What was your worst job?

[BethM]

AndersonsRabbits wrote:

Besides the fast food jobs I've worked, my worst would have to be 2 of my wildlife positions. I'll go with the one this summer though...

I worked for Ohio State University this summer helping with a bat project. My boss really just swung by the seat of his pants EVERY DAY! He would say we were going to start at one time tomorrow and then he'd call and decide on another time. If the other 2 of us were on time our boss was ALWAYS a half hour late.

One of my ex-boyfriends did bat research in Guam. He kept wanting me to come out with him, but I always declined. (He still does wildlife work, in San Diego now.)

I did do a project with a girl on Guam, tracking a marsh bird, for her masters thesis. She was great, though, and her project was funded through USGS and US Navy, so the pay wasn't so bad.

 

[Gordon]

EileenH wrote:

He was horrible; sexist, rude & mean.
He would bang on his coffee cup with a spoon every morning, which meant I was supposed to get up, take his coffee cup and clean it, & bring him fresh coffee with cookies.

He would also stand by my desk and clean his fingernails with my scissors - after - and I'm not kidding - he picked his nose. (KEEP the scissors, puleeze!)

We did not get along and he eventually fired me; through the firing he kept insulting me and after I left he told a friend of mine "she didn't even cry". Nice...

I just don't understand people like that. It amazes me, really. I suspect in some cases they like being jerks to get some sort of attention, but it's still really hard for me to figure out how or why some people act like that.

 

[GorbyJobRabbits]

BethM wrote:

AndersonsRabbits wrote:

Besides the fast food jobs I've worked, my worst would have to be 2 of my wildlife positions. I'll go with the one this summer though...

I worked for Ohio State University this summer helping with a bat project. My boss really just swung by the seat of his pants EVERY DAY! He would say we were going to start at one time tomorrow and then he'd call and decide on another time. If the other 2 of us were on time our boss was ALWAYS a half hour late.

One of my ex-boyfriends did bat research in Guam.  He kept wanting me to come out with him, but I always declined.  (He still does wildlife work, in San Diego now.)

I did do a project with a girl on Guam, tracking a marsh bird, for her masters thesis.  She was great, though, and her project was funded through USGS and US Navy, so the pay wasn't so bad.

Ohio state was a major rip off. My second job this summer was working for the university of tennessee doing grassland bird surveys. I was paid 40 hours a week no matter what. I had to be in the feild for 40 days and would have had 20 days off in there somewhere. But they repaid me for all the gas and stuff, and I was getting 9 or 9.50 an hour? I can't remember. My boss was kind of an idiot there too, he was missing al ot of stuff when he drove up here to meet me. But I worked a lone so it wasn't so bad.

Those that you mentioned sound like they would be better.

 

[nicolevins]

School! I've got another 4 years then college years

 

[BethM]

AndersonsRabbits wrote:

Ohio state was a major rip off. My second job this summer was working for the university of tennessee doing grassland bird surveys. I was paid 40 hours a week no matter what. I had to be in the feild for 40 days and would have had 20 days off in there somewhere. But they repaid me for all the gas and stuff, and I was getting 9 or 9.50 an hour? I can't remember. My boss was kind of an idiot there too, he was missing al ot of stuff when he drove up here to meet me. But I worked a lone so it wasn't so bad.

Those that you mentioned sound like they would be better.

The bat project with my ex-bf was actually totally unfunded, and it involved night-time hiking through jungle, out to limestone cliffs that were wet and slippery. Not fun! I always worried about him, as he always went out alone.

The bird (Marianas Common Moorhen) project I helped with was actually not that bad. The Navy provided us a truck, and a key code so we could get gas on base for free. (The major wetland areas left on Guam are on Navy and Air Force land.) USGS paid my wages. It was the second season of tracking, so there were already a dozen or so birds already tagged, the majority of the work was daily radio tracking. We did tag two new birds on Guam, and flew to two other islands to tag more birds there. We had to capture/tag at night, and that was dangerous because the Caribao (feral water buffalo) would hang around the dock area at night. Feral pigs were also dangerous. There was also the usual irritation of being out in the jungle, and having to haul heavy boat equipment around. (On the plus side, I was in really great shape then!)
Otherwise, it was actually kind of fun.

