[jlstyle]

Holy cow I don't stand a chance to contribute on this thread.

[tony20009]

Originally Posted by jlstyle

Holy cow I don't stand a chance to contribute on this thread.

Sure you do. Your worst job doesn't need to be worse than anyone else's. It's not meant to be a "whose job was worst" competition. Is it? Maybe I'm mistaken, but I took the OP/thread as being one just for sharing not "one upping" ???...

All the best.

[Alfisti]

As an aussie i hated physical work that involved confrontations with snakes and spiders. My uncle owned a pig farm and i would help him out all day saturday when i was around 12, fucking brown snakes EVERYWHERE that made me real twitchy then you turn your back and you have red backs (black widows cousin) left, right and centre. Even the odd funnel web (the fuck off nasty one not the american one) reared their heads which really gets your attention.

for reference ....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_brown_snake

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austra...nel-web_spider

[Zarilia]

When I was 14 for 2 years I worked at the long gone Bay Meadows Race Track near San Francisco as a groom for a couple trainers. I mucked horse stalls, brushed the horses, washed them and basically was a chew toy for them. I made $2.50 for every stall/horse.. Worst job ever
I was able to move up after the 2 years to being a breezer.. I got to ride and exercise them! Best job ever lol

[UncleWede]

I remember one summer painting an apartment complex. The guy I worked for did it every year.
I was given the task of painting the eaves, and was going slower than they wanted. I got the grand idea to paint from the roof, so I didn't waste time going up/down the ladders. I totally forgot that when you bend over like that, you expose a whole lot more plumbers crack, and it isn't tanned like the rest of you . . . Ever had your crack sunburned????

[canukgtp]

Worst was fast food job as a teenager...the smell, grease and the way they treat employees in that business...just sucked, but also pushed me to make sure I got educated and a good job.

[upstatedoc]

I did asbestos removal one summer. Couldn't pass up the money in the amount of time I had to work. Prep work wasn't so bad (preparing the area for removal of asbestos) you could show up in shorts and a t shirt and blast some tunes. The removal part was the worst, full suit and respirator no a/c or fan blowing of any kind allowed. Dark, dingy crawlspaces. Heavy, water soaked bags of material. I saw one guy standing on a ladder spraying an area with a hose (to keep fibers wet), he got a little too close to a light socket and the shock sent him right off the ladder onto the ground. Got right back up and kept going.

[M_Six]

I almost bought the farm a few times while removing asbestos. Shocks, falls, etc. Dangerous job.

[Shaan]

Originally Posted by AlpineE92M3

I own a restaurant. Although it's been in my family for almost 30 years, which my father imigrated here from Greece with not a cent in his pocket and opened his own business...the money is undeniably great, but the long 70hours+ night and day, working in hot kitchens during the summer, dealing with shitty customers (not all), and all the breakdowns that happen in an old building. Life is great, but damn, it is some back breaking, hard earned work. Can I just have a desk job with some air conditioning? But honestly, I wouldnt trade it for anything. I was born and raised in the restaurant business, and although I went to college and have a degree in automotive technology, I still LOVE the restaurant and will always. Hard work makes me a better person in my mind. Did I mention the money is great owning ur own business?

Amen to this. I just opened up my first fast food restaurant and its definitely is the hardest thing ive ever done in my life

[kprocivic]

Lumberjacking was no fun. Cutting down trees with manual tools was how I earned extra money while in college.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Pornstar but only with gigantic fat girls !

[Needbmwpartzz]

Originally Posted by tony20009

Sure you do. Your worst job doesn't need to be worse than anyone else's. It's not meant to be a "whose job was worst" competition. Is it? Maybe I'm mistaken, but I took the OP/thread as being one just for sharing not "one upping" ???...

All the best.

Your exactly right tony2009.....this is a sharing experience thread.

[Needbmwpartzz]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Pornstar but only with gigantic fat girls !

Seriously?

[davis449]

I worked for a subcontractor of ExxonMobil Pipeline Co. for a summer after H.S. The company's, and subsequently my, main job was to tag their portion of the piplines at the junctions wherever they may be (terminals, tank batteries, field dist. areas, etc.), log them.

