Your worst job, EVER

[carewski]

I've had a few doozies: strawberry picker, hat check girl (I was 15; got paid in tips and food), housecleaner, greenhouse worker (starting poinsettia plants in July under a plastic hood is its own special circle of Hell, good thing it was 25 years ago and I am over it), but the worst experience came when I was 16.

I worked in the kitchen of the local hospital, and a patient had called down asking for a 7-Up. I volunteered to take it to him. I was a timid, tiny little thing, and when I got to the patient's room it was filled with people. I tried to deliver the soda and skedaddle, but a very large, tall man blocked my path. "What do you think you're doing?" he bellowed.

"Bringing a 7-Up" I stammered.

"Don't you know he has an ulcer? Those bubbles could perforate his intestine and kill him!"

Well, even at 16 I knew this was bullshit, but he was a very big guy. Then he burst into belly laughs. It was the doctor, having some fun with the staff. What a card!

Asshat.

So, what caused your psychic scars?

[derder]

First Job I ever had. Corn Detasseling- (Hey now, I grew up in Minnesota). You had to walk through corn fields and pull of the tassells on the males (or females, I forget). I was fifteen (for some reason this was an acceptable summer job for fifteen year olds). Anyway, I got fired the second day. (Bad attitude). This seemed to start a trend for me. I also got fired from a sucky waitressing job I had. Because they said I THREW an ashtray at a customer. Which isn't AT ALL true! It was sunday morning breakfast rush, I was totally in the weeds, and some douchbag asks me for a new ashtray because his was dirty... I simply flung a new one across his table to him.
Let's see, what else??? I don't remember, there have been hundreds (and I probably have been fired from a quarter of them). Thank God I don't work anymore. I never was very good at it.

[Pekmboyd]

Because they said I THREW an ashtray at a customer. Which isn't AT ALL true! It was sunday morning breakfast rush, I was totally in the weeds, and some douchbag asks me for a new ashtray because his was dirty... I simply flung a new one across his table to him.

Because "flinging" and "throwing" are COMPLETELY different! :)

Sorry guys, but mine trumps all: high school math teacher. Public school. A special class called "B3/B4" which was code for: I already took pre-algebra once and failed, so let me take it again.

[Clair]

LOL - I detasseled corn for 1/2 a day! I was spending the summer with my aunt in Nebraska and I had to earn my airfare home by working. I think I was 14. It was hot, exhausting work and finally a couple of us just walked back to the bus and sat there the rest of the day. I did get another job that summer, however - picking pickles. Good times.

[TinkerbellAPixie]

Not long after college I started a job as a receptionist at a fancy law firm. No one trained me they just stuck me on the desk and left me there. I had a call for one of the Partners and transfered it to him. I was so proud that I managed to find his number and figure out how to send the call.

Two minutes later he stormed out, grabbed me really roughly by the arm and dragged me to the front door (I thought he was going to throw me out) he showed me his name on the door and said - "With my name on the door, the least I could expect is to have my calls screened. If you ever get YOUR name on the door you can expect the same, though an idiot like you would be lucky to get her name on a Burger King nametag."

At lunchtime I left - and never went back. <shudder>

[derder]

Two minutes later he stormed out, grabbed me really roughly by the arm and dragged me to the front door (I thought he was going to throw me out) he showed me his name on the door and said - "With my name on the door, the least I could expect is to have my calls screened. If you ever get YOUR name on the door you can expect the same, though an idiot like you would be lucky to get her name on a Burger King nametag."



I would have told him to fuck off and gotten fired...

[carewski]

[QUOTE=derder]First Job I ever had. Corn Detasseling- (Hey now, I grew up in Minnesota). You had to walk through corn fields and pull of the tassells on the males (or females, I forget).

In addition to poinsettias, I had to disbud mums in the greenhouse. Using both hands at once, you had to pinch/roll off all buds on every stem except the center one, so it could get bigger. Hundreds of the little boogers, on every plant. And the rows of plants stretched for miles. Gives me the willies even now, thinking about the mind-numbing boredom.

[TinkerbellAPixie]

I would have told him to fuck off and gotten fired...

Now is the part where I fess up about being a really shy mouse of a thing when it comes to confrontation and I am just terrible at standing up for myself. :o

HOWEVER, I will - stand up for a friend in a heartbreat. (as noted anytime The Svan goes after one of my Gasmates. :mad:

[Clair]

Aww, Tink - I would have burst into tears.

[Clair]

Yay - I made it to Member status!!! (30 posts, if anyone wants to know)

:D

[TinkerbellAPixie]

Congratulations! Clair - now you need to make a run for regularity!

[Clair]

How many posts does that require?

[TinkerbellAPixie]

100 - but you can do it - I have faith!

