Whats The Worst Job You've Ever Had?

I_Con · 09-03-2007, 04:03 PM

Just went to the bank and saw the sorry security guard standing there staring off into space, and I shuddered at the thought of having to do that all day.

So, whats the worst job you've ever had? Mines nothing to exciting, service station attendant.

mowog · 09-03-2007, 04:05 PM

www.gooptroop.com

Picking crap from the insides of F111's

brenx · 09-03-2007, 04:07 PM

Working at a timber mill. Basically you wear a raincoat while working to keep all the water/moisture off you but it's not very effective. You still get saturated. I told them to shove it pretty quickly. If I wanted to be wet while working I'd have been a life guard ;)

Dazza XLT · 09-03-2007, 04:08 PM

My first job was working Fruit and Veg at a Supermarket.
I then started the job I'm doing now, and I haven't looked back.

Ives · 09-03-2007, 04:11 PM

Newspaper run, heaps of papers to deliver, crap all money.

xdc351 · 09-03-2007, 04:18 PM

Picking raspberries and blackberries in a dirty field for a toothless yokel, surrounded by illigal immigrant and non-english speaking workers that sang in unisen in their own language for the grand total of 20c per punnet (I was told it was $1.20, which would have been good money) in 38+ degree heat.... In a field with absolutely no shade.

First pay cheque came through after a week... 120 bucks. Told them where they could shove THAT job right there and then.

Ironically I made a friggin fortune picking grapes not long after that job... so don"t write off fruit picking too quickly!

EDIT: Forgot to mention that I've seen the very punnet's I picked for sale in supermarkets for over $7... nothing like slave labour.

irlewy86 · 09-03-2007, 04:20 PM

I used to sand back lead paint houses. It was my **** if anyone else so much as saw lead paint dust but i used to cough a ton of the **** up every night

FPV8U · 09-03-2007, 04:31 PM

My 1st job working at Clean up guy at the local butchers, only after school work but still got used by the owner (Got their early to make my job easier, but kept getting more jobs to do for it and i wasn't getting paid for the extra time!), left on good terms after about 18months.

Hated the job, $100 a week, while not much, i saved hard and here i am with my XR8 today...

DivHunter · 09-03-2007, 04:35 PM

Sail cutter.

XR8-260 · 09-03-2007, 04:38 PM

working as a cleaner in mum's medical centre.

TheSneakiness · 09-03-2007, 04:46 PM

Driveway Attendant at a servo.

Yes, driveway. Wasn't allowed to touch the cash register...

GreenMachine · 09-03-2007, 04:49 PM

Articled clerk in a law firm. 70+ hour week (6-7 days), abuse from clients and partners, $26k a year. Never again.

bob^ · 09-03-2007, 05:01 PM

Work experience at an autoelec as part of my CertII in electronics. I spent the week watching an apprentice rebuild starter motors and alternators, whilst I washed parts all day in the kero basin with no gloves.

XR6_661 · 09-03-2007, 05:05 PM

Bunnings Trolley Boy....God that sucked...30+ degree heat, 90% humidity, in the sun all day...

Feathers · 09-03-2007, 05:14 PM

The job I'm still doing now. Almost 7 years on.

Systems Operator for Woolworths. I do all the ticketing you see on the shelves and make sure all the registers, computers and RF units are working.

I want out. I have 14 weeks holidays saved because theres no one trained to do my job if I'm not there, so I have all the stuff that isn't done to come back and catch up on as well as all the new stuff.

I've had more than enough of it and I can't wait to leave and go work for my Dad finally.

Ralliart · 09-03-2007, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Feathers

The job I'm still doing now. Almost 7 years on.

Systems Operator for Woolworths. I do all the ticketing you see on the shelves and make sure all the registers, computers and RF units are working.

I want out. I have 14 weeks holidays saved because theres no one trained to do my job if I'm not there, so I have all the stuff that isn't done to come back and catch up on as well as all the new stuff.

I've had more than enough of it and I can't wait to leave and go work for my Dad finally.

another employee thats wants to leave woolies i'm with u man, once my car loan is done i'm out of there.

Jeeepers · 09-03-2007, 06:32 PM

Cleaner (part time) at Noosa Heads Bowls Club... Particularly after their few failed attemps a running a drop in/dance party 'till 3am... Strong tummy required some times...

b2tf · 09-03-2007, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by ORSM T

Cleaner (part time) at Noosa Heads Bowls Club... Particularly after their few failed attemps a running a drop in/dance party 'till 3am... Strong tummy required some times...

oldies wouldnt spew up that much would they? would be the falsies in the middle you'd have to look out for.

Jeeepers · 09-03-2007, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by b2tf

oldies wouldnt spew up that much would they? would be the falsies in the middle you'd have to look out for.

Nar club nights were all kids mate. But you'd be surprised how grotty the members end was after a tournament. And the oldies always missed.... LOL

Falchoon · 09-03-2007, 07:32 PM

Not a job I actually had but I applied unsuccessfully for one at the Sewerage Treatment Plant. The job entailed literally standing knee-deep in sh!t and shovelling it all day. Can't say I was very dissapointed not to get it. I couldn't believe how complex the job application and interview process was for such a basic job.

Another job that I did actually have for a short while was driving a Mr Whippy truck! Got sick of the Greensleeves tune rather quickly. Had some good fringe benefits like all the ice cream you could eat for $0! The boss would give me a map and say this is where you are going. The more upmarket the suburb, the less takings I would get. Go to the less affluent areas and I would have people lined up around the block to buy ice cream and would run out of some products. After a couple of months I was sacked because the boss reckoned I over revved the van (LWB V4 Transit that had never been serviced and was about 100 years old). The thing was farqued and was only running on 3 cylinders, I told him before I left that it was running rough but he insisted I go out in it. Couldn't get up the hill to the suburb I was supposed to go to so went back to the depot and the boss cracked the sh!ts. Catch ya later buddy. Used to cost me about $10 in petrol to earn $30 - on a Sunday. I was desperate for work but not that desperate.

