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Debbolas
05-05-2004, 09:50 AM
Lets have a contest.................post a list of every single job you have had in your entire life and the one with the highest number of different jobs................W I N S !!!!!!!
:cool: :D

Havasu_Dreamin
05-05-2004, 09:53 AM
shiping and receiving clerk/driver
accounts payable clerk
student worker
Systems Analyst/System Administrator
Javelin Catcher :p

MRS FLYIN VEE
05-05-2004, 10:11 AM
cosmotologist
super market store mgr.
file clerk at Topa ins. claims
in house junk mailer.
now a plumber :D crack and all...:D :D :D:

Debbolas
05-05-2004, 10:12 AM
I worked at Pup N Taco in Fountain Valley
Forestry Aid at Lytle Creek Ranger Station
Photo Aid at The Photo Lab @ OCC
Waitress at Antonuci's Pizza in Newport Beach
Waitress, then Bartender at Marie Calendars in Huntington Beach
Clerk at Brentano's in South Coast Plaza
Waitress at Doug's Coffee Shop in Minn.
Waitress at Magic Pan in Minn.
I worked as a secretary for a lawyer in Marshall Texas
Store Clerk for Ellen Bak Photography in South Coast Plaza
Delivery Driver for Rapid Color (?) Photography Lab in Irvine
Selling Christmas Trees in Huntington Beach
Waitress at Paul's Coffee Shop in Fountain Valley
Secretary/ Office Manager for Ad Management in Santa Ana
Computer Consultant for Edgemont Copier Sales in Cerritos
Office Manager for a Backhoe Service Company in Westminster
Secretary for Stock Exchange Firm in Newport Beach
Shippling Clerk for Penn Litho in Cypress
Accounts Payable for a Dairy in Chino
Accounts Payable for a Pest Control Company in Chino
Raised my kids for 5 years
I helped people fix their credit for a Credit Managment Company in La Verne
Daycare in my house(and raised my kids ) :)
Title One Tutor! (still raising my kids ) :)
24 different jobs!
I WINN!!!!
lol
:D

HCS
05-05-2004, 10:13 AM
Car washer.
Scrapping.
Roofing.
DryWall.
Forklift driver.
Mig forman. Ski Lifts.
Welder. Boat trailers.
Warehouse forman. Waterbed company.
Parts driver.
Shipper clerk.
House painter.
Moving company.
Parts person.
Assistant parts manager.
Shop parts counterman.
Posting on ***boat.
Damn I had to really think. There might be more.
:rolleyes:

Debbolas
05-05-2004, 10:17 AM
excellent point!! I forgot about posting on HB forum......(25 for me!) LOL :D :D

Ntwotrance
05-05-2004, 10:21 AM
preparer for auctioneer
ski instructor @ Dodge Ridge
Prisioner Chaser
Avionics Tech
Fireman
bartender
esl teacher
hazwoper instructor
field service manager for sve company
vp of lead abatement company
sso for pipeline repair company
supervisor for environmental company

hd&boatrider
05-05-2004, 10:24 AM
Not going to be enough to win but:
Babysitter
Cleaning restaurants
Driving an ice cream truck
flipping burgers
selling Xmas trees
Working in the PX for AAFES in retail--Military base
Cord board operator for the phone comapany--That's right, just like Lilly "Friggin" Tomlin
Marketing Sales Rep for the phone company
Manager at phone company
Small Business owner

welk2party
05-05-2004, 10:31 AM
hazwoper instructor
What is that?:confused:

Waldo
05-05-2004, 10:31 AM
I lived about a mile from Paul's Coffee Shop for 15 years...Great Grubbin'

Debbolas
05-05-2004, 10:34 AM
lol :DDamn I had to really think. There might be more.
I keep having to edit my post, because I see a job on someones list and go.........oh, I did that too.
I use to make $50 a breakfast on weekends in tips That was a lot of money in 1983at Pauls Coffee Shop in Fountain Valley..... Did ya know the old oriental guy that ran that place had only one lung and smoked like a chimney? He wasn't very nice....The cooks were mean too....But huge portions of food...served .....quickly!!!!! Then we had to set silverware on the table as soon as the customer finished their food so we could turn the table.

