Your unusual worklife - Page 2

Perry Winkle · 04-20-2007, 10:42 AM

This one time I was reading a Lotus Notes memory dump and...oh, nevermind.

pourbill · 04-21-2007, 09:00 AM

Worked cleaning up stalls at a hog farm. You cannot imagine. A few interesting situations as a newspaper photog. Some disturbing encounters as a civil servant. I'm now working in elementary education and it ranks a close second to the hog farm since I have an adversion to bodily waste and fluids.

elSicomoro · 04-21-2007, 10:05 AM

As some of you know, I moved back to St. Louis in 2005 after 6 years on the East Coast. Only days after I moved back, my brother hooked me up with a job as a pizza delivery driver for a local chain, where I work to this day. It's been good because it's given me an in-depth view of South City (where I grew up and still live) and what has changed since I left in 1999. And I've seen some unusual shit that I used to only read about and maybe experience occasionally:

--Being offered a beer in the middle of a shift by a customer
--Being offered pot as a tip by a customer
--Seeing body parts on customers that shouldn't be seen by anyone
--Seeing body parts on women that should be seen by any straight male or lesbian
--Walking through a crowd of tough-looking black guys
--Going into seedy apartment buildings in seedy neighborhoods
--Delvering some of the most disgusting pizza combinations known to man (broccoli on a pizza? WTF?)

At least it's never boring.

Undertoad · 04-21-2007, 10:13 AM

Reading stories about pizza delivery made me want to be one. Also they continue to make me give outrageously large tips every time. The other day I gave the dude $27. on a $22. charge. It is a cheap way to earn their love.

elSicomoro · 04-21-2007, 10:26 AM

Some days, I just fucking hate it. Our main store (where I work) is in a borderline area, and every delivery is a real crapshoot. I can go to a $500,000 mansion followed by a crack-ridden apartment building. And while people that don't tip piss me off (I make $2.25 a delivery plus tips), I can't help but wonder if a lot of folks even understand the concept of tipping a delivery driver.

On Sundays, I work at another store the bosses own (they own 4). It's in a nice area near where April and I live. The tips are much better and the people are friendlier...it's a great way to spend a Sunday. And the amount of craziness is severely reduced...I never have to worry about getting robbed or assaulted. I wish someone would quit at this store so that I could primarily work there.

But I'd keep at least one day at the main store. It's in the area where I grew up, and it has real character...and characters.

lumberjim · 04-21-2007, 10:35 AM

I did this for a time.

Cloud · 04-26-2007, 01:46 PM

one of my very first jobs was as an answering service operator. They had this old equipment (old even for then,LOL!)--the kind where you insert the cords into the phone jacks, just like you see on tv. Woo boy! that was fun! We did a taxi dispatch on the side, too, which was -- not to fun. But I was good at it!

04-21-2007, 09:00 AM	#2
pourbill Do-er of Deeds Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: washington, missouri Posts: 41	Worked cleaning up stalls at a hog farm. You cannot imagine. A few interesting situations as a newspaper photog. Some disturbing encounters as a civil servant. I'm now working in elementary education and it ranks a close second to the hog farm since I have an adversion to bodily waste and fluids. __________________ We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails

04-21-2007, 10:35 AM	#6
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I did this for a time. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

04-26-2007, 01:46 PM	#7
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	one of my very first jobs was as an answering service operator. They had this old equipment (old even for then,LOL!)--the kind where you insert the cords into the phone jacks, just like you see on tv. Woo boy! that was fun! We did a taxi dispatch on the side, too, which was -- not to fun. But I was good at it! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

04-20-2007, 10:42 AM	#1
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	This one time I was reading a Lotus Notes memory dump and...oh, nevermind.

04-21-2007, 10:05 AM	#3
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	As some of you know, I moved back to St. Louis in 2005 after 6 years on the East Coast. Only days after I moved back, my brother hooked me up with a job as a pizza delivery driver for a local chain, where I work to this day. It's been good because it's given me an in-depth view of South City (where I grew up and still live) and what has changed since I left in 1999. And I've seen some unusual shit that I used to only read about and maybe experience occasionally: --Being offered a beer in the middle of a shift by a customer --Being offered pot as a tip by a customer --Seeing body parts on customers that shouldn't be seen by anyone --Seeing body parts on women that should be seen by any straight male or lesbian --Walking through a crowd of tough-looking black guys --Going into seedy apartment buildings in seedy neighborhoods --Delvering some of the most disgusting pizza combinations known to man (broccoli on a pizza? WTF?) At least it's never boring.

04-21-2007, 10:13 AM	#4
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Reading stories about pizza delivery made me want to be one. Also they continue to make me give outrageously large tips every time. The other day I gave the dude $27. on a $22. charge. It is a cheap way to earn their love.

04-21-2007, 10:26 AM	#5
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Some days, I just fucking hate it. Our main store (where I work) is in a borderline area, and every delivery is a real crapshoot. I can go to a $500,000 mansion followed by a crack-ridden apartment building. And while people that don't tip piss me off (I make $2.25 a delivery plus tips), I can't help but wonder if a lot of folks even understand the concept of tipping a delivery driver. On Sundays, I work at another store the bosses own (they own 4). It's in a nice area near where April and I live. The tips are much better and the people are friendlier...it's a great way to spend a Sunday. And the amount of craziness is severely reduced...I never have to worry about getting robbed or assaulted. I wish someone would quit at this store so that I could primarily work there. But I'd keep at least one day at the main store. It's in the area where I grew up, and it has real character...and characters.

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