"It’s simple. Just list all the jobs you’ve had in your life, in order. Don’t bust your brain: no durations or details are necessary, and feel free to omit anything that you feel might tend to incriminate you. I’m just curious. And when you’re done, tag another five bloggers you’re curious about."
I've been tagged by Damian Penny, so here goes, though it's pretty boring;
- pedigreed seed bagger, grain truck driver, tractor jockey*
- figure skating coach
- show dog handler
- self-employed commercial artist
And I now hand the task off to:
Cjunk
Robert Jago
Edward Michael George
Leftdog
The Anchoress
Huh. Show off.
Kate, I AM impressed. Boring? No way!
Brava!
Merry Christmas too--and many thanks.
Hay, I was raised as a pharm kid also, and up, haf several years road exp. driving by the time I turned legal
as far as my adult work experience goes, don't ask, as I'ma dyslexic with ADD, and thusly get bored quickly. Also worked 2 & 3 jobs on many stretches of time, so I had 45 jobs under my belt by the time I bought my own bus., 21 years after I graduated grade 12:-)))))
And you're living proof that while "higher" education may enhance quality of life (jury's still out on that), the absence of it sometimes simply make the brilliance of a diamond "in the rough" shine that much brighter. I applaud your matter-of-fact "simple" roots. A Princess you may not be, but royalty you certainly are.
I regret that I am old enough and far enough way that we will not likely ever meet, but I salute you nonetheless. Have a great Christmas and a splendid New Year.
coat check person at the Riviera Club, Norval Ontario, playground supervisor, sales clerk Woolco, store assistant manager and manager, Board of Education Community Schools Division, freelance writer, youth worker Ottawa.
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System Analyst
Electronic Technologist
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Is 4 okay....?
Figure skating coach? Didn't know that. Sounds cool to me.
Probably a little like training puppies, for puppies and people do, in my opinion, have a lot in common, except for the obvious differences. On a basic level, while people are far more complex and sophisticated, the basic ability to learn is very similar. Which begs the question: As Leftists appear incapable learning (though it's more an unwillingness, an obvious shortcoming of humans compared to canines, who are pretty much always eager to learn), does this mean that puppies are smarter than Leftist humans? Just wondering out loud... Wouldn't blame you for prefering the company of puppies to Leftists!
I hate being tagged! I will do a proper post on my site after Christmas BUT in the meanwhile here are my contributions to the working world:
-chicken feeder, waterer, egg picker
-co-op grocery store stock clerk
-green house helper
-berry picker
-worked for many years with the physically disabled and injured.
-supervised those working with the physically disabled and injured.
-office work ... lots and lots of office work.
-supervised those doing lots and lots of office work.
-semi-retired, except I am now also an online coin dealer
Merry Christmas to all! Be nice to someone less fortunate than you ....
(Leftdog, good advice! I believe a lot of us here are nice to the less fortunate: we don't count on the government to do that.
Like many here, we're involved in providing a warm space and Christmas dinner to those who are alone. My husband and I prepared our share of the dinner this afternoon and will deliver it to our church tomorrow. "It is more blessed to give than to receive."
Thanks again, Kate, for all you give to this country--sanity, for one thing!!)
Posted by: lookout>
“I believe a lot of us here are nice to the less fortunate: we don't count on the government to do that”.
We do! Count on the government that is. That’s why they take all that tax money from us. When Charity shows up at the door I take pride in telling them we’ve given already…….and lots!
What’s Canada’s aid contribution pledge to Africa again?
job training with mental challenged
relief worker foster homes
company controller
water ski school assistant
self employed bookkeeper
editor
grandma
p.s. AND, I'm still water skiing!
Merry Christmas Kate and to all at SDA.
I'll amend that: "I believe a lot of us here are nice to the less fortunate: we don't count on the government to do [all of] that”!
Another amendment: sorry. Governments are NOT nice. (And Knight 99, I hear you. But, many Christians I know give $thousands on top of their taxes to help others.)
My name is Caroline Kennedy and these are the positions I've held:
Princess
Princess
Princess...
My next position will be Senator from the great state of New York.
This is fun Kate!
- Caddy at private golf club.
- Red Barn (burger joint).
