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ok.. what crappy jobs has everyone had before their current one

I was professional DJ from the age of 16 (1987 - hung up turntables in 1998) .. worked as a civil servant at when I was 19 - 20... then various crappy temp jobs in between Djing and Studenting..

I did work for PC World for 6 months as a merchandiser in 1996.. officially the worst job i have ever had

job1: standing in a shop for a friend aged 14
job 2 : telesales for a window company - officially my worst ever job
job 3: Burger King - doing almost everything
job 4 standing in boots and various dept stores squirting people with after shaves & perfumes - very cushty and great money at the time

Neil

Breathing in the hydrochloric acid fumes at a PCB factory when I was younger wasn`t great! Unfortunately (to my half eaten mind at the time) I thought the cash was great & stayed a lot longer than I should have!
One of my better jobs was as a porter in hotel in Harrogate. Used to love the freebies you`d get left as tips n` stuff when the exhibitions came to town! Used to free cigs courtesy of the Marlborough ladies (don`t smoke now though!) had a fair few headphones n stuff fromSennheisser(sp?) when the audio / video show was here, countless freebies from the Gift show & I didn`t tell my bosses at the time, but I would`ve worked for nothing to be at the beck & call of the models for the lingerie & bridal fairs back then!

I can feel an Alan Partridge type "aaah!" coming on!

16-25 Squaddie and loved every f***in minute of it :D
25-38 BP ditto :D
38 - ????? medically retired/bored s***less :)

Choagy FFCUK The SPL :)

1) Freelance violinist
2) Squaddie - very briefly - long story
3) Teacher (music - secondary schools in South Wales / Bristol)
4) Software tester
5).....well, haven`t been an astronaut yet, may give that a go as I`ve been everything else :-)


My collection

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not alot really...
1. hospital cleaner
2. architect

Warehouse Assistnat (Oz)
Postal Clerk
Employment Agency Manager
Film School Student
Sauna Attendant (ahum)
Bookshop Manager (ahum, again)
Sex Shop Assistant
BT International Telephonist
Quality Controller (Video)
Philosophy Student (in theory)

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1979 Gardener
1979 - 1982 Aircraft Stores
1982 - 1985 PT Barman (with side order of being UB40 & declaring the work).
1983 - 1985 LPG Forecourt\Stores delivery driver.
1985 - 1985 MSC* Electronic Engineering
1986 - 1987 Technician - Tech Manager
1987 - 1988 HNC Swindon College
1988 - 1989 Offshore Installation Engineer
1990 - 1999 Senior Test Tech
1999 - 2000 PC Engineer (Field & In-house)
2000 - Present Self Employed.

*Manpower Services Commision


I quite like the Helpdesk people in a benevolent (as opposed to malevolent) way as they do some valuable work in preventing us being inundated by every halfwit who can work a phone.

Assistant in a pet shop for few years or so while I was in school/college
Office Cleaner while i was in uni for a bit of extra pin money
Civil Servant in the `Crime Reduction Unit` until gimpy policies forced me to quit
Database Admin for the most hateful bunch of f***heads it has ever been my mis-fortune to work for.
Tech Support for a Large IT company
Database Manager

The worst one out of the lot was the Database Admin. I worked for a company that seemed to actively hate its entire staff. They just seemed to resent having to employ people. So, naturally, I did as little work as possible as badly as possible.

The best was probably the home office as I did a lot of work out of the office so I got out and about and met people quite a lot. But then lightning struck thrice and my position became pretty much untennable.

I`ve been:

Paper boy
Trainee Underwriter
Telesales Person
Telesales Manager
National Account Manager
Pro Musician
Head of Music (Secondary school)
Semi Pro Musician

All in that order!!

still only 27