my good friend and singer of our band worked there...he has funny stories about that place...check out his American Idol audtition http://youtube.com/watch?v=VjjQalCvbF0 (sorry it wont let me embed)
Damn, I can relate having worked at blockbuster back in 96, that was my only retail job. Customers are azzholes ferrillzz!! After that it was strictly construction or some type of manuel labor that paid at least $20 an hour or more. You know the raer are expensive sometimes.. gotta get the money, gotta get paid!
pfft. i was getting paid $20 for a FULL 18 HOLE LOOP!!!!
And if the golfer really liked you, he might buy you a soda at the clubhouse after the 9th hole. And if he really, really liked you, he might tip you $2 when the round was over!
I caddied at two different country clubs. I hated them both. That job sucked.
How about Tape World? I assume that was a chain store. Or was it only at our BFE mall? Anyone else work at Tape World?
Which just made me kinda sad for the kids of today. For all of the history of recorded music kids could have lame jobs at mall stores like Records Galore, Tape World, C.D.'s 'n' More (and Tower and Virgin).
But there is no "MP3 Land" at your local mall.
Is the right of passage of teenagers working at (new) music stores over?
I can barely step foot inside a mall. You couldn't pay me to work there.
My first job was doing construction work for Habitat for Humanity. 40 hours/week over a hot summer working with uncoordinated volunteers, most of whom were only there because their employer thought it'd be good "team building". Very glad I did it, and enjoy coming back to volunteer, but construction is grueling work. Respect your construction workers, fools who lug nail guns on top of roofs in the blazing sun all day, drywall an entire house in a day, etc.
I am very glad that goth has died down, at least where I am.
Surveyor Bridge Authority Pool Guy Construction Day Laborer Tax Collector Hotel Front Desk Postal Carrier Postal Office Data Entry Tutor Test Scoring Supervisor Traveling Consultant Management
Surveyor Bridge Authority Pool Guy Construction Day Laborer Tax Collector Hotel Front Desk Postal Carrier Postal Office Data Entry Tutor Test Scoring Supervisor Traveling Consultant Management
The list goes on and on.
I respect people who are a professionals at one thing. But I also respect dudes like you, who've worked the gamut of odd jobs to pay the bills.
Surveyor Bridge Authority Pool Guy Construction Day Laborer Tax Collector Hotel Front Desk Postal Carrier Postal Office Data Entry Tutor Test Scoring Supervisor Traveling Consultant Management
The list goes on and on.
I respect people who are a professionals at one thing. But I also respect dudes like you, who've worked the gamut of odd jobs to pay the bills.
I think it's given me perspective. I've seen crazy fucking shit cuz I've been out there. I had a teacher in high school who could beat me for jobs had. He'd always start a story with "When I was working at the information booth in Grand Central Station" or "When I was a coal miner" or "When I was selling insurance door to door." Shit would always crack me up with the amount of experience in "the ether" he had.
Surveyor Bridge Authority Pool Guy Construction Day Laborer Tax Collector Hotel Front Desk Postal Carrier Postal Office Data Entry Tutor Test Scoring Supervisor Traveling Consultant Management
The list goes on and on.
I respect people who are a professionals at one thing. But I also respect dudes like you, who've worked the gamut of odd jobs to pay the bills.
I think it's given me perspective. I've seen crazy fucking shit cuz I've been out there. I had a teacher in high school who could beat me for jobs had. He'd always start a story with "When I was working at the information booth in Grand Central Station" or "When I was a coal miner" or "When I was selling insurance door to door." Shit would always crack me up with the amount of experience in "the ether" he had.
No doubt.
Big_Stacks"I don't worry about hittin' power, cause I don't give 'em nuttin' to hit." 4,670 Posts
I know I wasn't the only one who worked an embarrassing mall job.
ZERO smashing pumpkin t-shirts at a 40% employee discount? NO PLAESE
There is no dishonor in hard, honest work. No offense, but this post is sort of condescending and snobbish.
I don't think I've ever had a long-term job. It's just not in my repertoire. I've never been fired, I just stop working and move on. It's actually something of a problem, because deep down, despite all my schooling, I know that I am completely unemployable. Right now I'm in a 6-year graduate program, and I have no intention of staying in the field once I get my PhD. I'm just fucking passing time. What a waste.
Here are a few of the jobs I've have had in the last 8-10 years.
Busboy Telemarketer (hilarious) Knife salesman Record store lackey Lab manager Soccer ref Buddhism tutor Industrial mover Employee at the UofM Business School student lounge (urge to kill, rising) Convenience store clerk (surprisingly fun in a college town) Cultural expedition guide (best job ever) Catering Web design Video editor Ebay grip-n-flip technician Research assistant House painter Data entry (the fucking worst of the bunch) DJ STUDENT Never worked in a mall though, as I am generally fearful of them.
