Life What's the shittiest job you've ever had? - Page 4

Direckshun · 03:00 PM

I know we're all millionaires here on ChiefsPlanet, and all of us have known nothing but success. It's astonishing how concentrated the professional success is on this website, it's basically Ladders.com Version 2.0, only we're all employed and we all are responsible for million dollar clients.

In fact, to remember the shit job you had to hold down at some point growing up, you probably have to take a long lunch today to visit a hypnotist for memory retrieval. Sure it costs more, but it's worth it. You have the money to burn.

So what did you do?

I worked a few really shitty jobs, but painting tennis courts was probably the worst. I did that when I was 17 years old for a pretty decent company, but it was shit work, dude. Jackhammering and laying down base and squeegee-ing paint for either the city of Springfield or Topeka (worst town evar, amiright?) or Broken Arrow or just some asshole's backyard.

Worst job evar.

How about you?

EDITED TO ADD: frankotank just PM'd me requesting that I declare him the winner of this thread for literally shoveling shit.

And, while this is not a competition, he wins and you all lose. Good day.

FishingRod · 08-18-2011, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Radar Chief

I did some hot asphalt roofing, never learned to love the smell of that.

In High School Ceramic tile about 15 lbs each, in January 35’ up with snow ,ice, ex-cons and parolees none of which seems to think I was funny. Fast Food sucked too.

**gblowfish** · 08-18-2011, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

"Stuffing" newspapers. You know all those insert advertisements? At a small town newspaper, those aren't done by machine. Yeah, that was me.

I threw the KC Times (morning) and KC Star (evenings) off a newspaper truck route all during high school. Actually, that was a really fun job, you had to have some athletic ability (had to learn to throw both left and right handed) and hard to have a parental "curfew" when you go to work at 3:30am....

**loochy** · 08-18-2011, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Radar Chief

When you’re a teenager working for minimum wage takes longer to get your Camaro.

...or your 1989 pontiac sunbird.

hell yeah bitches!

Brock · 08-18-2011, 02:23 PM

I've had a variety of shitty jobs, but one of the most memorable was the killing floor at a beef packing plant. Also, running the manure scraper in there, sometimes I'd run over a cow and grind it up.

**luv** · 08-18-2011, 02:23 PM

I did telemarketing for three days. I sold ad space on high school sporting posters. Day one was training, day two was live and made one sale, day three made no sales.

I've never really had anything too bad. The worst was probably Wendy's in high school, but that wasn't that bad. Nowhere near "shitty".

blaise · 08-18-2011, 02:24 PM

I lived on a farm and shoveled horse crap, threw hay, got up in the winter before school to feed the animals, etc. for nothing, basically. But the worst job I had was Enterprise Rent a Car right outside Washington DC.

I'd go into an office inside a Caddy dealer or Lexus dealer by myself and see 45 reservations all before 9:00 AM and I would have 5 cars. No exaggeration. I would just wait and hope new cars kept being returned. Even when they did they'd be dirty or empty on gas. And all the customers had been lied to by salespeople who told them they get Caddy or Lexus loaners, so they'd be even more pissed when they got a Neon.
I'd sit there 5 feet from a bunch of people who were pissed about waiting, and even when they got the car it would be almost empty on gas and a Neon.
And after that you'd be expected to sell them insurance.
It was a nightmare every day. I would start dreading it Saturday night.

Brock · 08-18-2011, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by blaise

I lived on a farm and shoveled horse crap, threw hay, got up in the winter before school to feed the animals, etc. for nothing, basically. But the worst job I had was Enterprise Rent a Car right outside Washington DC.

I'd go into an office inside a Caddy dealer or Lexus dealer by myself and see 45 reservations all before 9:00 AM and I would have 5 cars. No exaggeration. I would just wait and hope new cars kept being returned. Even when they did they'd be dirty or empty on gas. And all the customers had been lied to by salespeople who told them they get Caddy or Lexus loaners, so they'd be even more pissed when they got a Neon.
I'd sit there 5 feet from a bunch of people who were pissed about waiting, and even when they got the car it would be almost empty on gas and a Neon.
And after that you'd be expected to sell them insurance.
It was a nightmare every day. I would start dreading it Saturday night.

Dealing with the public is always great.

**loochy** · 08-18-2011, 02:27 PM

I've halfway enjoyed most of the jobs I've had.

Grocery sacker: not too bad
furniture delivery: see above
Furniture Store sales and misc: wouldn't have been so bad if it paid more than $5 an hour
data entry: it was boring but the pay was alright
college intramural sports referee: it was fun and I stayed in shape and I got to meet a lot of people
tanning salon dude: Nice, toned, and tanned booty galore.
print center manager: i liked the work, but i hated dealing with customers
MRP planner internship: i learned a lot, it was interesting, and pay was good
logistics engineer: it pays really well and it is interesting

**gblowfish** · 08-18-2011, 02:28 PM

Enterprise Leasing has a reputation of being an evil, awful company. They're on my boycott list ever since they tried to torpedo the building of the Sprint Center.

blaise · 08-18-2011, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Brock

Dealing with the public is always great.

Yep. I also worked at an American General office in Pennsylvania where we made small loans to people. Like $1,000 or $3,500. A bunch would go to collection every month. Sometimes we had to go, "chasing" as we called it. I'd drive to some house in rural PA, in the middle of nowhere and knock on some hillbilly's door asking for money. I'd be scared shitless. It was like Winter's Bone type places. There was a couple times I just knocked on the door twice, turned and left and said, "Nobody was home."

