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Sun Dec-09-07 06:27 AM
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| 67. Yeah. The job satisfaction there is very, very low. |
| -What was the worst job you've ever had? |
napi21 |
Dec-08-07 11:25 PM |
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Busboy. |
TahitiNut |
Dec-08-07 11:31 PM |
#1 |
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Busboy was the worse for me too, the |
doc03 |
Dec-09-07 05:00 PM |
#126 |
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Working in a bowling alley. |
Captain Angry |
Dec-08-07 11:33 PM |
#2 |
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I used to scrub pots in an Italian restaurant |
nightrider767 |
Dec-08-07 11:35 PM |
#3 |
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Merry Maids. That job sucked hard. |
Hoof Hearted |
Dec-08-07 11:36 PM |
#4 |
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people are such assholes |
Skittles |
Dec-08-07 11:42 PM |
#8 |
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I'm sorry but your post made me laugh so hard |
durrrty libby |
Dec-08-07 11:56 PM |
#15 |
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Don't be sorry! I get it. |
Hoof Hearted |
Dec-09-07 03:09 AM |
#47 |
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Gawd. When I freelanced housecleaning in college it was for middle class women... |
Hekate |
Dec-09-07 02:13 AM |
#43 |
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Same here |
Raine |
Dec-09-07 03:22 AM |
#49 |
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I have someone clean my house, and that sounds like |
Midlodemocrat |
Dec-09-07 02:16 PM |
#110 |
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Yeah, that's me, lol Running around cleaning up before the |
JerseygirlCT |
Dec-09-07 03:06 PM |
#118 |
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One of the worst franchise companies in the US. |
JanMichael |
Dec-09-07 09:41 AM |
#84 |
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Most likely. You got paid "commission" and mileage, not by the hour so if you arrived |
Hoof Hearted |
Dec-09-07 04:15 PM |
#123 |
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I owned a janitorial service. I refused to clean houses. Businesses were |
alfredo |
Dec-09-07 10:28 AM |
#90 |
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Production at A Certain Computer Book Publisher |
Book Lover |
Dec-08-07 11:38 PM |
#5 |
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food service... any kind |
nadinbrzezinski |
Dec-09-07 12:54 AM |
#31 |
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Phone solicitng for a disease |
treestar |
Dec-08-07 11:39 PM |
#6 |
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working at the phone bank for the firestone tire recall |
Roon |
Dec-08-07 11:41 PM |
#7 |
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Bag-smasher. |
Occam Bandage |
Dec-08-07 11:43 PM |
#9 |
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Phone soliciting for funeral plots |
sandnsea |
Dec-08-07 11:43 PM |
#10 |
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I, too, was a hotel maid |
Book Lover |
Dec-08-07 11:50 PM |
#13 |
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How did that go? |
Wcross |
Dec-09-07 10:33 AM |
#94 |
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Hotel rooms have got to be the worst |
JerseygirlCT |
Dec-09-07 03:08 PM |
#120 |
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My worst job was working in the warranty claims department |
Blue_In_AK |
Dec-08-07 11:45 PM |
#11 |
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Except for the one involving being shot at, I'd guess the cardboard-box factory. |
Redstone |
Dec-08-07 11:49 PM |
#12 |
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Funny thing I wish I could do that one again |
nadinbrzezinski |
Dec-09-07 12:56 AM |
#32 |
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I accepted a job in sales and was so not into it. No my cuppa tea. |
babylonsister |
Dec-08-07 11:51 PM |
#14 |
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Marine. Doing stupid things, for stupid people, for stupid and immoral reasons. |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Dec-08-07 11:56 PM |
#16 |
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Dye House worker in a thread mfg. plant. |
HamstersFromHell |
Dec-08-07 11:57 PM |
#17 |
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alligator wrestling n/t |
frogmarch |
Dec-08-07 11:57 PM |
#18 |
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Cold caller, yes you actually feel like a worthless prick while being payed like one too. |
rAVES |
