worst job you ever had?

1965stang · 08-29-11 at 06:58 PM

One of my worst jobs was working at a wal mart distribution center.
This place is Massive!!
I worked 6am to 6pm thurs-sunday
all I would hear all day was fork lifts beeping (safety regulation)
and that sound was stuck in my head 24/7
also steel toe boots were mandatory (obviously)
and the ones I had were missing the inside sole. so for 12 hours a day I was walking in pain!
I was also very poor in the day so I didn't have lunch, and not usually a problem but this was an extremely physically demanding job, so it was brutal (you start to get dizzy weak)
.To save money they wouldn't load skids onto the trailer, instead it is all stacked by hand (except for extremely heavy items and WHMIS items)
so we had a conveyor belt into the trailer and non stop stacking 9 feet tall.
we had to squeeze the items in really tight so they would not move in transit.
The breaks we had were 15 minutes every 4 hours.
and again this is wal mart so you would be stacking all random and loose things.
because walmart tries to stock as little in store as possible. so instead of sending them a box of 24 socks, we would only send them 7 because it saves them space.

To sum up. heavy lifting, bending and twisting all the time, non-stop work! I loaded 3 trailers at once by myself. Oh and if the conveyor belt jammed I would grab a 50ft pool and poke above at the boxes to unjam them.
It was like the worst 3d real life game of tetris you could imagine!
and it was like a prison, no windows, racial groups were segregated and didnt talk to each other.

and it was about -22 ºF to about -31 ºF and a 35 minute walk with a cheap dickies hoodie

**Visual_Paradox** · 08-29-11 at 07:13 PM

dude, that sounds rough! i never had a job like that but working at a pizza shop was the worst for me. i only did that for about a year (if that) and couldnt stand it any longer. the worst part was dealing with customers and the best part was the lack of security cameras. i made my own custom pizza whenever i wanted, or at least until i got sick of them lol. co workers would come in drunk with their friends and walk on in and make whatever they wanted and leave haha the owners never caught on!
anyway now i install $30,000+ bathrooms for rich people. it isnt the worst job ive had but it can get overwhelming sometimes.
oh yeah and about your boots, why would you do that to yourself and not just buy a new pair?? lol

**Method512** · 08-29-11 at 07:15 PM

I wouldn't call it a job but...
There's a program for students where you work when you're on holidays.
The job was basically being a coach potato. There were files that needed to be passed from paper to excel. It was ok on the first day, but doing that for a whole month was boring as hell.
The worst part was that I can hear a continuous beep on some crt tv's and some radios, and luckily for me, they had a radio where only I could here that damn beep.
This is the beep I'm talking about:

Code: Select All

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0VwTw1eZ1k

Apart from that, I didn't have a real job...

edit: forgot to say that that sounds hard and painful!

@Visual_Paradox Your former job looks pretty neat!

1965stang · 08-29-11 at 07:24 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Visual_Paradox

oh yeah and about your boots, why would you do that to yourself and not just buy a new pair?? lol

I was scrapping the bottom of the barrel man (just doubled up on sox but didnt help)
I was always trying to make money (Some things I DID)

and then I was upgrading some classes at night. which was one and a half hours away via public transit.

probably why I have insomnia now^

and probably why I am such a cheap skate today.
I have a really hard time justifying purchases
and the only reason I had cable when I was a kid because the previous tenants left it active for 6 years.
we had a 13 inch tv on a stand 8 feet up and 8 feet away

**bookdragon** · 08-29-11 at 07:29 PM

Worse job ever was my first. It was at a restaurant called Flambeaux's (pronounced flambo's) Chicken. They served skinned chicken pieces cooked over open flames. The seasoned chicken was put on huge skewers then places across a grill with theatrical flames so the customers could see it cooked. My job? Pulling the skin off of case after case of half frozen chicken pieces. The chicken had to be half frozen because it was quicker to skin that way. My hands froze and it was simply a disgusting job. I wanted to leave after the first day but I held out a whole week before I quit. My 16 year old self then got a job at McDonalds which was a breeze after that.

**moofburger** · 08-29-11 at 07:40 PM

Worst job I ever had, working for a commercial printers. Their equipment was ancient old Web Offset lithographic presses. 3 times a week we had to strip them down because of the build up of ink residue on the transfer drums. They were too cheap to pay for replacement rubber transfer sheets for the drums so we had to clean them with Methyl Ethyl Ketone.