- Self employed at odd jobs as teenager: swimming pool digger, cut lawns, cleaned garages / downspout gutters etc, etc. -- interestingly enough, a very high paying job in the Detroit area during the 70's.
- Gas Station attendant / manager.
- Photographer
- Pizza Hut assistant manager
- Sales
- Janitor.
I tag....Vitruvius, Screaming Plover (Is he still around? Squak, Squak...), Kathy Shaidle (ha, ha, ha), Captain Capitalism (aka the Son of a preacher man) and ?
This "tagging" reminds me of a blond joke that went around the net a while back...
http://kevinsnet.livejournal.com/2649.html
Mail sorter 4 months
Machinist : 4 years part time
Mine surveyor: 6 months
Poll clerk: 4 years part time
Civil engineer: 44 years
I wasn't tagged ;)
Merry Christmas and nah ... not boring.
Hey Kate, this would be a great follow on to the "current occupation" post you did a while back.
Here's mine:
Labourer in lumber mill
Canadian Armed Forces nine years -- I won't go in to all the branches/courses I played in
Mountaineering Instructor
Park Ranger
Med student
Rural General Practitioner
Medical resident (again)
Anesthesiologist
"Pedigreed seed bagger", Is that something like Cartman 'milking the dog'? I certainly hope not,though I have done some pretty disgusting jobs in my life. The worst,by far,working in a slaughterhouse. The best,by far,5 years in a strip bar.
Wood veener factory cutting plywood, gluing panels, loading trucks
Ice cream wholesale delivery driver
Waiter and barman
Computer programmer analyst in UK and Zambia
IT systems engineer/consultant
InvestmentAdvisor
* babysitter
* swimming instructor to the blind
* counsellor at camp for the physically and mentally challenged
* vendor of cigarettes, cigars, and tobaccie
* university student
* tour organizer and guide
* salesclerk at Harrod's
* chambermaid in Switzerland
* federal government employee
* co-builder of log cabin
* daycare provider
* choir member
* orchard worker--picking, planting out, spraying, pruning
* volunteer ESL instructor to itinerant orchard workers
* editor
* teacher
* wife
* mom
Jill of all trades, master of none ... :-(
Every blessing of this WONDERFUL SEASON to Kate and everyone at SDA!
* Jeep Weed Sprayer Operator
* Mailman's Helper
* Plumber's Helper
* Pipeline Welder's Helper
* University Welder Instructor
* Biotech Engineer
* Biofuel Feasibility Lab Manager
* Private Pilot
* Primary Producer (Grain & Oil Seeds)
* Dad
Tag; lberia, ET, John Cross, TG, EBD
What the hell it’s for fun:
- Oilfield (man this sucks)
- Oilfield (still sucks many years later)
- Oilfield (international and much warmer)
- Oilfield (international and still warmer but debit free)
- Oilfield (one million plus oh yea, bite me Harper or whoever is in charge)
- Oilfield (working on retirement (Canada or elsewhere?)
Junior pickpocket
Senior pickpocket
Laundry worker (Kingston Penn)
Accounting student
Part-time Escape Artist trainee
Part-time manual labour (excavations)
Travel professional
Senior Investment Advisor (actually, Investment Advisor for Seniors)
Laundry worker again
Parolee and half-way house janitor
Liberal party fund raiser
Advertising executive
Hedge fund manager
currently unemployed
Sign painter, goal judge, sign installer, night watchman, shipyard, pulp mill, janitor, inside post office, postman, car builder (Bricklin), liquor store clerk, self employed(jewelry), teacher (jewelry), dry stone wall builder and father.
Summer jobs: Landscaping, roofing, and furniture moving.
A round decade in each of the following occupations: Warehouseman, dealership mechanic, technician with CTV.
Tractor-pilot,ect.(farm); all along and into retirement.
Oh yea as per loud mouthed comments on SDA about Islam & immigration into Canada & western society. My International living and working experience includes:
Living (full house):
5 years in Libya.
2 years Malta
2 years Algeria
2 years Venezuela
Working:
2 years Algeria (PR – permanent residency)
2 years Malaysia (PR – permanent residency)
8 years Singapore (limited residency)
Countries worked and lived temporally:
(Europe) Germany, France, Holland, UK
(Middle East & North Africa) Libya, Tunisia Algeria, Saudi Arabia, EUA, Qatar.
