What is your occupation?

[gm72]

I am just curious as to what you ladies and gentlemen do for a living? I'll start--I am a VP for Corporate Compliance and Quality Improvement for a contract rehabilitation company. I am also a Speech-Language Pathologist by trade. Anyone else willing to share?

[Chrona]

A college student, though I moonlight as professional beer pong player.

[gm72]

LOL! I remember that! What are you majoring in? Undecided?

[cocoa_pleco]

student, but really casual part time waiter. I just half-a$$ go when i feel like it

[Chrona]

LOL! I remember that! What are you majoring in? Undecided?

Mechanical engineering. The mainstay of my people.

[gm72]

My roommate for 2 years in undergraduate school was a Mechanical Engineer. I remember this project he did once with which I helped. He was "working" for Corning and they wanted to do a study on temperature retention for their crock pots. He decided to use canned baked beans as the medium. My god, we had baked beans all day every day for weeks. With bacon. And beer. With sausage. And beer. With carrots. And we had some beer, did I mention that?

[Chrona]

How'd the dorm smell? ;)

[gm72]

Like farts. And baked beans. And beer. And...well, smoky things, but that's another story alltogether. :rolleyes:

[xoolooxunny]

college student, painter/carpet installer in the winter, landscaper/groundskeeper for a rich guy named Mr. Bristol. (From Bristol Myers-Squibb!!)

[RobbieG]

The company I work for manages the computers at a school for disabled children. I handle all of the windows machines, the network, and the servers and another guy does the macs.

[Rue]

...looking for a job...working P/T in retail...

...however...I've primarily been a research scientist/ professor...sort of...

[crackatinny]

Cleaner at a school

[Lady Hobbs]

And old boring me. Been disabled since I was 58 but now that I'm 63 it's called retired. LOL Worked in a few factories, waitress work, but my primary job was bartender for a whole bunch of years.

[Drumachine09]

I do lots of stuff:

1. work in ammunition retail
2. grounds keeper
3. handy man
4. fill in for my neighbor at the lfs he works at when he cant make it
5. drum tuner
6. i give percussion lessons


too bad nothing except #1 pays decently, or i'd be loaded.

[xoolooxunny]

too bad nothing except #1 pays decently, or i'd be loaded.

sell some of those burgers, then you'll be loaded!:ezpi_wink1:

[Drumachine09]

sell some of those burgers, then you'll be loaded!:ezpi_wink1:



lol, i couldnt GIVE them away :ezpi_wink1:

[gm72]

I'm a drummer too. Cool. Got a 12+ piece set in the basement, multiple percussion stations around the house (timbales, rototoms, bongos, congos, etc). Lots of fun!

[Drumachine09]

I'm a drummer too. Cool. Got a 12+ piece set in the basement, multiple percussion stations around the house (timbales, rototoms, bongos, congos, etc). Lots of fun!

Any djembes?

[gm72]

Two of them, actually! One is a custom piece from a guy who imports his own wood. Awesome sound!

[kimmers318]

Depends on the time of day and day of week for me
Mon-8a-4:30p----babysitter
5-7p--------industrial office cleaner for Step2
Tues-8-4:30-----babysitter
5-?--------bartender at the local American Legion
Wed-8-4:30------babysitter
Thurs------------same as Tues
Fri---------------same as Mon

I occasionally get weekend bartending jobs for private hall rentals, and once the VFW re-opens I will be bartending there every other weekend from 6-?

Once my youngest gets in school fulltime I will go back to being a school bus driver.....my favorite job so far of all that I have had.

[Drumachine09]

Two of them, actually! One is a custom piece from a guy who imports his own wood. Awesome sound!


Mine is a 14" crocodile super bass djembe. I love it. This is where i bought mine from.
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Its the very first one, and i LOVE it.



I was talking to one of my moms friends, and her son owns several carwashes, and they need a manager for it. It pays 8.50+ an hour, with a 40 or so hour week. I hope i get the job, cause that means i can feed my addiction!

[cocoa_pleco]

only 8.50? i make 12.75 and i do hardly any skilled or hard work

[Drumachine09]

only 8.50? i make 12.75 and i do hardly any skilled or hard work

Yeah, but thats canadian, AND im working off the books, so i get it all. Im sticking it to the man!