 

[GorbyJobRabbits]

BethM wrote:

AndersonsRabbits wrote:

Ohio state was a major rip off. My second job this summer was working for the university of tennessee doing grassland bird surveys. I was paid 40 hours a week no matter what. I had to be in the feild for 40 days and would have had 20 days off in there somewhere. But they repaid me for all the gas and stuff, and I was getting 9 or 9.50 an hour? I can't remember. My boss was kind of an idiot there too, he was missing al ot of stuff when he drove up here to meet me. But I worked a lone so it wasn't so bad.

Those that you mentioned sound like they would be better.

The bat project with my ex-bf was actually totally unfunded, and it involved night-time hiking through jungle, out to limestone cliffs that were wet and slippery.  Not fun!  I always worried about him, as he always went out alone. 

The bird (Marianas Common Moorhen) project I helped with was actually not that bad.  The Navy provided us a truck, and a key code so we could get gas on base for free.  (The major wetland areas left on Guam are on Navy and Air Force land.)  USGS paid my wages.  It was the second season of tracking, so there were already a dozen or so birds already tagged, the majority of the work was daily radio tracking.  We did tag two new birds on Guam, and flew to two other islands to tag more birds there.  We had to capture/tag at night, and that was dangerous because the Caribao (feral water buffalo) would hang around the dock area at night.  Feral pigs were also dangerous.  There was also the usual irritation of being out in the jungle, and having to haul heavy boat equipment around.  (On the plus side, I was in really great shape then!)
Otherwise, it was actually kind of fun.

Thats something I would like to try to get. I have wanted to travel so bad. I made it to Pennsylvania, and then then got 2 at home in Ohio lol. Guam would be amazing

 

[Skybunny11]

I haven't had a job yet, (I am to young) but I do babysit dogs....I can say the worst dog that I ever had to take care of.

-He was really sweet but jumped on everyone. He was a big Pitbull so when we went for walks everyone was afraid of him

-He chased my rabbits and terrorized them in there cages

-He Pulled on walks

-He would not leave my dog alone (She is a toy Poodle)

-He busted through my screen door

-He went to the bathroom in the house twice



After he was gone the person would not pay me because I took him home like an hour before I was "suppose" to

 

[pOker]

hmm worst job--i would say PC Records Center..its the archives for my town-so any record is there-old newspapers, ancient court files, EVERYTHING.it was such an amazing thing to do-BUT i was CLEARLY the youngest person there, everyone was in their sixties, and they smelled like chicken noodle soup..so to escape from them i had to work in the archives, rearranging boxes and sorting through the court files-cool right? WRONG! it was about 25 degrees in there and about 95 outside. that was my worst job.

 

[Gordon]

Skybunny11 wrote:

 I haven't had a job yet, (I am to young) but I do babysit dogs....I can say the worst dog that I ever had to take care of.

-He was really sweet but jumped on everyone. He was a big Pitbull so when we went for walks everyone was afraid of him

-He chased my rabbits and terrorized them in there cages

-He Pulled on walks

-He would not leave my dog alone (She is a toy Poodle)

-He busted through my screen door

-He went to the bathroom in the house twice

 

After he was gone the person would not pay me because I took him home like an hour before I was "suppose" to

He doesn't sound very "sweet", lol. nor do the owners. --They should have paid you for the time you spent.

