What in the world have you done?! - Page 6

Ponine · 08-15-2007, 08:32 AM

So I'm at a wedding this past weekend, and happened to remember a job I didnt post.

At the ripe age of 17 I was hired for a local music video for a band doing a cover of Pretty Woman.
I had to walk across the set with a very small dog.

In the end I think I walked across the set 40 times. And walk might not be the best way to say it.

katiesue · 08-15-2007, 09:28 AM

I somehow missed this before -
Hardware Store (window displays were my speciality)
Lumber Yard/Hardware Store
Alpha Beta - Courtesy Clerk
Bonsu/MacAmerica - Receptionist
Jon Douglas Real Estate - Receptionist
JC Penney Television Home Shopping - Receptionist
Activision - various ending in Assistant to the Chairman
SunAmerica - Assistant Marketing Department
HNC - Assistant
Currently - internet/healthcare company - Executive Assistant

BarTopDancer · 08-15-2007, 09:36 AM

Not sure how I forgot these.

Courtesy clerk at Albertsons; then I worked in the deli and bakery for awhile.
Staff at YMCA summer camp
Janitor

Not Afraid · 08-15-2007, 09:48 AM

I forgot all of the "pretty" jobs.

Model, commercial actress, beauty pageant queen. Yeah, I'd prefer these stay out of my resume.

Ponine · 08-15-2007, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid

I forgot all of the "pretty" jobs.

Model, commercial actress, beauty pageant queen. Yeah, I'd prefer these stay out of my resume.

I frankly would too, but I know SOME people would have been wounded to not know about that one.

Gn2Dlnd · 08-15-2007, 10:53 AM

Checking into the thread tardy, which is how I lost most of these jobs...

Let's start at the very beginning:

Dishwasher/Busser: Sizzler, Food Factory, Alpiner (in the Tyler Mall May Co., job also included baking soda bread) 3 yrs :meh:

Phone solicitor 3 months

Disneyland Custodial Host 1 1/2 yrs

Golf Cart maintenance 1 yr

Stockroom at At-Ease Clothing store in Westwood 9 months

Clerk at Intellitoys in the Beverly Center, and Joys & Toys on Melrose 4 yrs

Doorman at Odyssey1 dance club, fave quote, "No readmission." 2 yrs ?

Croissant bakery slave 3 months

Background performer (dozens of films, mostly bad) forever :meh:

Laugher (on The Nanny) 2 seasons

Clerk at All American Boy Clothing in WeHo 9 years :meh:

Clerk at VideoWest in WeHo 4 years

Harry Shearer's on-air assistant 9 years (unpaid)

Ran the mailroom at KCRW 1 1/2 yr

Voice-Mail Monitor for telephone dating service 2 yrs

Cater waiter 16 yrs :tired:

Mailroom at Provident Financial Management 3 yrs

Stage Actor for occasional stipend 30 yrs

President and CEO of Spring River Farm, makers of ThinKrisps® 4 yrs

I must be really old.

LSPoorEeyorick · 08-15-2007, 11:25 AM

Cashier at McDonald's (and there's very little I'll eat there now) - through high school
Cashier at terrific deli, Zingermann's - one summer in college
Administrative Intern and Assistant Director for The Phoenix Theater, a small professional theater company - one summer in college
Education intern and theater teacher at The Shakespeare Theater of Washington DC - one summer in college
Producer/Director of university Shakespeare company - two years
Telemarketer - one month during one summer in college
Lane Bryant salesperson - two months during one summer in college
Office Professional and Technical Editor for Dow Chemical R&D department - 8 months after college
Temp in a post-production filing room - my first month in LA
Data Entry temp for a major insurance fatcat - my second through sixth moths in LA
Theatre intern and stage manager for a small educational Shakespeare company - four months
Communications Liaison for an insurance negotiation firm (on-site representative at the fatcat insurance company I worked for as a temp) - three miserable years
Freelance writer and editor for online media advertising company - five months
Production Associate, then Associate Producer for online media advertising company - eleven months
Content manager/editor/writer for online media advertising company's offshoot project - eleven months
Unpaid spec screenwriter - I've been dancing on my first one for a year. I'm hoping to finish it up this year and start another.

CoasterMatt · 08-15-2007, 12:14 PM

I can now say that I've been paid to beat up children (for a student film)

Kevy Baby · 08-15-2007, 01:14 PM

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I can now say that I've been paid to beat up children (for a student film)

So you are finally getting paid to do what you've already been doing all these years?