MEK is wonderful stuff, smells like pear drops, is an irritant, highly toxic, is highly volatile (-9 ºc Flash point!) and boils at 79 ºC. oh! did I also mention it's a carcinogen, & moderately explosive? (a small spark can cause it to ignite). - This shit hangs in the air like ether, and the company didn't have a no smoking policy. EVERY f&%$er in the place was walking around all day with lit cigarettes in their mouths.

The guy who ran the company was the worst, most arrogant, racist, sexist, violent, tuppence-ha'penny bully I've ever encountered in my life, and was prone to sacking people on the spot (non-union shop of course!) for the most arbitrary and trivial reasons. We nick-named him Pete, after the dog in the Little Rascals, because he was quite often sporting black eyes from where employees (or just general people he pissed off in life) had finally had enough of him and threw a punch in his face.

The company was so cheap, they had no service contracts on any of the equipment, ran the machines into the ground, & expected us to fix anything that went wrong, but would bitch and scream about any down-time for maintenance. There was no safety equipment, and no guards on any of the machinery.

The pay was shit, the hours were long, we were often expected to work beyond our shifts if there was a big deadline, but they never paid a penny in overtime. Refuse & you were out the door. I lasted 5 months before telling 'em where to stick their job, and only lasted that long because I was determined to have something else lined up before I jumped ship.

**bookdragon** · 08-29-11 at 08:15 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by moofburger

MEK is wonderful stuff, smells like pear drops, is an irritant, highly toxic, is highly volatile (-9 ºc Flash point!) and boils at 79 ºC. oh! did I also mention it's a carcinogen, & moderately explosive? (a small spark can cause it to ignite). - This shit hangs in the air like ether, and the company didn't have a no smoking policy. EVERY f&%$er in the place was walking around all day with lit cigarettes in their mouths.

Scary. Props Moof, I would never had made it 5 months. I couldn't even deal with frozen chicken for more than 2 weeks!

djeborn · 08-29-11 at 08:29 PM

Mine would have to be milking cows. I did this job for one day, but I was expecting it to be more like the place that I grew up, which was on a small dairy farm in Idaho. This job though... Oh man... It was gross... I honestly don't know how the guy was still in business. It was the dirtiest barn I had ever been in. There was cow crap all over the place and flies all over the cows and the milkers. I stood there for like 3 hours milking cows in this crap and then when we were done, I had to shovel all the crap out of the barn with a broken scoop shovel type thing. Then the guy I was working for hardly cleaned up more than that... It was disgusting. Oh! And I got 2 huge blisters on my thumbs that didn't heal for like 2 weeks. So yeah, I'm no wuss when it comes to gross stuff, but that one was just plain nasty! Thankfully it only lasted for one day though... But it was the grossest day of my life... Even worse than branding a hundred cows in one day...

**Visual_Paradox** · 08-29-11 at 08:34 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by djeborn

Mine would have to be milking cows. I did this job for one day, but I was expecting it to be more like the place that I grew up, which was on a small dairy farm in Idaho. This job though... Oh man... It was gross... I honestly don't know how the guy was still in business. It was the dirtiest barn I had ever been in. There was cow crap all over the place and flies all over the cows and the milkers. I stood there for like 3 hours milking cows in this crap and then when we were done, I had to shovel all the crap out of the barn with a broken scoop shovel type thing. Then the guy I was working for hardly cleaned up more than that... It was disgusting. Oh! And I got 2 huge blisters on my thumbs that didn't heal for like 2 weeks. So yeah, I'm no wuss when it comes to gross stuff, but that one was just plain nasty! Thankfully it only lasted for one day though... But it was the grossest day of my life... Even worse than branding a hundred cows in one day...

sorry to laugh dude but that job i think puts everyone elses to shame!

**wingomeza** · 08-29-11 at 09:15 PM

i did some structural welding and it was out under the sun all day, heavy lifting and no cover from the sun whatsoever. to top it off the heat from welding the steel structure up from the ground, grinding sparks burning your clothes. just terrible. i fell sleep several times during lunch break because i was exhausted...

**lvstealth** · 08-29-11 at 10:04 PM

i just keep thinking of the movie "the jerk".

smiles,
Mandy

**DarnLiina** · 08-29-11 at 11:31 PM

The worst job that I had was working at this market/bistro/restaurant type of place. I did basically everything. Salad prep, food prep, grilling, customer service and closing. The hard part was the stress and considering how young I was and how small/petite I am in general it was NOT a good fit for me. I also had a lot of moments where I was so exhausted I thought I could have passed out. No more food-service for me.

