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re: What's the best job you've ever had? ...and why?
Posted on 11/23/15 at 10:45 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Posted on 11/23/15 at 10:45 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Roger,
What are some of the better Alaskan cruises to take? I want to do one of these in the next few years. Me and my wife to be specific.
What are some of the better Alaskan cruises to take? I want to do one of these in the next few years. Me and my wife to be specific.
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Posted on 11/23/15 at 10:47 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
If you know what you're doing, the skilled part of it becomes second nature. The tough part is pacing yourself day in and day out in the heat & sun. It's good work for a teenager who has some steam in 'em, especially when you get good charters that tip as they should.
Posted on 11/23/15 at 10:53 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Student worker at the PMAC in college...
Posted on 11/23/15 at 10:54 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
i sell and work on guns now. it's pretty awesome
Posted on 11/23/15 at 10:57 pm to OMLandshark
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Only hired people from there and 3 other fraternities that didn't suck
Now that's a heavy dose of white privilege burden to carry around!
My favorite was a volunteer "job" I worked every summer in high school. Driving contestants and visiting queens for the Louisiana Watermelon Festival, a prelim for Miss Louisiana. They were all college aged girls that didn't know anyone in my little host hometown. I was mature for my age.
Posted on 11/23/15 at 11:21 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Hardwood forester. fricking amazing job, but didn't pay well.
PETE R&D company working on a down hole steam generator. Got to do all kinds of stuff.
PETE R&D company working on a down hole steam generator. Got to do all kinds of stuff.
Posted on 11/23/15 at 11:25 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Worked at a golf course in the pro shop. shite pay but cool little job....free golf and discounts on equipment.
Posted on 11/23/15 at 11:27 pm to chinese58
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Now that's a heavy dose of white privilege burden to carry around!
Now that is a fricking stereotype. We had an Asian working with us too.
This post was edited on 11/23/15 at 11:28 pm
Posted on 11/23/15 at 11:31 pm to OMLandshark
Slaver 
Posted on 11/23/15 at 11:32 pm to MrLarson
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What are some of the better Alaskan cruises to take? I want to do one of these in the next few years. Me and my wife to be specific.
Small ship cruises are the best. Un-Cruise (old Cruise West people run it) is the best.
Larger ships are usually less expensive but depends on whether you want to go to Seward then the interior, or just do a round trip.
All of the lines go to the same ports with a few exceptions. Some luxury lines include shore excursions. NCL probably has younger crowd than some of the others.
Posted on 11/24/15 at 12:08 am to RogerTheShrubber
easiest job was working as a runner for a small law firm here in town. I'd get trashed at night and as long as I made it into work on time, they didn't mind that I was hungover. Or if they did, they didn't say anything to me about it.
most fun job was working in moochies outside of bogies a few nights during my sophomore year of college.
most fun job was working in moochies outside of bogies a few nights during my sophomore year of college.
Posted on 11/24/15 at 3:22 am to RogerTheShrubber
I've always been curious about working on a cruise ship. Thought it looked fun as hell.
Posted on 11/24/15 at 3:46 am to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Worked on a state senate campaign as a canvaser. $12/hr working with my two best friends. We'd go in at 9AM and BS with the manager (Post-frat) for 3ish hours, take lunch for an hour, walk houses for a few hours and then drink while we made phone calls (Which was awesome when you're 19).
There was an hour of sign waving at busy intersections every day, but that was the only complaint.
There was an hour of sign waving at busy intersections every day, but that was the only complaint.
Posted on 11/24/15 at 5:12 am to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
B Dalton's bookstore in high school. I got all of the free overstock books I could ever want.
Overstock means that if a paperback book sits on a shelf long enough and doesn't sell, you rip the cover off, and send the ripped cover back to the publisher. You are then technically supposed the throw the overstock book into the dumpster, but employees got to have their pick of what they wanted to take home. So to this day, I have a shitload of paperback books with the covers ripped off.
Overstock means that if a paperback book sits on a shelf long enough and doesn't sell, you rip the cover off, and send the ripped cover back to the publisher. You are then technically supposed the throw the overstock book into the dumpster, but employees got to have their pick of what they wanted to take home. So to this day, I have a shitload of paperback books with the covers ripped off.
Posted on 11/24/15 at 6:22 am to sleepytime
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Being a dad
That's pretty high on my list. I was an intern for an old man who ran a surveying company in town. It was just me and him and I learned a lot.
This post was edited on 11/24/15 at 6:24 am
Posted on 11/24/15 at 6:56 am to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Forklift Operator and eventually marina supervisor at real estate development and golf resort in Georgia. Pay was decent for a college student ($12 per hour), tips were always welcome and trophy wives in skimpy bikinis made the scenery nice. Got to play golf for free after a certain time of day at some of the more expensive golf courses in the state. Plus I generally got the left over booze that someone didn't wont because they were heading back home after dropping their boat off. On most weekends I would make about $300 in tips and holiday weekends somewhere around $500.
Posted on 11/24/15 at 6:58 am to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
I was a "lobby supervisor" at the girls dorm in college. They paid me to sit in the lobby and try to get laid from 4 pm to midnight 4 nights a week
Posted on 11/24/15 at 7:17 am to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Worked in the yard of a local construction company one summer and ran deliveries to job sites. The owners had about a dozen cars they'd leave at the yard and after I got to know them, they would let me drive any of them over the weekends, except the Jags. Best job perk ever for a 17 year old. 
Posted on 11/24/15 at 7:22 am to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Dealer. Luxury company car, party scene, concerts, untaxed income...oh wait.
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