re: What’s the shortest amount of time you’ve worked at one job?

One day. I was a senior in high school and my mom knew the owner of a tiny arse grocery store in the middle of nowhere. He was looking for help and my mom said I would be interested. I didn't have a car so she would bring me during her lunch break when I got out of school at 11:30(half day). I was supposed to work in the store stocking shelves and cleaning from noon to 8pm. The pay was $25/day cash which was already illegal but I needed the money and figured it wouldn't be hard work.

I get there and he tells me that I'm going to be cutting bait for their crawfish business they run on the side instead of working in thr store. It's January and like 35 degrees and I'm cutting fish outside with only a windbreaker on. I was supposed to cut 2-3 buckets per hour. I only cut 3 the whole time. Never had a break. The owners wife brought me a pair of gloves from the store and the light above me fell and broke.

I got chewed out for not cutting enough and was told to go inside and wash up. I got paid $16. They deducted the gloves and the light that broke and before I left, he told me to bring in the three buckets I cut.

I went outside and kicked over all three buckets and never went back.

1 day
worked in meat dept at grocery store

One 4 hour shift at a clothing store.

Came down with a fever through the shift and left 30 mins early per the manager.

Owner called me in next day and let me go.


Forgot to mention the first hour of the shift they had me model some clothes for the website. I told him he didn't have permission to use anything and he got pissed. So weird.

Creepy as hell

3 weeks. When I was a senior in high school, I got a job at a Custom Van conversion shop. Look it up if your young. I was basically a gopher but did some install work. I showed up on a Saturday and there was 10 cop cars in the parking lot. I walked in and two cops stopped me and asked me what I wanted. I told them I worked there. They said, "not any more". Go home


Ends up, the guy was selling drugs, cocaine, and using the van shop as a cover and way to get the drugs back and forth

1 night. Washateria in downtown Government St in Baton Rouge. The owner offered to let me wear his bulletproof jacket if I ever wanted.

3 months as a tig welders helper.

I was a teacher for 6 hours.

My old man used to tell me he worked at a place called Hinks Turkey farm for 15 minutes. They were plucking the birds. Said he really worked for 8 and spent the rest of the time trying to find the guy to tell him he was quitting.

I worked a job in college for one day.

Real job, 1 year 9 months.