[msCCRN]

Sorry guys, but mine trumps all: high school math teacher. Public school. A special class called "B3/B4" which was code for: I already took pre-algebra once and failed, so let me take it again.

That job should make you eligible for sainthood, but...
I worked at McDonalds when I was 16! Worst. Job. Ever. I started by having to pick up trash in the lobby and parking lot, and clean the toilets. Then I was 'promoted' to shakes and fries. I went home everyday with a greasy face and smelling like french fries. By the time I was taking orders at the cash register and dealing with rude and hungry people I had been there 3 months. I can't believe I lasted that long making minimum wage.
Of course now I deal with sick, cranky people, but I get paid better. Guess I'm just a people person :D

[TinkerbellAPixie]

I started by having to pick up trash in the lobby and parking lot, and clean the toilets. Then I was 'promoted' to shakes and fries.

Tell me there was some hand washing in between promotions. :eek:

[Double L]

Does working at Target for one day and deciding to quit because I realized I hate being nice and helping people count? :D

[carewski]

Does working at Target for one day and deciding to quit because I realized I hate being nice and helping people count? :D
If one day at Target was your worst job ever, then you are either very young or have had a truly great life. Either way, what's wrong with that?

[zoobabe]

My worst job was working in a kitchen of a nursing home. It was a summer job in college, and the only thing they had left was as a dishwasher. Do you know how gross it is washing pots that held enough Cream of Wheat or oatmeal to feed hundreds? Ver gross indeed. Grosser than scooping elephant poop for sure!

[Clair]

Aww, thanks Tink. :) Only 66 more to go!

[Double L]

If one day at Target was your worst job ever, then you are either very young or have had a truly great life. Either way, what's wrong with that?

LOL

- 5 years working in Government Television. Forced to watch City Council Meetings and making PSAs explaining how old people can prevent falling and breaking their hips.

- 3 months of hell as a Post Production Assistant. Got yelled at because I didn't ask a restaurant to toss a salad with dressing for one of the editors and of course, emptying out trash in the office...

But Target is the only place I actually quit after the first day... :D

[brutal youth]

I worked in a customer service booth at the grocery store when I turned 16. Ladies would bring in old bread and want a refund, or bring in rancid meat and say smell it, it's bad. No, lady, I believe you. Here's your five dollars and ninety-nine cents.

[StreetHassle]

My current job is the worst one I've ever had.

I work at Starbucks, which is mind numbingly simple, but there are days when the hours bleed into a frenzied hell with people shouting out the most absurd orders, screwing up their orders after you've written them down, or telling you not add such and such ingredient, when such and such ingredient (usually whip) doesn't exist within the layering of said drink to begin with! I can handle those days, but when I'm scheduled five to six days straight (or more) with these shitty five hour shifts, that don't amount to anything of consequence I get annoyed. What exactly am I busting my ass so hard for? The prestige of being know as hardworking and reliable? Screw that. I hardly ever see my friends, or even my boyfriend anymore; my dog is always hyper because she's a working breed and I don't run her everyday like I should; and my cat keeps giving me evil glares because there aren't enough minutes in my day to tell her how pretty she is.

[TinkerbellAPixie]

I worked for a mortgage company where the boss was usually not in. Which was good - he had a fishing boat, a race horse and other "hobbies". The one or two days a week he would show up - the job would change entirely. He was very volatile and everyone tip toed around on eggshells afraid to set him off.

I remember the day I lost my desk because he hired the cocktail waitress from his racecourse skybox to come in and work for him. I can't tell you what she did - other than where tight see through blouses and jiggle. I ended up sitting at a folding table in the hall. The day he got mad at someone and threw his coffee mug across from him which meant out into the hall against the wall over my desk was the day I decided to quit.

[HoneyBunny]

I worked for a mortgage company where the boss got mad at someone and threw his coffee mug across from him which meant out into the hall against the wall over my desk was the day I decided to quit.

tb - I am so glad you got out of there and in one piece.

You story reminded my girlfriend of her first job - she said it was ok to tell if I let her read it and comment. {that's the deal}
Sweet isn't she? Anyway - she went to this Technical College for Dental Jobs place where they teach you how to be a Dental Assistant in 6 months or something {about a year}. So she does it and she has this interview with her families long-time-friend-and-Dentist...Dr. Badman {nice aka} and he totally hits on her. She is like 19 and he is about 100 {40ish}. He is rubbing her arms and shoulders and has his face real close to her face. He tells her how she will have to work late, after everyone else leaves and how he will teach her everything she needs to know...ewww {Ewww}. Then, being the total perv that he is, he implies to her that if she doesn't cooperate he can make it hard on her getting a job anywhere. She goes home to boyfriend {now husband} and tells him what happened but begs him not to say or do anything b/c she doesn't want her parents and siblings, etc. to find out about it. {I was young and not as sure of myself as I am now} Boyfriend promises but insists on going back with her to see Dr. Badman the next day. When they do go back boyfriend goes into Dr's office while girlfriend gets an earful from the other Dental Assistants -- seems Dr. Badman is notorious for sexual harassment of young, naive Assistants. {Pond scum} When boyfriend exits from Dr.s office - she is offered a job {which I refused} and there were no visible signs of violence on Dr. Badman. Boyfriend never told girlfriend what happened but the other Assistants did - seems boyfriend shot Dr. Badman with a hypodermic needle full of Novocain in his ass.
{I love my husband}...yeah yeah - they don't care.