I know I wasn't the only one who worked an embarrassing mall job.
ZERO smashing pumpkin t-shirts at a 40% employee discount? NO PLAESE
There is no dishonor in hard, honest work. No offense, but this post is sort of condescending and snobbish.
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
Good words. I'm definitely not snobbish, but unless you were the founder of the first Hot Topic or some shit, then I don't think it's something you'd bring up in a conversation. "Oh yea I do retail at Hot Topic", after some dudes next to you are like "yea, I'm an equity analyst at Merril Lynch, and I surf on the weekends".
Big_Stacks"I don't worry about hittin' power, cause I don't give 'em nuttin' to hit." 4,670 Posts
I know I wasn't the only one who worked an embarrassing mall job.
ZERO smashing pumpkin t-shirts at a 40% employee discount? NO PLAESE
There is no dishonor in hard, honest work. No offense, but this post is sort of condescending and snobbish.
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
Good words. I'm definitely not snobbish, but unless you were the founder of the first Hot Topic or some shit, then I don't think it's something you'd bring up in a conversation. "Oh yea I do retail at Hot Topic", after some dudes next to you are like "yea, I'm an equity analyst at Merril Lynch, and I surf on the weekends".
Gritty, tough work builds character and makes you appreciate the "come-up." Such work made me the man I am today, I'm proud to say. I would love to send some of my lazy-ass students to the loading dock so they can appreciate the privilege (not entitlement) of gaining a college education.
But this is an interesting topic, because some of the most respectable and cool people I've met, have worked in relatively humble positions. Like every time, I drove by my Jack in the Box, this old dude would be working grave yard shifts, always with the same blue-collar mentality. It was quite refreshing, and I always told my ex, (at the time), and even though she works at Deloitte now, she likewise thought the same; that he was so damn respectable for how he approached his job and treated every single customer.
I know I wasn't the only one who worked an embarrassing mall job.
ZERO smashing pumpkin t-shirts at a 40% employee discount? NO PLAESE
There is no dishonor in hard, honest work. No offense, but this post is sort of condescending and snobbish.
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
Good words. I'm definitely not snobbish, but unless you were the founder of the first Hot Topic or some shit, then I don't think it's something you'd bring up in a conversation. "Oh yea I do retail at Hot Topic", after some dudes next to you are like "yea, I'm an equity analyst at Merril Lynch, and I surf on the weekends".
Gritty, tough work builds character and makes you appreciate the "come-up." Such work made me the man I am today, I'm proud to say. I would love to send some of my lazy-ass students to the loading dock so they can appreciate the privilege (not entitlement) of gaining a college education.
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
Real words. Or you could be like me, go through a sheltered middle class life until the age of 21 or 22. Clueless in an university environment, resulting in a bad GPA. Go through some real-life personal issues at my first shitty job, which has affected my physical and emotional health, to this day. But I'm getting back on track, and I have more motivation than ever. I have an underdog mentality and I think it should help in the long run.
yeah i have had a pretty crazy share of jobs. My problem with working was that i would just call off or quit to go and get fucked up with my friends or just be like 'TAKE THIS JOB AND SHOVE IT'. Stupid and basically a pretty bad idea every time but hey fuck it right. Only got officially fired once.
I have been:
supermarket cashier (3 diff places) supermarket night shift stockboy bookstore manager print shop guy at the mall valet hotel front desk best buy waiter at chi chi's vacum cleaner salesman sears hardware sales barnes and noble receiving clerk telemarkteter general laborer book publisher pizza delivery guy cameraman for NBC and CBS NPR recording engineer (still do this) DJ (still do) theres more i just cant remember at the moment.
Right now im on the job hunt. Just got hired at circuit city to pick up some extra loot. I hate the shit so much that i think i just quit today. I have to be in all day tomorrow and im just gonna say fuck that shit and sleep in. I just cant do these bullshit jobs anymore. I have a lot of experience in recording and production, an education also, so i cant see myself seriously going two steps back doing some job that you dont even need a high school degree for. Im getting too old to be comfortable doing something i hate. I would rather be broke/poor but aiming towards a goal instead of comfortable/secure but miserable. Im not knocking anyone for working whatever job, i just dont want to hit 30 and be like "why the fuck have i been working a register for 4 years?". this year has been a good start on living somewhat on music so i think i just need to keep grinding.
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=VjjQalCvbF0
(sorry it wont let me embed)
I lasted 3 weeks before I got fired
***take that shit to the Caddyshack thread.***
pfft. i was getting paid $20 for a FULL 18 HOLE LOOP!!!!