LaveyJet
05-05-2004, 10:35 AM
Theater sweeper
Walnut picker
Dish washer
Lawn mower
Steel worker
Bomb pusher
Warehouse clerk
Pizza guy
Bar tender
Car counter
Engineer

diggler
05-05-2004, 10:36 AM
Potato bagger at vegetable street market
Newspaper delivery boy
Dependant care facility (for one day!)
busboy - china gate
busboy - Al's restaurant
dishwasher - Denny's
pool installer - Monroe swimming pools
roofer - Marchese roofing
forklift/truck loader - Meijer's warehouse
mail clerk - Monroe country community college
canvasser - Clean water action
canvasser - environmental law action
page - Michigan Senate
campaign worker - Some senator (I forget his name)
house framer - some contractor
truck driver/delivery - RPS
waiter - Bennigan's
quality engineer - Dodge of Mexico
logistics - Mazda Motor of America
project manager - Ford Motor Co.
project manager - Modern Engineering
Sr. Project Manager - Ford of Britain
Sr. Project Manager - Jaguar
Sr. Project Manager - Ford of Germany
Sr. Project Manager - M&M Mars
Sr. Project Manager - Marine Corp. LAV
Engineer - Alcatel Networks
Manager - Alcatel Networks
Engineer - PG&E
Sr. Engineer - PG&E
Good lord, I think that's all of it, but I may have missed something.... (all at the "tender" age of 33)
:D :D

Ntwotrance
05-05-2004, 10:38 AM
Originally posted by welk2party
What is that?:confused:
hazardous waste operations (hazwoper)

v-drive
05-05-2004, 10:38 AM
Box boy
Machinist helper
mold shop helper
machinist
Infantry
postman
truckdriver
shop forman
shop supervisor
company manager
VP of engineering

Debbolas
05-05-2004, 10:42 AM
[QUOTE]Originally posted by diggler
[B]Potato bagger at vegetable street market
Newspaper delivery boy
Dependant care facility (for one day!)
busboy - china gate
busboy - Al's restaurant
dishwasher - Denny's
pool installer - Monroe swimming pools
roofer - Marchese roofing
forklift/truck loader - Meijer's warehouse
mail clerk - Monroe country community college
canvasser - Clean water action
canvasser - environmental law action
page - Michigan Senate
campaign worker - Some senator (I forget his name)
house framer - some contractor
truck driver/delivery - RPS
waiter - Bennigan's
quality engineer - Dodge of Mexico
logistics - Mazda Motor of America
project manager - Ford Motor Co.
project manager - Modern Engineering
Sr. Project Manager - Ford of Britain
Sr. Project Manager - Jaguar
Sr. Project Manager - Ford of Germany
Sr. Project Manager - M&M Mars
Sr. Project Manager - Marine Corp. LAV
Engineer - Alcatel Networks
Manager - Alcatel Networks
Engineer - PG&E
Sr. Engineer - PG&E
Good lord, I think that's all of it, but I may have missed something.... (all at the "tender" age of 33)[/BQUOTE]
Thats 30!!!
you beat me!!! and your only 33? Dude, you win!!!

GrapeApe
05-05-2004, 10:44 AM
Originally posted by Debbolas
Raised my kids for 5 years
:D [/B]
Did they Raise themselves the rest of the time..?:D
Here is my List - Not to long
Washing Dishes - Pizza Plus in ElCajon - 13 yrs old
Lifes a Beach - El Cajon
Costco - San Diego
Ops Mgr for Catering Co.
Canes Bar & Grill - Floor Mgr
Circuit City - Sales
Sports Supplement Company - Wholesale Sales Mgr.
Mortgage Business
*** Grape Ape ***

HCS
05-05-2004, 10:45 AM
Originally posted by diggler
Potato bagger at vegetable street market
Newspaper delivery boy
Dependant care facility (for one day!)
busboy - china gate
busboy - Al's restaurant
dishwasher - Denny's
pool installer - Monroe swimming pools
roofer - Marchese roofing
forklift/truck loader - Meijer's warehouse
mail clerk - Monroe country community college
canvasser - Clean water action
canvasser - environmental law action
page - Michigan Senate
campaign worker - Some senator (I forget his name)
house framer - some contractor
truck driver/delivery - RPS
waiter - Bennigan's
quality engineer - Dodge of Mexico
logistics - Mazda Motor of America
project manager - Ford Motor Co.
project manager - Modern Engineering
Sr. Project Manager - Ford of Britain
Sr. Project Manager - Jaguar
Sr. Project Manager - Ford of Germany
Sr. Project Manager - M&M Mars
Sr. Project Manager - Marine Corp. LAV
Engineer - Alcatel Networks
Manager - Alcatel Networks
Engineer - PG&E
Sr. Engineer - PG&E
Good lord, I think that's all of it, but I may have missed something.... (all at the "tender" age of 33)
:D :D
My brothers an engineer with PG&E. You might know him.