Dec-09-07 12:00 AM |
#19 |
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a toss up between dishwashing and night liquour clerk |
realpolitik |
Dec-09-07 12:01 AM |
#20 |
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I was a sheet metal apprentice |
Steve_DeShazer |
Dec-09-07 12:10 AM |
#21 |
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Yuck! |
ingac70 |
Dec-09-07 12:12 AM |
#23 |
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Nurses aid in an alzheimers wing.... |
ingac70 |
Dec-09-07 12:10 AM |
#22 |
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Doing PR for a nursing home assn that was screwing Medicare left and right. |
Bobbieo |
Dec-09-07 12:29 AM |
#25 |
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Ugh... |
ingac70 |
Dec-09-07 12:38 AM |
#28 |
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Agree |
OzarkDem |
Dec-09-07 01:12 PM |
#104 |
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I worked as a flunky for a guy who owned a sales training business. |
Aristus |
Dec-09-07 12:28 AM |
#24 |
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Damn. |
Sugar Smack |
Dec-09-07 06:13 AM |
#62 |
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Thanks for the sympathy, Sugar Smack. |
Aristus |
Dec-10-07 02:16 PM |
#137 |
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Worst part of my job was dealing with scum HMO reps who would rather my patients died than |
McCamy Taylor |
Dec-09-07 12:30 AM |
#26 |
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Summer nightshift donut shop finisher/counterperson |
dropkickpa |
Dec-09-07 12:36 AM |
#27 |
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Wiping up 'lungies' from a racist asshole in a nursing home. |
Breeze54 |
Dec-09-07 12:42 AM |
#29 |
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Try working with adolescent |
BoneDaddy |
Dec-09-07 12:51 AM |
#30 |
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Did that too... |
Breeze54 |
Dec-09-07 12:59 AM |
#33 |
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Yeah. The job satisfaction there is very, very low. |
BlueIris |
Dec-09-07 06:27 AM |
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Walking ridgelines in 90 degree weather in LA county |
XemaSab |
Dec-09-07 01:00 AM |
#34 |
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Sounds more like a typical camping |
Le Taz Hot |
Dec-09-07 09:15 AM |
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WalMart while an undergrad. Left that for meaningful employment: a wine merchant! |
nealmhughes |
Dec-09-07 01:12 AM |
#35 |
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A hatchery, sticking chicks with hypos full of antibiotics... |
countryjake |
Dec-09-07 01:21 AM |
#36 |
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I worked in a factory making conveyor belts, using conveyor belts. |
I work for workers |
Dec-09-07 01:22 AM |
#37 |
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Skin tucker and chicken neck breaker upper and chicken tucker. |
justgamma |
Dec-09-07 01:30 AM |
#38 |
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I think maybe you win. nt |
SmokingJacket |
Dec-09-07 10:29 AM |
#91 |
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Oh YUUCK! |
JerseygirlCT |
Dec-09-07 03:10 PM |
#121 |
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Driving a semi for Auto Zone |
B Calm |
Dec-09-07 01:40 AM |
#39 |
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Night Stock @ Winn Dixie |
JCMach1 |
Dec-09-07 01:46 AM |
#40 |
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I had one of those jobs. |
Fox Mulder |
Dec-09-07 10:40 AM |
#97 |
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Elephant circumsizer at the zoo |
LastLiberal in PalmSprings |
Dec-09-07 02:02 AM |
#41 |
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roflmfao!! |
Breeze54 |
Dec-09-07 02:03 AM |
#42 |
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OMG...that was funny!!! |
U4ikLefty |
Dec-09-07 02:22 AM |
#46 |
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Pulling lobsters out of Jayne Mansfield's bum |
SheWhoMustBeObeyed |
Dec-09-07 02:15 AM |
#44 |
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Woah. |
BlueIris |
Dec-09-07 06:19 AM |
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Three way tie. |
MilesColtrane |
Dec-09-07 02:18 AM |
#45 |
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Ooohhh...lots. |
Evoman |
Dec-09-07 03:11 AM |
#48 |
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Retail is bad (which I did) but the second worst I think you will appreciate |
turtlensue |
Dec-09-07 07:43 AM |
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Gluing feather & glitter to Hallmark Cards (Think Lucy & the candy episode) |
