What was/is your occupation?

[Meadbh]

"custom compost compiler"

Does that mean you were a **** disturber?

 

[toofrugalformycat]

Can't believe that there's another 'bug picker' in the group! I've been a:

Chicken fryer (KFC)
Telephone information operator
Office grunt
Postal worker
Meat cutter
Seasonal technician (bugs, fungi & trees)
Bug researcher

So do professional bug researchers call oligochaetes and polychaetes "ollies and pollies" or is that just us grunt bug pickers, oxygen deprived, breathing those toxic fumes?

 

[honobob]

Bus Boy
Professional Janitor (age 15 11p-7a shift)
Pattern cutter for childrens clothes
Production line worker
Quality control lab tech
Real estate salesman
Motel manager (there's a picture of me out there accepting a Gideon Bible for a new Best Western motel)
Restaurant manager
Night Auditor
Ceramist
Business owner
Niteclub manager
Bartender
Paper Man
Professional model
Property manager
Commercial appraiser

 

[Twinkle Toes]

Banking - federal regulator

 

[calmloki]

...Professional model
...

Ahh? unexpected

 

[calmloki]

Does that mean you were a **** disturber?

Oh yeah - i flung it with the best of them. Lots of horse, plenty of chicken, elephant and big cat during the fair.

 

[PreBB]

retired computer scientist

 

[sunshine]

farm worker
Youth Conservation Corps
parks & Rec
drove ice cream truck
dug worms for bait shop ($10/1000)
food service
library assistant
janitor
USMC
radio repair
electronics technician
field engineer
systems analyst
contractor

 

[Puzzley]

Well, let's see...

Irrigation pipe fabricator and installer
Registered Sanitarian (restaurant inspector)
Box Knocker and Flimsy Paster (requires too much explanation)
Gas station owner (nearly went broke with this one)
Service Manager, Buick Dealership
Farmer (nearly went broke again)
Insurance adjuster
Insurance company field representative (23 years in this one, one year left to go)

 

[dumpster56]

Paper boy
Blueberry/Strawberry Picker
Short Order Cook/ Newspaper seller
Grass cutter
Janitor
Kinny Shoe Salesman
Sunoco Gasoline station Attendant
Tuxedo Salesman /Tailor/ Tuxedo Model
Bartender
GNC Vitamin Salesman
Physical Education Teacher/Health Teacher/Driver Ed Teacher
Track Coach/ Cross Country Coach
Basketball Coach
Baseball Coach
Football Coach
Substitute Teacher
Part Time Physical Education Teacher

 

[Orchidflower]

President - advertising agency.

Fact about JAGs: Since the subject came up in more than one post, my son is thinking of applying as a JAG; and, you are right, it is primarily to pay for his law school tuition, but he also has a very strong sense of patriotism and desire to keep America free (it isn't all about the money for him).
Anyway, the Marines take only ONE person per State into the JAG Corps. I am not sure if you know that or not?

 

[martyb]

Lawn Maintenance Tech (mowed grass)

Equine and Poultry Maintenance Tech (cleaned stables and shoveled chicken shizt)

Worked at my uncle's septic tank & landscaping business on Saturdays

Burger Flipper at Hardee's

Chicken Flipper at KFC

School Bus Driver

Drawing Machine Tender in a textile mill in N.C.

Active Duty (enlisted) in USAF (Bomb Loader on F-4 fighter jets)

Federal Civil Service - Aircraft Ordnance Systems Mechanic

USAF Reserves - Simultaneous to previous job/similar job title

Century 21 Real Estate Agent (simultaneously pursued for 4 years at the same time I was doing the above two jobs)

Still doing ordnance work for the USAF as a civilian, and still a reservist. I will retire in 5 years/1 month. I'm currently sending out resumes in hopes of landing a job with DCMA (Defense Contracting Management Agency) in a Quality Assurance field. Whether I get a job or not, I'll still retire in 5 yrs/1 month.

 

[calmloki]

Old WW2 tin can DD728 Mansfield for my first trip to Viet Nam in '69 - that boat had a "computer" in the sonar room that was about 2'x3'x2' and probably weighed 300+# - you turned little cranks and about a zillion gears worked together to give a solution. Liked that ship - it felt like a real war boat when it got cranked up.