hb

[TinkerbellAPixie]

You story reminded my girlfriend of her first job - she said it was ok to tell if I let her read it and comment. {that's the deal}

What a disturbing story - but I love how you
{both} told it!

[deltoro]

HB {and friend} thanks for sharing that story and making me LOL.

[angiemarie]

Thanks to everyone for sharing their crappy job stories. I don't have anything that even comes close, I feel so much better! But, it always amazes me how badly bosses will treat young, inexperienced workers (especially girls). Hopefully, karma will bite them on the ass someday.

[deltoro]

Thanks to everyone for sharing their crappy job stories. I don't have anything that even comes close, I feel so much better! But, it always amazes me how badly bosses will treat young, inexperienced workers (especially girls). Hopefully, karma will bite them on the ass someday.

If karma doesn't get them, maybe a shot of novocaine will ;)

[Pekmboyd]

I worked at McDonalds when I was 16! Worst. Job. Ever.

Amen. In Alaska you can start working when you're 14 (or at least you could when I was 14) so my very first job was McDonald's...I stayed for two years. I slowly worked my way up from cashier to drive-thru to birthday party hostess! Around the two year mark I had developed this lovely bronchial cough that was actually the result of breathing grease molecules for so long...it is still to this day the only job I have ever quit for reasons other than moving somewhere else.

[TinkerbellAPixie]

Around the two year mark I had developed this lovely bronchial cough that was actually the result of breathing grease molecules for so long

That is TRULY disturbing.

[tati]

Two minutes later he stormed out, grabbed me really roughly by the arm and dragged me to the front door (I thought he was going to throw me out) he showed me his name on the door and said - "With my name on the door, the least I could expect is to have my calls screened. If you ever get YOUR name on the door you can expect the same, though an idiot like you would be lucky to get her name on a Burger King nametag."

At lunchtime I left - and never went back. <shudder>

ugh, TinkerbellAPixie, i'm sorry u had such lousy experiences w/douchebags, ths one & the Mortgage company boss---it always shocks me how awful supposed adults can be, really upsetting. I hate reading stories like that, makes u yearn for some justice in ths world! Or at least some payback, karma. I'm really glad u at walk'd out on break, (HA!! those lawyers prolly hadda scramble 2 answer their own phones, the horror!) i wouldn't have had the guts 2 do that, esp. whn i was younger. Nywys, hopefully thngs are better now, job-wise, etc.

Btw, growing up i was a fan of Tinker Bell, so my last cat was named Pixie Dust---Pixie recently retired to FL to live w/ my sister & her 2 other cats. The other cats are older than her but Pixie is still the boss!

[tvaholic]

The first babysitting job I had outside of family members when I was about 13 was a family around the corner with 3 kids and a psycho dog. The first time was just a 1/2 hour so mom could run to the store. The youngest managed to have an explosion in her diapers that ended up coming out thru her pants to her feet, then she ended up smearing it all over including her head. Luckily mom wasn't gone very long & I told her it had just happened before she walked in the door so I didn't have to clean her up. I was too concerned about the dog who kept growling & bearing its teeth at me.

In college I worked for the Alumni Assoc. one winter calling grads for money. How annoying was I? I also worked at a bar, mostly cooking, and for 3 years straight worked just about every Friday fish fry. Nothing sexier than the smell of 8-12 hours worth of frying fish on a girl.

[deltoro]

The first babysitting job I had outside of family members when I was about 13 was a family around the corner with 3 kids and a psycho dog. The first time was just a 1/2 hour so mom could run to the store. The youngest managed to have an explosion in her diapers that ended up coming out thru her pants to her feet, then she ended up smearing it all over including her head. Luckily mom wasn't gone very long & I told her it had just happened before she walked in the door so I didn't have to clean her up. I was too concerned about the dog who kept growling & bearing its teeth at me.


Quick thinking!! ;)

[TinkerbellAPixie]

Nywys, hopefully thngs are better now, job-wise, etc.

Btw, growing up i was a fan of Tinker Bell, so my last cat was named Pixie Dust---Pixie recently retired to FL to live w/ my sister & her 2 other cats. The other cats are older than her but Pixie is still the boss!

I am working at the best job of my life now - so it all worked out. We joke that I won the job lottery and this will be my last job ever. They'll have to drag me out of here.

