Wednesday, March 22, 2006

"Oh, and next Friday... is Hawaiian shirt day..."

I got to thinking the other day about all of the jobs I have had over the years, so I decided to document them for my amusement. Here we go (in chronological order, as best I can remember)...

Jobs I have been paid to do:
- Weed puller
- Baby and dog sitter
- Freelance graphic designer
- Flute instructor
- Receptionist for an architect's office
- File clerk for a medical records office
- Dining hall worker
- Dispatcher for a copier repair place
- Signature forger and mailing stuffer for a direct mail marketer
- Printing house collater/stuffer/sticker jam remover
- Photocopier for insurance company
- HMO office worker
- Program assistant for college honors program
- Receptionist for international college office
- Librarian for 10'x12' library
- Non-profit office worker and chief dishwasher operator
- Gerontology department office worker
- Basement painter
- Public relations assistant
- Box office employee
- Freelance graphic designer and publicist
- Grants writer
- Development generalist and big cheese

Wacky volunteer jobs:
- Door-to-door cookie, gift wrap, trinket, sausage, citrus, and advertising sales
- Snow demonstrator (smoke + big freezer = ice crystals)
- Haunted house zombie
- Protest poster creator
- PBS tv auction item handler/bimbo
- Chief cowbell operator (and flute/piccolo player)
- T-shirt designer
- Stage manager, wardrobe girl (specializing in cravat and bow-tie tying), spotlight operator, dramaturg
- Awards ceremony bimbo
- Cat socializer

3 comments:

CraniumBoy said...

Door-to-door sausage seller?

Jen said...

Cheese and sausage, actually.

CraniumBoy said...

That's convenient.