Thursday, August 21, 2008

Benchmark - 5 years

I've finally worked somewhere for a substantial amount of time - five years! To complement my post on all the moving I've done in my life, I thought I'd jot down some of the jobs I've held:
  1. Sold Grit Magazine door-to-door
  2. Delivered newspapers on my bike
  3. Hardware store clerk
  4. Drug store clerk
  5. McDonalds (for a few days - too greasy)
  6. Maintenance department (try looking cool in front of your classmates while picking up garbage on the college campus)
  7. Gardener for a wealthy artist in Chicago
  8. US Army Infantry
  9. Dunkin Donuts delivery driver - midnight shift
  10. Surf and Skate shop sales and skateboard assembly in Florida
  11. National Guard
  12. Tree trimming in North Carolina
  13. Pizza maker at Chuck E. Cheese, as well as Chuck E Cheese mouse
  14. Dishwasher at hotel restaurant
  15. Ballroom dance instructor (for one day)
  16. Busboy in Colorado
  17. Short order cook at small breakfast dive
  18. Landscaping crew member in Boulder, Colorado
  19. Wait staff at nice restaurant in Minneapolis
  20. Assistant manager at another pizza joint
  21. Worked on an assembly line
  22. Office assistant
  23. Scuba diving shop sales
  24. Freelance writer for "starving children profiles"
  25. Science video script writer
  26. Educational video cameraman and editor
  27. Director of video department for Christian organization
  28. Documentary video freelancer in Europe, Seattle and Fiji
  29. Short-term missionary
  30. Bookstore clerk
  31. Corporate video producer
  32. Owner of video production company
  33. Husband and Father

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I find your lists both amazing and baffling! And I think sweet Annie must either have equal wanderlust or the patience of a saint! :>

RK said...

Dude! Crack me up... I've never seen Grit on anyone else's list! I was just telling someone else about that the other day. I also did the door-to-door thing with it. Back in, I don't know, like 1983 it would have been. So funny!

Jeffrey Goble said...

Nice list. Renaissance Man. You forgot "Publisher."
I'd like to hear more about the Rat suit and Short-Term Missionary. Coincidence? I think not.
;^)>