What jobs have you been employed at?

SifuPhil said:
Aye, I can identify with some of that ...
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That Guy said:
I believe I've enquired before but am still unsure. Are you a Monk-A, Monk-B, or monkey???
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A monk is a monk, and that's no bunk
He doesn't own much - threw away all his junk
Unless that monk is just a punk
Like the famous SifuPhil!

Go up to the monk and check his junk
You'll see that it's hairless and shriveled and sunk
And when he walks it all goes "clunk"
Talk to SifuPhil!

People yak-it-ti-yak a streak
and waste your time of day,
but SifuPhil will never speak,
unless he has something to say...

A monk is a monk, and that's no bunk
And this one can make his voice come from a trunk
You've never heard of a talking monk?
Well, listen to this...

I am SifuPhil.
 
The duties were pretty routine, the kinds of things every pirate does:


  • Pick fleas off other pirates ("Beards 'n' Braids Duty")
  • Gather 14 other pirates and sit on a dead man's chest
  • Drink grog
  • Swagger around while snarling
  • Chase wenches
  • Drink grog
  • Gnaw on a turkey leg and wipe your mouth with your sleeve
  • Terrify little children
  • Chase wenches
  • Engage in theft, robbery, bribery and shoplifting
  • Drink grog
  • Get into sword fights
  • Chase wenches

Of course if you were to perform this work you would substitute "Chase pirates" for "Chase wenches".

... or not - we're a surprisingly liberal crowd.

Our retirement plan was simple - if we lived long enough to put to shore, and we were over 88 years old, we retired.

Benefits? Grog, wenches and booty. Fresh salt air. Stale crackers.

We rarely lunched together - it was more a matter of coincidence that two pirates gnawing on turkey legs would meet up at the same time.

As for who is hiring, just go down to your local docks after sunset - I'm sure you'll get plenty of offers.
 
SifuPhil said:
Wow! You must have those numbers committed to memory - you probably have dreams about them! ;)
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Not really; It's been 5 years since I retired and I've mostly forgotten about it, altho I have to admit that I still have a file with notes that just seem too important to throw away. I was primarily and abstracter.
As I look back it almost seems like I'm seeing someone else.
 
Let's see....

Started out transcribing letters from a dictaphone.
Worked using a stenotype machine as a secretary.
Did temp secretarial work.
Sales person in a gift shop.
Main job was as a graphic designer first in a small advertising agency, then for a large newspaper in the ad department.
 
For the last 15 years I worked, I was a leading hand engineer working on afternoon shift for a cigarette company.
I was in charge of the engineering division looking after the maintenance & daily running of the whole factory.
I was responsible for 12 fitters & machinists.
 
Farm Labor, pulling bolls, if any of you know what that is.
Stock boy in a large grocery store.
Dish Washer in a restaurant when 13.
Grunt in a Rifle Company
Platoon Sgt. Infantry
Explosive man on pipeline
Halliburton Oil Well Service Company, Cementer, Frack Operator
Accounting Clerk, Draftsman, Lineman, Class A Utility Co.
Bookkeeper
Buyer, Purchasing Agent, Gifford Hill & Co.
Sales Representative, Sales Manager, Ag. Industry
Now, back to Chief Dishwasher
 
Did a little bit of everything until I decided I wanted to do a job that was physical, active and I could dress casual in jeans. Early years was receptionist, clothes boutique, lawn service, fast food (taco bell), babysitter, etc. Ended up over thirty years doing warehouse, machine operator, shipping and receiving, forklift (loading/unloading semis), order filler, lab work, etc.
 
Well we all had to be somewhere, doing something.

Ina, that's not pottery. My mistake. Bolls instead of Bowls, as in cotton bolls. I've never been inside a foundry but i had a girlfriend that worked in one.
I think you probably knew that.
 
I haven`t had many jobs....

Pharmacy clerk
Stay at home mom for ten years
Bookkeeper/Receptionist at our auto body shop for 34 years
Property Inspector

My bookkeeping job was interesting in that just a few months after we took over my inlaws business, we found out baby #3 was on the way. Big surprise. So we set up a nursery in the office and when our newest daughter was 5 days old,she and I headed to work. So I only missed 3 days work. Then,9 months later,found out #4 was coming. The nursery school right behind our shop knew us and agreed to take our 18 mo. old sooner than the usual 2 years of age. So when our son was born,he and I headed to work when he was 4 days old. It always kind of stunk being the only one who could do my job (well,the only one there),made it impossible to take more than a week`s vacation (and I always had to do the work for the week I`d be gone ahead of time) and totally impossible to take anything resembling a normal maternity leave,but at least I was able to take my babies to work with me and not have to leave them with someone as newborns.
 
I admire you Mrs. Robinson, you're a strong woman and a hard and dedicated worker...but didn't leave your babies in the care of another when they needed mama the most! :love_heart:
 
In 1982 I packed up my kids, left my cushy silk blouse & pantyhose job and ran away to Alaska. Since then I've deckhanded on fishing boats for crab, halibut & shrimp, did maintenance at the public housing apartments, painted houses, cooked in logging camps, tended bar and ran jet boat tours for passengers on the cruise ships. In my spare time I'm gardening, fishing, hunting, canning & filling the wood shed. In winter I've been substitute teaching at the elementary school for 20+ years. In fact I'm off to play with the short people this morning. Life is good! Have a great day everybody!

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Now THAT's what I call a good life!! Mmmm, send some of those babies my way, lol! GREAT photo of you too, thanks so much for sharing! :coolthumb:
 


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