As for Pixie being the boss - sounds like things are as they should be.

[ObstinantGirl]

Any of the worst jobs I've ever had were when I was in high school, and babysitting on weeknights and weekends.

Babies that screamed the whole time and were inconsolable (sp?), children who wouldn't listen to me/behave/follow the rules that their parents had left, etc. etc. etc. And I'd never been a parent! I had no idea what to do!

I didn't know how to cook anything, and was often expected to! I was too shy and embarrassed to admit my ignorance :rolleyes:

Some of the homes were disgusting (unclean...like the one with the toaster that was so filthy it kept catching on fire! It was beyond being cleaned, but anytime that I'd throw it away after a fire, I'd come back the next time and it would be back on the counter!) and some were scary (homes in the middle of the woods with no curtains or window coverings!).

The worst, though, was the summer that I took care of two neighbor boys. The parents were in the middle of getting a divorce, the kids were out of control, and the father would literally pinch me & chase me around the house! I can't believe that my father didn't go over there and deck the guy. Pervert.

[TinkerbellAPixie]

The worst, though, was the summer that I took care of two neighbor boys. The parents were in the middle of getting a divorce, the kids were out of control, and the father would literally pinch me & chase me around the house! I can't believe that my father didn't go over there and deck the guy. Pervert.

Man we could do a whole thread just on babysitting horrors. Isn't that just the worst job a child could have? My mom used to hate when we would take babysitting jobs cuz she knew it meant she'd be on the phone all night advising on how to take care of a crying baby, or if we were afraid.

I had one job where I went to the house to find out that the woman's brother was in town. He was in the guest room sleeping. Well no sooner did she leave then he woke up and was making all kinds of inappropriate comments to me. I called my Mom and she came over and got me. She told him, that since there was an adult in the house they wouldn't need me to watch the kids. I was never so happy to see her.

[jenny10girl]

Does working at Target for one day and deciding to quit because I realized I hate being nice and helping people count? :D


HA! I lasted a month at Target....LOL!

[tvaholic]

Tinkerbell, I totally agree! While there would be some parents who would make it as comfortable as possible, you know, they'd talk to the kids to make sure they'd listen to you, have them fed or at least make it easy for you with a frozen pizza, and basically not scare the hell out of you like with ObtinantGirl's experience, you'd still have those that expected WAY more out of you than the $2/hour you were paid! (That was the going rate in my day.) But then again, I guess that is pretty good training for the real world!

[carewski]

All these posts reminded me of an incident from a long time ago in a galaxy far away......

I was working in a drug store and the assistant manager dropped something on the floor behind the counter I was working. He got down on his hands and knees to ostensibly look for it, but put a hand up my skirt instead.

Why, I was so startled I backed up and my boot heel (and all my body weight) landed on his other hand. Oops! Wacky me!

[zoobabe]

hmmm.seems like a good segue to include a story about pervy men feeling up young girls. I was waiting in line at the customer service desk at the grocery store one time when I felt someone fondling my ass. I turned around just in time to see a guy in a wheelchair make his getaway! What was I supposed to do- yell at a cripple? ( I should have- I was just shocked)!:eek:

[HoneyBunny]

I felt someone fondling my ass. I turned around just in time to see a guy in a wheelchair make his getaway! What was I supposed to do- yell at a cripple?

Sicko pervs come in all forms - walking or in wheelchairs....some have even been known to be Bloggers!


zb - your story reminded me of Eddie Murphy in Trading Places when he was pretending to be a Vet with no legs...on that little piece of plywood on wheels and he says to a woman "Once you have a man with no legs, you never go back, baby!"


hb

[Pekmboyd]

I had one job where I went to the house to find out that the woman's brother was in town. He was in the guest room sleeping. Well no sooner did she leave then he woke up and was making all kinds of inappropriate comments to me. I called my Mom and she came over and got me. She told him, that since there was an adult in the house they wouldn't need me to watch the kids. I was never so happy to see her.

My mother and I had a code word for when fathers would come home drunk so that she would come get me instead of letting them drive me home...how sad that we had to do that.

[jelliepair]

In college, I had two jobs. Bartending and House Cleaning. Guess which one sucked and which one didnt...

I dont know what possessed me to be a cleaning woman (think of me, jauntily wearing a babushka on my head, mop in hand, cigarette in other). I never cleaned my own house growing up. I never cleaned the rat trap apartment I lived in while going to college all those years. So what made me think I was qualified to clean the homes of the rich and jaded? Never have I seen so much hair, dirt or porn. (People dont seem to hide it from the "help"). Some of the people I worked for were kind. They just wanted to tell their friends they had a "girl" in once a week to do the cleaning. The others were masochists whose prime goal in life was to make me vomit after a long night at my other (and most favorite) job slinging drinks. I will spare you the gory details but people are pigs!! And to this day, I cannot figure out how to get hair off the porcelain in a bathroom. I just hire a cleaning person -

Now the bartending jobs -they were the berries!!