SoCalDem |
Dec-09-07 03:31 AM |
#50 |
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Anything retail, people are such a-holes. n/t |
Faux pas |
Dec-09-07 03:50 AM |
#51 |
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Boobjob. |
BB1 |
Dec-09-07 04:02 AM |
#52 |
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Cute. |
BlueIris |
Dec-09-07 06:25 AM |
#66 |
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Euthanizing the excessive "pinkies" (baby lab rats) for the National Jewish Medical and Research |
greyhound1966 |
Dec-09-07 04:08 AM |
#53 |
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Working in a modern day |
laylah |
Dec-09-07 04:22 AM |
#54 |
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Congratulations! Enjoy your new life! nt |
Hekate |
Dec-09-07 04:44 AM |
#57 |
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Thank you! nt |
laylah |
Dec-09-07 05:01 AM |
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Working as a teaching assistant at NYU. Worse than when I worked at a mafia owned bakery as a kid. |
readmoreoften |
Dec-09-07 04:22 AM |
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Not pineapple canning, tho the juice gave me acid burns. Not sales clerking, tho my feet broke down. |
Hekate |
Dec-09-07 04:42 AM |
#56 |
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There's nothing worse than an abusive boss. |
BlueIris |
Dec-09-07 06:21 AM |
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You got that right. The institution protected guys like him. Admin assts are a dime a dozen... |
Hekate |
Dec-09-07 04:54 PM |
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A couple of jobs come to mind |
Larry Ogg |
Dec-09-07 04:59 AM |
#58 |
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Maybe this one?!? |
Breeze54 |
Dec-09-07 05:21 AM |
#60 |
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Writing for a government contractor n/t |
deutsey |
Dec-09-07 05:57 AM |
#61 |
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Isn't the Lounge where we discuss things that don't matter? |
Perry Logan |
Dec-09-07 06:21 AM |
#64 |
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Ewwwww. This matters -- after all, it must be character building to have a few "worst jobs" |
Hekate |
Dec-09-07 04:59 PM |
#125 |
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It's a tie between |
Snarkturian Clone |
Dec-09-07 07:06 AM |
#68 |
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Trenton NJ? Which one? They are certainly horrible...Grew up there. :) /nt |
readmoreoften |
Dec-09-07 07:21 AM |
#69 |
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PM sent NT |
Snarkturian Clone |
Dec-09-07 07:34 AM |
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Beat writer for the Independent Florida Alligator |
SharkSquid |
Dec-09-07 07:42 AM |
#71 |
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Barnicle scraper at a Miami boat yard one summer - hot, smelly, inhaled flys constantly |
ThomWV |
Dec-09-07 07:44 AM |
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Replacing the roof of a brick factory - in August |
Canuckistanian |
Dec-09-07 07:48 AM |
#74 |
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As A Nurses Aide... |
Bzzzz |
Dec-09-07 07:50 AM |
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My first job after high school. |
Vinca |
Dec-09-07 07:58 AM |
#76 |
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Fast food |
alarimer |
Dec-09-07 08:52 AM |
#77 |
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Mrs. Fields Cookies as a teenager.... |
marmar |
Dec-09-07 09:01 AM |
#78 |
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"Tail-stretcher" in an architectural aluminum extrusion plant (Kawneer). |
DemoTex |
Dec-09-07 09:05 AM |
#79 |
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Chuck E, Cheese...Game room tech. 1991-1992 |
JanMichael |
Dec-09-07 09:24 AM |
#81 |
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Lifeguarding at a naval recrecration center |
PeterU |
Dec-09-07 09:26 AM |
#82 |
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In 1982 I wrote maintenance comics for a contractor for the US Army |
slackmaster |
Dec-09-07 09:37 AM |
#83 |
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working for Weyerhauser, bent over planting & weeding seedlings 8 hr./day |
wordpix |
Dec-09-07 09:51 AM |
#85 |
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Tire changer at an outdoor tire store |
DainBramaged |
Dec-09-07 09:54 AM |
#86 |
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moderator, DU |
AngryAmish |
Dec-09-07 09:55 AM |
#87 |
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uhoh, ... I think I spotted a DUzy! |
