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  • #1042209
    Playground Politics
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      im trying to get a job soooo

      what was the best job you have ever had?

      What was the worst job?

      #1118688
      starlaugh
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        My worst job would probably be:

        Sales Assistant for Comet, was my first job (on a payroll :groucho: ) after school. You were encouraged to lie to customers and hassled if you didn’t sell waranties or delivery and installation, we were also told to try and get people to buy stuff on credit even if they didn’t want to.

        My best job, well i have liked most my other ones. They all had their good and bad points. I just like the 9-5 Monday to Friday work 😉

        #1139419
        starlaugh
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          My worst job would probably be:

          Sales Assistant for Comet, was my first job (on a payroll :groucho: ) after school. You were encouraged to lie to customers and hassled if you didn’t sell waranties or delivery and installation, we were also told to try and get people to buy stuff on credit even if they didn’t want to.

          My best job, well i have liked most my other ones. They all had their good and bad points. I just like the 9-5 Monday to Friday work 😉

          #1118695
          Heavy
          Participant

            Worst job. Groundsman at a National Hunt racecourse. Following the Boxing Day meeting, walking round the miles of track in a line, replacing every sodding sod of turf which had been lifted by the horses hooves.:yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :you_crazy :you_crazy :you_crazy :crazy_diz :crazy_diz :crazy_diz :bad_idea: :bad_idea: :bad_idea:

            #1139427
            Heavy
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              Worst job. Groundsman at a National Hunt racecourse. Following the Boxing Day meeting, walking round the miles of track in a line, replacing every sodding sod of turf which had been lifted by the horses hooves.:yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :you_crazy :you_crazy :you_crazy :crazy_diz :crazy_diz :crazy_diz :bad_idea: :bad_idea: :bad_idea:

              #1118680
              process
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                Worst-working in a stinking chicken factory back home nr stow.Ranocks (sp?) GL’s probably heard of it! it was horrid 6am-2pm handling raw chicken- Rank!Best-probably working as a lifeguard in my local leisure centre as i got paid to just sit around on my ass looking at girls in bikini’s! that was until they sacked anyway!

                #1139411
                process
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                  Worst-working in a stinking chicken factory back home nr stow.Ranocks (sp?) GL’s probably heard of it! it was horrid 6am-2pm handling raw chicken- Rank!Best-probably working as a lifeguard in my local leisure centre as i got paid to just sit around on my ass looking at girls in bikini’s! that was until they sacked anyway!

                  #1118699
                  poopscoop
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                    worst job: working in a warehouse, i had to put about 200 shitty 100 quid mountain bikes in boxes in the back of a lorry, stacked up to the ceiling. on my jack. i was only about 17 as well!

                    best job: putting leaflets through doors when i was about 17 as well, me an my mate did about 10 every day, smoked a zoot , threw the rest away, went home/out, reported back at the end of the day an told the boss how many thousands we’d done. got paid.

                    #1139431
                    poopscoop
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                      worst job: working in a warehouse, i had to put about 200 shitty 100 quid mountain bikes in boxes in the back of a lorry, stacked up to the ceiling. on my jack. i was only about 17 as well!

                      best job: putting leaflets through doors when i was about 17 as well, me an my mate did about 10 every day, smoked a zoot , threw the rest away, went home/out, reported back at the end of the day an told the boss how many thousands we’d done. got paid.

                      #1118687
                      kaito
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                        Worst – door to door selling restaurant tickets to people who really weren’t intrested round council estates.

                        Best – prob one before this – researching and developing IT soft/hardware for a market research company – was well interesting – just trialling and demoing software all day and reporting on it to the board – plus noone really could say how long testing of demo software should take so opportunity to ‘take my time’ was endless.

                        #1139418
                        kaito
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                          Worst – door to door selling restaurant tickets to people who really weren’t intrested round council estates.

                          Best – prob one before this – researching and developing IT soft/hardware for a market research company – was well interesting – just trialling and demoing software all day and reporting on it to the board – plus noone really could say how long testing of demo software should take so opportunity to ‘take my time’ was endless.

                          #1118672
                          General Lighting
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                            worst one – admin in insurance company in Reading, mostly processing death claims. Shite industry, loads of office politics and the whole thing in the late 80s/early 90s was totally crooked built on Thatchos “house of cards” of short term market gains

                            then worked in TV/multimedia industry as a project engineer for a while, started out as quite fun and was almost a “dream job” – I learnt a lot about technology there but because really soulless as what you were actually doing was replacing creative people and fellow engineers with machines (i.e you were taking the jobs away from the people you were speaking to) and then the company fucked up on a gamble they took during the dotcom era and there were loads of redundancies.

                            My best job is what I do currently. OK may not on the face of it seem like the most “interesting” or “creative” job (all I do is keep computers working and make them count stuff) but its not as stressful as other places I have worked in yet I get paid more, and I work in the country area rather than a city..

                            #1139403
                            General Lighting
                            Moderator

                              worst one – admin in insurance company in Reading, mostly processing death claims. Shite industry, loads of office politics and the whole thing in the late 80s/early 90s was totally crooked built on Thatchos “house of cards” of short term market gains

                              then worked in TV/multimedia industry as a project engineer for a while, started out as quite fun and was almost a “dream job” – I learnt a lot about technology there but because really soulless as what you were actually doing was replacing creative people and fellow engineers with machines (i.e you were taking the jobs away from the people you were speaking to) and then the company fucked up on a gamble they took during the dotcom era and there were loads of redundancies.