[cocoa_pleco]

sweet.
I want to quit work BAD. Theres a work shortage here, and wendys is pathetic. Its open only 7 hours a day and only the drive thru is open due to staffing shortages.
I have to work with people who know SQUAT what to do, since they work at different places to take care of the staffing shortages, and half dont know english, so im stuck working my @$$ off.

Mcdonalds is paying good too. 10$ part time, and 13 FT

[Chrona]

Friend of mine who is in accounting got an internship last summer for 25 bucks an hour + lodging in NYC. Needless to say, we were all envious, lol. As of now, I'm making 16 bucks an hour at my summer internship with Bayer Materialscience, but maybe I'll coax the HR guy to raise it to 18 ;)

[cocoa_pleco]

im jealous of my parents. My mom sometimes makes a buck a minute being a nurse overtime, and regular 35$/hour. My dad made a oil company, and now with albertas boom hes racking the cash in.

[Drumachine09]

Friend of mine who is in accounting got an internship last summer for 25 bucks an hour + lodging in NYC. Needless to say, we were all envious, lol. As of now, I'm making 16 bucks an hour at my summer internship with Bayer Materialscience, but maybe I'll coax the HR guy to raise it to 18 ;)


One of my wrestling coaches makes $150 an hour as a parmacutical something or another. When he and his wife bought a house, he went out and bought one of those stainless steel breif cases, loaded it with bills, and paid the people in CASH! He said the guys jaw nearly hit the ground!:hmm3grin2orange:

[Chrona]

LOL

I would have called the cops on them, haha

[cocoa_pleco]

pharmaceutical= Marijuana? lol

[A340]

Currently, I'm a bus driver for the local transit system. I got sick and tired of being couped up in an office and being "nice" to the public ... lol.

Before that, I worked as a fleet supervisor for a large car rental company both in Canada and in Germany. Also, when I lived in Germany I worked for a large electronics company. Started out with repairs/shipping and moved my way up to travelling across the country as a CSR.

I even worked in an adult video store for awhile ... thumbs2:

I'd like to try and (finally) finish my commercial pilot's license next year, get an instructors rating and do that on my days off.

[Algenco]

Fishing Guidethumbs2:
Truck Driver
Plumber

[Drumachine09]

Fishing Guidethumbs2:
Truck Driver
Plumber



I get a free fishing trip, right?

What do you guide for?

[cocoa_pleco]

Can i ride in the truck? I was considering being a trucker for a bit. looked easy.

We can make drumachines trip a stop at some lil lagoon:ezpi_wink1:

[sergo]

Currently, I'm a bus driver for the local transit system. I got sick and tired of being couped up in an office and being "nice" to the public ... lol.i can respect that. now can legally run over people that you used to have to be nice too :wink2:
i myself am a parts specialist at a Lexus dealership here in Dallas. i was in the Marine Corps for 6 years as a jet engine mechanic then i got out and worked for Gulfstream as a jet engine mechanic but i retired (got laid off!) 2 months before Sept 11 so there was no turning back after that.

[Algenco]

I get a free fishing trip, right?

What do you guide for?

Trophy Striped Bass "Stripers" on Lake Cumberland

[Drumachine09]

Trophy Striped Bass "Stripers" on Lake Cumberland


I love striper fishing. I got at least 3 times every summer to kaw lake in oklahoma. Last time i was there i caught a 34lb striper, and my mom was supposed to take a picture. Oh-so-convinently, she forgot to put film in.

[Algenco]

I love striper fishing. I got at least 3 times every summer to kaw lake in oklahoma. Last time i was there i caught a 34lb striper, and my mom was supposed to take a picture. Oh-so-convinently, she forgot to put film in.


thumbs2: Nice fish ! I've boated 5 over 50# largest was 54#

[Drumachine09]

thumbs2: Nice fish ! I've boated 5 over 50# largest was 54#

Downrigging?

[roulfi004]

I'm a financial analyst / management consultant. Very far from fish

... unless im calculating the opportunity cost of getting an aquarium vs. investing somewhere else. Hehe just kidding :hmm3grin2orange:

Ok i dont want to bore anyone ...who cares!

We all love fish here. Right?

[lmm80]

I am the administrative assistant for the estimating department of a construction managment corporation.

I have five guys that I take care of in my department...they are great! I love my job...I am the middle-man (woman) which is what suites me best...I definitly don't want to be the low man on the totem pole, but I don't want to be the one giving orders to everyone (just one or two peoplem lol!)