Debbolas
05-05-2004, 10:49 AM
Originally posted by GrapeApe
Did they Raise themselves the rest of the time..?:D
*** Grape Ape ***
ha ha, no, but thanks for the heads up, I edited my post (again)
:D

HCS
05-05-2004, 10:55 AM
I forgot one, I use to sell drugs in the 70's. That was one of the
better jobs I had. Laid back and tax free. Ahhh...the good old
days.

Debbolas
05-05-2004, 10:59 AM
ok, 16 different jobs for you I think diggler has us all beat with 30 and he is only 33 that is like one job per year you have been born wow ;)

clownpuncher
05-05-2004, 11:08 AM
Originally posted by Debbolas
I worked at Pup N Taco in Fountain Valley
:D
I used to go there every day after school. When did you work there?

Dr. Eagle
05-05-2004, 11:09 AM
Lets see......
Trombone Assembler F.E. Olds and Son, Fullerton, CA
Construction Laborer John A Thomas Crane and Rigging HB CA
Apprentice Carpenter Ruane Corporation Const. Monrovia, CA
Apprentice Carpenter Jeronn Construction, Inc, Fullerton, CA
Journeyman Carpenter Hunsaker Development, ??? CA
Carpenter Foreman Swinerton and Walberg Builders, LA CA
Carpenter Foreman Swinerton and Walberg Builders SF, CA
Field Superintendent Swinerton and Walberg Builders SF, CA
Supt./Project Manger Barnes Construction SF CA
Superintendent Mayta and Jensen Construction SF CA
Project Manager Larson Construction Cambridge MA
Construction Consultant Cellular One Sacramento, CA
Project Manager Cellular One Sacramento, CA
Site Development Manager Cellular One Sacramento, CA
Technical Operations Manager Cellular One Sacramento CA
Program Manager Phoenix PCS Buildout AT&T Wireless Sac CA
Operations and Deployment Consultant AT&T WIreless Seattle, WA
Director of Special Projects Teletronics Management Services Seattle WA
Vice President Project Management Wireless Facilities, Inc. SD CA
Wireless Deployment Consultant EW Consultants (my company) Folsom, CA
Project Manager Bechtel Telecommunications and Industrial, Cerritos, CA
I am sure I missed one in there somewhere.......whew......!

diggler
05-05-2004, 11:10 AM
Originally posted by Debbolas
ok, 16 different jobs for you I think diggler has us all beat with 30 and he is only 33 that is like one job per year you have been born wow ;)
and nothing to show for it but a jetboat that is almost my age! ha ha!
:D :D

H.B. Brett
05-05-2004, 11:15 AM
Antonucci Pizza Roll
One of gods greatest italian gifts! Man I'm hungry..... What was the question?

diggler
05-05-2004, 11:19 AM
Originally posted by diggler
Potato bagger at vegetable street market
Newspaper delivery boy
Dependant care facility (for one day!)
busboy - china gate
busboy - Al's restaurant
dishwasher - Denny's
pool installer - Monroe swimming pools
roofer - Marchese roofing
forklift/truck loader - Meijer's warehouse
mail clerk - Monroe country community college
canvasser - Clean water action
canvasser - environmental law action
page - Michigan Senate
campaign worker - Some senator (I forget his name)
house framer - some contractor
truck driver/delivery - RPS
waiter - Bennigan's
quality engineer - Dodge of Mexico
logistics - Mazda Motor of America
project manager - Ford Motor Co.
project manager - Modern Engineering
Sr. Project Manager - Ford of Britain
Sr. Project Manager - Jaguar
Sr. Project Manager - Ford of Germany
Sr. Project Manager - M&M Mars
Sr. Project Manager - Marine Corp. LAV
Engineer - Alcatel Networks
Manager - Alcatel Networks
Engineer - PG&E
Sr. Engineer - PG&E
Good lord, I think that's all of it, but I may have missed something.... (all at the "tender" age of 33)
:D :D
I just remembered some more college jobs I had
bouncer - Downtown Nightclub (MSU)
bouncer - Deja Vu (this was a fun job for a short time)
controls engineer - Control Systems Engineering (summer intern)
Now it is one job for every year I was alive!:D

Debbolas
05-05-2004, 11:28 AM
Originally posted by clownpuncher
I used to go there every day after school. When did you work there?
I am really old (44)
I worked there in 1975. I was 15 and had to get a work permit. My manager was a jerk and made me scrape gum off the sidewalk. But I met the roadies for Jeff Beck....

clownpuncher
05-05-2004, 11:30 AM
Ahh. I didn't start going there until 1976, when I was a freshman. Did you go to FVHS?