**luv** · 08-18-2011, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by loochy

I've halfway enjoyed most of the jobs I've had.

Grocery sacker: not too bad
furniture delivery: see above
Furniture Store sales and misc: wouldn't have been so bad if it paid more than $5 an hour
data entry: it was boring but the pay was alright
college intramural sports referee: it was fun and I stayed in shape and I got to meet a lot of people
tanning salon dude: see above
print center manager: i liked the work, but i hated dealing with customers
MRP planner internship: i learned a lot, it was interesting, and pay was good
logistics engineer: it pays really well and it is interesting

Logistics engineer. Is that a fancy term for shipping clerk?

**loochy** · 08-18-2011, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by luv

Logistics engineer. Is that a fancy term for shipping clerk?

No, it's a fancy term for developing supply networks for an extremely large A&D corporation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logistic_engineering

**luv** · 08-18-2011, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by loochy

No, it's a fancy term for developing supply networks for an extremely large A&D corporation

I was teasing you.

**loochy** · 08-18-2011, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by luv

I was teasing you.

Well I could see how you could think that because the company I work for DOES make up some stupid engineering titles for lame jobs.

People that make metrics charts here are called "measurement engineers."

BigCatDaddy · 08-18-2011, 02:34 PM

Did some umpiring for kids baseball when I was about 18. You've got coaches that think they are Lou Pinella and parents in the stands that think their 8 year old is the next A-Rod.

08-18-2011, 01:47 PM
Direckshun __ Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Springpatch Casino cash: $4183447	What's the shittiest job you've ever had? I know we're all millionaires here on ChiefsPlanet, and all of us have known nothing but success. It's astonishing how concentrated the professional success is on this website, it's basically Ladders.com Version 2.0, only we're all employed and we all are responsible for million dollar clients. In fact, to remember the shit job you had to hold down at some point growing up, you probably have to take a long lunch today to visit a hypnotist for memory retrieval. Sure it costs more, but it's worth it. You have the money to burn. So what did you do? I worked a few really shitty jobs, but painting tennis courts was probably the worst. I did that when I was 17 years old for a pretty decent company, but it was shit work, dude. Jackhammering and laying down base and squeegee-ing paint for either the city of Springfield or Topeka (worst town evar, amiright?) or Broken Arrow or just some asshole's backyard. Worst job evar. How about you? EDITED TO ADD: frankotank just PM'd me requesting that I declare him the winner of this thread for literally shoveling shit. And, while this is not a competition, he wins and you all lose. Good day. Last edited by Direckshun; 08-19-2011 at 03:00 PM..
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08-18-2011, 02:23 PM	#49
Brock Say hello to my little friend Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Larryville Casino cash: $9598422	I've had a variety of shitty jobs, but one of the most memorable was the killing floor at a beef packing plant. Also, running the manure scraper in there, sometimes I'd run over a cow and grind it up.
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08-18-2011, 02:23 PM	#50
luv MY LITTLE #15 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Springfield, MO Casino cash: $6089600	I did telemarketing for three days. I sold ad space on high school sporting posters. Day one was training, day two was live and made one sale, day three made no sales. I've never really had anything too bad. The worst was probably Wendy's in high school, but that wasn't that bad. Nowhere near "shitty".
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08-18-2011, 02:24 PM	#51
blaise In Search of a Life Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Plano, TX Casino cash: $9999900	I lived on a farm and shoveled horse crap, threw hay, got up in the winter before school to feed the animals, etc. for nothing, basically. But the worst job I had was Enterprise Rent a Car right outside Washington DC. I'd go into an office inside a Caddy dealer or Lexus dealer by myself and see 45 reservations all before 9:00 AM and I would have 5 cars. No exaggeration. I would just wait and hope new cars kept being returned. Even when they did they'd be dirty or empty on gas. And all the customers had been lied to by salespeople who told them they get Caddy or Lexus loaners, so they'd be even more pissed when they got a Neon. I'd sit there 5 feet from a bunch of people who were pissed about waiting, and even when they got the car it would be almost empty on gas and a Neon. And after that you'd be expected to sell them insurance. It was a nightmare every day. I would start dreading it Saturday night.
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08-18-2011, 02:27 PM	#53
loochy Hey Loochy, I'm hooome! Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: PooPooKaKaPeePeeShire Casino cash: $1840752	I've halfway enjoyed most of the jobs I've had. Grocery sacker: not too bad furniture delivery: see above Furniture Store sales and misc: wouldn't have been so bad if it paid more than $5 an hour data entry: it was boring but the pay was alright college intramural sports referee: it was fun and I stayed in shape and I got to meet a lot of people tanning salon dude: Nice, toned, and tanned booty galore. print center manager: i liked the work, but i hated dealing with customers MRP planner internship: i learned a lot, it was interesting, and pay was good logistics engineer: it pays really well and it is interesting __________________ Hey Loochy, I'm hoooome!
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08-18-2011, 02:28 PM	#54
gblowfish Be Kind To Your Pets Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Glorious Independence, MO Casino cash: $17606178 VARSITY	Enterprise Leasing has a reputation of being an evil, awful company. They're on my boycott list ever since they tried to torpedo the building of the Sprint Center.
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08-18-2011, 02:34 PM	#60
BigCatDaddy The Beast Inside Your Head Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Parts Unknown Casino cash: $1729122	Did some umpiring for kids baseball when I was about 18. You've got coaches that think they are Lou Pinella and parents in the stands that think their 8 year old is the next A-Rod.
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