Another job that I started but left after one shift was a console operator at a busy servo. They expected to take money from my pay for any drive-offs or till or stock discrepencies. Bugger that.

RspecAU · 11-03-2007, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Feathers

The job I'm still doing now. Almost 7 years on.

Systems Operator for Woolworths. I do all the ticketing you see on the shelves and make sure all the registers, computers and RF units are working.

I want out. I have 14 weeks holidays saved because theres no one trained to do my job if I'm not there, so I have all the stuff that isn't done to come back and catch up on as well as all the new stuff.

I've had more than enough of it and I can't wait to leave and go work for my Dad finally.

I have been at Coles/Kmart for almost 8 years know and i would love to get out but the money is to good.
By the sound of ur job Feathers i hope woolies dosn't buy coles out or i will be looking for a new job

The Monty · 09-03-2007, 05:15 PM

Asbesto removal, unqualified, and without proper protection, on a roof, 40 degree heat, and fully clothed in long sleeves, pants and a suit. Was $20 an hour, and I made $1150 in a week, but quit after the first week. Stuff that.

Or my last job, up tpo 70 hours a week making mince....

Nope other one is worse.

Ralliart · 09-03-2007, 05:17 PM

Trolley Colector

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Ryan · 09-03-2007, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Ralliart

Trolley Colector

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Yeah that was my first job. (When I was 18)

I hate how trolley collectors get paid ***** money, while people that stand around all day, checking bags coming out of places like Big W and stuff, probably get paid money.

It wouldnt've been so bad, if there was a decent wage, but that's mainly why I hated doing it.

LUXO_8 · 09-03-2007, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by The Monty

Asbesto removal, unqualified, and without proper protection, on a roof, 40 degree heat, and fully clothed in long sleeves, pants and a suit. Was $20 an hour, and I made $1150 in a week, but quit after the first week. Stuff that.

my worst job was similar....

roof insulation contractor. i stuck it out for about a month before saying...screw this.

think 40 degrees outside, 50+ inside the roof, full overalls/dust masks, and you get the pictire.....

was DAMN hot work, black roofs are the worst!

I FluXx I · 26-03-2007, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by MADNC_8

my worst job was similar....

roof insulation contractor. i stuck it out for about a month before saying...screw this.

think 40 degrees outside, 50+ inside the roof, full overalls/dust masks, and you get the pictire.....

was DAMN hot work, black roofs are the worst!

I hear ya. Im a trainee foxtel installer. Will be a full tech in 2 weeks. The black roofs are so god dam hot. You just cant touch it. There so bloody hot you could literally fry an egg on them. Inside the roof is a bastard. Its a tone hotter inside the roof and all that dusty insulation is floating around. I remember last summer we had a 42 degree day and I had to crawl around in a roof that was only about a meter high. I was so dusty in there and there where a couple of mice. It would have been 60+ in that roof.

EDIT: I just thought of my worst job, coring cabbages for 10hrs while geting paid $8 an hour. I was there one day and left

atec77 · 26-04-2007, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by I FluXx I

I hear ya. Im a trainee foxtel installer. Will be a full tech in 2 weeks. The black roofs are so god dam hot. You just cant touch it. There so bloody hot you could literally fry an egg on them. Inside the roof is a bastard. Its a tone hotter inside the roof and all that dusty insulation is floating around. I remember last summer we had a 42 degree day and I had to crawl around in a roof that was only about a meter high. I was so dusty in there and there where a couple of mice. It would have been 60+ in that roof.

EDIT: I just thought of my worst job, coring cabbages for 10hrs while geting paid $8 an hour. I was there one day and left

There actually workplace rules in place telling you not to go into hot places , take care of your knees as all the angle roofs and ladders tears them up pretty bad , once you have the cablers ticket go to Tafe' and do the full course , then go do some good paying work and enjoy , which company by the way ? . I did some work years ago for bsa , modesty prevents me from saying how bad they were .( Downer was a little better)

Blue Oval Mopar Man · 26-04-2007, 06:01 PM

Ive had a few realy bad jobs, I once did 1/4 of a day as a brickies labourer. They didnt get the chance to sack me. After chasing one of the brickies around the scaffolding no one wanted to come near me or tell me s#*!.

Another one was using a remote video cam to film and record sewer lines in the burbs ! trust me , its no fun trying to dodge floating land mines while setting up for a run ! After filming and finding plant growth ( roots and stuff) in the pipes , we would have to send an ultra high pressure water blaster up the lines . We had about 150 meters of 50mm hose, and the water pressure would pull it along as it went up the pipe. Enough water pressure when it was working to cut you to peices ! Tree roots as thick as your arm were no problem at all !

one of my very first jobs was Cutting swaybar rubbers and packing suspension kits at K-Mac suspensions in sydney !

Was an apprentice signwriter in cairns in the early eighties. I could signwrite Fosters signage in my sleep ! In 1984 another apprentice and I painted the whole Babinda pub and signed it in a week , including the pub signes as you approached the town. Two 17 year olds , with free board, meals and drinks for a week! Wow, im suprised we survived !

the_scotsman · 09-03-2007, 06:13 PM

My first job was a shelf stacker...wasn't actually too bad...we had some great laughs there...then went to work in a Karting Center (the biggest in Scotland) which was one fantastic job!!!
Now I'm an avionics technician/systems administrator....and loving it....

Hardtopxb · 09-03-2007, 06:21 PM

Working in my uncle's mortuary in my school holidays..Scarred me for life.