Debbolas
05-05-2004, 11:32 AM
YES!
I graduated in 1977!
Thor went there 10 years after us.
:D

clownpuncher
05-05-2004, 11:38 AM
LOL, you must be in my year book.

FMluvswater
05-05-2004, 02:01 PM
Originally posted by Debbolas
Lets have a contest.................post a list of every single job you have had in your entire life and the one with the highest number of different jobs................W I N S !!!!!!!
Okay then here's mine ...
convenience/video store clerk (Hey! I just realised maybe that is why I love the movie Clerks so much! LMFAO! :D :D I can relate all too well! :D )
lottery ticket sales (pull tabs)
fairground entrance gate cashier
fairground security (had a tough lookin hard hat that said SECURITY on it; I bet people were scared to do bad stuff with me there :D )
babysitting (odd jobs)
nanny (summer live-in position)
teacher's aid for special needs kids
bus stop cafe food server
Captain Submarine
Vital Statistics Canada canvasser
baker's helper (twice)
cleaning person (four different jobs/employers)
Burger King (food prep, cooker, cashier, counter service server, janitor, dishwasher)
Meldrum Bay Lighthouse Park hostess (meet, greet and inform)
museum 'lighthousekeeper' (museum was a lighthouse I was in charge of keeping it clean, lol)
waitress
Panagopolous Pizza (pizza dough worker; man I had good tone in my forearms back then :( . Does anyone else refer to it as Panasloppyguts Pizza? :D)
... single best, most important, most rewarding job I've ever had, is by far being a mom. :)
Okay so title wise I don't win but if every different employer counted I'd be cleaning up the contest in the babysitting category alone! :D Everybody's kids always picked me given the choice. Kids know when people genuinely like them. :)

Scream
05-05-2004, 02:57 PM
Let's see...
Egg washer and packer
floor sweeper
wheel chair pusher
trash dumperouter
then I graduated elementary school
Cleanup boy
egg cartoner
delivery driver
pie whacker
Then I changed companies
sales, S&W Plastics, Montclair
sales, Porpoise Waterbeds Pomona
Then I came back
delivery driver
data entry clerk
A/R clerk
chicken packer
asst chief chicken packer
chief chicken packer
I've only had 3 friggen jobs...
I feel left out somehow...

Krazy K
05-05-2004, 04:00 PM
Fast food (Del Taco, Wendy's, etc.)
Grocery store clerk (Ralphs, Lucky)
Cashier (Various)
Auto Body & Paint/Auto Detail (Joe MacPherson Chevrolet, Irvine, CA)
Fiberglass work on kit cars
Lot Person
Landscape laborer
Sweeper (Construction labor)
Selling speakers from.....a van down by the river!
Retail clerk
Tour Guide
Warehouse
Landscape & irrigation sales (Ewing Irrigation, Lake Forest, CA & John Deere Landscapes, Gresham, OR)
...and currently, a videographer(self employed)
In some of these positions, I worked at different companies doing the same work.
If it was solely on # of jobs, I'd have the whole page to myself!!

Debbolas
05-05-2004, 06:33 PM
Originally posted by FMluvswaterbabe
Okay then here's mine ...
Captain Submarine
... single best, most important, most rewarding job I've ever had, is by far being a mom. :)
Okay so title wise I don't win but if every different employer counted I'd be cleaning up the contest in the babysitting category alone! :D Everybody's kids always picked me given the choice. Kids know when people genuinely like them. :)
Did you really captain a submarine? I agree with you on the mom job! And you are so right about the babysitting, kids KNOW if you like them or not...