[zoobabe]

^ that's funny jellie b/c even though I clean up after animals all day long, I HATE cleaning up after people. People are gross, animals can't help it.:D

[tvaholic]

jelliepair-the bartending jobs I had were only fun because of the people I worked with, and the times when we'd be doing shots in the back room. Maybe because I worked in a couple of "townie" bars (in my college days) where the locals felt $1 was a more than generous tip after a night of drinking because after all, they don't get tips for doing their jobs! Oh, and my favorite, after waiting on a group including both adults & kids because we also had a kitchen, when I returned the change to the table having the guy smile at me & say, "This is just like McDonald's, we get to keep all the change, right?" Then he smiled, laughed, and walked out the door, with all of his money. Freakin' bastard.

[zoobabe]

^ weren't you allowed to yell at the people that did that? I was.

how about when you see your customer peel though a wad of 20's that would choke a horse so he can get to the small bills to tip you after you've been serving him all night long.

[tvaholic]

zoobabe-damn, I wish. Unfortunately, that's the one thing my boss probably woul have fired me for. Drinking on duty? No big deal, he did it too. I know what you mean about the money too-over the summer, since we were on a river, we got a lot of doctor's & lawyer's who'd come out on their boats, act like they owned the place buying everyone under the sun drinks, and still leaving piddly tips-unless we got them as drunk as possible before they left!

[jelliepair]

My goal was always to get em feeling happy without being too drunk to drive. I wasnt a good bartender in that way because i have an issue with drunk drivers. I use to collect everyones keys - we had our own little townie taxi for those without rides...they usually tipped me pretty good too. If not, I was never afraid to ask customers for a tip. My boss liked that. Once I followed a guy out of the bar with his $2 for his $50+ bill. I told him he forgot his change. He told me that was my tip. He obviously needed it more than me so I added a buck and put it right in his shirt pocket. He looked so confused!

Drinking on the job was a perk as was the buffett of hot guys...god, I miss those days. Now I work with 60 year old engineers who long to be golfers and the only drink is diet pepsi.

:(

[tvaholic]

jelliepair, I wish I had the guts to do that! Although I must say my boss, on busy nights when we split tips & he felt we deserved more he'd throw some cash in, so that was cool. And yeah, it was great having hotties come in-flirting was practically a requirement, right? The male bartenders liked it when they worked with one of us women because they knew it usually meant better tips-wearing a tight shirt didn't hurt, either.

[msCCRN]

Amen. In Alaska you can start working when you're 14 (or at least you could when I was 14) so my very first job was McDonald's...I stayed for two years. I slowly worked my way up from cashier to drive-thru to birthday party hostess! Around the two year mark I had developed this lovely bronchial cough that was actually the result of breathing grease molecules for so long...it is still to this day the only job I have ever quit for reasons other than moving somewhere else.

Thank God that job only affected my mental health for the brief time I worked there and didn't scar me for life physically. I just knew there had to be something bad about not being able to get that french fry smell out of my hair and clothes. I have not eaten at a McDonald's since 1978!

[Samboomba]

Ahh yes, the worst job thread, I love these...

Worst job would have to be my first "real" job when I was about 16, working at Value Village (Savers, for those in the US), a used clothing/curio store. I only lasted there about a month and a half. Senior Discount Tuesdays were the bane of my existence. So much yelling...

Although, I did get to see two old ladies getting into a physical fight over a light up picture of Jesus with a 5-inch thick gilded frame. Good times.

I also worked at Future Shop for three years while I was in college, which was no picnic. The best story I have from that experience was when a guy returned a portable dvd player (which was about a $700 at the time) and nobody bothered to check that the box was opened. So he got his money back, and when they opened it about an hour later to process it, the box was filled with dirty underwear! I just about died laughing.

But thank god I have a real career now, where I get to spend my days drawing pictures of robots (I design for a Museum/Planetarium/Science Gallery).

[TinkerbellAPixie]

I was recently sent this link - and thought it would fit perfectly on this thread. You can win a free vacation if you have the best "worst" job.

www.workingamerica.org/badboss/

[pearlblackdragon]

*bump*

When I was a chamber maid in a ritzy hotel and had to clean peoples pubes out of the bathrooms.:scared:


AAAANNNNDDDD 400!!!!!

[Quidam]

Congrats on your 400 Pearlblackdragon! http://bestsmileys.com/tropheys/3.gif And yuk about the pubes!