 

[Gordon]

pOker wrote:

hmm worst job--i would say PC Records Center..its the archives for my town-so any record is there-old newspapers, ancient court files, EVERYTHING.it was such an amazing thing to do-BUT i was CLEARLY the youngest person there, everyone was in their sixties, and they smelled like chicken noodle soup..so to escape from them i had to work in the archives, rearranging boxes and sorting through the court files-cool right? WRONG! it was about 25 degrees in there and about 95 outside. that was my worst job.

LOL @ the chicken noodle soup smell. Could've been worse.

I liked working in the Deed Room, at the courthouse, here, but there were definitely some weird smells in there, too, LOL.

 

[pOker]

Gordon wrote:

pOker wrote:

hmm worst job--i would say PC Records Center..its the archives for my town-so any record is there-old newspapers, ancient court files, EVERYTHING.it was such an amazing thing to do-BUT i was CLEARLY the youngest person there, everyone was in their sixties, and they smelled like chicken noodle soup..so to escape from them i had to work in the archives, rearranging boxes and sorting through the court files-cool right? WRONG! it was about 25 degrees in there and about 95 outside. that was my worst job.

LOL @ the chicken noodle soup smell. Could've been worse.

I liked working in the Deed Room, at the courthouse, here, but there were definitely some weird smells in there, too, LOL.

lol-even worse was that my neighbor would take me home for lunch-and she only had bologna sandwiches... chicken noodle soup, cold temperature, bologna?? sounds like a stomach ache lol.

 

[BethM]

AndersonsRabbits wrote:

Thats something I would like to try to get. I have wanted to travel so bad. I made it to Pennsylvania, and then then got 2 at home in Ohio lol. Guam would be amazing

If you're doing conservation work, Guam is an amazing place to be. (Though much of your time is spent fighting beauracracy and trying to get people to not eat the animals you're working with. Unless you can get in with the Mariannas Crow people, they've got some good things going on.)

But if you're just there to be there.......Not so much!

 

[GorbyJobRabbits]

BethM wrote:

AndersonsRabbits wrote:

Thats something I would like to try to get. I have wanted to travel so bad. I made it to Pennsylvania, and then then got 2 at home in Ohio lol. Guam would be amazing

 

If you're doing conservation work, Guam is an amazing place to be.  (Though much of your time is spent fighting beauracracy and trying to get people to not eat the animals you're working with.  Unless you can get in with the Mariannas Crow people, they've got some good things going on.) 

But if you're just there to be there.......Not so much!

I'd like to do some wildlife research. I'm wanting to go back to school next fall, and so this would be my last summer. I'm just worn out with the wildlife stuff, or well of hoping to land a job. And this last summer I'd love to go somewhere amazing.. sort of a last chance thing

 

[DeniseJP]

Gordon wrote:

EileenH wrote:

He was horrible; sexist, rude & mean.
He would bang on his coffee cup with a spoon every morning, which meant I was supposed to get up,takehis coffee cup andclean it, & bring him fresh coffee with cookies.

He would also stand by my desk and clean his fingernails with my scissors - after - and I'm not kidding - he picked his nose. (KEEP the scissors, puleeze!)

We did not get along and he eventually fired me; through the firing he kept insulting me and after I left he told a friend of mine "she didn't even cry". Nice...

I just don't understand people like that. It amazes me, really. I suspect in some cases they like being jerks to get some sort of attention, but it's still really hard for me to figure out how or why some people act like that.

Sounds like the mean veterinarian I worked for. He's deceased now - was good with animals but was horrible with his staff - lots of turnover. The experience of working for him scarred me for a long time - if sexual harrassment lawsuits had been in style back then, many of us would have had a big case.

Thank God I love my job now.

Denise

 

[Violet23]

I worked at a Safeway for 6 months..... worst. job. ever!!! The customers there are typically rude, your co-workers hate working there just as much as you do, so no morale whatsoever, your availability is taken advantage of (working full-time but getting none of the benefits, bull-****!!!)...this is just when you're a cashier anyways, it was horribel. I came home miserable every day, but i needed the money. never again!