FMluvswater
05-05-2004, 06:39 PM
submarine =sandwich sorry perhaps I should have clarified :D
Captain Submarine is (was?) the name of a Canadian submarine sandwich franchise. :)

Cas
05-05-2004, 06:41 PM
I've had more than I care to remember.
Hey Derk, you fotgot Boy Toy :D

RiverToysJas
05-05-2004, 06:51 PM
Babysitter
Lawn Mower
Gas Station Attn. - Union 76
Taco Maker
Gas Station Attn. - Chevron
Dish Washer - Disneyland
Bus Boy - Disneyland
Culinary Lead - Disneyland
Injection Mold Operator
Material Handler
Bailer Operator
Printing Press Roll Tender
Assistant Pressman
Husband
PrePress Tech
Lead Prepress Tech
Graphic Artist
Web Designer
Webmaster
Customer Service Rep
Small Business Partner
Project Manager
Dad
Smart-ass
RTJas :D

Windy
05-05-2004, 06:55 PM
Originally posted by Debbolas
YES!
I graduated in 1977!
Thor went there 10 years after us.
:D
My boyfriend {HBjet} graduated from there in 94.

Debbolas
05-05-2004, 07:00 PM
Originally posted by MissHBjet
My boyfriend {HBjet} graduated from there in 94.
Wow, a lot of Barons on the ***boat Board.......... We should start our own club......... Did you ever go to the reunions? :cool:

LASERRAY
05-05-2004, 10:59 PM
WOW! You people didn't have trouble holding down a job, did you? :D
How about an award for the fewest jobs?;) :D
Here's my list:
Paperboy
dishwasher
Courier
gas pump jockey
Air conditioning and Refrigeration Technician
:cool:

CxCx
05-05-2004, 11:21 PM
Paperboy
Busboy
Dishwasher
Plumber asisstant
Prep Cook
Concrete layer
Lot boy
Framer
Gas pump jockey
Apprentice Mechanic
Personal Mech. for rich guy
Cook(3 different restaurants)
Floor cleaner
Sous Chef
Chef
Family business
Delivery Driver
Grunt
2nd Pressman
Letterpress Operator
Lead Pressman
2nd Pressman
Handyman
Tree service
Stay at home Dad
Boat owner should count- It's a job in itself Lol. CxCx

Debbolas
05-06-2004, 05:56 AM
Originally posted by LASERRAY
WOW! You people didn't have trouble holding down a job, did you? :D
How about an award for the fewest jobs?;) :D
Here's my list:
Paperboy
dishwasher
Courier
gas pump jockey
Air conditioning and Refrigeration Technician
:cool:
I thought it was pretty cool, how many different jobs people had. Then on this TV show yesterday, this young welfare mother had like 25 jobs and she was only 22. So maybe it isn't a good thing. Mr. Scream wins for the fewest jobs, he has had 3 different ones his entire (long) life......lol :D ;) :cool:

Debbolas
05-06-2004, 05:55 PM
They expanded I saw when I drove by the other day. That was an OK job......close to my house

AdrenelineOD
05-06-2004, 05:59 PM
My wife loses. she got a job at Hot Topic at 16 and is still there. Good company .

Debbolas
05-06-2004, 06:10 PM
I LOVE that company. We bought most of our swimsuits, towels, bandanas and flip flops there!
Plus my Legolas Air Freshner for my car!!
:D

Bahner tunnel
05-06-2004, 08:00 PM
Mc Donalds- burger flipper-6mos.
Swath Ocean Systems- fitter/welder-3 yrs.
Texas Trailers-welder-3-mos.
San Diego Paper Box- maint. dept-1 yr.
Carpeter Special Products-custom tubing devolopment-6 yrs.and counting......

jjfosterj
05-06-2004, 08:30 PM
Originally posted by diggler
Potato bagger at vegetable street market
Newspaper delivery boy
Dependant care facility (for one day!)
busboy - china gate
busboy - Al's restaurant
dishwasher - Denny's
pool installer - Monroe swimming pools
roofer - Marchese roofing
forklift/truck loader - Meijer's warehouse
mail clerk - Monroe country community college
canvasser - Clean water action
canvasser - environmental law action
page - Michigan Senate
campaign worker - Some senator (I forget his name)
house framer - some contractor
truck driver/delivery - RPS
waiter - Bennigan's
quality engineer - Dodge of Mexico
logistics - Mazda Motor of America
project manager - Ford Motor Co.
project manager - Modern Engineering
Sr. Project Manager - Ford of Britain
Sr. Project Manager - Jaguar
Sr. Project Manager - Ford of Germany
Sr. Project Manager - M&M Mars
Sr. Project Manager - Marine Corp. LAV
Engineer - Alcatel Networks
Manager - Alcatel Networks
Engineer - PG&E
Sr. Engineer - PG&E
Good lord, I think that's all of it, but I may have missed something.... (all at the "tender" age of 33)
:D :D
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