Friday, February 7, 2014

Jobs

It's been quite sometime since posting...obviously because although I've been tackling projects left and right....I've had NO time for pictures and posting. I'll catch up when little man sleeps!
I've been prepping for a kids' consignment sale because I'm unloading some clothes and shoes and it made me think how cool it would be to have my own consignment business. Obviously...it would be hard, but it would be a job I loved...which got me thinking about all the jobs I've had and how they shaped my Interests. So...here's a little (well, not so little) list of my past jobs and what I learned.

Job: Roadside produce seller
Lesson: I love selling things. 

Job: Food vendor
Lesson: I love waiting on people, and I hate maggots. 

Job: Deli girl
Lesson: reaching your hand up the butt of a raw chicken is really as bad as it seems...and, I still love selling food and waiting on people. 

Job: Kmart cashier/layaway girl/key maker 
Lesson: I have the patience of a saint for dealing with crazy ass customers

Job: Associate at Gap Outlet
Lesson: ok...I love clothes and ringing up purchases for people. I hate the fitting room. 

Job: Waitress at Holiday Inn
Lesson: I learned what a penny tip was all about and what work release is (not for me of course) 

Job: Victoria's Secret
Lesson: Free bras are cool, the shit you have to put up with to get them is not. 

Job: Waitress at Cracker Barrel
Lesson: being this was my longest stint at one job (11 years although not full time) you'd think I would have learned lots...all I can say is that I can deal with almost any customer complaint after that. 

Job: tutor for America Reads
Lesson: sad, sad, sad stories are far too common In education 


Job: associate at Giant
Lesson: if you quit before you start, you'll be on a do-not-hire list for 7 years and have nightmares about it long after the 7 years is up. 

Job: Radio personality 
Lesson: I don't think it counts if you read the 5 a.m. News and no one hears it! I'm not cutout for radio.

Job: Intern for local PBS station researching 
Lesson: I'm not good at being someone's assistant especially for FREE. 

Job: intern for newspaper
Lesson: it's really embarrassing when your first article is canned...but it gets better...way, way better. 

Job: intern for another newspaper
Lesson: you can actually work at a place and never feel like you belong.

Job: entertainment reporter
Lesson: this shit is cool, for about 2 weeks. Then, it just gets to be old hat. 

Job: Food reporter
Lesson: this shit is cool for about 2 years...then it feels like Groundhog Day. 

Job: Substitute teacher 
Lesson: something new every day is cool and the places you dread going the most is where you learn the most. 

Job: Real teacher 
Lesson: I'll write a book someday 

Job: mom
Lesson: it's amazing how I can feel more pretty and loved covered in baby spit up and stickers than I do when I actually shower, wear makeup and go out on the town. True story.