                              My best job is what I do currently. OK may not on the face of it seem like the most “interesting” or “creative” job (all I do is keep computers working and make them count stuff) but its not as stressful as other places I have worked in yet I get paid more, and I work in the country area rather than a city..

                              #1118675
                              titch
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                                Worked in a chicken factory as a summer job between 6th form and Collage. Only lasted a couple of weeks, horrible I tell thee!

                                Best Job, probably a summer job I had when I was 18. Basically doing odd jobs for some old rich bloke. At the weekends we would turn up after a local all night warehouse party (One that used to be on most weekends, a few hundred meters from the Police station, no chance of that these days lol). He would go out, we would do two hours work then spend the day sunbathing, drinking beers he left for us.

                                #1139406
                                titch
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                                  Worked in a chicken factory as a summer job between 6th form and Collage. Only lasted a couple of weeks, horrible I tell thee!

                                  Best Job, probably a summer job I had when I was 18. Basically doing odd jobs for some old rich bloke. At the weekends we would turn up after a local all night warehouse party (One that used to be on most weekends, a few hundred meters from the Police station, no chance of that these days lol). He would go out, we would do two hours work then spend the day sunbathing, drinking beers he left for us.

                                  #1118674
                                  globalloon
                                  Participant

                                    those chicken factory jobs really are shitty

                                    i did one where i had to stand on a metal platform with 70 carcasses a minute coming down a conveyor belt with their heads cut off. i had to grab them, stuff them onto a peg which went inside and broke the rib cage around it so they would go into a machine that cut off the breast, legs and wings near my feet. the machine would keep getting jammed so i’d have to open up the cage where the blades where and rip out all the carcasses. the broken ribs would pierce my gloves and cut my hands. meanwhile 70 dead chickens a minute would be piling up by my head

                                    my best job is probably the one i have now.. managing a small charity. i work with great people and we do some really fun stuff, plus i’m learning loads

                                    #1139405
                                    globalloon
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                                      those chicken factory jobs really are shitty

                                      i did one where i had to stand on a metal platform with 70 carcasses a minute coming down a conveyor belt with their heads cut off. i had to grab them, stuff them onto a peg which went inside and broke the rib cage around it so they would go into a machine that cut off the breast, legs and wings near my feet. the machine would keep getting jammed so i’d have to open up the cage where the blades where and rip out all the carcasses. the broken ribs would pierce my gloves and cut my hands. meanwhile 70 dead chickens a minute would be piling up by my head

                                      my best job is probably the one i have now.. managing a small charity. i work with great people and we do some really fun stuff, plus i’m learning loads

                                      #1118697
                                      bluepink_clefairy
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                                        My best job has been working in a dog kennels (have worked in two now)… I love dogs!!

                                        Currently do chamber maiding, it’s pretty good due to the people I work with and the bosses I have.

                                        I definately want to go back to kennel maiding as soon as I move to Brighton!! ee can’t wait =]

                                        #1139429
                                        bluepink_clefairy
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                                          My best job has been working in a dog kennels (have worked in two now)… I love dogs!!

                                          Currently do chamber maiding, it’s pretty good due to the people I work with and the bosses I have.

                                          I definately want to go back to kennel maiding as soon as I move to Brighton!! ee can’t wait =]

                                          #1118691
                                          Playground Politics
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                                            what ur worst job, fairy

                                            ive only had 2 waitrose and wyevale,

                                            im surprised nobodies said supermarkets,waitrose was my worst one, managers when u work with them, and they ddi not respect u at all

                                            wyevale i did get to speak to flowers, and i could do what ever i wanted

                                            job i kinda have now, whitch is odd jobing, tis muchos fun but i need more work

                                            #1139423
                                            Playground Politics
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                                              what ur worst job, fairy

                                              ive only had 2 waitrose and wyevale,

                                              im surprised nobodies said supermarkets,waitrose was my worst one, managers when u work with them, and they ddi not respect u at all

                                              wyevale i did get to speak to flowers, and i could do what ever i wanted

                                              job i kinda have now, whitch is odd jobing, tis muchos fun but i need more work

                                              #1118676
                                              quietRIOT
                                              Participant

                                                worst….customer service advisor for o2 …in a battery farm…er mean call centre….the cusomers were ok …the people i worked with …morons.took it all so serious….:yakk:
                                                best job ..teaching assistant workin in nursery class with litle ones …s cheeky an funny…:love:

                                                have a good wknd an bank holiday folks…..i luv yousssss :crazy_diz raaa :group_hug :bounce_fl

                                                #1139407
                                                quietRIOT
                                                Participant

                                                  worst….customer service advisor for o2 …in a battery farm…er mean call centre….the cusomers were ok …the people i worked with …morons.took it all so serious….:yakk:
                                                  best job ..teaching assistant workin in nursery class with litle ones …s cheeky an funny…:love:

                                                  have a good wknd an bank holiday folks…..i luv yousssss :crazy_diz raaa :group_hug :bounce_fl

                                                  #1118696
                                                  Southcaver
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                                                    my worst job, at the greenhouse packing shed putting in packets one red pepper, one green pepper one yellow pepper, next pack. and so on and so on all bloody day.
                                                    best job greenkeeping at the local golf course, cruising on a sit on mower all day. not so good when it rains though.

                                                    #1139428
                                                    Southcaver
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                                                      my worst job, at the greenhouse packing shed putting in packets one red pepper, one green pepper one yellow pepper, next pack. and so on and so on all bloody day.
                                                      best job greenkeeping at the local golf course, cruising on a sit on mower all day. not so good when it rains though.

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