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19. I had nine W-2's one year

Thu Dec 8, 2022, 10:29 PM

Dec 2022

1988. Plenty of $5/hour jobs around so if I didn’t like something I’d just pick up the paper and get another job.

Weirdest job was probably one I had after college. I worked for a family run place with truly insane games being played. Firings all the time. We still refer to it as “the cult”.

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What was your most unusual job? [View all] frogmarch Dec 2022 OP

Probably the most unusual was being a chimney sweep. rsdsharp Dec 2022 #1

That job would scare me! frogmarch Dec 2022 #3

The second job I did, I turned away from the hearth for a second, rsdsharp Dec 2022 #10

The dead squirrel would have freaked me out frogmarch Dec 2022 #13

Helped take a steam calliope around to county fairs. Pobeka Dec 2022 #2

I had to google "steam calliope" frogmarch Dec 2022 #5

Most of my jobs were unusual. 2naSalit Dec 2022 #4

We're waiting... frogmarch Dec 2022 #7

Well... 2naSalit Dec 2022 #20

Wow! frogmarch Dec 2022 #56

As I said... 2naSalit Dec 2022 #59

Wow is right. Prairie_Seagull Dec 2022 #73

Do I ever! 2naSalit Dec 2022 #74

I don't want to get to philosophical here but, Prairie_Seagull Dec 2022 #76

Thanks. 2naSalit Dec 2022 #77

Had to read the obits RSherman Dec 2022 #6

Oh, geez, frogmarch Dec 2022 #9

I used to work around insurance salesmen. underpants Dec 2022 #14

Net puller and fish picker on a commercial salmon boat in Alaska Walleye Dec 2022 #8

That job sounds exciting, if frogmarch Dec 2022 #11

It was fun, and when the fish are running you make good money Walleye Dec 2022 #12

After doing office work for 30 years MOMFUDSKI Dec 2022 #15

You found your calling after frogmarch Dec 2022 #57

Parachute packer bottomofthehill Dec 2022 #16

That sounds like a fun job frogmarch Dec 2022 #26

I made about 40 bucks a day bottomofthehill Dec 2022 #30

I worked at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics at the UCLA Venue as a security guard. Tikki Dec 2022 #17

Awesome! frogmarch Dec 2022 #27

My favorite was the guy at the Alpha gate who passed out... Tikki Dec 2022 #49

My first laugh of the day! frogmarch Dec 2022 #58

... Faux pas Dec 2022 #18

Except for the bronchitis, frogmarch Dec 2022 #28

It Faux pas Dec 2022 #54

I had nine W-2's one year underpants Dec 2022 #19

Whoa, nine! frogmarch Dec 2022 #29

I got W-2's from corporations I had no idea who they were. One weird one was a phone bank underpants Dec 2022 #33

Working in a shoe shop gluing on high heels. bluedigger Dec 2022 #21

Going to college was the right choice, I'd say. frogmarch Dec 2022 #32

I tried my hand as a Berkeley Barb salesman- give them some collateral, get papers to sell, buy back NBachers Dec 2022 #22

Cool! frogmarch Dec 2022 #34

Built hiking trails VGNonly Dec 2022 #23

They sound like great jobs! frogmarch Dec 2022 #35

The Shawnee Backpack Trail VGNonly Dec 2022 #41

Hawking the bulldog edition of the NY Daily News at bars Wicked Blue Dec 2022 #24

Now, that's a job frogmarch Dec 2022 #61

Minnie Mouse at the mall. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Dec 2022 #25

Wow! frogmarch Dec 2022 #36

I only had one and it was so long ago I'm not sure where it is. I was 19 or 20 at the time. littlemissmartypants Dec 2022 #38

Yes, I'll bet it was. frogmarch Dec 2022 #62

One of my other college jobs was as the model for the Fine Arts School. littlemissmartypants Dec 2022 #44

Well, frogmarch Dec 2022 #63

My first job was stuffing the jelly in jelly donuts. Another summer job was working at a Kmart MLAA Dec 2022 #31

I worked at Krispy Kreme. One of my four different jobs I had to work my way through college. littlemissmartypants Dec 2022 #40

Haha. MLAA Dec 2022 #42

I was there early in the morning like zero dark thirty. The cops were littlemissmartypants Dec 2022 #45

What city was this in? MLAA Dec 2022 #52

I was.... LakeArenal Dec 2022 #37

Cool! ❤️ littlemissmartypants Dec 2022 #39

Road manager louslobbs Dec 2022 #43

Aw, it's nice you and she frogmarch Dec 2022 #64

We don't louslobbs Dec 2022 #78

I worked for a veterinarian at a horse show, collecting urine samples for drug tests. AnotherDreamWeaver Dec 2022 #46

I cooked urine one summer RainCaster Dec 2022 #47

You may win ... nt AnotherDreamWeaver Dec 2022 #50

I can only frogmarch Dec 2022 #65

It wasn't hard work. There was a 3 foot pole you attached a widemouth pint jar to and AnotherDreamWeaver Dec 2022 #79

I made "MIDAS MUFFLERS " at a factory in Chicago...and another ...I worked at A YMCA as a hotel Stuart G Dec 2022 #48

The Midas Muffler job frogmarch Dec 2022 #66

I was a pickle packer at a Heinz plant. zanana1 Dec 2022 #51

A real pickle pounder frogmarch Dec 2022 #67

😂 Made me laugh but you weren't joking?! Duppers Dec 2022 #80

This was in the 70's. zanana1 Dec 2022 #82

picking fly poop out of pepper onethatcares Dec 2022 #53

Wowzers! frogmarch Dec 2022 #68

I worked for a company that cranked out multiple hard copies of files for legal discovery. Iggo Dec 2022 #55

I'd have been good at that job, frogmarch Dec 2022 #69

Making mannequins WestMichRad Dec 2022 #60

rutabaga, rutabaga, rutabaga... frogmarch Dec 2022 #70

It was unusual in 1969. Mr.Bill Dec 2022 #71

Oh my gosh, a microwave oven in '69? frogmarch Dec 2022 #72

Yeah, they figured that out quickly. Mr.Bill Dec 2022 #75

I worked for a computer mainframe manufacturer whose entire business was collapsing. hunter Dec 2022 #81

It sounds as if frogmarch Dec 2022 #83

Here in the U.S.A. it's likely "prosperity gospel" Christian churches are a bigger industry... hunter Dec 2022 #84

fairly unusual for folks on this site, Kali Dec 2022 #85

Two very small side jobs while I was stationed in Japan... 3catwoman3 Dec 2022 #86

How fascinating! frogmarch Dec 2022 #94

It was so long ago (1979) that I doubt there is any... 3catwoman3 Dec 2022 #95

Trap loader jmowreader Dec 2022 #87

Yikes, that job sounds frogmarch Dec 2022 #90

Parade Float Sculptor BluesRunTheGame Dec 2022 #88

I can only imagine frogmarch Dec 2022 #91

I worked alone at a pool hall/pinball place illegally (too young to work late nights) LuckyCharms Dec 2022 #89

Geesh! frogmarch Dec 2022 #92

True story. LuckyCharms Dec 2022 #93

Holy crap! frogmarch Dec 2022 #96

Nope. That was my last night. n/t LuckyCharms Dec 2022 #97

Wise decision! frogmarch Dec 2022 #98