My worst job was working in a meat packing plant when I was "fresh meat" out of high school. The pay was FANTASTIC, but I was more afraid of the big burly women than the men :scared: . I only lasted two weeks there. :blush:

[TinkerbellAPixie]

*bump*

When I was a chamber maid in a ritzy hotel and had to clean peoples pubes out of the bathrooms.:scared:


AAAANNNNDDDD 400!!!!!

I can't believe you used your 400th post to talk about pubes. :bored:

Wait, it's pearl, of COURSE I can believe it. :p

[pearlblackdragon]

I totally saved that story for a moment like this.....:D

[TinkerbellAPixie]

I totally saved that story for a moment like this.....:D

I'm so proud! :wub:

[pearlblackdragon]

Congrats on your 400 Pearlblackdragon!

Thanks Quidam....:simplesmile:

[photochild]

Congrats PBD! How appropo. And your worst job makes me feel so fortunate. I thought I had it bad when I was temping for a while.

[campfiregirl]

*bump*

When I was a chamber maid in a ritzy hotel and had to clean peoples pubes out of the bathrooms.:scared:


AAAANNNNDDDD 400!!!!!

That is my job at work and at home:eek: But I can't complain my clients love me and treated me very well for the holidays. A good and trustworthy cleanning woman is worth her weight in gold. (Wish I could find one for my house)

Congrats to PearlBlackDragon on her 400th post.:D

[zoobabe]

That is my job at work and at home:eek: But I can't complain my clients love me and treated me very well for the holidays. A good and trustworthy cleanning woman is worth her weight in gold. (Wish I could find one for my house)

Congrats to PearlBlackDragon on her 400th post.:D

yes PBD- your whoring paid off. Good for you!:w00t:

[pearlblackdragon]

*bump*

When I was a chamber maid in a ritzy hotel and had to clean peoples pubes out of the bathrooms.:scared:


AAAANNNNDDDD 400!!!!!

OK....first I had to work the shitty job that I stated above AND THEN someone gives me a bad rep. for this post. I told you guys that it was the worst job ever. I don't even work there anymore and it is STILL kicking my ass.....:mad:

[pearlblackdragon]

That is my job at work and at home:eek: But I can't complain my clients love me and treated me very well for the holidays. A good and trustworthy cleanning woman is worth her weight in gold. (Wish I could find one for my house)

Congrats to PearlBlackDragon on her 400th post.:D

Thanks lady :D

yes PBD- your whoring paid off. Good for you!:w00t:

I bet you never thought that you would be congratulating someone for whoring. I ROCK!!!
(And thanks)

[t-bag]

I guess congratulatin' is the thing to do round heres, so congratulations, Pearl!!

And two posts in a row? Do I sense some preemptive whoring for 500? You show initiative. I like that.

[campfiregirl]

T-bag, I going to have to ask you to clean up your language. No one likes being called such names. Especially a potential Bagutte,
Please understand she's a dragon. Don't imbinge her character,
post whoring is a fun and innocent way to spend time.Lecture over.:D

[zoobabe]

I don't know what t-bag said, but MYL edited it. I guess the little boy has a filthy mind (or typing hand).

Rivalettes rule!:D

[aca607]

My worst job ever is the one that I have now(I am working as I speak). I work in the office of a small factory. The owner of the company is a horrible person. He talks out both sides of his mouth. One week he will tell me to include the freight when I am watching the prices of our products. Then the very next week he will yell at me and tell me that we don't need to pay attention to freight. He also accused me of charging things to the company credit card, come to find out he forgot that it was his charges, but never appologized or admitted it.

The operations manager does not do anything. Since I've been here. I have taken over about 3 of his tasks so far. I'm so busy during the day, I'll look over at him and he is writing in his journal and "coloring" it with highlighters.

The other person in the office is the "misery loves company" type of person. Most of the time she is ok, but other times she just loves to bring me down.

I've been looking for a new job after working here for less than 2 months.

[Pegster]

Reasons why I love my job:

1. I get screamed and cursed at for reasons unknown to me
2. No matter what, I'm the bad guy
3. No matter how poorly someone treats me, or how rudely they
speak to me they can complain to my boss.
4. If I make people happy, you hear nothing. If they're not
happy, I hear from them several times a day.

Sincerely,
Pegster
Claims Adjuster Extraordinaire
Blech

[HoneyBunny]

Reasons why I love my job:

1. I get screamed and cursed at for reasons unknown to me
2. No matter what, I'm the bad guy
3. No matter how poorly someone treats me, or how rudely they
speak to me they can complain to my boss.
4. If I make people happy, you hear nothing. If they're not
happy, I hear from them several times a day.

Sincerely,
Pegster
Claims Adjuster Extraordinaire
Blech
girl - you need a hug, come over here!


hb

[CrazyTrain]

My worst job...
I was a nanny for two hellions.
I was beat up and yelled at every day by the brat and his sis wasn't much better.
Thankfully it was only a summer gig.

