What in the world have you done?! - Page 4

Gemini Cricket · 06-20-2007, 07:57 PM

McDonalds cashier and cook
Clerk for the Honolulu Police Dept
Clerk for the Dept. of Transportation in Hawaii
Clerk for the Honolulu Board of Water Supply (I stayed for 2 hours)
Hired by a friend to build a house in Mammoth Mountain
Film and Video Lab Clerk at Chapman University
Video Dept Manager at the Wherehouse
Production Assistant for Sunset Gower Studios
Stock Vault Clerk for a post production house
Client Rep for the same post house
Post Production Coordinator for Dreamworks
Box Office Cashier for a movie theatre chain in Hawaii
Custom Framer
Bank teller for Bank of Hawaii
Teller for Univ of HI Credit Union
Personal Assistant at a Consulting Firm
Sales Staff Supervisor for The Monterey Bay Aquarium
Development Assistant for The Monterey Bay Aquarium
Development Assistant for St. Francis House Homeless Shelter in Boston
Development Assistant for GLAD in Boston
Staff Supervisor for a Borders Bookstore
Post Production Coordinator at current job
Post Production Supervisor at current job

I've also volunteered at 7 theatres in my lifetime and was in about 15 to 20 theatre productions.

*whew!*

Cadaverous Pallor · 06-21-2007, 08:36 AM

Babysitting - I had no allowance, but I had a good amount of frequent customers in the small Orthodox Jewish community of the west San Fernando Valley. It was the only upside to having no one my age in said small Orthodox Jewish community.

I helped organize a pile of books for a new Jewish day school's library.

Answered phones at a custom hot rod place. Their claim to fame was that they built the hot rod used on Tim Allen's Home Improvement. Worked there for 2 months or so - pay was a joke.

Worked two days for a shady telemarketer. Showed up on day three and they were gone without a trace. All commission, didn't make a dime.

Worked one day at a wannabe Claire's Boutique at the mall. Quit.

Discovery Zone, a now-defunct take on Chuck E Cheese (emphasis on play zones, not video games). I loved the kids, disliked the parents, was enslaved by management. Quit after 2 or 3 months, which felt like a year. They begged me to stay.

Filing insurance papers, then filing insurance papers.

Temped one summer at a pill factory, doing filing/phones.

Elementary school librarian

Clerk at public library

Not much variety, and I always knew when a job was merely transitory.

Disneykat · 06-21-2007, 08:48 AM

I worked at Carl's Jr....hated it
worked at Aaron Bros Art Marts. Yep I was one of those people who sold you frames at the one cent frame sale

sold pogs at MainPlace mall

was a medical assistant for yrs

a dental assistant

worked 5 yrs as a medical records tech

worked in a mammography center in Laguna Hills

became (and still am) a youth minister in the Catholic Church (I volunteered in YM for 11 yrs before taking it on full time)

AllyOops! · 06-21-2007, 09:40 AM

Boy, I must have a case of the memory gaps. I'm forgetting some jobs!

Disneyat's post about working at the Main Place Mall triggered my memory!

I also worked at:

The Record Shop (Main Place Mall)- So much fun! One day, the drummer for a known Glam band at the time came in and asked me out! His pick-up routine was actually going to get his CD, and pointing out his picture on the back cover. I cannot believe that even worked on me.

Music Plus (Northridge) - I did this while in college and didn't really have fun at all. However, I worked with a guy who was a drummer (what was it with drummers?) in a struggling garage glam band & we ended up dating. He had long, curly big hair, tight leather pants & those billowy pirate blouses that all of the hair banders wore at the time. Haha! I thought he was so dreamy. He looked like Kip Winger & all.

By the way, this was back when glam was still popular. Not, like, last week.

Edited To Add: Does Music Plus or any of these places exist anymore? I haven't seen an actual record store in ages besides Tower Records, which was on the brink of bankruptcy a few years ago! I remember the Music Plus in Northridge became a Blockbuster music store which quickly went out of business. At Music Plus, we were located next to CSUN, so it was always an endless parade of frat boys asking to rent Faces Of Death which, hello, we didn't carry. My favorite video that we rented? Frankenhooker.

Of course, I rented it. I suggest you do, too. It's the story of a crazed scientist who loses his girlfriend in a tragic LAWN MOWER accident. He decides to reconstruct her, but only her head is salvageable. So, in order to collect other body parts, he lures hookers into his motel room, and gives them SUPER CRACK (yes, you read right) to smoke. The crack is so powerful it causes the hookers to explode, thus giving him the needed body parts. Good golly, that movie SUCKED!

Kevy Baby · 06-21-2007, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by AllyOfTheDolls

Does Music Plus or any of these places exist anymore? I haven't seen an actual record store in ages besides Tower Records, which was on the brink of bankruptcy a few years ago!

Tower Records went out of business a few months ago. We discussed it here.

