Just For Fun...Jobs
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (91071)
United States
October 28, 2019 6:55am CST
Sometimes it's fun to see what people have done for work over the years. I started working when I was 14 for Dominos Pizza putting circulars on doors for $2.50 an hour. After that here were all the places I have worked.
Bruno's Family Restaurant in Muncie, Indiana doing dishes. That job did not last long, but I was only in Muncie for a short time. Then it was Hardees in Edwardsville, Illinois. I also had some short stints at Shop N' Save, a grocery store, and Zip's Drive-Thru, a fast food chain similar to Rally's.
Then it was off to Jack In The Box before I joined the United States Navy and did four years serving.
Next up was a short stint delivering newspapers for the Milwaukee Journal before taking a job at Quad Graphics first as a line worker in the co-mail department, and finally inkjet operator on a binder.
Next up was Kraft Pizza Company where we made DiGiorno, Jack's, and Tombstone. Then it was off to Coca-Cola Enterprises—spent 6 1/2 years there.
A couple of short stints at both Smurfit-Stone Box Company and Nestlé.
Then four and a half years at Batzner Pest Management doing pest control. Still not sure after so many years in manufacturing I wound up doing that, but there I was killing bugs and trapping animals.
The past five years I have worked for a company that sells concrete mixer truck parts and concrete batch plant parts—I am in sales.
What are some jobs you have done or had?
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@rebelann (112875)
• El Paso, Texas
28 Oct 19
Wow, That's quite a range.
Lets see, Avon Lady .... I don't wear makeup so that didn't last. Car Hop for A&W Rootbear, I got fired.
Then I went to business college and learned to be a Keypunch operator.
My first job after that stint was as a Microfilm Operator, Printers Assistant and Tape Librarian back when computers still used megnetic tape. That job lasted 3.5 years.
I worked with a lot of those temp services like Kelly Girls and Manpower and finally got jobs as a keypunch operator and ended up with my first real full time job as a Keypunch Operator, it lasted a year and back I went to temp services.
My last job lasted 24 years, I was a data entry operator and ended with record specialist. I've retired from that and boy am I happy to be retired.
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@Marilynda1225 (82789)
• United States
28 Oct 19
Back in the day I had a Sabrett hot dog wagon and sold hot dogs. It was fun
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@LindaOHio (178877)
• United States
28 Oct 19
My first job at 14 was working in a library for $.70 per hour. I stayed there through high school.
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@yoalldudes (35037)
• Philippines
28 Oct 19
Wow that is definitely a lot for a lifetime. You do get around. I wish I had started working young and saved. I started at 22 in a company that supplies battery to the entire country for a year, then moved to the local government and has been there for years. I want to leave and find something new but I dont know if I can find a job at 40 years old
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@samysotelo18 (7744)
• Mexico
28 Oct 19
You've been in so many jobs, My first job was as a chinese tutor for children and I've had so many different jobs, I worked in a hot dog cart, a tortilla making shop, handing out toys at icecream stores ,Graphic design, Industrial design,