And the worst part?
They had a dog who mostly stayed outside, and a bunny who was allowed to hop around inside (their dog ignored the bunny).
I hate dogs, BTW.
So one day we see a stray dog - it has tags so I call the owner and put the dog in the backyard. A few minutes later, we see the stray has something in its mouth that he is shaking back and forth - it is the bunny! :( In getting the other dog outside, the bunny slipped through the door unnoticed. And of course she didn't survive the shaking, though we did rush her to the vet, but I knew. It was horrible to have the kids go through that (and I loved the bunny too!). I felt so bad. :crying: All because I tried was to be nice to a stupid dog.

i was so glad when that job was over.

The good news is that my fave job ever was also a nanny job. :wub:

[zoobabe]

My worst job...
I was a nanny for two hellions.
I was beat up and yelled at every day by the brat and his sis wasn't much better.
Thankfully it was only a summer gig.

And the worst part?
They had a dog who mostly stayed outside, and a bunny who was allowed to hop around inside (their dog ignored the bunny).
I hate dogs, BTW.


funny that your avatar is a dog since you hate them so...:tongue_smilie:

[Pegster]

girl - you need a hug, come over here!


hb

Gracias. It's a new day. Feeling better now ;)

[CrazyTrain]

funny that your avatar is a dog since you hate them so...:tongue_smilie:

I like cartoon dogs! And the dog in my avatar says "maseca!" Real dogs don't. Apologies for not being so specific. ;)

[campfiregirl]

This is usually a good day for me, but today just sucked. The job isn't really hard and I work alone so I turn all the TV's in the house.
Makes the day go faster, but alas this happened.
1.She finally buys a new sweeper. The wrong one, a big heavy upright that weighs as I do. Fancy as all shit but not what I wanted.

2. Forgot to pick up my pay. Stupidity on my part and I don't feel like meeting up with her so I'll wait out the long weekend. SHIT

3. I accidently shut their dog up in a closet for the afternoon.
It's a little yorkie-poo who usually greets me and then goes up and sleeps the day away. I didn't think twice about not seeing it. So I got that phone call... "Could you be more careful with our pets..."
Like I did it on purpose:mad:

4. Worked my ass off so that I could see my Hubby off on his camping trip and still missed him.

But tonight should be good :D

[pearlblackdragon]

Awwww, poor cfg. I shall be gentle in chat tonight. OK that made even me laugh....lol

[zoobabe]

Awwww, poor cfg. I shall be gentle in chat tonight. OK that made even me laugh....lol

who's chatting? Everytime I check the chat room I'm the only one there!:unsure2:

[chooch850]

cfg... hope your weekend is going better than your week.

My hubby and I owned a bar for 25 yrs and the worst job was usually Sat. or Sun. morning when you had to clean the restrooms. The urinals and toilets would be full of puke and cigarette butts so they would be plugged. It makes me gag just remembering it.

At one time we rented rooms upstairs with 2 community bathrooms at one end of the hall. We had just laid new carpet in the hallway. It was a light colored brown. This old guy needed a room for a week until he could move in with family. One night he had a few beers at the bar and some chicken wings, then off to bed he went. The next morning I went up to put new linen in the bathrooms and there it was . A trail of sh*t from the old man's room all the way down to the bathrooms. Not only did it look horrible, the smell was enough to gag a maggot !!!! I knocked on the the old basturd's door and he stood there with his sh*tty pants on. I pointed down the hall and he looked at me and shrugged his shoulders " It must have been the chicken wings." and shut the door.

[daviscn]

Oh, hands down, the worst job I EVER had was a washing boy at an industrial uniform service. I worked all day in a freezing warehouse....and a truck pulls up, and out come bag after bag of the foulest-smelling clothes imgainable. Auto mechanics, fry cooks...who apparently wore these things a week at a time. Sort them, wash them, dry them, fold them....and by then two more truckloads have arrived. I have never, ever been so glad to change jobs!

I just saw a growing thread on this at another cool site, too:

http://www.culturecloud.com/Topics/00001339/worst_jobs.aspx

[campfiregirl]

This is usually a good day for me, but today just sucked. The job isn't really hard and I work alone so I turn all the TV's in the house.
Makes the day go faster, but alas this happened.
1.She finally buys a new sweeper. The wrong one, a big heavy upright that weighs as I do. Fancy as all shit but not what I wanted.

2. Forgot to pick up my pay. Stupidity on my part and I don't feel like meeting up with her so I'll wait out the long weekend. SHIT

3. I accidently shut their dog up in a closet for the afternoon.
It's a little yorkie-poo who usually greets me and then goes up and sleeps the day away. I didn't think twice about not seeing it. So I got that phone call... "Could you be more careful with our pets..."
Like I did it on purpose:mad:

4. Worked my ass off so that I could see my Hubby off on his camping trip and still missed him.

But tonight should be good :D


Hate quoting myself but it's background. So yesterday went back to this house to clean. She forgot to leave the check. Dumbass. My policy has become if you forget to pay me I forget to work.