I am taking non-credit construction and estimating courses at the local community college in the hopes I can become assistant estimator or maybe even a junior estimator.

[Lady Hobbs]

Interesting thread and it's neat to hear what you all do when you're not here.

Kimmers, you and I have followed pretty much the same path. I also had a cleaning service and cleaned offices and mobile home park clubhouses. Also cleaned new construction and model homes. Wouldn't clean if people were there, tho, like housecleaning. I like to do the buildings that are closed for the night. People following me around while I was trying to work drove me nuts.

Aliz.....I know what you mean about working for the public!!! 42 years of it for me and now I don't care if I see a soul for two weeks at a time. Just found a HUGE mouse nest in the backseat of my car!!!!!! Is that a sign of staying home a lot. LOL

[minabird]

I manage contract document deliverables and review technical specifications for 1 of the Navy's shipbuilding programs .

Before that, I was in IT for 5+ years, in the Air Force for 4 years, and a midlife crisis from 27-32 in between those 2 career fields trying to figure out what to do with the rest of my life after I got out of the Air Force!

[kenyth]

Systems analyst/administrator in the IT dept for a financial institution.

[DemonShark]

President of the U.S.A also part time kitty box cleaner lol

[Lady Hobbs]

I manage contract document deliverables and review technical specifications for 1 of the Navy's shipbuilding programs .

Before that, I was in IT for 5+ years, in the Air Force for 4 years, and a midlife crisis from 27-32 in between those 2 career fields trying to figure out what to do with the rest of my life after I got out of the Air Force!

Busy guy you are minabird.....You almost didn't have time to crowd a fish tank in there. LOL

[cocoa_pleco]

President of the U.S.A also part time kitty box cleaner lol


Lol, kitty box cleaner

[TracyUK]

I have two jobs, one is normal, the other is less so.

My full time job is as store co-ordinator for a major electrical retailers in the UK.
My second job, which I have been doing now for four years is as a bouncer/security/doorwoman/doorman...whatever you call them in the US! lol

[gm72]

Drum, I looked at that crocodile djembe. REALLY nice.

[Drumachine09]

Drum, I looked at that crocodile djembe. REALLY nice.

Its my baby! The guy that owns the site is also SUPER nice. I ordered a Didgeridoo, and by accident, he sent me a rainstick. He apologized, and told me to keep the rainstick and sent me a didgeridoo free of charge!

[gm72]

Wow, now that is great customer service.

[cocoa_pleco]

I have two jobs, one is normal, the other is less so.

My full time job is as store co-ordinator for a major electrical retailers in the UK.
My second job, which I have been doing now for four years is as a bouncer/security/doorwoman/doorman...whatever you call them in the US! lol


Being a bouncer would be sweet!

[kimmers318]

So true about not wanting to clean houses Hobbs, the lady I subcontract for called me in a few times to help her out when she was in a bind while my sister was on maternity leave and I hated it!

[Incredulous_Ed]

I'm a student, and I guess part time computer repair guy. Whenever anyone has a problem with technology, they always seem to come to me. It doesn't seem to matter to them If I'm busy (In the shower, working out, eating lunch, studying, etc.).

[Chrona]

I'm a student, and I guess part time computer repair guy. Whenever anyone has a problem with technology, they always seem to come to me. It doesn't seem to matter to them If I'm busy (In the shower, working out, eating lunch, studying, etc.).

In the shower? :rolleyes:

[Incredulous_Ed]

In the shower? :rolleyes:
Seriously! One time I was in the shower when someone called and I had to spend 30 minutes telling them how to install the printer drivers on their computer!

[Drumachine09]

Seriously! One time I was in the shower when someone called and I had to spend 30 minutes telling them how to install the printer drivers on their computer!


Water proof phone eh? lol


I can imagine it now. "hold on, i need to put down the phone while i soap my rump"

[Chrona]

Seriously! One time I was in the shower when someone called and I had to spend 30 minutes telling them how to install the printer drivers on their computer!

Next time just pretend you are at the toilet and make the appropriate sounds. That's how I deal with telemarketers from time to time.

[Drumachine09]

Next time just pretend you are at the toilet and make the appropriate sounds. That's how I deal with telemarketers from time to time.