Bozita |
Dec-09-07 02:32 PM |
#114 |
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Ad layout artist at a newspaper |
Rob H. |
Dec-09-07 10:20 AM |
#88 |
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Housewife. |
LWolf |
Dec-09-07 10:23 AM |
#89 |
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A shill in a Greek Restaurant. |
0007 |
Dec-09-07 10:29 AM |
#92 |
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Cutting tobacco in 90% heat. |
alfredo |
Dec-09-07 10:31 AM |
#93 |
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A job my friend did: She did clean up after violent crimes and accidents. |
alfredo |
Dec-09-07 10:35 AM |
#95 |
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The job I have now. |
Fox Mulder |
Dec-09-07 10:36 AM |
#96 |
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galvanizing freeway guard rails |
Bozita |
Dec-09-07 12:40 PM |
#98 |
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Got a couple... |
backscatter712 |
Dec-09-07 01:31 PM |
#105 |
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Filling Vending Machines |
NeedleCast |
Dec-09-07 12:45 PM |
#99 |
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Bill collector, i hated that job so much. |
chimpsrsmarter |
Dec-09-07 12:45 PM |
#100 |
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I worked for KFC for 3 days when I was 16. The grease all over |
sfexpat2000 |
Dec-09-07 12:47 PM |
#101 |
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Filing Charge Reciepts |
otohara |
Dec-09-07 12:49 PM |
#102 |
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Combat infantryman. (Also in some ways the best job I ever had.) |
11 Bravo |
Dec-09-07 12:50 PM |
#103 |
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cleaning out industrial grease vats |
RiverStone |
Dec-09-07 01:39 PM |
#106 |
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It must be a matter of perspective |
zagging |
Dec-09-07 01:58 PM |
#107 |
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Heh, I get my fill of that just from watching Dirty Jobs. |
backscatter712 |
Dec-09-07 02:10 PM |
#108 |
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I'm a computer programmer |
zagging |
Dec-09-07 02:24 PM |
#112 |
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you win. |
midnight armadillo |
Dec-09-07 07:48 PM |
#133 |
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Chicken Incubator |
bikebloke |
Dec-09-07 02:14 PM |
#109 |
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Computer Programmer |
lynyrd_skynyrd |
Dec-09-07 02:20 PM |
#111 |
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I don't know where to begin |
blues90 |
Dec-09-07 02:30 PM |
#113 |
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hoo boy, do i have some doozies... |
pc1971 |
Dec-09-07 02:49 PM |
#115 |
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Working at a chicken farm shoveling shit. |
Beelzebud |
Dec-09-07 02:57 PM |
#116 |
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Telemarketing (funding, actually) in HS |
JerseygirlCT |
Dec-09-07 03:04 PM |
#117 |
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Assistant Crack Whore. |
Blue-Jay |
Dec-09-07 03:07 PM |
#119 |
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soilsorting laundry for hospital laundry |
bluedog |
Dec-09-07 03:12 PM |
#122 |
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I've only had 4 jobs |
tammywammy |
Dec-09-07 05:06 PM |
#127 |
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Actually - that was a hilarious comedy bit from Derek and Clive, characters |
blm |
Dec-09-07 06:24 PM |
#128 |
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Scaffolding... |
Dawggie |
Dec-09-07 06:34 PM |
#129 |
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Wal-Mart... 1994/95 |
nonconformist |
Dec-09-07 06:56 PM |
#130 |
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US Army draftee. |
Elwood P Dowd |
Dec-09-07 07:06 PM |
#131 |
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I was once the self-appointed appointed grammar police of DU |
ithinkmyliverhurts |
Dec-09-07 07:26 PM |
#132 |
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busting hardened concrete from inside cement truck drums |
MindPilot |
Dec-09-07 08:09 PM |
#134 |
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Part time job de-beaking turkeys |
Thothmes |
Dec-09-07 08:41 PM |
#135 |
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Dish Washer, |
Prefer |
Dec-09-07 08:51 PM |
#136 |
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Grocery store and parking lot attendent |
loser_user |
Dec-10-07 02:37 PM |
#138 |
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