Worst jobs you have had

[royalswild]

Sonic, Painting, and Working as a warehouse temp...

Sonic is an easy job, I worked there as a sophmore and the only part that is bad is the smell.

[kst8cat]

Worked on the clean-up crew for KSU football and basketball games one year.  The only reason I chose that instead of usher was that it paid $5/hr instead of $4.50/hr.  Big mistake because it was basically handling garbage the whole time getting dirty and smelly, and I never got to see much of the games themselves.  Would have been wayyyy better to be an usher or concession worker (although maybe not as many working hours available). 

Also was a warehouse temp one summer (learned to drive a forklift  ).  The work itself wasn't that bad, but most of my coworkers were very unpleasant to be around, and I had to drive over an hour each way to and from work. 

[Ginger]

dishwasher, manko, mow/weedeat cemetaries.

The worst was the summer I worked as an inspector packer at an insulation factory in McPherson. Incredibly hot and 12 hour swing shifts. Worst job in all of history.

[Rick Daris]

i think that people are seriously overstimating how hard manual labor is and underestimating how terrible it would be to work at a car rental place in downtown wichita while having to wear a shirt and tie and sell damage waiver to people who shouldn't even be allowed to drive.

[pwrcat1]

i think that people are seriously overstimating how hard manual labor is and underestimating how terrible it would be to work at a car rental place in downtown wichita while having to wear a shirt and tie and sell damage waiver to people who shouldn't even be allowed to drive.

I'm with you on this.  It's "worst" job, not "most physically taxing."

[Weird Roberts foam finger]

Worst job for me was being a telemarketer (needed the money).

Wouldn't mind this. Would be incredibly boring though. Pay is pretty good isn't it?

That part is right.  Pay sucked.  Most people quit within the first week out of sheer boredom.  I somehow managed to hang on for 3 months, which I think was a record for a non-pregnant person.

[pufizzle]

Food runner at Timberline steakhouse.  So much pressure.  Trays were incredibly heavy.  "Hey, little 15 year old scrawny boy, go take this tray of 7 full stack of ribs with 7 drinks to that table over there with important business men."

Still have nightmares......

[LimestoneOutcropping]

Barkin' for the yack woman.

[JTKSU]

Food runner at Timberline steakhouse.  So much pressure.  Trays were incredibly heavy.  "Hey, little 15 year old scrawny boy, go take this tray of 7 full stack of ribs with 7 drinks to that table over there with important business men."

Still have nightmares......

Aren't there some sort of child labor laws that apply here?  Were you only allowed to work like 17 minutes a day, and only on non-school days or something like that?

[Ghost of Stan Parrish]

IMHO, the only bad part about waiting tables is cheap-ass bastards who don't know how to tip.  (The best part, in my case, was drinking Boulevard beers free off the taps all night.)

[WillieWannabe]

i think that people are seriously overstimating how hard manual labor is and underestimating how terrible it would be to work at a car rental place in downtown wichita while having to wear a shirt and tie and sell damage waiver to people who shouldn't even be allowed to drive.

I'm with you on this.  It's "worst" job, not "most physically taxing."

There is a difference between a boring job and one where you physically work your ass off. "Worst" and "Physically taxing" go hand in hand in my book.

[bigDcat]

last summer i worked 10 hour days on a ranch where myself and 3 other guys took down barbed wire fences every day all day in the Texas heat with only pliers.

[jthutch]

I don't mind physical work, But putting up hay is fine if it were 75 degrees out and some breeze.  But it's not it's 100 degrees out maybe a breeze outside but inside the barn there is no air and lots of dust.

I have waited table at manhattan CC.  Was kinda fun, waited on Snyder a couple of times (he drinks johnny walker red label.)  I did drop a dish off of my tray on the back of some rich ladies head (still had some food on it.)  She was pretty nice about it.  I was all .  Washed dishes at the fraternity house I lived at wasn't too bad but probably not the same as a resturant though.

[Pett]

dishwasher, manko, mow/weedeat cemetaries.

The worst was the summer I worked as an inspector packer at an insulation factory in McPherson. Incredibly hot and 12 hour swing shifts. Worst job in all of history.

Is being a ginger considered a job?

