What have you done for work in your life?

AZ Jim said:
I am. I was always respectful when I did my work...
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Well, sir, either yer pulling our legs and being facetious, or using euphemisms, or you were an actual hitman

I’ve had a couple acquaintances that did people in for a living

Had breakfast with one
Quite the soulless conversation....over coffee
 

Gary O' said:
Well, sir, either yer pulling our legs and being facetious, or using euphemisms, or you were an actual hitman

I’ve had a couple acquaintances that did people in for a living

Had breakfast with one
Quite the soulless conversation....over coffee
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Would I kid you Gary (tongue firmly planted in cheek)...
 
Left home at 16 and worked in a pet store part time for 2 to 3 years until I finished high school
Worked in electronic assembly putting gyroscopes together under a high powered microscope. Great money but boring. Lost brother so moved out west - worked assembling printed circuit boards - good money but boring and did this type of work until I was about 24 or 25. I then quit to go back to school and get the courses I needed to get into ryerson university to become a dietician. Found out the course was sponsored by Nabisco, Kraft and various other big name food companies. That in itself put me off so I took independent correspondence classes to become a holistic nutritionist. I did a lot of waitressing and made excellent money doing it and actually enjoyed the work. I loved the fact that I could keep moving. The more I moved, the more money I made.

I baked professionally for Sick Kids Hospital as well as worked as a personal cook for two opera singers. Once I moved to the country I created the jobs I wanted and they were fun. For a while I made hair accessories and sold them. A lot of them.
It was fun also.

My favouite job of all has been being a housewife to my husband and a doggy mom. Its doesn’t pay but the rewards are priceless.
 
Gary O' said:
And I thought sure you were a college man
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Not I my friend. I couldn't get out of school fast enough. I did try a one year stint after high school at Franklin Institute in Boston for mechanics, but the course was outdated and teaching things I already knew. The best thing I got out of it was a pot pipe I made in machine shop. :D
 
Keesha said:
Left home at 16 and worked in a pet store part time for 2 to 3 years until I finished high school
Worked in electronic assembly putting gyroscopes together under a high powered microscope. Great money but boring. Lost brother so moved out west - worked assembling printed circuit boards - good money but boring and did this type of work until I was about 24 or 25. I then quit to go back to school and get the courses I needed to get into ryerson university to become a dietician. Found out the course was sponsored by Nabisco, Kraft and various other big name food companies. That in itself put me off so I took independent correspondence classes to become a holistic nutritionist. I did a lot of waitressing and made excellent money doing it and actually enjoyed the work. I loved the fact that I could keep moving. The more I moved, the more money I made.

I baked professionally for Sick Kids Hospital as well as worked as a personal cook for two opera singers. Once I moved to the country I created the jobs I wanted and they were fun. For a while I made hair accessories and sold them. A lot of them.
It was fun also.

My favouite job of all has been being a housewife to my husband and a doggy mom. Its doesn’t pay but the rewards are priceless.
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Wait a minute! I thought you played gigs, for a good part of your life. What happened to that part of your CV?
 
When I retired, I couldn't just sit at home, so I decided to volunteer. I went to the Senior Center and volunteered there for 3 years as president of a card playing group, and at the local hospital in the ICU unit making a couple pots of coffee and helping people find what room their loved ones was in, and now I am volunteering as a secretary in the Senior Center since their secretary passed away one morning. I also have learned why seniors behave the way they do, possibly. Pain, loss, dementia, amongst the long list. Understanding is a must. Oh, and plus boundaries.
 
treeguy64 said:
Wait a minute! I thought you played gigs, for a good part of your life. What happened to that part of your CV?
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In my late teens until my early thirties I played in a few bands. I played alto saxophone and sang some.
We did get paid for our work but it went back into the band to pay for equipment and sheet music.

Most of my musical work I did voluntarily. Even took my keyboard and sang at some old folk homes in the area where we live to brighten up some elders. Most of them liked it but some complained that it wasn’t their style . :lofl:

My music ,just like my artwork , isn’t something I would have added to a resume so I never thought if it as work. There’s was nothing careerish about it. It is more of a passionate hobby.

Last week went to see a jazz band and got some great photos taken with them. These musicians are from all over the world and were excellent. I should post some pictures somewhere. It was a great performance.
 
Sacked groceries at Kroger while in high school. Four years in USAF. Got a job on the assembly line in a factory, went into the apprentice program and spent the next 39 years as a Tool & Die maker. I've been retires 12 years,
 
The first job I had was right after I graduated high school. I sewed pockets on blue jeans.


Then we moved to Alabama and I worked in the Vanity Fair warehouse filling orders.


Next job I had was in a silk screen T- shirt factory.. I worked my way up from cleaning screens to working in the camera room to artist.. (This was the job I absolutely loved)


Then my husband started his own glass business. .from then on I was bookkeeper (which entailed way more than just keeping books.)


Then we owned a plant nursery and feed store for a few years. During that time I was raising grandchildren…and that my friend is lots of work….
 
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