Music Plus is long gone. I think The Wherehouse is the closest you can find to a "Music Store" chain remaining, but I suspect they have more sales with movies than music (or at least comparable). If you want to purchase a CD from a bricks and mortar store, Borders, B & N, and Best Buy are probably some of your better sources for a "chain" store. There are a lot of other places as well (Wal Mart, Target, etc.)

I am sure there are still a few remaining stand-alone stores, but that will vary by geographic region.

mousepod · 06-21-2007, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by AllyOfTheDolls

*Model- Seventeen Magazine, Esprit & Betsy Johnson Fashion Shows

What Betsey Johnson shows? My life changed as a result of some Betsey Johnson shows...

AllyOops! · 06-21-2007, 12:18 PM

Heehee!

You know, I wish I could even remember. It was a long, long, long time ago. I remember the Esprit one like it was yesterday for some reason! And I modeled in that one ages before Betsy Johnson. All I remember is that it was in Los Angeles. I remember combing through the wardrobe and being so excited to be wearing the clothing, and a little nervous to wear others.

However, it wasn't like a gigantic New York show or the ones you see during Fashion Week (One reason? I'm too short-I'm almost at the 5'7 mark).

I forgot that I once did a modeling assignment for Vidal Sassoon. My hair was long & almost platinum blonde, and they chopped it to my shoulders and dyed it fire engine red. People either loved it or hated it, but I loved it! I thought it was more exciting being a redhead!

I was offered a modeling job when I worked in Hollywood as a receptionist. I wish I would have taken it, but I was too nervous at the time! I was supposed to be covered in silver body paint, in a silver bikini, in rollerskates. I had visions of Buddy Ebson, the original Tin Man, nearly dying from silver paint. Plus, I have to be honest, modeling was not my bag. I wanted to be a writer or journalist more then anything. Plus, I was really young & a little too insecure. In my mind, I'd always be thinking, people must look at me and be like, "yeah, right". I look in the mirror and see a trillion flaws!

I wish I could remember more. However, now I'm old hag.

mousepod · 06-21-2007, 12:26 PM

Gotcha... my memories were of the NY shows.

When I get along to posting my jobs to this thread (a little too close to home now with my current job search), you'll see that I was the Music Supervisor for several Betsey fashion shows back in the day. I worked directly with the person who designed all the stuff for the runway shows - and then I married her.

cirquelover · 06-21-2007, 01:03 PM

I don't think I've done anything exciting but here goes...

Picking fruit when I was a teen, strawberries, blueberries and cherries(did you know snakes live in trees!! I found out the hard way!

Babysitting, teen years

Maid and front desk help

Telemarketer, I lasted two days

Bakery worker

Bowling alley- had to run everything alone

Fire watch at a mill, carried around 200ft hoses

Target

Small plastics firm making the tabletop displays and folding boards for Sears

Warehouse worker

Auditor/inventory control

Catering at many points in my life

Now I'm just a mom, wife, school teacher and any other misc title that comes my way

Alex · 06-21-2007, 01:31 PM

My first wife was named after Betsey Johnson.

