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Ferrets are Cool

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75. That had to be rough. nt

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Post the worst job you ever had [View all] superpatriotman Jun 2020 OP

Mrs. Field's Coookies one summer while I was in high school.... marmar Jun 2020 #1

I debeaked and vaccinated baby chickens. Arkansas Granny Jun 2020 #2

Debeaked? You actually removed the beaks from baby chickens? rurallib Jun 2020 #7

It involved touching the tip of the upper beak to a heating element for just a couple of seconds to Arkansas Granny Jun 2020 #14

Thank you for the answer. Today I learned something valuable. rurallib Jun 2020 #54

I learned something I never knew before. Guess it makes sense. Vinca Jun 2020 #59

It's for the egg industry jmowreader Jun 2020 #25

Thanks for the info! rurallib Jun 2020 #55

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Pulling dump trucks full of dead rotting chickens a day jpak Jun 2020 #3

I've worked many an hour at egg farms, collecting the eggs of 10K hens a day Ferrets are Cool Jun 2020 #6

The barns where I worked had 250k hens jpak Jun 2020 #43

WOW Ferrets are Cool Jun 2020 #73

Detasseling sucked pretty bad. Maru Kitteh Jun 2020 #4

Picking watermellons for $2 an hour. Backbreaking work Ferrets are Cool Jun 2020 #5

That was my worst job, too Zorro Jun 2020 #33

LOL I can relate to the Red Barn job. I worked at Colonel Dixie Ferrets are Cool Jun 2020 #74

French Fry cook at Burger King. Mike 03 Jun 2020 #9

didn't have jobs as physical as the ones described above.. dealing with horrid bosses Demovictory9 Jun 2020 #10

Packaging soap in a soap factory. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #11

Related To That ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #50

I also had some bad jobs- dawg day Jun 2020 #12

I was a nurse, sooo... tavernier Jun 2020 #13

Working for Toys r us during Christmas my freshman year in college in the mid 70's . kimbutgar Jun 2020 #15

Roofing company in July in deep South. I'd sweat so much during day, and cramp up all night from Hoyt Jun 2020 #16

I forgot about roofing! superpatriotman Jun 2020 #21

One springs to mind uppityperson Jun 2020 #17

Construction was the hardest. Little Cesar's Pizza was the shittiest. prodigitalson Jun 2020 #18

Summer of 1976. 22 years old... pdxflyboy Jun 2020 #19

That had to be rough. nt Ferrets are Cool Jun 2020 #75

Funny, but the more terrible the job (with few exceptions) the worse it pays Ferrets are Cool Jun 2020 #76

Working at a call center, Corgigal Jun 2020 #20

Ugh. I worked at a call center for an insurance pnwest Jun 2020 #27

Working For A Vet Who DeBarked Dogs Me. Jun 2020 #22

Cleaning the inside of milk tanks at a cheese factory. Sneederbunk Jun 2020 #23

Working on an asphalt crew in summer in Chicago CanonRay Jun 2020 #24

Waiting tables at a major chain, pnwest Jun 2020 #26

Open burning of all documents and books when they changed the SECRET and TOP SECRET CODEWORDS at NSA marie999 Jun 2020 #28

Soccer referee. Music Man Jun 2020 #29

I have a grandson who loves soccer mokawanis Jun 2020 #68

Working check out at the local A&P Mossfern Jun 2020 #30

Working on a chicken farm. gibraltar72 Jun 2020 #31

Commercial hydroseeding. Up on top of a truck handling bags of the mulch which is dusty even brewens Jun 2020 #32

Dishwasher. (n/t) Iggo Jun 2020 #34

Aluminum plant. Toxic environment with redneck racists to boot. jalan48 Jun 2020 #35

Wow! I've had some shit jobs over he years, but nothing like the stuff here. Maybe we should... TreasonousBastard Jun 2020 #36

My response may be considered politically incorrect GusBob Jun 2020 #37

Your post is Dickensian superpatriotman Jun 2020 #41

Just bringing it up touches me a bit of PTSD GusBob Jun 2020 #56

I had my share of encountering crappy jobs but not so much in the work itself, just the people. chowder66 Jun 2020 #38

Harvesting tobacco... 2naSalit Jun 2020 #39

Yes tobacco... Dave in VA Jun 2020 #64

I was a caddie at our local golf club in my teens randr Jun 2020 #40

My first job was caddying superpatriotman Jun 2020 #44

Conducting biological surveys in mucky, cottonmouth-infested swamps in the summer GoCubsGo Jun 2020 #42

I hear every word you say.. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2020 #58

The water wasn't even deep in most places. GoCubsGo Jun 2020 #60

Stuffing body bags in Iraq Victor_c3 Jun 2020 #45

So Amazon was barely better than stuffing body bags? superpatriotman Jun 2020 #49

Chicken plant Solly Mack Jun 2020 #46

Supermarket cashier Polybius Jun 2020 #47

Pizza delivery in the 60s when I was in college. nt Binkie The Clown Jun 2020 #48

Account manager for a sales-training company. Aristus Jun 2020 #51

Moving company bottomofthehill Jun 2020 #52

Cleaning stalls on a horse farm Yeehah Jun 2020 #53

Cleaning Taliban portalets in Kandahar Afghanistan... EX500rider Jun 2020 #57

I've had my own share of bad jobs but I have to nominate that one of yours as the worst. yonder Jun 2020 #65

No argument from me, not quite the contest I'd like to win though...lol nt EX500rider Jun 2020 #77

Burger King, Madison, WI Bettie Jun 2020 #61

Being the wife of an abusive drunk. Talitha Jun 2020 #62

Stock boy at J.C. Penneys bif Jun 2020 #63

Still suffering PTSD and nightmares after 20 years of being away from it... Totally Tunsie Jun 2020 #66

Shoveling pig shit. meadowlander Jun 2020 #67

Pesticide Tree Sprayer aikoaiko Jun 2020 #69

I had a summer job for the US Forest Service going around cleaning vault toilets in the totodeinhere Jun 2020 #70

Working security at a Quaker-owned resort hotel in the 1970s ... Straw Man Jun 2020 #71

Cleaning motel rooms during spring break in Daytona MoonlitKnight Jun 2020 #72

Watching antipersperant dry Dirty Socialist Jun 2020 #78

Probably land surveying Ahpook Jun 2020 #79

Industrial re-roofing in the Texas summer would be a contender. So would gluing reflective buttons struggle4progress Jun 2020 #80

Once worked at a yarn dying factory ooky Jun 2020 #81

I have had some psycho white collar bosses, but I don't think I will ever complain again smirkymonkey Jun 2020 #82

Roofing. I started at 13 years old and never got paid. Xolodno Jun 2020 #83

My official title was "laborer." DFW Jun 2020 #84

Waitressing at Norm's in L.A. a la izquierda Jun 2020 #85