Pixies Place Forums - whats your occupation?

Irish

08-02-2002, 12:41 PM

I'm semi-retired now due to diabetic neuropothy!(Nerve damage)
Previously;I worked;mostly;as a mechanic!Marine,Aircraft(mostly
helicopters),Motorcycle,etc.I; also;did some work as Security Guard and maintainance(sp?)man.I operated my own business of
repairing and customising motorcycles.Also building motorcycles
@automobiles for speed!(racing)I also worked at designing large
fishing boats for their primary job.(Lobstering;nethauling,longline
fishing,etc.)Before;having my own shop;I worked in other motorcycle shops;until I got sick of working for people;who didn't
understand a bikers needs. Irish

FussyPucker

08-02-2002, 12:49 PM

I'm a computer nerd look after the network, servers and dekstop systems for a telesales mail order company been doing it 6 years

fingers

08-02-2002, 12:59 PM

im a farm worker. mixed farm (crops and livestock). been employed to do it 6 1/2 years but in the buisness all my life.

dv847

08-02-2002, 01:51 PM

Enforced retirement-formerly OTR long haul driver-due to severe hyper-tension,heart damage,etc.etc.totally disabled but still luv doin' the nasty when the rare oppertnity presents itself.

lixnlix69

08-02-2002, 04:25 PM

I know I have said this before but I will state it here in all it's glory!!!...........I am a seamstress and I hate it with every fiber of my being! I have been for over 25 years!!!! EWWWWWWWWW!

Not necessarily the sewing part.....I used to design and make costumes for exotic dancers and I loved that (*Special Note....Hubby love it too!) But I was offered a lot of money to help in the upholstery business and I took it leaving my own business by the wayside.

All seamstresses out there will tell you.....Don't ever let anyone you know.....you can sew!!! And although I have made history in a sense (Made the seating for the 2002 Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood) I don't like sewing or pattern making any better!

I would love to make a business of stained glass........the big stuff......not those damn suncatchers! I am dabbling now.

Mrs. Lix

Devillishgirl

08-02-2002, 05:52 PM

The unpredictable glory of telecommunications is where I'm at. I've been doing it for a little over 2 years now. I'm a network operations center technican...a lot of big words for using a computerized switching system to monitor and correct problems people have with their phones. If your T1 is down, I'm the gal you call first. :) Well actually, don't call me, I don't talk to clients lol

jjjjbo

08-02-2002, 06:00 PM

paralegal specializing in estate and tax planning for the very wealthy -- sounds like it would be boring -- but I love it.... I get to work directly with people and because we work almost exclusively with clients worth over $10 million, well..... I get to draft language for a lot of different kinds of gifts and gifting. jjjjbo

BamaKyttn

08-02-2002, 06:36 PM

I'm a animal trainer and a camp counselor, I'm hopeing to go into law enforcement

heatluvintxn

08-02-2002, 08:49 PM

I am a group sales coordinator at the following company...
http://www.hotels.com

But thank goodness I have been promoted and will be an Operations Adminstrative Assistant....in so many words i will look at stats for our company and make sure we are on the up and up. :)

side note...i work full time at that company but also attend school...im trying to get my degree in psychology :cool:

jennaflower

08-02-2002, 08:59 PM

<ducking>

I am a Child Support Enforcement Officer :)

Wicked Wanda

08-02-2002, 09:01 PM

I am a nurse, a Registered Nurse, for eight years, went to work right from school on the floor at a large New Orleans hospital, received advanced training in emergency care (TNCC, ACLS to you also in medicine) and transfered to the ER. spent two years of watching other's pain and suffering and torment, and when the chance to manage an outreach clinic came along, I took it.
I now manage one full time clinic and a part time clinic, and have done my job too well. Things are now so smooth I hardly ever do any real nursing anymore, and have little managing to do, mostly scheduling and ordering supplies, and long boring pointless meetings. At least it is days Mon to FR.

