Girlfriend's box of questions.

Oh, Julia, I was a sub too, in junior highs and high schools and elementary schools too...for 3 years...I would never do that again!!!!!

Blocked THAT one right out! Tells you how much I like substitute teaching. NOT!!!!! By the way it's great to see you. I miss you!

I was a McDonald's "Star" (party lady) in the 70's. I even made balloon animals. I went from 40 hours a week to 7 the day after I told them I was pregnant. Back in those days they could do that. So passive aggressive that I am I booked 8 birthday parties for one day for the day after I left. We were only suppose to book 4 at the most for one day. That was also for the gal I had trained to take over my job (I didn't know it at the time) and when I told her that I thought they were not treating me as well as before I told them I was pregnant, she said "oh, you are probably just Hormonal" Umm..no...wrong thing to say to this little pregnant balloon carrying mama.
That was sooooo fun!!!!

Cheryl

I picked strawberries for 3 cents a quart, way back when I was a youngster.

More recently, for the past 13 years I was a nurse in the state prison system.  First for young drug offenders, then for murderers, rapists, drunks and sex offenders.

I retired.

I'm glad.

Candy

Aside from the pay, I imagine your last job made your first job look pretty good.

Let's see, my first job paid 1.65 per hour. When I worked in the sanitarium (Medi-Cal run, you imagine the patients we had) paid $213 a month, and my rent was $105.

Hi Ya'll, I recieved my Forklift License . I worked for a Home Improvement store back in the 80's. The job required a person that could offload the large delivery trucks that brought in our supplies. I really enjoyed driving that hugh hunk of metal.

 

 

At yet another fun summer job SORTING potatoes I worked my buns off during the summer from college two years. Callouses on  my hands, great way to lose a few pounds. The frist summer I sorted spuds the second I graduated to the "10 lb. crew". A carousel full of empty mesh 10 lb potato sacks would revolve, potatoes from a chute would fill the bags, several girls were around the carousel. Our job was to pull bags as quickly as we could twist and tie them. Hence the callouses.

Anyway I degress. . Here's where the forklift comes in. Cute little colleg guys would sit on their buns on their Hysters waiting for us to fill the pallet with those bright red 10 lbs bags of spuds. They would actually sit there and READ waiting for us to fill the pallet. They were making several $$ more per hour than I was. I wanted to be trained to drive one. This in 1968. I should have sued them. . . I wasn't allowed to learn to do that. I was a "MANS" job. GRRRRRRR.

Once again , I had a long reply and my finger hit the wrong key, dang.....Sure to hate when I do that .

So , here we go again.

Karen , you got robbed. All you needed to know was the weight your ( forks ) could lift, don't run over the customers, don't take out a wall in the building, and the most important rule of all. Take the keys with you when you walk away from the ( forks ) Kids just love to sit in the drivers seat. The company I worked for also didn't pay me as much as they did the boys. During the 4 yeas I worked in the store, I went from Dept. to Dept. as the Manager of each Dept. Got tired of excepting lower pay. Moved to the main office as a buyer, and would you believe, I was payed less then the boys.O'well, I 'm no longer paid less .I'm retired, yahoo. 

You go girl!!!!  Bet you looked GOOOOOOOD on that hunk of metal. You and Annette should get together!

Susan...my oddest job was being a wife to my first husband...enough said!!!

Hugs....connie d