She just called me, don't know why I left a note telling her I'd be back the next week. I'm irritated cause I don't like her that much anymore and finally said if you don't like it clean your own house. And hung up.

She has now called me back twice (I'm screening my calls) calling me out on not being very Christian about this and then getting pissy.

I know I was childish to hang up but I'm not up to kissing her ass. Second Friday of every month. How hard is that. If it get's messed up the next week then. Do you have to be a rocket scientist?

Let me find some diappers and some pepper spray.:mad:

[Quidam]

Aw I'm sorry CFG! You anticipate (don't like but) youngsters to not be responsible, but adults who behave irresponsibly and childish it’s such a turn off. But I guess some don't grow up simply by virtue of graduating high school. Let her go pout in a corner where she belongs.

I'm sure you'll find someone to fill that spot!

[Pegster]

Hate quoting myself but it's background. So yesterday went back to this house to clean. She forgot to leave the check. Dumbass. My policy has become if you forget to pay me I forget to work.

She just called me, don't know why I left a note telling her I'd be back the next week. I'm irritated cause I don't like her that much anymore and finally said if you don't like it clean your own house. And hung up.

She has now called me back twice (I'm screening my calls) calling me out on not being very Christian about this and then getting pissy.

I know I was childish to hang up but I'm not up to kissing her ass. Second Friday of every month. How hard is that. If it get's messed up the next week then. Do you have to be a rocket scientist?

Let me find some diappers and some pepper spray.:mad:

I find it not irresponsible but downright RUDE to "forget" to pay someone! And then to resort to the "your not very Christian" crap. Yeah, you know what's not very Christian: expecting someone to work for free, biatch. I say be done with her, CFG - she's so not worth it & you deserve better, sister.

[campfiregirl]

Thank you Pegster. I work alone and for myself because I do not like to be bossed around. She called me and started it. I've wanted to quit her for years and now I've done it!

Moral of this story ---Clean your own damn dirty house.:tonguewag:

[pearlblackdragon]

cfg....just set her house on fire. Problem solved for both of you.

[giffordsaz]

Okay, Oaky...I was in the Air Force for 10 years and in the Dental Laboratory.... we don't see patients except to get color matches...... and we make teeth, you know dentures, crowns, ortho appliances, partials, you get the picture?

Well what people put into.....and do with their own mouths is gross.....:eek:

I mean, the thing is right there on your face... have to cleaned it today?:confused:

We would use blasters to get crap off dentures.... I guess mold growing in your mouth doesn't bother you:confused1:

1. man brings in dentures for a reline....his mouth has changed.. but to 'get through' until he sees us he uses a slice of bologna to act a filler in his upper denture....... OMG...... did he not think it might ROT in his mouth? :no:

[giffordsaz]

okay..continued........................:D

2. dentist brings back impressions for us to poor into stone ... so we can do our magic.... full of blood, mucus, and what looks like the lady vomited..... does he not have a sink??:ohmy:

I could go on.... 10 ears was a long time, but I did get to learn to shoot guns!!! :2guns: love the military

3. I'll leave you with this... under the sink in every laboratory is a trap.... water flows on out but the heavy stuff gets 'trapped'..... and some poor fool, on a rotating bases of course... has to clean that sucker out.... you can on imagine how that puppy smelt after a month of OMG.... I don't even want to remember!:hang:

[giffordsaz]

Double post not on account of whoring..... I use to many faces it seems.... MY administrator only allows four per post..... I will not be stopped! I will circumvent the system................

:lol: :thumbup: :tonguewag: :rockon:

[Quidam]

Gross! http://bestsmileys.com/dental/2.gif

PS...whore away!

[TinkerbellAPixie]

I find it not irresponsible but downright RUDE to "forget" to pay someone! And then to resort to the "your not very Christian" crap.

I agree whole heartedly with Pegster. How thoughtless to forget to pay you. That's totally unjustifiable. And to judge someone as being "not very Christian" is NOT VERY CHRISTIAN. (I realize that just made me not very Christian too).

I've wanted to quit her for years and now I've done it!

It's a good thing! And hopefully something much better will come along to fill her vacuous void.

Double post not on account of whoring..... I use to many faces it seems.... MY administrator only allows four per post..... I will not be stopped! I will circumvent the system................

:lol: :thumbup: :tonguewag: :rockon:

That is a perfectly acceptable reason to double post - stickin it to DA MAN! YOU GO GIRL!

PS...whore away!

Let me ammend that to be

"if you have something to say....then whore away"

[minda07]

Let me ammend that to be

"if you have something to say....then whore away"

Thank you Tink ... my sentiments too!