**redsoul911** · 08-30-11 at 12:11 AM

My worst job is ( my only job) teaching. I have been a teacher for 8 years now. every year I lose some of my enthusiasm. Some say teacher's candle burns out in 5 years.

**SmigaOne** · 08-30-11 at 12:15 AM

My paper route. It's the only actual job I've had in my life.

08-29-11 at 07:13 PM	#2
Visual_Paradox Professional Russian Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Пулковское Posts: 2,046	dude, that sounds rough! i never had a job like that but working at a pizza shop was the worst for me. i only did that for about a year (if that) and couldnt stand it any longer. the worst part was dealing with customers and the best part was the lack of security cameras. i made my own custom pizza whenever i wanted, or at least until i got sick of them lol. co workers would come in drunk with their friends and walk on in and make whatever they wanted and leave haha the owners never caught on! anyway now i install $30,000+ bathrooms for rich people. it isnt the worst job ive had but it can get overwhelming sometimes. oh yeah and about your boots, why would you do that to yourself and not just buy a new pair?? lol Last edited by Visual_Paradox; 08-29-11 at 07:16 PM.

08-29-11 at 07:15 PM	#3
Method512 Is there a character limi Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Jersey (GMT) Posts: 3,302	I wouldn't call it a job but... There's a program for students where you work when you're on holidays. The job was basically being a coach potato. There were files that needed to be passed from paper to excel. It was ok on the first day, but doing that for a whole month was boring as hell. The worst part was that I can hear a continuous beep on some crt tv's and some radios, and luckily for me, they had a radio where only I could here that damn beep. This is the beep I'm talking about: Code: Select All http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0VwTw1eZ1k Apart from that, I didn't have a real job... edit: forgot to say that that sounds hard and painful! @Visual_Paradox Your former job looks pretty neat! Last edited by Method512; 08-29-11 at 07:23 PM.

08-29-11 at 07:24 PM	#4
1965stang Expert Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 645	Quote: Originally Posted by Visual_Paradox oh yeah and about your boots, why would you do that to yourself and not just buy a new pair?? lol I was scrapping the bottom of the barrel man (just doubled up on sox but didnt help) I was always trying to make money (Some things I DID) and then I was upgrading some classes at night. which was one and a half hours away via public transit. probably why I have insomnia now^ and probably why I am such a cheap skate today. I have a really hard time justifying purchases and the only reason I had cable when I was a kid because the previous tenants left it active for 6 years. we had a 13 inch tv on a stand 8 feet up and 8 feet away Last edited by 1965stang; 08-29-11 at 07:36 PM.

08-29-11 at 07:29 PM	#5
bookdragon She Dragon Extraordinaire Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: In the bowels of the Earth Posts: 2,678	Worse job ever was my first. It was at a restaurant called Flambeaux's (pronounced flambo's) Chicken. They served skinned chicken pieces cooked over open flames. The seasoned chicken was put on huge skewers then places across a grill with theatrical flames so the customers could see it cooked. My job? Pulling the skin off of case after case of half frozen chicken pieces. The chicken had to be half frozen because it was quicker to skin that way. My hands froze and it was simply a disgusting job. I wanted to leave after the first day but I held out a whole week before I quit. My 16 year old self then got a job at McDonalds which was a breeze after that. Last edited by bookdragon; 08-29-11 at 07:31 PM.

08-29-11 at 08:15 PM	#7
bookdragon She Dragon Extraordinaire Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: In the bowels of the Earth Posts: 2,678	Quote: Originally Posted by moofburger MEK is wonderful stuff, smells like pear drops, is an irritant, highly toxic, is highly volatile (-9 ºc Flash point!) and boils at 79 ºC. oh! did I also mention it's a carcinogen, & moderately explosive? (a small spark can cause it to ignite). - This shit hangs in the air like ether, and the company didn't have a no smoking policy. EVERY f&%$er in the place was walking around all day with lit cigarettes in their mouths. Scary. Props Moof, I would never had made it 5 months. I couldn't even deal with frozen chicken for more than 2 weeks! Last edited by bookdragon; 08-29-11 at 08:37 PM.

