What is the best/worst job you ever had?

[Darreld Walton]

Best: Missile Maintenance Team Chief
Worst: Missile Maintenance Team Chief

[Major Tom]

Best: 40 years at J.I.Case Co. Burlington, IA
Worst: After I retired from Case, I worked full time at a local casino in the survielence dept. Quit that after 3 months.

[dryheat]

Best and worst, same co.
USPS; Doing the route to get the secondary mail delivered to the mail carriers at the designated places. Seems everyone needed it at the same time, while miles apart. Hated it. Best:
Delivering parcels in the 2 ton truck. I could set up the route that worked for me.
My last job. Night time custodian in the big building. Nothing to it. We all got along great, my boss liked me. Loved that job. Put 25 grand in the bank.

[1563621]

Worst, after injured on job worked at home depot for 6 months, horrible job! Pro Desk.
Best, was a union stagehand for 34 years, worked with load of a-list and rock concerts, saw all for free backstage!

[Former Cav]

Best: tool designer for Torit Corporation back in 73 through 75. the paid me and treated me well, until it got bought out!
Mediocre: Soldier in Armored Cavalry in Vietnam.... Lot of GOOD and a LOT of BAD!
Worst: engineer at the now defunct (gone) lucht corp. Everyone was on your azz and they treated you like a POS
Worst physically: Day labor job, standing on a scaffold in the water cooling shafts in the court house in downtown St. Paul, MN, sanding and scraping all of the limestone and rust off of the cooling vanes (kind of like Venetian blinds), there was someone above you on a scaffold doing the same thing and someone below you. it was done from midnight to about 6 AM. When I went to ride the city bus home the bus stopped at the corner, opened the door, looked at me and drove OFF. I had to walk 4 miles home. SUCKED

[JB White]

Bad jobs I just left to look for another one. Didn't take me very long to figure out I didn't want to work for a schlock outfit or a total A-hole boss. Had some bad projects though. Chipping in confined spaces. Grinding while dangling from a line. Digging holes in the middle of BFE, four foot deep with a three foot water table.... Always knew that as soon as I finished I'd be on to something better.

I remember being thankfully pulled from a project once. Jerkoff boss said he would fight the office and for me to just stay there. "Don't bother. I asked to be transferred".
"But why? You're one of the best carpenters I've had around here"
"Because of YOU! You have a good crew here. We come to work and feed our families. We don't need a daily hazing to satisfy your sick mind. Besides..last week I was a retard and an imbecile in front of the client and today I'm suddenly the best?? F** You!"
"YOU'LL NEVER WORK FOR ME AGAIN!"
"You got that right, and adios! By the way, I wouldn't hire you either."

Six months later I was asked if I would take the old boss on my crew. (The client requested he be removed) "Don't want him, don't need him, and I haven't enough manhours in the budget to bury his sorry ass. I'll take the new apprentice though. He's pretty good".

[snakehunter]

Working in a produce warehouse/ running my own business.
Sam

Best: Quality Control Inspector at an ammunition plant. Worst: removing 5 layers of wallpaper in a 20 room 150 year old house

[leftyo]

Best: tool designer for Torit Corporation back in 73 through 75. the paid me and treated me well, until it got bought out!
Mediocre: Soldier in Armored Cavalry in Vietnam.... Lot of GOOD and a LOT of BAD!
Worst: engineer at the now defunct (gone) lucht corp. Everyone was on your azz and they treated you like a POS
Worst physically: Day labor job, standing on a scaffold in the water cooling shafts in the court house in downtown St. Paul, MN, sanding and scraping all of the limestone and rust off of the cooling vanes (kind of like Venetian blinds), there was someone above you on a scaffold doing the same thing and someone below you. it was done from midnight to about 6 AM. When I went to ride the city bus home the bus stopped at the corner, opened the door, looked at me and drove OFF. I had to walk 4 miles home. SUCKED

yup, your skanky if you cant get a ride on the T bus!

[Former Cav]

yup, your skanky if you cant get a ride on the T bus!

I looked like the RUST man from he11 !! Felt like it too! and this was way back in about 1963 or so.

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yup, your skanky if you cant get a ride on the T bus!

I looked like the RUST man from he11 !! Felt like it too! and this was way back in about 1963 or so.

Leftyou, are you from the twin cities area?

[leftyo]

I looked like the RUST man from he11 !! Felt like it too! and this was way back in about 1963 or so.

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I looked like the RUST man from he11 !! Felt like it too! and this was way back in about 1963 or so.

Leftyou, are you from the twin cities area?

yup, north side.