My worst job was.... - Page 2

PrettyPetite · #16 06-07-2002, 04:44 PM

My worst job--telemarketing.

The pay was good, but like another person said, those places are so Ghettofabulous.

Needless to say, I stayed for about a week.

jojapeach · #17 09-13-2002, 09:04 AM

My worst job was working at the Kroger across the street from my apartment complex during my senior year of college. The best part was the convenience. Just a 2 min drive home...at 1 am. But there was no discount although as a cashier, you're on your feet all day long. I even injured my chest from all the reaching, pulling, and scannig items. You get a break, but dang.

The job at Macy's in junior's department during Christmas comes in a close second.

**still recovering from the memory**

Aurora6 · #18 09-13-2002, 11:08 AM

Like sistah determined1 and SisterSoror PrettyPetite....my worst job, by far, was telemarketing.

We weren't even selling anything, we simply called random folks to conduct opinion surveys that Newspapers, T.V. etc, use for their polls.

Still...I got hung up on, cussed out, threatened, etc... They would only let you work in 4 hour shifts the job was so stressful and depressing.

BUT, I am glad to have had the experience. It built character, particularly patience, and sympathy for folks who now call my house telemarketing stuff.

Sisterly,

Aurora6

"Find a job you Love and you'll NEVER work a day in your life"

Afrochic · #19 09-15-2002, 09:59 PM

My worst job was telemarketing. I had to sell lightbulbs. Who in the world buys lightbulbs over the phone? I lasted one week and didn't make one sell. I couldn't get over the fact that it was so stupid to sell lightbulbs over the phone which made me a bad salesperson.

Honeykiss1974 · #20 09-15-2002, 10:28 PM

*lol* @ selling lightbulbs over the phone!

Ok, my worst job and first job was during high school when I was a waitress for the big TWO WEEKS! OMGoodnees I hated that job to all eternity. People were straight EL CHEAPO when it came to tipping. Bump that mess you hear about black folks being bad tippers because for the two weeks that I was there, all of my customers were white and would leave me nothing or maybe a quarter. BOOO YOU BAD TIPPING LOSERS!!!

And to top it off, I only got paid $2.00 an hour (this was in 1993). Yeah, I straight left that job and went to work at JC Penny's

Knowledge1922 · #21 09-16-2002, 09:15 PM

supermarket cashier

starang21 · #22 09-16-2002, 11:00 PM

dishwasher and busboy. well, it was at a college, and i was in HS, so i guess it was cool becuase i got to talk to those older females .

Shanums · #23 09-23-2002, 04:48 AM

my town's newspaper

i was the person who put all those inserts into the newspapers by hand. the pay and anger was not worth it. i used to black out on people when i would see them throw the inserts away without even reading them. i'm thinking, i stood on a cement floor for 8+ hrs doing that and you're gonna throw them away without even reading them. i now sympathize with postal workers.

Aurora6 · #24 09-25-2002, 12:13 PM

OK I think Shanums, just won the worst job ever award.

I mean dang, they could have at least brought you a chair, a stool or something to sit on while working!

Yikes!

rho4life · #25 11-10-2003, 05:30 PM

Well, I was just out of school and needed somthing to pay the bills while I looked for a "real job". So I ended up working in a FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZING Warehouse, doing quasi-retail work.

While working there, I was bitten by a dog [which didn't have rabies thankfully] whose owner was never found. I went to the hospital and came back to work the same day!

Less than a month later, I tripped over the mess of boxes, and landed on the concrete and broke my arm. I came back to work a few days later, painkillers and all, trying to do everything one handed.

Looking back, it did motivate me to find a better job!

sigmadiva · #26 11-11-2003, 11:32 AM

I, too, was a telemarketer during college. I worked for one week at a photographer's studio trying to get people to come in and have their picture taken. The team leader put all of our names on the chalk board and kept score of who was making the most sales. My name was at the bottom all week. I have absolutly no sales ability. So, I quit.

And to HoneyKiss1974, I remember getting phone calls for lightbulbs. I think my mom bought them once or twice.

rho4life · #27 02-02-2005, 03:03 PM

1.9.2.2.

DC_Zeta1920 · #28 02-03-2005, 03:47 PM

I worked in a doctors office. That was the worst job I have ever had. Then again it may have been the people more so than the job itself.....

SGRho02 · #29 02-19-2005, 04:38 PM

I know how you feel about it being the people you work with. My first job out of college was working as a asst. manager @ Hardees Restaurant. I had never worked in fast food before but I really needed the money which was surprisingly great. Well, my manager had a problem with me and even stated that she did not like me because she felt I looked down my nose at her and the other staff. Everyone really hated me when we were talking and they found out that I had experienced "real" college life(living in the dorms, clubbing from Thursday to Sunday, etc..)(They were all either high school drop-outs or teen parents) I had no problems with their situations and really liked some of them. Well, one day I actually got "cussed out" by not one employee but two, and the manager just laughed and said I probably deserved it, being that I was an"uppity balck girl"(she was black her $amn self!!!) I quit right on the spot!!!!!!!

aephi alum · #30 02-19-2005, 05:16 PM

Can I play?

The worst job I've ever had was some consulting work I did a couple of years ago. My client was the president of a small company that was mostly his family (his wife was the receptionist, his father was the marketing director, etc).

This guy would sneak up on his employees and consultants in an attempt to catch them surfing the web or doing personal things on company time.

He yelled at me one day because he thought I'd gotten in at 9:05am, left at 5pm, and billed him for a full day the day before. He had his knickers in a twist over FIVE MINUTES. He himself spends longer than that in the bathroom.

He yelled at me because I stepped out to make a quick call on my cell phone. I was outside for five minutes (and had planned to stick around for a bit so he'd get his full eight hours

). He yelled at me for half an hour. I didn't bill him for the five minutes, but you can bet I billed him for that half hour!

He NEVER paid on time. He paid one of my invoices sixty days late. I came close to threatening to take him to court.

His wife was pregnant. She gave birth in the morning. He was back in the office that afternoon.

EVERY ONE of his employees who were not members of his family, was looking for a new job.

I snapped when he told me that if I wanted him to give me a good recommendation, I had to work for him for free one day per month. I just turned around, walked right out of his office, drove home, and sent him my resignation and final invoice via email. (Naturally, that final invoice was paid late.)

And my 1099 from that work? Postmarked April 16. He was trying to make it so that I couldn't file my taxes on time. Little did he know that you can file your taxes even without all your W-2s, 1099s, etc, and if an employer deliberately withholds these documents, the IRS fines them.

Sorry that was so long, but the vent felt good!

For those of you who have been telemarketers, I feel your pain. I've called people asking for charitable contributions, and ouch! This is why I always try to tell the telemarketer politely that I'm not interested, I'm on the do-not-call list, and please don't call this number again.