08-15-2007, 08:32 AM	#1
Ponine Virgin Ears Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,075	So I'm at a wedding this past weekend, and happened to remember a job I didnt post. At the ripe age of 17 I was hired for a local music video for a band doing a cover of Pretty Woman. I had to walk across the set with a very small dog. In the end I think I walked across the set 40 times. And walk might not be the best way to say it. __________________ There's something strange, There's something wrong. I see a change - It's like when love dies.
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08-15-2007, 09:28 AM	#2
katiesue Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 4,678	I somehow missed this before - Hardware Store (window displays were my speciality) Lumber Yard/Hardware Store Alpha Beta - Courtesy Clerk Bonsu/MacAmerica - Receptionist Jon Douglas Real Estate - Receptionist JC Penney Television Home Shopping - Receptionist Activision - various ending in Assistant to the Chairman SunAmerica - Assistant Marketing Department HNC - Assistant Currently - internet/healthcare company - Executive Assistant __________________ My life is so exciting I can hardly stand it.
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08-15-2007, 09:36 AM	#3
BarTopDancer Prepping... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Here, there, everywhere Posts: 11,405	Not sure how I forgot these. Courtesy clerk at Albertsons; then I worked in the deli and bakery for awhile. Staff at YMCA summer camp Janitor __________________ Spork is the new MacGyver Postcards From My Edge
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08-15-2007, 09:48 AM	#4
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	I forgot all of the "pretty" jobs. Model, commercial actress, beauty pageant queen. Yeah, I'd prefer these stay out of my resume.
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08-15-2007, 10:53 AM	#6
Gn2Dlnd Parmmadore Jim Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Casita del Queso Posts: 3,810	Checking into the thread tardy, which is how I lost most of these jobs... Let's start at the very beginning: Dishwasher/Busser: Sizzler, Food Factory, Alpiner (in the Tyler Mall May Co., job also included baking soda bread) 3 yrs :meh: Phone solicitor 3 months Disneyland Custodial Host 1 1/2 yrs Golf Cart maintenance 1 yr Stockroom at At-Ease Clothing store in Westwood 9 months Clerk at Intellitoys in the Beverly Center, and Joys & Toys on Melrose 4 yrs Doorman at Odyssey1 dance club, fave quote, "No readmission." 2 yrs ? Croissant bakery slave 3 months Background performer (dozens of films, mostly bad) forever :meh: Laugher (on The Nanny) 2 seasons Clerk at All American Boy Clothing in WeHo 9 years :meh: Clerk at VideoWest in WeHo 4 years Harry Shearer's on-air assistant 9 years (unpaid) Ran the mailroom at KCRW 1 1/2 yr Voice-Mail Monitor for telephone dating service 2 yrs Cater waiter 16 yrs :tired: Mailroom at Provident Financial Management 3 yrs Stage Actor for occasional stipend 30 yrs President and CEO of Spring River Farm, makers of ThinKrisps® 4 yrs I must be really old. __________________ Does anyone still wear a hat?
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08-15-2007, 11:25 AM	#7
LSPoorEeyorick scribblin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in the moment Posts: 3,872	Cashier at McDonald's (and there's very little I'll eat there now) - through high school Cashier at terrific deli, Zingermann's - one summer in college Administrative Intern and Assistant Director for The Phoenix Theater, a small professional theater company - one summer in college Education intern and theater teacher at The Shakespeare Theater of Washington DC - one summer in college Producer/Director of university Shakespeare company - two years Telemarketer - one month during one summer in college Lane Bryant salesperson - two months during one summer in college Office Professional and Technical Editor for Dow Chemical R&D department - 8 months after college Temp in a post-production filing room - my first month in LA Data Entry temp for a major insurance fatcat - my second through sixth moths in LA Theatre intern and stage manager for a small educational Shakespeare company - four months Communications Liaison for an insurance negotiation firm (on-site representative at the fatcat insurance company I worked for as a temp) - three miserable years Freelance writer and editor for online media advertising company - five months Production Associate, then Associate Producer for online media advertising company - eleven months Content manager/editor/writer for online media advertising company's offshoot project - eleven months Unpaid spec screenwriter - I've been dancing on my first one for a year. I'm hoping to finish it up this year and start another.
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08-15-2007, 12:14 PM	#8
CoasterMatt BRAAAAAAAINS! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: One Step Beyond... Posts: 8,802	I can now say that I've been paid to beat up children (for a student film) __________________ Do you like my photography? Visit photosbymatt.tumblr.com to purchase prints!
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