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4 I worked at a mine and had a blast until I got shafted.

-- ....next big purchase is wood for the next project, Mark

5. I tried to get a job in a shoe store, but I couldn’t get a foot in the door. Seems like I just wasn’t a good fit. They must have thought I was a loafer or too straight laced.

-- Even the best of men relish a little spice every now and then... HG Somers, circa 1905

I had a fiend in sewage.. it was a sh%tty job.. His brother was a funeral director and his business was just dying. Down the street was a dog trainer who spent half his time dealing with real B#tches and his cousin worked cutting onions in a kitchen and it was a real tear jerker

-- making sawdust....

You guys are pretty clever!

I thought I might take a turn at lathe work, but I couldn’t put the proper spin on it. And the thought of price gouging is a turn off.

Then I thought I might try sheet metal work, but that didn’t pan out.

So I switched to wood working. I had no idea how hard I would be working.

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

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Next, I tried working in a Muffler Factory, but that was too exhausting.

-- ..... art for lifes sake

Well, I Have a Degree in Liberal Arts; Do You Want Fries With That?

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

I was with the telephone company for thirty years until it got too high speed for this slow mind.

-- Odie, Confucius say, "He who laughs at one's self is BUTT of joke".

I have a liberal arts degree also. Do you want ketchup for Gary’s fries?

I tell people I’m a pilot. (My wife saves everything, and I have to pile-it up in the attic.)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

I used to work ay a Bingo Parlor, but I found another calling.

I ran an elevator in a large office building, but things were to up and down for me.

Then I became a window washer but that was a pane in the a**.

So I took off to become a writer, just could not get things right.

After all this I decided to marry a rich woman, unfortunately she had a hearing problem and she thought I said bitch not rich, that ended in divorce.

-- Jeff T in Westport CT.

This is too weird.

It’s not in my profile, but I once worked at an Oreo cookie factory. I eventually quit.

I could never get out of middle management. Plus I was starting to see the world in just black and white.

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

I tried to be a Chef – figured it would add a little spice to my
life, but I just didn’t have the thyme.

-- ..... art for lifes sake

I thought about becoming a banker, but just couldnt develop any real interest.

-- Even the best of men relish a little spice every now and then... HG Somers, circa 1905

My best job was a Musician, but eventually I found I wasn’t noteworthy

-- ..... art for lifes sake

I was a programmer till I found out they all followed a strange code

-- Scott - Chico California http://chicowoodnut.home.comcast.net

I work for an environmental engineering company that designs sewage systems.

1. We’re no. 1 in the no. 2 business.

2. When you pull the handle, we take over.

3. It smells like money to me.

Take your pick.

-- Carl Rast, Pelion, SC

Cedar, I’m FLUSH out of comments now pal. Your job must be Comical, Realistic, And Poignant. Oh…..by the way, in my ‘used to life’ I was a licensed sewage treatment plant operator in the Garden State. For my geographically challenged LJ’s, that would have been New Jersey.

If I have offended anyone, please forgive me. I’ve never been too polically correct and probably never will be.

-- Even the best of men relish a little spice every now and then... HG Somers, circa 1905

FlW: While we don’t need to quit our day jobs and go into comedy, I forgot to post one…

4. It might be crap to you, but it’s bread and butter to us!

-- Carl Rast, Pelion, SC

Oh, you guys picked on the wrong guy for THIS kinda humor!

I was sick of my job, so I thought I’d try something different – tree cutting. I know I was going out on a limb – barking up the wrong tree, if you will, but I thought I was branch out a bit. Now, I never did pine for a job like this, nor wood I; tree cutting just seemed like an old saw. However, something about it just took root in me, and I couldn’t leaf it alone. Some of you guys probably think I’m a sap for doing a job like this, but I like it.

-- -Be Blessed!, Patrick

I used to work in a fan factory, that job was a breese until I started running in circles all day. My employer started belting me over production.

I quit to work for a “Sweet’n’Low” manufacturer… man, what a sweet job. When I was at home after working at the mill, I couldn’t leave work behind… it always left a bad aftertaste when I’d walk out the doors. Wife made me quit.

I then tried my hand at experimental “Stop Saw” technology tesing… I was split half and half over that job. Half of me loved it, the other half was just torn to pieces over it. They never found me to be too handy at finding their solutions, so I quit. However, there will always be a piece of me at that job.

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)

After many years of trying to find steady work, I finally got a job as a
Historian – until I realized there was no future in it.

-- ..... art for lifes sake

I was hooked on to becoming a professional bass fisherman before the concept caught on. Now, I have a different line of work. Oh that sinking feeling, as my head bobs up and down, chasing the lures of fast fortune. Strike that last comment.

-- Even the best of men relish a little spice every now and then... HG Somers, circa 1905

I studied a long time to become a Doctor, but I didn’t have any patience.

-- ..... art for lifes sake

I worked in a pottery factory for a while, until the boss caught me half crocked…

-- last night I played a blank tape at full volume - the mime next door went nuts!

I attempted to be a Deli Worker, but any way I sliced it I couldn’t cut the mustard.

-- ..... art for lifes sake

I worked under a gunsmith one year until I shot my mouth off in front of my boss… He had a hairline trigger anger problem and fired me.

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)

Next, was a job in a Shoe Factory. I tried but I just didn’t fit in.

-- ..... art for lifes sake

Before I became a singer I was a tailor, I had an aptitude for it and thought I had things all sewed up but after a time I had to quit because I was feeling all hemmed in.

....... I then became a Professional Fisherman, but discovered that I couldn’t live on my net income.

-- ..... art for lifes sake

Hot water heaters were my game, until I got so steamed up.

-- Odie, Confucius say, "He who laughs at one's self is BUTT of joke".

for awhile I managed to get a good job working for a Pool Maintenance Company, but the work was just too draining.

-- ..... art for lifes sake

I used to be a network engineer, but I was deleted because I preferred the router table in my shop.

-- North Texas

I applied for a job as a pilot. I didn’t have a pilot’s license, so I just winged it. Lost the job when I took off too much. All the taxiing helped me land a job driving a cab.

So then I got a job in a Workout Center , but they said I wasn’t fit for the job.

-- ..... art for lifes sake