The Worst Job EVER

actionfigurestepho · 08-28-2005, 06:45 AM

We've all had bad jobs. Some were tedious, some were shady and some were downright death traps. I know I've had all three! What was the worst job you've ever had?

chonsigirl · 08-28-2005, 06:49 AM

My worst job was working in a glass factory when I was 16. I worked during the summer to save up money to buy a car. It was long, hard work at minimum wage, $1.35/hour. It was so hot in there, no air conditioning back then, and long work hours. I was very grateful when summer was over and could go back to school, but I thought of the workers who I had left behind, because that was their lives, to work in that factory every day.

ProfessionalMoron · 08-28-2005, 07:09 AM

I would love to share, but, Far Rider made me feel so insecure that I am not sure I can continue.

BabyRider · 08-28-2005, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by actionfigurestepho

We've all had bad jobs. Some were tedious, some were shady and some were downright death traps. I know I've had all three! What was the worst job you've ever had?

Miller Brewing Co. has a recycling plant here in Detroit. I got a job there that I would not go back to if they paid me $20 an hour. Monotonous, filthy, hot, cockroaches hiding in your clothes at the end of the day....horrible, rotten job. The entire scope of my job consisted of sorting clear bottles from dark bottles into cases and stacking them on pallettes. 9 hours a day, 6 days a week.

Scrat · 08-28-2005, 09:03 AM

The worst job I ever had was when I was in the engineroom of the USS Puget Sound as an apprentice machinist mate.

Painting the bilges.

valerie · 08-28-2005, 10:23 AM

Knocking almonds! Dad would pull up the tractor with the trailer next to the
tree, you'd roll out these HUGE and very HEAVY tarps out under the tree,
being sure to fold them very tightly around the trunk, and then you'd knock
with long, HEAVY wooden poles until you got all the almonds off. The whole
time you are knocking, little bits of leaf, bark, almond dust, whatever, is
falling down and getting stuck in your hair and the sweat around your neck
and down your shirt. Then you roll up these huge tarps with their HEAVY
load of almonds and dump them in the trailer. Dad drives the tractor 20 feet
to the next tree, and you start the process all over again. This all in 100
degree Sacramento valley late summer heat. You'd go to bed at night with
your arms frozen in position over your head and hurting like mad. Lovely.

It's all mechanized, now.

actionfigurestepho · 08-29-2005, 04:01 PM

I worked at a "warehouse" that was really a shipping business based in an old barn/garage. The company was BARELY legal. There were holes in the wall so that the floor turned completely to ice in the winter...in the summer I had to work in the back of a truck packing and weighing boxes...over 100 degrees. Plus there was wildlife EVERYWHERE, and no the good kind. We had hornets and poisonous spiders and all sorts of things the boss refused to bug bomb for...he didn't want to take a day off of work to make it safe. Furthermore, I was the only employee working in the "warehouse." He didn't want to pay for anyone else to come work. If I couldn't lift a box he'd give me a lecture on hard work, and when I hurt myself lifting a 70+ pound box he lectured me on hurting myself and said he wouldn't be paying workers' comp. I remember a ladder falling over one day and hitting me on the head, knocking me out. He didn't let me go home early.

I found out he had a history of only hiring girls because "they worked harder."

I tried to get OSHA in there to shut it down but apparently you have to have a certain number of employees to be forced to meet OSHA requirements.

I finally quit one day when the receptionist told my boss that I was trying to "take over her job" and that I liked to rub my typing skills in her face. Later, the guy contacted me because he needed me to do his catalog...I did, but I charged him twice what he was paying me before to haul boxes around!

capt_buzzard · 08-29-2005, 04:04 PM

My worst job was, as a student of 17 years, I worked in a city morgue for the summer holiday's

lady cop · 08-29-2005, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by capt_buzzard

My worst job was, as a student of 17 years, I worked in a city morgue for the summer holiday's

at least your clients didn't talk back!

actionfigurestepho · 08-29-2005, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by capt_buzzard

My worst job was, as a student of 17 years, I worked in a city morgue for the summer holiday's

Any funny stories?