WW

Bear Bear

08-02-2002, 09:13 PM

Well i'm a simple cashire just because it's the closest job to where i live and it's so simple (borring) except on rare occasions when the horny women and girls come shopping(but that's for another thread) I also create video games just simple ones now and i will be a student in sept taking a computer corse due to a chess game i made i recieved a burrsery from the school. Well those are my jobs for now.

roxanne916

08-02-2002, 09:24 PM

I am a secretary for an outpatient mental health clinic. I make appointments for clients, assist the docs, read their handwriting and generally try to make things easier for the therapists. I also am the "eyes" for one of our therapists who is completely blind. I assist her with her paperwork, do treatment plans and progress notes for her, and assist her clients when they need things done.

In the past, I worked in retail, in a contract branch post office, was a telephone service representative (you know, operators are standing by....btw, we were not standing by, we had comfy chairs), administrative assistant for an advertising agency, worked in the scanning office for a supermarket, and audited time sheets for the census.

sorry to have submitted my entire resume <giggle>

Saddaddy

08-02-2002, 09:37 PM

Well my family has owned a Grocery store for 31 years. 4 years ago we started a new business , A Bulldozer service . Lot clearing , road mantence ,seawalls , & demolishing old houses . Between the two business there is really , No Free Time.

Grumble

08-02-2002, 10:55 PM

I havent worked for over a year due to a nervous breakdown due to stress and complications with diabetes.

I joined the Royal Australian Air Force at 16 and did an apprenticeship on Aircraft Engines and have a ticket as an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer. After my military service I jioned BOC Gases and worked installing mediccal gas systems completing schooling as a gasfitter at the same time.

I then did a course as a Medical Equipment service Technician and serviced anaesthetic machines, ventialators, humidicribs, medical gas and vacuum systems, flowmeters, electro surgical equipment and all sorts of related medical devices. I took courses in medical engineering and was promoted to Medical Engineering manager.

I designed medical gas systems and tendered for contracts, supervised the installations and tested and commissioned projects. I also worked with the Australian standard for Design and installation of Medical Gas systems for human use.

Due to down sizing I was retrenched and started my own company. The financial side of it was not to my liking and with quite a few bad or non payers I ended up in the stress situation.

On doctors advice I closed the company and have not worked since.

Sharni

08-02-2002, 11:06 PM

Well my job is a totally unglamourous but neccessary and it pays well

I'm a Cleaner/Garbo :D

scotzoidman

08-02-2002, 11:31 PM

Originally posted by Sharniqua
Well my job is a totally unglamourous but neccessary and it pays well

I'm a Cleaner/Garbo :D Sounds like more aussie lingo ;) is there a job description that an ugly American could understand?
After my aspirations to be a Rock Star didn't seem to be paying enough to support a growing family, I found myself backing into the printing industry, starting with delivery, paste-up, camera, film work (known as stripping in the trade.) Eventually I found what seemed to be an interesting & rewarding segment in 4 color stripping, which involved composing the film that produces the full color printing you see everywhere...then computers started doing what I do...so now I'm hanging on by my fingernails in one of the few places that still does things the old way...so now being a musician doesn't seem like such a long shot anymore, with not much to lose I'm playing my bass again on the weekends for spare change & tips...stay tuned, we'll see if this pays off in the long run...

Grumble

08-03-2002, 01:10 AM

Garbo = Garbage collector or trash collecter

fancy not understanding that LOL

dicksbro

08-03-2002, 04:33 AM

Retired just over one year now from a large company. Was a supervisor in Information Technology.

Bilbo

08-03-2002, 07:09 AM

Dull Office Manager,
Jack of All Trades

legend

08-03-2002, 07:38 AM

Moderator and professional bum. :p

will go back to being a university student again next year.

Nikki

08-03-2002, 08:41 AM

University student...........graduating at the end of 2003......hopefully..

roxanne916

08-03-2002, 09:24 PM

Originally posted by Sharniqua

I'm a Cleaner/Garbo :D

Sharni,

a very respectable position.....alot better than a lawyer <ducking the flying briefcases>

Garbo=garbage collector? I thought you vanted to be alone and hide behind a babushka and dark shades <giggles>

Boru

08-03-2002, 09:31 PM

military...fly helos, defending freedom wherever the boats take me!!!! Not much money, but lots of job satisfaction if you're in the right place at the right time.

