Before entering the "real world", what jobs did you have?

[Ironhorse]

Let's see

- Slave labour for my dad for a couple of summers when younger
- Military reserve for about 10 years
- clerk / asst manager at 7-Eleven while paying for school

[KipperIsGod]

I worked at Dairy Queen all through Junior high...what a crappy job that is.

[Eddie Bronze]

I grew up on a farm. That pretty much tells the story for me. I didn't need or have time for a job. The old man had me throwing bails of hay, cleaning manure out of the barn and helping to plant the garden, amongst many other things. And all along I didn't even realize child labour was illegal!

[fredr123]

I'm still not in the real world but here's a running list of what I've done so far in basically chronological order:

• Runner at a custom's broker - Basically answered phones, filed stuff, put barcodes on documents and filed them with Canada Customs.
• Maintenance - Pretty much the only one on site taking care of the outside and inside of an old folk's home. I can count on two hands the number of times I had to deal with backed up toilets that were plugged by old men having their first bowel movement in about a month. Good times...
• Immigration Officer - Issuing work and study permits, ****ing off foreigners and sending home criminals. Lot's of power for a frosh in University.
• Legal Assistant - Working for the government again. It's amazing how much bad/weird criminal stuff goes on that most people don't know about.

[Eddie Bronze]

Originally Posted by fotze

Stand-in for Ron Jeremy

Sad, but I have no doubt, true.

[Phanuthier]

Wow, you guys had alot of pre-real world jobs

For me, just ushering at the Saddledome.

[spydermal]

Originally Posted by fotze

Stand-in for Ron Jeremy

I always figured somebody waited in line for his dry cleaning and what not. Never knew it was a member of CP

[Antithesis]

I was the type who stayed at jobs for awhile, always at least a year:

Calgary Co-Op: Service Clerk, Cashier, Garden Centre dude (fun)
Red Robin: Cook, Manager (not fun)
University of Alberta: Teaching Assistant

[Ironhorse]

Originally Posted by fotze

What is the military reserve. I really have no idea what that means.

Basically a part time job once a week / one weekend a month, you learn all the different things that you need to know in your chosen trade, and if a war were to break out, the government can mobilize you into active service. Pay was pretty good, and I learned a lot of useful skills, including leadership & people skills.

[calgaryred]

A dishpig at Earls on 16th Ave

then a busboy at JR Houstons by Brentwood Mall

The job paid awesome tips and Tim Hunter being a part owner, I met alot of Flames, and got easy Tix to the games

[BlackArcher101]

Let's see....

Supervisor at Pizza Joint
Highway Maintenance Laborer
Phone Tech Support

That's it. I tend to stay at my jobs for a while.

[fredr123]

Originally Posted by Ironhorse

Basically a part time job once a week / one weekend a month, you learn all the different things that you need to know in your chosen trade, and if a war were to break out, the government can mobilize you into active service. Pay was pretty good, and I learned a lot of useful skills, including leadership & people skills.

How about computer hacking skills? Nunchuk skills?

[Jayems]

• Dish pig x2
• Grocery store stocker
• Cafe: coffee/waiter
• Gas Jockey
• Golf Course (Best Job Ever)
• Lifty (Wintergreen) Both ski and tube ride
• Security
• Plumber
• Electrician
• Irrigation installer (Wicked too... would suggest to anyone for summer work.. just have to have a good crew!)
• Communications worker

Im one of those guys that sees the trades as a way out, but hated it when I was in em... So ive decided to go back to school.

[calf]

first jobs were at Calaway Park for a few summers

did some time filing for 8 hours a day at an insurance company

[Footscray]

Earls waiter and bartender
Oilsands plant lackey
University research assistant (also = lackey)
Save on Foods deli
Electrician contractor lackey

[Cheese]

Originally Posted by fredr123

• Legal Assistant - Working for the government again. It's amazing how much bad/weird criminal stuff goes on that most people don't know about.

Prying minds want to know fred...cmon some juicy tidbits or a thread of its own.

[Maritime Q-Scout]

- did the fast food thing at Dairy Queen for 2 years. While the job itself was horrid, the people were awesome, and the 50% discount was amazing. Double Cheeseburger, Fries, Pop, Sundae for $2.50, thankyou very much!

- Radio Shack for about 4 years (before it switched to the Source by CC) it was a fun job, made me into the technojunkie that I am today. Discounts were meh, but the people were always great in the stories I worked in.

[Eastern Girl]

• Burger King in high school.
• Walmart cashier and customer service desk rep.
• Coat check girl at a bar
• photographer/writer for the uni paper
• market researcher (for about a day and a half)

[Eddie Bronze]

Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout

Double Cheeseburger, Fries, Pop, Sundae for $2.50, thankyou very much!

I take it KevanGuy's suggestion didn't work then?

[fredr123]

Originally Posted by Cheese

Prying minds want to know fred...cmon some juicy tidbits or a thread of its own.

Well, Cheese I'd love to expose everything in a stirring tell-all thread but it's one of those confidentiality things and I don't feel like going to jail or putting officers' safety in jeopardy for the sake of the board. The stories from all the weirdos and famous people at immigration were better anyway!