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What's the Weirdest Job You Ever Had?

ClairefromClare

ClairefromClare

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Mine was working in the patients' library in a state mental hospital--the very one that was supposed to be the inspiration for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and was where Frances Farmer (middling '40s movie actress) spent some time.

In addition to the usual complement of overly-thorazined folks, there was a sex offenders' section, a drug offenders' section, and a work release program. Interesting crowd. As part of rehab/therapy anyone who could worked part time someplace on the grounds--many in the library. I was in charge of them.

Going on the locked wards (sort of like a bookmobile) was scary. The attic of the building that house the library was where they kept all the old electroshock machines.

It was a fun job, but draining.
 
It all makes sense now . . . hehe.
 
Can't say I've had a weird job. Here's a list of my jobs and you can decide which job was weird.

Cleaned out horse stales for a friend of the family for a summer.

Cook - Chik-Fil-A (Damn good food) We swore that the restuarant was a cover up for some kind of under ground porn ring

Customer Service in Hardlines - Media Play

Customer Service - San Fransisco Music Box Company

Cook - Wendy's

Lot Attendant - Saturn Car Dealership

Customer Service Tools - Sears

Information Technology - United Way

And then my current job.
 
Bogey, go get a weird job!
 
ClairefromClare said:
Bogey, go get a weird job!
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Maybe that's my problem. I've never worked a weird job. I did volunteer with COSI (Center of Science and Industry) when I was in junior high. They had mice that played basketball. Does that count?
 
bogeyme said:
Cook - Chik-Fil-A (Damn good food) We swore that the restuarant was a cover up for some kind of under ground porn ring
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Whoa there B-me! You are going to need to expand on that one a little.



No weird jobs for me either. Just sucky ones.
 
I dont know if you call this wierd or not, but I help run numerous science experiments onboard the Space Station....Not really wierd but definately out of the ordinary...
 
Harry Longshanks said:
Whoa there B-me! You are going to need to expand on that one a little.
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We were all high school students that worked there. So all that was running through most of the guys minds that worked there was girls and porn. Look at the name of the restuarant and that should lead you to the answer. Sadly we found out that was not the case though. I loved that job. It was probably because of the people I worked with more than because of the job.

bama said:
I dont know if you call this wierd or not, but I help run numerous science experiments onboard the Space Station....Not really wierd but definately out of the ordinary...
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So were you in the space station or just doing things up there from here somehow.
 
This may not be the weirdest of all but it's got to rank up there. I was hired by a woman to teach her dog to play.........hockey. It was a terrier and loved to chase tennis balls. So the woman asked if I would bring the dog to my yard, go on the ice with skates and a stick. This to teach the dog to play hockey and keep the ball out of the net. After working with the dog for a few weeks she rented an hour of ice time at a local arena and came and watched. She gave me a few ideas afterwards on how to improve the dogs performance. Oh she did pay me $20 a session and in 1967 that was big moola. It only lasted two months however and then the woman decided that the dog wasn't cut out to play hockey. Yup she was a little out there but hey I liked the dog to it was cool.
 
LefTe said:
It only lasted two months however and then the woman decided that the dog wasn't cut out to play hockey. Yup she was a little out there but hey I liked the dog to it was cool.
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What gave her that idea? I'd say this one qualifies for a wierd job.
 
Definitely weird, LefTe.
 
When I was running a service van, I got some weird ones. Highlights include:

  • Paddling a jonboat across a lake of poo to service a light pole at a water treatment plant
  • Repairing a receptacle that a cat pissed on, which started a fire
  • Working in a 'private' loony bin, changing lamps and ballasts. You had to watch your tools.
  • Servicing lights in a weapons storage locker, where I had to be guarded by armed guards
  • Hung in a basket 200' in the air from a crane to change the lamp in a fixture mounted on the side of a grain silo
  • Being lowered head first down into a grease pit to change a float switch
  • Having to move dead bodies around in a funeral home to fix lights and plugs

But the worst job I ever had, was as a bricklayers assistant working for a 'born again' bricklayer. That job sucked on a whole lot of levels, for a whole lot of reasons.

Second worst - cleaning out the smoker pit at a BBQ joint. Nothing like having to carry 40-50 gallons of grease out to the grease receptacle in 5 gallon buckets, and then having to wash all the grates in acid.
 
LefTe said:
This may not be the weirdest of all but it's got to rank up there. I was hired by a woman to teach her dog to play.........hockey. It was a terrier and loved to chase tennis balls. So the woman asked if I would bring the dog to my yard, go on the ice with skates and a stick. This to teach the dog to play hockey and keep the ball out of the net. After working with the dog for a few weeks she rented an hour of ice time at a local arena and came and watched. She gave me a few ideas afterwards on how to improve the dogs performance. Oh she did pay me $20 a session and in 1967 that was big moola. It only lasted two months however and then the woman decided that the dog wasn't cut out to play hockey. Yup she was a little out there but hey I liked the dog to it was cool.
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That sounds to me like the woman may have had ulterior motives.
 
Wore this a couple times.

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I got paid BUNDLES. And I got to meet Tony Stewart! Kind of. You know, he couldn't hear me or anything.
 
Some of the other weird jobs on here definitely beat mine but when I was in highschool I was a wench at a Rennaisance festival. I had the outfit and fake accent and spoke in Old English. It was actually a pretty good time and it was totally under the table so for $200 a day at 16 I loved that job!! Oh and they had the BEST kettle corn ever.
 
Julie, what were you? A school mascot, a product pitcher, what?
 
Harry Longshanks said:
That sounds to me like the woman may have had ulterior motives.
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No I don't think so or in the name of God hope not. She was Bat Crap Crazy. For the life of me I cant remember the dogs name but it was a cool pooch. My Mom wasn't too happy about it, she felt I was taking advantage of the goofball. My Dad on the other hand found it funny and said if she wants to piss her money away let her.
 
Harry Longshanks said:
pictures.



now.



by PM.
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You can't upload pictures from your hard drive into a PM. She'd have to post them on a website first, and then download them.

You'd definitely have to make it worth her while.
 
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