BORU

Sugarsprinkles

08-04-2002, 06:10 AM

Wife, mother, and delivering newspapers in the wee small hours of the morning.....

lixnlix69

08-04-2002, 08:20 AM

OMG scotz!!!! My ex hubby was an offset stripper! Don't know if he ever got into 4 color though. I was gone before that. He used to tell everyone, if asked what he did for a living, that he was a stripper! But he would say, "I do it the hard way, without music!" He just got a kick out of himself for that. I never saw the humor though but, being in love, I would giggle from time to time. I heard that saying so much I would mimic him behind his back after a while. He never caught me doing it either! Then I would laugh out loud. I think he thought he was getting funnier through the years. LMAO! So, this makes me wonder, now that you have mentioned its downfall since the computer, what he is doing now? That was the only thing he knew as far as I know. Poor old sot!

Never give up your dream!!! Stranger things have happened ya know. Do you need a lead singer? *sorta Janis, with a little Melissa on the side, type voice*

P.S......Your real name isn't Harold, is it? Oh no......it couldn't be! He didn't play the bass.......Never mind! LOL!

*wink*
Mrs. Lix

GermanSteve

08-04-2002, 09:06 AM

I told that already in a different place, but here we go again: I am polytechnic engineer (mainly mechanical design - automotive industry). This month still unemployed but will start from September at a producer for car locking systems.

Summer

08-05-2002, 07:51 AM

I have been working every Friday night for an Auction House off and on for years. I am the clerk, the one who writes all the info down of what sold to who for how much.
This summer I have been mainly a stay-at-home mother of two, until school starts in a couple weeks. Then it is back to the Art Studio where I will be listing things online to sale that have been painted, etc. I will also start back teaching dance classes again.
Sometime soon my husband is starting his own business and I will work for him too. ;)
-Summer :D

((Also did the preschool teacher thing with Lilith awhile back for a few years.))

Prophet Reality

08-05-2002, 10:59 AM

Wow... what a menagrie of occupations. Right now I am working part time for a movie theater as their night janitor. Not a glamorious job, but is kinda fun so far. Hoping to get back into the casino industry, but it is kinda slim pickings down here.

SOULMINER

08-05-2002, 11:41 AM

I am an architect at a firm in N.E. We do mostly high-end risidential jobs, but also some public projects such as libraries
and alternative schools. We also recently completed a large meditation facility which is turning out pretty remarkable...

Irish

08-05-2002, 04:40 PM

P.R.---What people don't realise about a job;is that someone;has
to know what they're doing;in all of them.As a mechanic;you are a bum;until;someones car or motorcycle won't start!I have to say;
that as a mechanic;I was treated best;by Fishermen and members of Flight Crews on helicoptors.They respected your knowledge;because their lives depended on your performance and they knew it.Most Fisherman were like bikers;anyway.They worked hard and partied hard. Irish
P.S.Never feel down about your job!Someone has to do it

jennaflower

08-05-2002, 07:02 PM

hmmm.. Prophet... casino huh? I think there might be one or two in MO... (or so I have been told). LOL

mack606

08-05-2002, 09:27 PM

well lets see...
right now im a cook at a small restaurant....i started two years ago in the biz but just started moving up in the line lol. well soon im a student again so i have less time here :( oh well....:'(
hopefully i might be able to get my Certifaction to be a C.M.C and a C.E.C

Steph

08-06-2002, 04:04 PM

I'm a reporter for a small daily newspaper. I might move on to PR or communications for better money and hours soon, though. Student loans must be paid! LOL

Radies

08-06-2002, 04:17 PM

I'm a bagboy in a grocery store....I know that sounds so lame....

Neige

08-06-2002, 05:13 PM

I'm starting university in september. I have a full time summer job as a tour guide. When uni starts, I'll start working part-time as a swimming instructor again, and I also have 2 part-time year-long jobs as a lifeguard and a receptionist, both at the local sport center. I'm not busy, what are you talking about? ;)