For the thousands in attendance and
the millions reading around the world; Let’s get ready to Blooooooog.
Okay so maybe not quite millions
or thousands but you get my drift. It seems
that we have been chatting lately about past jobs so I figured I would add my
two cents, because really that’s all I seem to have.
I remember my first job was
working for Solano County Parks and Recreation.
Primarily I worked at Children’s Wonderland. Now the name makes it sound much more fantastical
than it actually was. My main duties
included walking around the park saying hello to the guests and directing them
to the concession areas or the bathrooms, or sitting in the entrance hut making
balloons for the kids. The bright spot
of the day was when I was allowed to run the floating / spinning teacups. I was allowed the responsibility to push the
button to start it and then push the button to stop it. I left with a record of 0 deaths during the
tenure as the teacup operator.
Well that was my first “real” job
although it did not pay all that much, in fact if I remember correctly they
used my services for a couple years and I only received a t-shirt. Seems somebody got the short end of the stick
on that one.
Scott
Scott,
ReplyDeleteThanks for that story. I had all but forgotten that. While you didn't get rich, it was a good use of your time and any job creates lessons to be put to use later.
Dad
That it did. I learned that I should never show up to work with a sweatshirt and no t-shirt expecting them to give me my uniform. I worked the whole summer day wearing a sweatshirt. Not the most comfortable I have ever been.
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