[willie83]

dishwasher, manko, mow/weedeat cemetaries.

The worst was the summer I worked as an inspector packer at an insulation factory in McPherson. Incredibly hot and 12 hour swing shifts. Worst job in all of history.

Is being a ginger considered a job?

Probably pretty hard, IMO.

[Saulbadguy]

Worked at an upstart dot.com company in 2000 that lasted about 6 months. Didn't do anything.  Surfed the net for the entire day, and then went home.   

Worked at a daycare for about 3 years. That was kind of nasty at times.

[pwrcat1]

i think that people are seriously overstimating how hard manual labor is and underestimating how terrible it would be to work at a car rental place in downtown wichita while having to wear a shirt and tie and sell damage waiver to people who shouldn't even be allowed to drive.

I'm with you on this.  It's "worst" job, not "most physically taxing."

There is a difference between a boring job and one where you physically work your ass off. "Worst" and "Physically taxing" go hand in hand in my book.

I guess I disagree.  I liked working construction/contracting way better than working retail. 

[WillieWannabe]

i think that people are seriously overstimating how hard manual labor is and underestimating how terrible it would be to work at a car rental place in downtown wichita while having to wear a shirt and tie and sell damage waiver to people who shouldn't even be allowed to drive.

I'm with you on this.  It's "worst" job, not "most physically taxing."

There is a difference between a boring job and one where you physically work your ass off. "Worst" and "Physically taxing" go hand in hand in my book.

I guess I disagree.  I liked working construction/contracting way better than working retail. 

Yeah...all about preference i guess. Working at Walmart did suck ass

[bigDcat]

dishwasher, manko, mow/weedeat cemetaries.

The worst was the summer I worked as an inspector packer at an insulation factory in McPherson. Incredibly hot and 12 hour swing shifts. Worst job in all of history.

Is being a ginger considered a job?

Probably pretty hard, IMO.

this. 

[kst8cat]

last summer i worked 10 hour days on a ranch where myself and 3 other guys took down barbed wire fences every day all day in the Texas heat with only pliers.

That's not a bad job at all IMO.  I did plenty of that as a farmhand back in high school, and I really liked tearing down barbed wire fences, rolling the wire into great big balls, and pulling the posts.  Sure it's a little physical, but more fun than at lot of things.  I'd much rather do that than sit in an office and stare at a computer screen all day.  Building fences is cool, too.  Once you get the corner posts set, the rest is a piece of cake.

[Pike]

I don't mind physical work, But putting up hay is fine if it were 75 degrees out and some breeze.  But it's not it's 100 degrees out maybe a breeze outside but inside the barn there is no air and lots of dust.

I have waited table at manhattan CC.  Was kinda fun, waited on Snyder a couple of times (he drinks johnny walker red label.)  I did drop a dish off of my tray on the back of some rich ladies head (still had some food on it.)  She was pretty nice about it.  I was all .  Washed dishes at the fraternity house I lived at wasn't too bad but probably not the same as a resturant though.

I almost killed myself putting up hay last summer

[JTKSU]

I don't mind physical work, But putting up hay is fine if it were 75 degrees out and some breeze.  But it's not it's 100 degrees out maybe a breeze outside but inside the barn there is no air and lots of dust.

I have waited table at manhattan CC.  Was kinda fun, waited on Snyder a couple of times (he drinks johnny walker red label.)  I did drop a dish off of my tray on the back of some rich ladies head (still had some food on it.)  She was pretty nice about it.  I was all .  Washed dishes at the fraternity house I lived at wasn't too bad but probably not the same as a resturant though.

I almost killed myself putting up hay last summer

Putting up hay sucks.  You always look like the world's biggest junkie afterwards, no matter what approach you take.

[KITNfury]

Manko

[powerof10]

helped pour concrete for a swimming pool today, not the worst, but not the easiest either.  I used to build bridges, infact worked on the bridge by famous daves

[ksudrew]

Beat this:

I worked at IHOP in Manhattan. Totally sucked balls. I quit after 2 months

cleaning showers at the "house" - n e 1 confirm?

