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SamSpade

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Worked three jobs once - delivering pizzas, delivering auto parts and delivering newspapers. BARELY got sleep at all for months, but I was desperate for cash. While they were all somewhat demanding - nothing like the years I spent working outside in the heat or cold working construction - where, shin deep in snow, we warmed up between breaks by pushing a co-worker around just to get the adrenaline going. THAT and huddling in the van to get warm for a few minutes, when it was brutal outside.

Yeah, I think I would have preferred being indoors making coffee.
 

vraiblonde

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The worst job I ever had was housekeeping at the Motel 6 when I was 14. People are disgusting pigs. I thought I'd like a cleaning job because I enjoy the instant gratification of it, but when you walk into a room where adults have stomped food into the carpet, blasted several dukes without flushing, and had their period all over the sheets and towels you get over it quick.

I've seen things, man. :twitch:

Anyway, tip your housekeeping when you stay in a m/hotel. Those gals are unsung heroes.
 

Sneakers

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The worst job I ever had was housekeeping at the Motel 6 when I was 14. People are disgusting pigs. I thought I'd like a cleaning job because I enjoy the instant gratification of it, but when you walk into a room where adults have stomped food into the carpet, blasted several dukes without flushing, and had their period all over the sheets and towels you get over it quick.

I've seen things, man. :twitch:

Anyway, tip your housekeeping when you stay in a m/hotel. Those gals are unsung heroes.
My worst was working on the docks at an oyster farm. In the winter, getting soaked with ice cold salt water washing down the racks after unfreezing the pumps. In the heat of the summer, coated with anaerobic mud stinking to high heaven.

And I'd rather do that than what you just described..... :shudder:
 
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vraiblonde

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My worst was working on the docks at an oyster farm. In the winter, getting soaked with ice cold salt water washing down the racks after unfreezing the pumps. In the heat of the summer, coated with anaerobic mud stinking to high heaven.

And I'd rather do that than what you just described..... :shudder:

But...but...being a Starbucks barista is haaaarrrrrd......

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stgislander

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But...but...being a Starbucks barista is haaaarrrrrd......

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I does seem like a thankless job though. During my last trip to San Diego, I was walking down to Pacific Beach on a Sunday morning around 11am. I stopped into a Better Buzz to get an Iced Coffee. I greeted the barista with a "Good morning" and placed my order for a small. When she rang my order up I noticed she handed me a large and still charged me for the small, so I mentioned it to her. She said that since she had started her shift that morning, I was the first person that greeted her instead of just barking my order at her. I thanked her and told her I wasn't from around there.

Gotta make deposits to that Karma bank as often as possible.
 

BOP

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I does seem like a thankless job though. During my last trip to San Diego, I was walking down to Pacific Beach on a Sunday morning around 11am. I stopped into a Better Buzz to get an Iced Coffee. I greeted the barista with a "Good morning" and placed my order for a small. When she rang my order up I noticed she handed me a large and still charged me for the small, so I mentioned it to her. She said that since she had started her shift that morning, I was the first person that greeted her instead of just barking my order at her. I thanked her and told her I wasn't from around there.

Gotta make deposits to that Karma bank as often as possible.
San Diegans, by and large, used to be some of the nicest people outside of Wisconsin. Sad.
 

herb749

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I does seem like a thankless job though. During my last trip to San Diego, I was walking down to Pacific Beach on a Sunday morning around 11am. I stopped into a Better Buzz to get an Iced Coffee. I greeted the barista with a "Good morning" and placed my order for a small. When she rang my order up I noticed she handed me a large and still charged me for the small, so I mentioned it to her. She said that since she had started her shift that morning, I was the first person that greeted her instead of just barking my order at her. I thanked her and told her I wasn't from around there.

Gotta make deposits to that Karma bank as often as possible.


My wife says good morning to everyone and has not got that kind of service.
 
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