***take that shit to the statutory age thread***
And if the golfer really liked you, he might buy you a soda at the clubhouse after the 9th hole. And if he really, really liked you, he might tip you $2 when the round was over!
I caddied at two different country clubs. I hated them both. That job sucked.
LOL
Which just made me kinda sad for the kids of today. For all of the history of recorded music kids could have lame jobs at mall stores like Records Galore, Tape World, C.D.'s 'n' More (and Tower and Virgin).
But there is no "MP3 Land" at your local mall.
Is the right of passage of teenagers working at (new) music stores over?
So sad. Guess they GOTTA work at Hot Topic.
My first job was doing construction work for Habitat for Humanity. 40 hours/week over a hot summer working with uncoordinated volunteers, most of whom were only there because their employer thought it'd be good "team building". Very glad I did it, and enjoy coming back to volunteer, but construction is grueling work. Respect your construction workers, fools who lug nail guns on top of roofs in the blazing sun all day, drywall an entire house in a day, etc.
I am very glad that goth has died down, at least where I am.
capitola is blowing off the hook for the goth world.
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Bridge Authority
Pool Guy
Construction
Day Laborer
Tax Collector
Hotel Front Desk
Postal Carrier
Postal Office
Data Entry
Tutor
Test Scoring Supervisor
Traveling Consultant
Management
The list goes on and on.
I respect people who are a professionals at one thing. But I also respect dudes like you, who've worked the gamut of odd jobs to pay the bills.
I think it's given me perspective. I've seen crazy fucking shit cuz I've been out there. I had a teacher in high school who could beat me for jobs had. He'd always start a story with "When I was working at the information booth in Grand Central Station" or "When I was a coal miner" or "When I was selling insurance door to door." Shit would always crack me up with the amount of experience in "the ether" he had.
No doubt.
There is no dishonor in hard, honest work. No offense, but this post is sort of condescending and snobbish.
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
Here are a few of the jobs I've have had in the last 8-10 years.
Busboy
Telemarketer (hilarious)
Knife salesman
Record store lackey
Lab manager
Soccer ref
Buddhism tutor
Industrial mover
Employee at the UofM Business School student lounge (urge to kill, rising)
Convenience store clerk (surprisingly fun in a college town)
Cultural expedition guide (best job ever)
Catering
Web design
Video editor
Ebay grip-n-flip technician
Research assistant
House painter
Data entry (the fucking worst of the bunch)
DJ
STUDENT
Never worked in a mall though, as I am generally fearful of them.
Good words. I'm definitely not snobbish, but unless you were the founder of the first Hot Topic or some shit, then I don't think it's something you'd bring up in a conversation. "Oh yea I do retail at Hot Topic", after some dudes next to you are like "yea, I'm an equity analyst at Merril Lynch, and I surf on the weekends".
Gritty, tough work builds character and makes you appreciate the "come-up." Such work made me the man I am today, I'm proud to say. I would love to send some of my lazy-ass students to the loading dock so they can appreciate the privilege (not entitlement) of gaining a college education.
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
Real words. Or you could be like me, go through a sheltered middle class life until the age of 21 or 22. Clueless in an university environment, resulting in a bad GPA.
Go through some real-life personal issues at my first shitty job, which has affected my physical and emotional health, to this day. But I'm getting back on track, and I have more motivation than ever. I have an underdog mentality and I think it should help in the long run.
Dude: yea, I'm an equity analyst at Merril Lynch
Me: So...uh, what's it like being an equity analyst? *yaaaawwn*
Dude: Oh yea I do retail at Hot Topic
Me: Yo! Do you guys still carry fart spray?? *fingers crossed*
Naw I totally feel you.
I have been:
supermarket cashier (3 diff places)
supermarket night shift stockboy
bookstore manager
print shop guy at the mall
valet
hotel front desk
best buy
waiter at chi chi's
vacum cleaner salesman
sears hardware sales
barnes and noble receiving clerk
telemarkteter
general laborer
book publisher
pizza delivery guy
cameraman for NBC and CBS
NPR recording engineer (still do this)
DJ (still do)
theres more i just cant remember at the moment.
Right now im on the job hunt. Just got hired at circuit city to pick up some extra loot. I hate the shit so much that i think i just quit today. I have to be in all day tomorrow and im just gonna say fuck that shit and sleep in. I just cant do these bullshit jobs anymore. I have a lot of experience in recording and production, an education also, so i cant see myself seriously going two steps back doing some job that you dont even need a high school degree for. Im getting too old to be comfortable doing something i hate. I would rather be broke/poor but aiming towards a goal instead of comfortable/secure but miserable. Im not knocking anyone for working whatever job, i just dont want to hit 30 and be like "why the fuck have i been working a register for 4 years?". this year has been a good start on living somewhat on music so i think i just need to keep grinding.