Comments on: Do you know what a pain it is to pick up paper clips off the floor?

By: Fairly Odd Mother

Fairly Odd Mother — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:59:18 +0000

The fact that the janitor couldn’t read made me want to cry.

In high school, I worked as a receptionist in a nursing home (dead people were said to have ‘expired’, like library books), a clerk in a market, and an attendant at a laundrymat. Nothing too awful but nothing too fancy either.

By: Erin

Erin — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 01:55:10 +0000

I was the only English speaking employee and a Chinese takeout joint. It was great. I got paid cash every night to answer the phones and take orders. I spent most of my time reading.

I also worked summer camps for kids with special needs.

By: Anth

Anth — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:21:55 +0000

Oh and I worked as a janitor for a few months in college, and I was on toilet duty the entire time! Woo! It completely sucked! And it was at 3:45 in the morning! But I needed money!

By: Anth

Anth — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:20:44 +0000

I worked at the library, as a page. (Cue the lame jokes about being promoted to a chapter.)

I liked it because: it was easy, I got to read if my boss wasn’t around, and I was exempt from fines (a major problem for me as a teenager).

Downsides: cat lady whose books always reeked and you still had to touch them, dealing with the public, the mental hospital down the street let out the less crazy people during the day and many of them came to the library (heat & a/c, what’s not to love?!).

By: Durga

Durga — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 05:27:41 +0000

I was 14 and 9 months old and it was for KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) outlet. I learnt (British spelling) so much frm this first job. Will I do it again? prolly not.:)