08-28-2005, 06:45 AM	#1 (permalink)
actionfigurestepho Shake your money maker Supporting Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Elyria, Ohio Posts: 1,084	The Worst Job EVER We've all had bad jobs. Some were tedious, some were shady and some were downright death traps. I know I've had all three! What was the worst job you've ever had?
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08-28-2005, 06:49 AM	#2 (permalink)
chonsigirl I think, therefore I post Supporting Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Nirvana Posts: 28,697	Re: The Worst Job EVER My worst job was working in a glass factory when I was 16. I worked during the summer to save up money to buy a car. It was long, hard work at minimum wage, $1.35/hour. It was so hot in there, no air conditioning back then, and long work hours. I was very grateful when summer was over and could go back to school, but I thought of the workers who I had left behind, because that was their lives, to work in that factory every day.
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08-28-2005, 07:09 AM	#3 (permalink)
ProfessionalMoron Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 67	Re: The Worst Job EVER I would love to share, but, Far Rider made me feel so insecure that I am not sure I can continue.
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08-28-2005, 09:03 AM	#5 (permalink)
Scrat Senior Member Supporting Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 3,373	The worst job I ever had was when I was in the engineroom of the USS Puget Sound as an apprentice machinist mate. Painting the bilges. __________________ Ya gotta watch your nuts because somebody is always trying to rip them off. Politicians are like baby diapers. Sooner rather than later they have to be changed for the same reason.
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08-28-2005, 10:23 AM	#6 (permalink)
valerie Watanya Cecilia Supporting Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 6,358	Re: The Worst Job EVER Knocking almonds! Dad would pull up the tractor with the trailer next to the tree, you'd roll out these HUGE and very HEAVY tarps out under the tree, being sure to fold them very tightly around the trunk, and then you'd knock with long, HEAVY wooden poles until you got all the almonds off. The whole time you are knocking, little bits of leaf, bark, almond dust, whatever, is falling down and getting stuck in your hair and the sweat around your neck and down your shirt. Then you roll up these huge tarps with their HEAVY load of almonds and dump them in the trailer. Dad drives the tractor 20 feet to the next tree, and you start the process all over again. This all in 100 degree Sacramento valley late summer heat. You'd go to bed at night with your arms frozen in position over your head and hurting like mad. Lovely. It's all mechanized, now. __________________ Tamsen's Dogster Page http://www.dogster.com/?27525
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08-29-2005, 04:01 PM	#7 (permalink)
actionfigurestepho Shake your money maker Supporting Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Elyria, Ohio Posts: 1,084	Re: The Worst Job EVER I worked at a "warehouse" that was really a shipping business based in an old barn/garage. The company was BARELY legal. There were holes in the wall so that the floor turned completely to ice in the winter...in the summer I had to work in the back of a truck packing and weighing boxes...over 100 degrees. Plus there was wildlife EVERYWHERE, and no the good kind. We had hornets and poisonous spiders and all sorts of things the boss refused to bug bomb for...he didn't want to take a day off of work to make it safe. Furthermore, I was the only employee working in the "warehouse." He didn't want to pay for anyone else to come work. If I couldn't lift a box he'd give me a lecture on hard work, and when I hurt myself lifting a 70+ pound box he lectured me on hurting myself and said he wouldn't be paying workers' comp. I remember a ladder falling over one day and hitting me on the head, knocking me out. He didn't let me go home early. I found out he had a history of only hiring girls because "they worked harder." I tried to get OSHA in there to shut it down but apparently you have to have a certain number of employees to be forced to meet OSHA requirements. I finally quit one day when the receptionist told my boss that I was trying to "take over her job" and that I liked to rub my typing skills in her face. Later, the guy contacted me because he needed me to do his catalog...I did, but I charged him twice what he was paying me before to haul boxes around!
Local Time: 10:37 PM Local Date: 12-03-2008

08-29-2005, 04:04 PM	#8 (permalink)
capt_buzzard All Human Life Is Here... Supporting Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ireland Posts: 5,807	Re: The Worst Job EVER My worst job was, as a student of 17 years, I worked in a city morgue for the summer holiday's
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