06-20-2007, 07:57 PM	#31
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	McDonalds cashier and cook Clerk for the Honolulu Police Dept Clerk for the Dept. of Transportation in Hawaii Clerk for the Honolulu Board of Water Supply (I stayed for 2 hours) Hired by a friend to build a house in Mammoth Mountain Film and Video Lab Clerk at Chapman University Video Dept Manager at the Wherehouse Production Assistant for Sunset Gower Studios Stock Vault Clerk for a post production house Client Rep for the same post house Post Production Coordinator for Dreamworks Box Office Cashier for a movie theatre chain in Hawaii Custom Framer Bank teller for Bank of Hawaii Teller for Univ of HI Credit Union Personal Assistant at a Consulting Firm Sales Staff Supervisor for The Monterey Bay Aquarium Development Assistant for The Monterey Bay Aquarium Development Assistant for St. Francis House Homeless Shelter in Boston Development Assistant for GLAD in Boston Staff Supervisor for a Borders Bookstore Post Production Coordinator at current job Post Production Supervisor at current job I've also volunteered at 7 theatres in my lifetime and was in about 15 to 20 theatre productions. whew!
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06-21-2007, 08:36 AM	#32
Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	Babysitting - I had no allowance, but I had a good amount of frequent customers in the small Orthodox Jewish community of the west San Fernando Valley. It was the only upside to having no one my age in said small Orthodox Jewish community. I helped organize a pile of books for a new Jewish day school's library. Answered phones at a custom hot rod place. Their claim to fame was that they built the hot rod used on Tim Allen's Home Improvement. Worked there for 2 months or so - pay was a joke. Worked two days for a shady telemarketer. Showed up on day three and they were gone without a trace. All commission, didn't make a dime. Worked one day at a wannabe Claire's Boutique at the mall. Quit. Discovery Zone, a now-defunct take on Chuck E Cheese (emphasis on play zones, not video games). I loved the kids, disliked the parents, was enslaved by management. Quit after 2 or 3 months, which felt like a year. They begged me to stay. Filing insurance papers, then filing insurance papers. Temped one summer at a pill factory, doing filing/phones. Elementary school librarian Clerk at public library Not much variety, and I always knew when a job was merely transitory. __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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06-21-2007, 08:48 AM	#33
Disneykat missing my alterna-hubby Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: NC Posts: 42	I worked at Carl's Jr....hated it worked at Aaron Bros Art Marts. Yep I was one of those people who sold you frames at the one cent frame sale sold pogs at MainPlace mall was a medical assistant for yrs a dental assistant worked 5 yrs as a medical records tech worked in a mammography center in Laguna Hills became (and still am) a youth minister in the Catholic Church (I volunteered in YM for 11 yrs before taking it on full time)
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06-21-2007, 09:40 AM	#34
AllyOops! It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time!!! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Introspection Intersection Posts: 1,207	Boy, I must have a case of the memory gaps. I'm forgetting some jobs! Disneyat's post about working at the Main Place Mall triggered my memory! I also worked at: The Record Shop (Main Place Mall)- So much fun! One day, the drummer for a known Glam band at the time came in and asked me out! His pick-up routine was actually going to get his CD, and pointing out his picture on the back cover. I cannot believe that even worked on me. Music Plus (Northridge) - I did this while in college and didn't really have fun at all. However, I worked with a guy who was a drummer (what was it with drummers?) in a struggling garage glam band & we ended up dating. He had long, curly big hair, tight leather pants & those billowy pirate blouses that all of the hair banders wore at the time. Haha! I thought he was so dreamy. He looked like Kip Winger & all. By the way, this was back when glam was still popular. Not, like, last week. Edited To Add: Does Music Plus or any of these places exist anymore? I haven't seen an actual record store in ages besides Tower Records, which was on the brink of bankruptcy a few years ago! I remember the Music Plus in Northridge became a Blockbuster music store which quickly went out of business. At Music Plus, we were located next to CSUN, so it was always an endless parade of frat boys asking to rent Faces Of Death which, hello, we didn't carry. My favorite video that we rented? Frankenhooker. Of course, I rented it. I suggest you do, too. It's the story of a crazed scientist who loses his girlfriend in a tragic LAWN MOWER accident. He decides to reconstruct her, but only her head is salvageable. So, in order to collect other body parts, he lures hookers into his motel room, and gives them SUPER CRACK (yes, you read right) to smoke. The crack is so powerful it causes the hookers to explode, thus giving him the needed body parts. Good golly, that movie SUCKED! Last edited by AllyOops! : 06-21-2007 at 09:57 AM.
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06-21-2007, 12:18 PM	#37
AllyOops! It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time!!! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Introspection Intersection Posts: 1,207	Heehee! You know, I wish I could even remember. It was a long, long, long time ago. I remember the Esprit one like it was yesterday for some reason! And I modeled in that one ages before Betsy Johnson. All I remember is that it was in Los Angeles. I remember combing through the wardrobe and being so excited to be wearing the clothing, and a little nervous to wear others. However, it wasn't like a gigantic New York show or the ones you see during Fashion Week (One reason? I'm too short-I'm almost at the 5'7 mark). I forgot that I once did a modeling assignment for Vidal Sassoon. My hair was long & almost platinum blonde, and they chopped it to my shoulders and dyed it fire engine red. People either loved it or hated it, but I loved it! I thought it was more exciting being a redhead! I was offered a modeling job when I worked in Hollywood as a receptionist. I wish I would have taken it, but I was too nervous at the time! I was supposed to be covered in silver body paint, in a silver bikini, in rollerskates. I had visions of Buddy Ebson, the original Tin Man, nearly dying from silver paint. Plus, I have to be honest, modeling was not my bag. I wanted to be a writer or journalist more then anything. Plus, I was really young & a little too insecure. In my mind, I'd always be thinking, people must look at me and be like, "yeah, right". I look in the mirror and see a trillion flaws! I wish I could remember more. However, now I'm old hag. Last edited by AllyOops! : 06-21-2007 at 12:23 PM.
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06-21-2007, 12:26 PM	#38
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	Gotcha... my memories were of the NY shows. When I get along to posting my jobs to this thread (a little too close to home now with my current job search), you'll see that I was the Music Supervisor for several Betsey fashion shows back in the day. I worked directly with the person who designed all the stuff for the runway shows - and then I married her. __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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06-21-2007, 01:03 PM	#39
cirquelover Cruising around in my automobile... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oregon Posts: 2,617	I don't think I've done anything exciting but here goes... Picking fruit when I was a teen, strawberries, blueberries and cherries(did you know snakes live in trees!! I found out the hard way! Babysitting, teen years Maid and front desk help Telemarketer, I lasted two days Bakery worker Bowling alley- had to run everything alone Fire watch at a mill, carried around 200ft hoses Target Small plastics firm making the tabletop displays and folding boards for Sears Warehouse worker Auditor/inventory control Catering at many points in my life Now I'm just a mom, wife, school teacher and any other misc title that comes my way
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06-21-2007, 01:31 PM	#40
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	My first wife was named after Betsey Johnson.
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