[RonLongshaft]

roofing... i don't mean shingles I mean tin, the galvanized, shiny ass tin, hot, slick, steep ass slope that is a million feet of the ground, fing sucks, makes hauling hay a breeze

[BigCat]

Physical labor is fun/good most of the time. But like I would rather dig a ditch and sing black ppl songs than do anything with moisture or allergens involved.

Worst job I ever had I think was working for a hay farmer near MHK. It was good other than getting screamed at constantly, the crappy equipment he had, more yelling, high humidity, and bucking bales... Bucking bales is kinda fun except when we did it, we had to do two SEMI loads at a time, with one of them being an old reefer. 2200 bales in like 4 hours. And I swung the hay hook into my (tender) thigh meat once. Got yelled at.

Long story short don't work for a guy who farms right next to Flush.

[RonLongshaft]

Physical labor is fun/good most of the time. But like I would rather dig a ditch and sing black ppl songs than do anything with moisture or allergens involved.

Worst job I ever had I think was working for a hay farmer near MHK. It was good other than getting screamed at constantly, the crappy equipment he had, more yelling, high humidity, and bucking bales... Bucking bales is kinda fun except when we did it, we had to do two SEMI loads at a time, with one of them being an old reefer. 2200 bales in like 4 hours. And I swung the hay hook into my (tender) thigh meat once. Got yelled at.

Long story short don't work for a guy who farms right next to Flush.

unless i just misunderstand your story, 2200 lil squares are not fitting on two semi's, once again if in a drunk stupor i misunderstood my bad

[BigCat]

Physical labor is fun/good most of the time. But like I would rather dig a ditch and sing black ppl songs than do anything with moisture or allergens involved.

Worst job I ever had I think was working for a hay farmer near MHK. It was good other than getting screamed at constantly, the crappy equipment he had, more yelling, high humidity, and bucking bales... Bucking bales is kinda fun except when we did it, we had to do two SEMI loads at a time, with one of them being an old reefer. 2200 bales in like 4 hours. And I swung the hay hook into my (tender) thigh meat once. Got yelled at.

Long story short don't work for a guy who farms right next to Flush.

unless i just misunderstand your story, 2200 lil squares are not fitting on two semi's, once again if in a drunk stupor i misunderstood my bad

They weren't legal loads by any means. The reefer couldn't hold anywhere near as many as the flatbed, but it wasn't just any flatbed. Drop deck that also had an overhang up front, and he'd welded panels on the side to widen the trailer by a couple feet and had about a 12 ft. extension to lengthen as well. Not a highway-licensed setup. Plus we stacked WAY higher than they should have been. So all in all you could fit a ridiculous no. of bales on the flatbed. They were also kind of small bales dimensionally, maybe because he had the plunger pressure on the baler turned up or something.

[RonLongshaft]

Physical labor is fun/good most of the time. But like I would rather dig a ditch and sing black ppl songs than do anything with moisture or allergens involved.

Worst job I ever had I think was working for a hay farmer near MHK. It was good other than getting screamed at constantly, the crappy equipment he had, more yelling, high humidity, and bucking bales... Bucking bales is kinda fun except when we did it, we had to do two SEMI loads at a time, with one of them being an old reefer. 2200 bales in like 4 hours. And I swung the hay hook into my (tender) thigh meat once. Got yelled at.

Long story short don't work for a guy who farms right next to Flush.

unless i just misunderstand your story, 2200 lil squares are not fitting on two semi's, once again if in a drunk stupor i misunderstood my bad

They weren't legal loads by any means. The reefer couldn't hold anywhere near as many as the flatbed, but it wasn't just any flatbed. Drop deck that also had an overhang up front, and he'd welded panels on the side to widen the trailer by a couple feet and had about a 12 ft. extension to lengthen as well. Not a highway-licensed setup. Plus we stacked WAY higher than they should have been. So all in all you could fit a ridiculous no. of bales on the flatbed. They were also kind of small bales dimensionally, maybe because he had the plunger pressure on the baler turned up or something.

 
BigCat you know your hay biz, sounds like no fun, i assume these weren't over the road loads, if so not very damn far, i didn't believe you tell the plunger talk.  and loadin a reefer sucks, but you ever loaded a pot? &@#% my life that sucks