re: List 5 jobs that you have had - Spinoff

First job ever was as a waiter at Johnny Rockets (50's style diner) and it sucked.

Then I worked in car detail at a car dealership on the used cars. It wasn't too bad because all cars that got traded in were taken to a separate detail company before put on the lot so I only had to clean them up once they sold but keeping all those cars clean during pollen season was a BITCH.

I worked as a dock hand at a marina on Lake Tuscaloosa. That was the easiest job ever.

My freshman fall semester I got shitty grades so my dad got me a Christmas break job with an electrical contractor. It sucked enough that my grades never slipped again.

I also worked for UA's national alumni association calling people to sell them memberships or get them to renew. Most of the time I either listened to voicemails or people mad because I'm calling them during supper but I had a lot of really funny conversations with people.

1.) Einstein's Bagels - kinda shitty, but not too bad. I did get all the free bagels I wanted after a shift. But you get sick of eating them. So eventually I'd take home the entire trash bag with hundreds of bagels. Me and my friends would wait a few days, then we'd have bagel wars or play bagel baseball.

2. Delivered Pizzas - it was are good local place, that didn't have cheap pizza. So the tips were okay. But really it was a cover for my other job...

3. Selling weed - in high school, I sold good bud (which in Florida, they called crippy. I blame Miami for the name), while my best friend sold schwag. He sold a lot of weight. But he also started selling to every employee at a small gas station closest to our houses. So we had a safe place to meet people, and never worried about the police. They'd also sell us beer 24 hours a day, then ring it up at 7-8 am, when they were allowed to sell again. It was a sweet setup in high school.

4. Pirated CDs - my dad was a technology geek. He loved all the new computers and things coming out. So I was one of the first in high school to have a CD burner. So I bought spindles of blank discs, borrowed albums from everyone I knew, and sold then for $8 or 2 for $15. If someone wanted an album I didn't have, they'd being me a copy, and I'd record one for them and one for myself. My selection became huge.

It was great for a year, but the next school year, Napster came out, and there was a lot of competition. So I gave up after that.

(Thank God for statutes of limitations for those last two.)

5. Strip mall maintenance - my dad's buddy owned a bunch of strip malls. I'd basically drive all around Florida, and clean them up, with a little light maintenance. I eventually had to clean behind a dumpster with spade shovel, got pissed, and demanded a raise. He balked, and found an older, more responsible person, who probably did a better job, and didn't smoke blunts in his car. I think I went back to selling weed after that. It had better fringe benefits.

1) Delivery Driver for a catering biz

2) State Attorneys Office

3) Worked for a Judge

4) Worked for a Lobbyist Firm

5) Worked in IT for my last year of undergrad

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Edit- And that's the last time I post anything even remotely related to me on the rant. To the a-hole who sent a message to my business social media account threatening to "out me". Not cool. I really don't care that much, and a dozen people on this site know me personally, but it's still pretty shitty. So, pat yourself on the back. You spent a few hours out of your day playing Sherlock Douchebag to connect the dots. Congrats.

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Yikes. I have had people call me at my office asking if I would hire them. That's beyond creepy.

Yeah, as much traffic as this place gets I try to divulge as little personal info on here as I can.