First Jobs - Page 2

Fragmatic · 2004-05-23, 02:46 PM

Originally Posted by -Hezzy-

CATs? wtf are those?

Basically some dumbarse test we had in year 7 to determine sets... it was like yes/no answers

Did you ever have to do some crazy test in music, with some wierd guy who sounded like some extra from a dracula film where you had to determine things like if the chord they play used 2 notes or 3?

OR

The dreaded "bleep test" in PE?

Rbstr · 2004-05-23, 02:49 PM

we have those, were you put the eaphones on and they see if your deaf?

Fragmatic · 2004-05-23, 03:18 PM

Originally Posted by Rbstr

we have those, were you put the eaphones on and they see if your deaf?

In PE?! Nooo...

Basically, we'd goto the gym, and and they'd put a tape on that beeped every few seconds... and you had to run a set distance before it beeped, it gradually got faster as well.

Rbstr · 2004-05-23, 04:58 PM

We never did those, thoguth the soccer teams does i think they call it somethign different

ControlledBurn · 2004-05-23, 05:03 PM

First job was as a lifeguard for a local water park between my junior and senior year in high school. Ended up quitting a few weeks into it when the admin girl kept blowing me off and wouldn't schedule me more despite promising to.

Hamma · 2004-05-23, 05:48 PM

Planting and picking shit at a farm, it sucked.

Derfud · 2004-05-23, 05:51 PM

Originally Posted by Fragmatic

In PE?! Nooo...

Basically, we'd goto the gym, and and they'd put a tape on that beeped every few seconds... and you had to run a set distance before it beeped, it gradually got faster as well.

Oh shit, we do the beep test every year in PE here. I wonder if it's the same one as we use. Ours is some guy's voice that says for example "6, and one half" then it will beep. I never really tried hard on those because I am exhausted for the rest of the day after I do them. I usually stop at about 5, or 6.

Triggar · 2004-05-23, 06:16 PM

I was a desk girl at a dry cleaners. I took people's dirty shirts, put tags on them, and sent them away to the magical world of Teh Dry Cleaners.

Derfud · 2004-05-23, 06:26 PM

What really happens behind that rotating line of clothes? Where do our precious garments go once we have handed them to the dry cleaner? Nobody knows for sure, be sure to tune in next week for, "The dimension of missing socks" on: The Secret Wonders of the Modern World.

Triggar · 2004-05-23, 06:38 PM

Originally Posted by Derfud

What really happens behind that rotating line of clothes? Where do our precious garments go once we have handed them to the dry cleaner? Nobody knows for sure, be sure to tune in next week for, "The dimension of missing socks" on: The Secret Wonders of the Modern World.

Actually, we check through all the pockets, keep anything awesome, and then dump your clothing into a vat of Magic Solvent, which makes them come out clean and fresh-smelling but also implanting your skin with a device that alerts the FBI to your dirty thoughts.

martyr · 2004-05-23, 06:40 PM

edit: although back then it was "we love to see you smile" or some such nonsense

THrONeBeaST · 2004-05-23, 07:56 PM

my first real job was changing oil at jiffy-lube , before that i would do odd work at my parents job

JetRaiden · 2004-05-23, 07:59 PM

Originally Posted by martyr

edit: although back then it was "we love to see you smile" or some such nonsense

yea, because McDonald's was much more reformed back in the day.

OneManArmy · 2004-05-23, 11:38 PM

Worked at a marine shop. Cleaned the boats. cleaned the shop. cleaned the store. helped load/unload boats/engines etc.. it sucked ass. cept when the trash had to go to the dump. why oyu might ask? because thats when i got to drive the busted ass 1970/80's (dont know hte year) pick up around. that thing was so huge and such a piece of crap that it was a blast to drive.

UncleDynamite · 2004-05-23, 11:47 PM

My first job was a library assistant at my school's library during the little kiddies' Summer Camp. Great job, actually. Excellent pay, easy work, nice teachers, and all my friends (who were also working at school for Summer Camp as counselors, teacher assistants, and life guards) to do stuff with.