08-29-11 at 07:40 PM	#6
moofburger Illuminati P.R. Dept Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Hidden by the FBI Tactless Protection Program Posts: 2,574	Worst job I ever had, working for a commercial printers. Their equipment was ancient old Web Offset lithographic presses. 3 times a week we had to strip them down because of the build up of ink residue on the transfer drums. They were too cheap to pay for replacement rubber transfer sheets for the drums so we had to clean them with Methyl Ethyl Ketone. MEK is wonderful stuff, smells like pear drops, is an irritant, highly toxic, is highly volatile (-9 ºc Flash point!) and boils at 79 ºC. oh! did I also mention it's a carcinogen, & moderately explosive? (a small spark can cause it to ignite). - This shit hangs in the air like ether, and the company didn't have a no smoking policy. EVERY f&%$er in the place was walking around all day with lit cigarettes in their mouths. The guy who ran the company was the worst, most arrogant, racist, sexist, violent, tuppence-ha'penny bully I've ever encountered in my life, and was prone to sacking people on the spot (non-union shop of course!) for the most arbitrary and trivial reasons. We nick-named him Pete, after the dog in the Little Rascals, because he was quite often sporting black eyes from where employees (or just general people he pissed off in life) had finally had enough of him and threw a punch in his face. The company was so cheap, they had no service contracts on any of the equipment, ran the machines into the ground, & expected us to fix anything that went wrong, but would bitch and scream about any down-time for maintenance. There was no safety equipment, and no guards on any of the machinery. The pay was shit, the hours were long, we were often expected to work beyond our shifts if there was a big deadline, but they never paid a penny in overtime. Refuse & you were out the door. I lasted 5 months before telling 'em where to stick their job, and only lasted that long because I was determined to have something else lined up before I jumped ship.

08-29-11 at 08:29 PM	#8
djeborn Newcomer Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Earth Posts: 59	Mine would have to be milking cows. I did this job for one day, but I was expecting it to be more like the place that I grew up, which was on a small dairy farm in Idaho. This job though... Oh man... It was gross... I honestly don't know how the guy was still in business. It was the dirtiest barn I had ever been in. There was cow crap all over the place and flies all over the cows and the milkers. I stood there for like 3 hours milking cows in this crap and then when we were done, I had to shovel all the crap out of the barn with a broken scoop shovel type thing. Then the guy I was working for hardly cleaned up more than that... It was disgusting. Oh! And I got 2 huge blisters on my thumbs that didn't heal for like 2 weeks. So yeah, I'm no wuss when it comes to gross stuff, but that one was just plain nasty! Thankfully it only lasted for one day though... But it was the grossest day of my life... Even worse than branding a hundred cows in one day...

08-29-11 at 08:34 PM	#9
Visual_Paradox Professional Russian Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Пулковское Posts: 2,046	Quote: Originally Posted by djeborn Mine would have to be milking cows. I did this job for one day, but I was expecting it to be more like the place that I grew up, which was on a small dairy farm in Idaho. This job though... Oh man... It was gross... I honestly don't know how the guy was still in business. It was the dirtiest barn I had ever been in. There was cow crap all over the place and flies all over the cows and the milkers. I stood there for like 3 hours milking cows in this crap and then when we were done, I had to shovel all the crap out of the barn with a broken scoop shovel type thing. Then the guy I was working for hardly cleaned up more than that... It was disgusting. Oh! And I got 2 huge blisters on my thumbs that didn't heal for like 2 weeks. So yeah, I'm no wuss when it comes to gross stuff, but that one was just plain nasty! Thankfully it only lasted for one day though... But it was the grossest day of my life... Even worse than branding a hundred cows in one day... sorry to laugh dude but that job i think puts everyone elses to shame!

08-29-11 at 09:15 PM	#10
wingomeza Expert Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Dodger Town Posts: 901	i did some structural welding and it was out under the sun all day, heavy lifting and no cover from the sun whatsoever. to top it off the heat from welding the steel structure up from the ground, grinding sparks burning your clothes. just terrible. i fell sleep several times during lunch break because i was exhausted...

08-29-11 at 10:04 PM	#11
lvstealth Give me your Glow juice.. Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Tennessee, USA Posts: 5,122	i just keep thinking of the movie "the jerk". smiles, Mandy

08-29-11 at 11:31 PM	#12
DarnLiina Apprentice Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 302	The worst job that I had was working at this market/bistro/restaurant type of place. I did basically everything. Salad prep, food prep, grilling, customer service and closing. The hard part was the stress and considering how young I was and how small/petite I am in general it was NOT a good fit for me. I also had a lot of moments where I was so exhausted I thought I could have passed out. No more food-service for me.

08-30-11 at 12:11 AM	#13
redsoul911 Expert Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 925	My worst job is ( my only job) teaching. I have been a teacher for 8 years now. every year I lose some of my enthusiasm. Some say teacher's candle burns out in 5 years.

08-30-11 at 12:15 AM	#14
SmigaOne ☺☻☺☻☺ Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 716	My paper route. It's the only actual job I've had in my life.