Oh, those are the most fun phone calls to get!

[Incredulous_Ed]

HAhahahaha, you guys are too funny!

[cocoa_pleco]

telemarketers are HILARIOUS. Ive pi$$ed off tons. Ive pretended to not speak english, to be drunk, to be deaf, and lots more

[Incredulous_Ed]

telemarketer: Hello sir
me: hi
t: are you satisfied with your current long distance phone plan?
me: No, I've been noticing static on calls, let's say, beyond venus or jupiter.
t:#$@!

[A340]

Next time just pretend you are at the toilet and make the appropriate sounds. That's how I deal with telemarketers from time to time.
That's what I do, but I don't pretend to make the noises .... :wink2:

[cartmanis]

Well, official title is something like "Systems Engineer" for a Global networking/telecommunications company.
Essentially boils down to running several different network infrastructures around multimedia delivery, caching and acceleration inside the company around the world.

yup, I'm a computer geek.

[hungryhound]

I am Research Scientist doing cardiology research. (well that is what I am supposed to be doing, but I was only hired so that they could spend their excess cash and not lose future grant money. Hence why I am always on the Internet.)

Since my wife posts under my name sometimes, she is a Genetics Graduate student.

[minabird]

Busy guy you are minabird.....You almost didn't have time to crowd a fish tank in there. LOL

Actually Hobbs, I didn't have a fish tank during that time. In between the job searches, interviews, grad school, and 20-something midlife crisis i was going nuts.....thank god for PC games like doom and quake to keep me from going postal on the person I was interviewing with for a new job. Nothing worse than being told after the interview that you're over-qualified!!

Anyway... in a good job as a government defense contractor...so i'm doing much better now!

hehehe

And have more time for my 4 fish tanks!! yippeeeeethumbs2:

[Sasquatch]

PhD student looking at environmental toxicology of metals to fish.

The pay is crap, the hours are horrible, but I get to spend a good part of my summer fishing.

Looking to get into environmental consulting, but we'll see.

[Drumachine09]

but I get to spend a good part of my summer fishing.



I WANT YOUR JOB!

[willisrad]

I am a used car salesman for Carmax.
Please......don't hurt me! I am one of the good guys!

I have been there for a little over 2 and a half years, so if you guys have any car buy/selling/general questions, feel free to let me me know. But go ahead and PM me, and I'll get it much more quickly!

I have seen it all, so I should be able to help you out/give advice no matter what the situation.

And besides, you guys have answered so many random fish questions for me!

[Chrona]

I am a used car salesman for Carmax.
Please......don't hurt me! I am one of the good guys!

I have been there for a little over 2 and a half years, so if you guys have any car buy/selling/general questions, feel free to let me me know. But go ahead and PM me, and I'll get it much more quickly!

I have seen it all, so I should be able to help you out/give advice no matter what the situation.

And besides, you guys have answered so many random fish questions for me!

I've got a few questions:

1) What's the quickest way to the bottom line? :)

2) How do you deal with customers that take the car for a joyride with you in it? :)

[willisrad]

The quickest way to the bottom line? I have no real idea.
Just act like you are interested, but walk away and wait for them to call you.
They will call you.

We don't haggle at my company, so I don't really know for sure.

Joyride customers?
I hate to say it, but you can really be kinda rude to customers at my job and get away with it. You are comission sales, and our managers understand that.
If we don't want to "joyride" a customer, managers TOTALLY understand.



I've got a few questions:

1) What's the quickest way to the bottom line? :)

2) How do you deal with customers that take the car for a joyride with you in it? :)

[Chrona]

The quickest way to the bottom line? I have no real idea.
Just act like you are interested, but walk away and wait for them to call you.
They will call you.

We don't haggle at my company, so I don't really know for sure.

Joyride customers?
I hate to say it, but you can really be kinda rude to customers at my job and get away with it. You are comission sales, and our managers understand that.
If we don't want to "joyride" a customer, managers TOTALLY understand.

Ah darn :P ^^

[unleashed]

well, I'm a part time kitchen manager for a pizza firm here in NZ. Mum is a medical typist, brother is unemployed and dad pretty much lives out of a suitcase in different countries.

[Stingslider]

College student - biology student, still undecided what exactly I want to do.

Part time sales for swimming pools, pool tables, patio, btw retail sucks.