(Asia) Japan, Korea, China (Hong Kong, Beijing and central china).
(South East Asia & Oceana) Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, east and west Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia , Papua New Guinea, Australia.
(India) as its own sub continent – travelled extensively from Mumbai to Bhavnagar, New Delhi, Chennai and many other places repeatedly over years.
These aren’t day trips folks. They are a way of life. My point being is when I do comment on other cultures in threads on SDA, I mean I’ve been there and done that. Many of the people in these places I consider friends. I simply do not wish their culture on ours, really and truly…Keep North America strong & Free!
Gee Knight99, That has to be some loaded passport, with all the stamps, visas and red tape from everywhere. Probably a few airmiles to boot. Merry Christmas.
Posted by: Texas Canuck>
Merry Christmas Texas.
Yes, it’s a 48 page passport every 3 years, and air mile gifts to family every Xmas.
Take it easy!
- foam inspector at unionized brewery. now closed.
- guest ass-hat at market research firm.
- pinata for various corporate psychopaths and tree urchins at a public company head office.
- head of computer mouse repair
- hamster strangler
- gift wrap assistant, North Pole
- wardrobe consultant to Stephane Dion
- unpaid intern at Small Dead Animals (currently unsuccessfully pursuing back pay request)
While in high school I worked in a retail store that sold and serviced radios/tv's and appliances. I continued there for about 6 months after I graduated. In 1971 I went into the financial services industry - insurance/investment advisor and have been there ever since. I guess I'm a bit of an anomaly as most people change careers several times.
Knight 99: resident expert on the perils of the seeping cultural piracy of Western Civilization.
Somehow, I've intuited the dangers but you, having lived in all these places, having observed non-Western cultures first-hand, have been there, done that, and KNOW we need to guard our democratic freedoms.
'Must be frustrating to see so many Canadians sleepwalking, oblivious to the dangers of abdicating our cultural heritage.
Go well the road, Knight 99.
Started as a oilfield labor as a jack hammer and goon spoon operator. 1.5yrs.
Went to production operator in oilfield for 19 yrs.
Tried the lumbermill for 2 years, to slow and boring, to much upper management that wanted the paper trail.
Back to the oilfield, drilling rigs 5 yrs, service rigs 3 yrs, production 2 yrs, completion sup. 3 yrs. Still enjoy working, have had holidays every year, stress free and a home place to my own.
Tagging; any SDA reader or commenter that wants to participate.
To all SDA readers/commenter's have yourself's and family a very merry Christmas and a happy new year.
Jobs With Names:
Farmhand, from age five.
Worker, plastic goods factory.
Salesclerk.
Yardhand, industrial plumbing supply warehouse.
Labourer, landscaping.
Worker, dye house.
Store manager.
Worker, egg crate factory.
Construction worker.
Photographer's assistant/ photographer when needed.
Security guard (at, among other places, the apartment complex on the corner of Jane and Finch. I had a Dobermann.)
Worker, asphalt roofing supplies factory.
Owner/manager cleaning company.
Painter(ladder, roller, brush kind.)
Factory temp.
Correctional Officer these last ten years.
It doesn't look like much; the years tend to blur together and I had to do some intense remembering to dredge up some of the places I have worked. But if the retrieval requires using how old your kids were when you were doing it, then the time wasn't wasted.
Merry Christmas to all who post/lurk here, and of course, to our hostess. Lang mae yer lume rique.
Merry Christmas and a Happy Honnukkah to everyone of the faiths, and nothing but the best for those who choose to differ.
Goodwilll and Good cheer, Health and contentment in the New Year!!
Joseph and Anne Molnar, Woodstock, Ont.
Merry Christmas, Infidels!
Slaughter house,one summer
Paratrooper{CAF},ten years
Industrial painter,two years
Toshiba sales rep,one year
Flight Service Director,twenty years
Merry Christmas to all.
Partsman (John Deere farm equipment) 4 summers.
Gas jockey part time in high school.
Saywer/Bull Edger (lumber mill) 2 winters.
Lawn mower sales (Argh! thank God for only 6 months).
Draftsman
Foreman
Self employed architectural technologist (last 22 years).
Dad (one child)
Private Pilot - taking my sweet time getting my hours for my commercial rating.
Considering career change because of a nasty case of Sciatica. Maybe photography!