. My dad is a farmer. I was a country girl, longing to move to the suburbs!

JAE, what is the percentage of eggs that break?

I never thought about that as a job, but it makes sense that eggs would go through all that before they get to the stores!

--Jenny L

 

[imported_yummybytes]

Hmm.. I am painfully boring. I have been a movie theatre manager, worked at mcdonalds, been a cashier, media manager, did telemarketing, sales secretary, customer service, receptionist, training administrator, education coordinator, IT Support Specialist, Help Desk...

I guess my "weirdest" job was when I was a DJ in college. I didn't get paid for it, but I got class and workstudy credit, so there was a "reward" for my job.

It was so much fun

 

[friday]

No weird jobs for me either. I taught private music lessons most of my life- since I was 14. I also worked briefly at a video store, detassling corn, in a french fry truck, at a race track grooming horses, at an alarm system company monitoring home alarm systems, and selling electronics like televisions and stereos. And PC- for the last 10 years. Everything always alongside teaching music.

 

[CookingwithMary]

Hand grenade inspector. Squibs, to be more precise.No talking, had to wear 100% cotton clothing, only metal allowed was jean zippers and bra fasteners (TMI?) =no false eyelashes or jewelry, due to black powder/explosion danger.

 

[Christ Follower]

It's not really a weird job (very common for that age actually), but I was a nanny for the local weather man on our local news station when I was a Senior in High School.

I was a grocery clerk and a waitress too. Not weird jobs, but had to preform "weird" tasks at times.

 

[imported_lkprescott]

I worked in an egg factory. It was disgusting. I smelled like eggs and my car smelled like eggs. GROSS. Eggs were always breaking and then we'd have to stop the conveyer to clean it up. The first station was where a suction thing picked up the eggs from the crates and were put into the washing thing. The next station was where we had to take out the eggs that weren't completely clean from chicken doo doo and look at the eggs under a special light to make sure there wasn't blood in the yoke. The last station was pulling the cartons off (I don't remember if we filled them manually or how that worked) the conveyor and putting the cartons into boxes. We'd have to put boxes together and line them up by size. If one egg broke, we'd pull a wire to stop the whole system and clean up the mess. All the eggs affected by the broken one had to be taken back to the washer. The quicker we finished all the eggs the quicker we could go home. So it was really annoying if eggs kept breaking and having to be rewashed. I worked on weekends and holidays, including Christmas. I couldn't believe I had to work on Christmas. My dad said, "well, chickens don't stop laying eggs just because it's Christmas." This was in 1988-1989, and I made a big $5 ish an hour. Most of my friends were making minimum wage which I think was $3.45 or something like that.
I have another. My dad is a farmer. I was a country girl, longing to move to the suburbs!

My mom used to candle eggs too! Way back when... she learned how to clean up messes easily (using pieces of stiff fiberboard or cardboard) and passed the trick on to us which is soooo handy for not just eggs on the floor but cat gak and other assorted gross, gotta clean it up fast messes.. She grew up on a chicken farm, so candling was a lot cleaner than what they did as kids on the farm. LOL... including step on the baby mice they'd get occasionally...

 

[imported_lkprescott]

Okay... my weirdest job?

Car rental agent... not too weird...

I used to clean horse stalls for nothing... seriously. I'm a weirdo who actually enjoyed waking up 4am on a Saturday to go attend a horse show with a farm I used to help out and be their horse handler for the day. I almost got paid once to muck out stalls but she complained about how long I took (the stalls were GROSS... the previous person didn't do a good job and it showed - and stanK!)... I was supposed to get paid for that one but I told her off on the phone after a full day's work and a full ear's telling me how awful I was at it..

Frozen yogurt 'slinger' for TCBY...

Trucking company lackey, gopher and jr. dispatcher...

Shoe dept stocker... Used car detailer... a not so Merry Maid (I only lasted 3 days... it was worse than mucking out horse stalls!)...

I don't think any of my jobs have been that weird just the fact that I'd shovel horse crap for free is kinda weird. LOL...

 

[DebPC]

I've never had a weird job- but my first was selling Saltwater Taffy at our state fair- I was 17 and gained 5 lbs.

 

[jrstephens]

None of mine have been weird either.

I was a part time receiptionist in the evenings for a chiropractor.
Then a secretary for a trucking/loggin company.
I am currently a legal secretary in a one attorney firm
and a PC consultant.
I also do books and pay bills for an older rich couple.

The one thing I hated the most that I did was when I applied to work at a new Payless Store. They interviewes us by getting all that applied to stock the store and choose from our performance. Well, the truck was 2 hours late getting there and we had to sit around and wait for it. The air conditioner tore up and we had to stock it in the sweltering heat. Needless to say I did not get the job b/c I did not have a good attitude about the mess and disorganized that day was!:grumpy: I still do not like to go in that store b/c of the memories of it.