What was the worst job you had?

I have had a lot of jobs for a couple days or even a couple hours. The diabetic sales job just made me sad. They actually told me in training, The services we are offering are comparable to the ones they already get. These people are lonely and will sign with us if you just talk to them a lil. I had 1 grueling shift in a busy kitchen. I got a job as a security guard once. The clothes barely fit. They put me on an electric golf cart, had me drive people around the airport parking lot. I kept getting lost. :D

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hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M Best Comment

Making headstones for graves. It involved standing for hour moving a smoothing polishing machine back and forth over the sawn face of the marble or granite stone until it was mirror smooth. Granite often took a couple of days to complete.

DanielChristensen · 46-50, M

Was the morbid nature of the work or the monotony worse? Was it physically laborious? How was the pay?

hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M

@DanielChristensen: The heavy lifting was all done by machine and the pay was minimum wage plus 5 cents. It was the sheer monotony of standing day after day watching this big coil spin round and round and round and round while I added various grits and polishing agents to the water being dribbled onto the stone. The company owner then found out I could drive a standard transmission and had me deliver and install the stones in the various cemeteries. I was there for about 3 weeks total until my reserve unit called me up for service.

DanielChristensen · 46-50, M

Were you glad to be called up?

hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M

@DanielChristensen: Never so glad in my life! My job in the reserves was teaching aircrew how to survive in the bush so I went from hell to heaven. 4 months of camping!