Second cruise to the gulf of Tonkin was on the Long Beach, which was way too tall with a big box on top. We kept picking up submarines - weren't supposed to be any in the gulf - too shallow - and the ASW officer kept denying that that's what they were - then the ship would be turned to put our contact in our wake. That went on for a number of days, followed by one of the cans in the group firing on a sub that had been deploying divers. Rather a big stink, as it's not considered good form to fire on friendly forces.
We didn't get to play much with subs - on several occasions when i thought i had a contact i got some joy out of using the underwater telephone and acting like a lifeguard by blowing a whistle and intoning "everyone out of the pool". Bad sailor! Enjoyed going boating though, and was pretty fair at discerning contacts.

 

[ScooterGuy]

Several

Grad student assistant
Speech therapist
Ran a school & sheltered workshop for MR & DD
Academic professor
Research scientist (obscure field)
Small business owner
Medical writer
Information search specialist
Unemployed, crazy bum
Writer and search specialist, again
Speech therapist
Then FIREd and also became a DINK (Dual Income, No Kids at home).

A certified liberal Quaker; Secular Humanist; Free- & Rational Thinker.

I am NOT a sex addict -- I'm a dirty old man -- sex addicts attend meetings.

 

[mn54]

ticket taker at state fair--loved the guys in the freak show.
sold ladies shoes
tennis instructor
drum instructor
drummer in rock band
liquor store clerk
govt. clerk
medical lab research
dentist

 

[clifp]

Pet store clerk/dog groomer
Box boy
Computer Science Tutor
Repair tech for airline headset and stereo system
Test engineer for computer chips
Programmer for PC Spreadsheet
Microprocessor Marketing
Movie producer/public speaker and fun weird ass jobs
Advertising manager
Early internet guru and Intel.com website manager.

Retired!!!!
Now volunteer and part time angel investor.

 

[Getting short]

"So do professional bug researchers call oligochaetes and polychaetes "ollies and pollies" or is that just us grunt bug pickers, oxygen deprived, breathing those toxic fumes?"

I've never used nicknames for these groups, but just because I never worked with them extensively. Seems like anytime you've looked at something more than 1,000 times, you've got a right to give it a short name! I'm a little easier on my techs, just 70% alcohol.

 

[citrine]

Cashier at Roy Rogers
Retail clothing store
Babysitting
Cashier at Bradlees
Photographer at Kinderphoto
Massage Therapist
Laundromat Assistant
Bill Collector at the Cable Company
Data Operations at a bank
Bartender
English tutor
Assistant Purchasing Agent
Customer Service
Export Customer Service
Project Coordinator
Executive Assistant

Whew.....I am ready to retire!

 

[Ronstar]

Bait shop worker
City library janitor
Engineering draftsman
Land surveyor

 

[Kougar2]

paper boy
print press operator
crypto/computer maintenance (USAF)
tutor (math/sciences)
grad student teaching assistant
Analytical chemist

 

[bbbamI]

Ok...I yanked this one up again. A blast from the past.

Any newbies wanna share?

 

[Walt34]

Platform Petroleum Engineer (aka pump jockey, back when someone else pumped your gasoline)

Unloaded trucks for a large department store chain

Gofer for air conditioning and heating technicians

Air conditioning and heating technician

Police officer/detective then computer forensic examiner (encompassing 29 years)

Briefly, consultant for computer forensics

Car salesman (one month)

Now working armed security at a high-security govmmint place 'till I don't feel like it anymore

 

[harley]

Farm hand
Paperboy
Burger flipper
Short order cook (a step up)
Beekeeper
Construction worker
Piano mover
Sax player
Sales (Men's clothing)
Veterinary assistant
Security guard
Bicycle repair guy
Truck driver
+++Off to college+++
Lab assistant
Sales again (black market)
Back to burger flipping
Maintenance man
Hardware store manager
Park naturalist (great weekend job)
Sales and framing (art)
+++Night school for computers+++
Computer geek (27 years)
FIRE!

Hey, that was sort of fun. Thanks, bbb!

 

[Poundkey]

Machinist

 

[bbbamI]

Geez harley...I'm worn out just reading your post............