However, that turned into us doing that and pretty much whatever the hell they (ExxonMobil) wanted us to do. Also the company's actual purpose and expertise were in cathodic protection (DC electrical current is run along the pipline underground to prevent corrosion), so we had to run rectifiers and repair damages, if any, for their existing contracts as well. Long days in the oil fields in West Texas in the heat crawling in pipelines (the grade of oil that comes out of the ground out there is high sulfur, really disgusting, and I was 5'5" 120 lbs., so guess who ALWAYS went in after the stuck pig?), digging ditches, getting burned by metal piping sitting in the sun, hoping you don't get electrocuted, climbing up tank batteries in full NOMEX suits when it's 105 degrees, and wondering if some idiot around you is smoking near the NGL or LPG pipeline you're tagging and this is your last day on earth or hoping to god your H2S detector was calibrated right so you didn't take your last step on earth and drop dead. Seriously, if you smell strong sulfur near a pocket of it you're ok, but if you don't smell it you'll never know 'cause you'll just drop dead.

All in all, though, I had as much fun with it as I could out there with the roughnecks and even learned somethings. Wasn't all bad and it built character.

[SheaButter]

THIS WINS!!!!!

[ezndo]

Not quite, this is a dream job for Caitlin

Originally Posted by SheaButter

THIS WINS!!!!!

[WreckerX5d]

The one I hated the most was water delivery for Nestle Waters. Salary and working 60-70 hours a week of moving 5000+lb's of water a day really put a toll on you. I would much rather do 9 months of bootcamp than the 5 months I worked there. I really have zero idea how people can do that for 20 years.

[Golddots]

My current job!

I'm a mechanic on Hyundai's.

You get dirty, work long hours, and wear a ugly uniform. It is probably the least prestigious occupation of anyone on this forum. You are the one no one wants to deal with unless you have a busted vehicle. A lot of your peers enter this field because it was an easy entry but lack any desire to do more than a service or brake job.

People ask what I do because I look barely over 21 and I turn wrenches and roll around in an M3.

I'm fortunate to work in one of the few areas in the country where grease monkeys actually make a decent living.

In the end the job is challenging at times and job security is very good. I was offered a job at several dealers including a Porsche and Ferrari/maserati dealer. Suprisingly all dealer techs get paid the same regardless of the brand.

I love my toolbox and I get to maintain my M3 labor free with the exception of my time.

Someone has to do the dirty work and driving home in my paid off M3 helps make it worth it!

[AlpineE92M3]

Originally Posted by CANGRKE70

Typical Greek! hahaha

Same here brother. Parents just closed 30 years of ownership. Agree 100% with everything you said. My dad is on vacation now in Argos and calls every other day to check the totals, inventory...I call him a Malaka and hang up.

I have worked there since 9 years old. Luckily with my education I got out of running it full time, but you're never really out...I'm still there a lot after work and on weekends.

Money is great, but the hours...got to love the golden handcuffs.

*Worst job I ever had was working in the meat department of a large Supermarket...I'm honestly surprised I didn't become a vegetarian with what I've seen, smelled and had to clean up.

Typical doesn't even describe it. It's in our blood and nature! Lol you actually call ur dad a malaka?? Lmao I unfortunately can't do so, he passed away when I was 13, so I feel like Its in my soul to run the family business. It's not all that bad as it seems, as long as you have good help. Which good help is hard to find. The new generation of kids are so f'in lazy it makes me sick. Gotta be on their ass all the time just to sweep and mop the floors. Anyways, the business is what let's me enjoy the fruits of my labor, my M3, my house, and all the amenities that come with it. It's hard work, but it's worth it in my mind.

[BEMR]

Residential sewer systems require video monitoring though the complete pipe system after your shit dumps into the larger pipe connecting all the homes down the center of the street. My friend operates a 15 inch unit with tractor wheels that he spends the day from above watching a monitor after he's placed the unit below the sewer cap for a shit cruise down the pipes. All of this is digitally recorded from 4 mini camera mounts on the shitty tractor rig, he loves his job and sometimes says you can't believe what he finds in the pipes. I'll leave that part out of the story.

[P1]

Originally Posted by CANGRKE70

Typical Greek! hahaha

Same here brother. Parents just closed 30 years of ownership. Agree 100% with everything you said. My dad is on vacation now in Argos and calls every other day to check the totals, inventory...I call him a Malaka and hang up.

I have worked there since 9 years old. Luckily with my education I got out of running it full time, but you're never really out...I'm still there a lot after work and on weekends.

Money is great, but the hours...got to love the golden handcuffs.

*Worst job I ever had was working in the meat department of a large Supermarket...I'm honestly surprised I didn't become a vegetarian with what I've seen, smelled and had to clean up.

Where in Greece were you born?

[BEMR]

I was a stunt dick for some pretty famous porn movies, I doubled for one of the more famous actors, unfortunately my face was never shown in one movie. dam it!