My friend, Care, tagged me to tell you all what exciting things I’ve done in my life that, in return, I was paid for.
1. Customer Service at Slim, Trim and Tan: I actually don’t know what my title was there but I worked for my mom at a tanning and exercise place she owned. Come to think of it, I don’t know if I got paid to work there, my pay was maybe the free tanning, work outs and groceries on the table. Anyway, I answered phones, cleaned tanners and explained the work out equipment.
2. Assistant Secretary to Attorney David R. McEvers: That sounds impressive for a 16 year old. Basically, the title is self-explanatory, I helped the main secretary. I scheduled appointments, typed (on a typewriter) court documents, scheduled hearings. It was actually a great stepping stone for me because it was my first clerical type job.
3. Secretary to the volleyball coaches at CMU: What a great college job that was! That’s where I was introduced to computers and mail-merges. I typed the recruiting letters and sent out articles from the newspaper to perspective players. I wasn’t busy all the time so I also got to do my homework ON THEIR COMPUTER instead of the word processor I had in my dorm.
4. Cashier at Mr. B’s Party Store: Self explanatory. This was a crappy job. It didn’t pay squat and was hard work. People return some very nasty pop bottles and I learned from that job to NOT do that to other people. I can’t even begin to tell you some of the things that would fly out of those bottles while sorting them. However, this was a very important job because this is where I met Steve. We grew up about 4 miles apart but went to different schools so we never met.
5. Customer Service in the shoe dept. at Mervyn’s: Stocked the shelves, put shoes on a million little kids feet and worked the cash register. I also learned that women use the shoe department to nurse their babies because I was always walking by a chair to find a woman sitting there doing that. Who knew?
6. Binder Worker at Logan Brothers Printer: This job was hard work but I loved the hours, 7:00 – 3:30, perfect. I had to do a lot of lifting and packing and stacking and standing. I was in great shape from doing this job. It was a great job for me because this is where I met Marilyn who got me my next job.
7. Office Manager at Blue Pencil Creative Group: I loved this job and would probably still be there if we hadn’t moved. I worked with a wonderful group of people, had fantastic customers and I bawled like a baby when I left. Literally, I had to pull the car over because I was crying so hard leaving this place. I grew-up and learned so much here. I really learned how to use a computer there, learned how to multi-task and how to always put the customer first. Here is where I learned that you don’t always get to leave at 5:00, you leave when the job is done. It is the job that gave me experience that allowed me to have the job I have today.
8. Dept. Secretary for Biology at FSU: I have a great job that I will probably retire from. I do so many things that I can’t even begin to list them, some fun, some not so great, but it’s the people I work with that make my job so fantastic. My co-workers are top-notch (most of the time) and many of them are my friends that I hang out with when we’re not here. I never thought that biology geeks could be so fun, but they are. My boss is great to work for. We are the same age and have tons in common, including the same work-ethic so we work wonderfully together. The best part of my job is the students. It’s so exciting to watch them come here ready to tackle the world and then learn that the world isn’t really that easy. I watch them grow up and become adults. What they give me for accepting me into their lives is something I can’t explain. I guess in some way they are children I can’t have. They keep me young and “hip” and I am truly blessed to work with them (I can say that today, a week from now I’ll be ready to pull my hair out because of them but it goes away).
So, I’m a loser and only follow two other blogs . . . need to do something about that. So, Stacie and Matt are next!
The SLIM, TRIM & TAN! Holy cow, forgot about that one! 🙂
I finally posted mine.
Hey, I thought you got paid at Slim, Trim & Tan! Who knew? You sure had a good attitude for a high schooler who was doing something for free! 😀
I honestly don’t remember if I got paid or not. I keep waiting for mom to post on here to say “Hey, you got paid!” but she hasn’t.