Curiosity.....we know what it did

[Greenleaves]

We all know what curiosity did.....but what about you?

I often find myself trying to guess grapes current or former occupations and wondered if anyone would care to share?

Before retirement I was an Environmental Consultant but my first job was a butchers boy

What do you or did you do?

[Scarlet]

I worked in a fish and chip shop part time, loved frying fish ( though my Mum didn’t like the smell of my clothes) I was still in school and I’m sure health and safety wouldn’t allow a youngster near the Friers these days! Then I moved onto the local Chinese takeaway, then I took a turn at pulling Boddingtons in Manchester finest pubs .
These jobs all supported my college years and I finally got my dream job as a designer/cad trainer/designer. Worked in Ladies and children’s wear, denim and outerwear/ coats.

[Lumpy]

Good question GL.
SRN, hippy chick (is that allowed now?), history tutor, biker, bar maid, Samaritan, carer and constant learner.
My book just arrived on how to read hieroglyphs.

Well, you did ask!

[Snoop Puss]

^Eeh, Lumpy. Big virtual hug from me to you.

In my case: first job was washer-upper, currently a translator. In between, more things things than I can probably remember: maker of coffee (sounds odd if I say coffee maker), waitress, KFC general-purpose do-all kind of person, cleaner, teaching, NHS, DHSS, local authorities and a couple of things Lumpy lists. Never worked in a pub. Very odd that. Probably spent more time than was good for me on the other side of the bar.

[Potstubsdustbins]

Paper boy 7 days a week, Saturdays rubbing down in a spray shop. 15 to 21 apprentice EMGas.

21 left gas board, went to live in Buxton and ROI, worked in a winter anything from lorry driver to quarry plant fitter, climbed rock in a summer.

25 all change, married, went back to college for further skills training at night whilst back to plumbing during the day to earn money. 27 joined a national central heating company 31 became area manager for same company.

40 left and went in to the gun trade. 45 recession and the banning of firearms, cleaned of the tools and set up on my own and at 72 still doing the office work.....

Had fun all the time.........

[Jay-ell]

Started off in IT as a developer/systems analyst then moved across to recruitment.

From there moved into supporting visually impaired people into work and supporting them in employment.

After that moved across to Mental Health doing a similar role then into supporting people with mental health issues and forensic histories.

Currently working as a support worker for people who have dual diagnosis of Learning Disabilities and Mental Health Issues with forensic histories.

[Small pumpkin]

Glass collector at a club on a static caravan site.
Florist with some qualifications.
Zoo keeper with qualifications.
Back to dish washer slowly progressing on to chef.
Then fish monger
Then nursery worker ( tree & wild flower nursery )
Moved here
Part time gardener several times for several different people
Doing holiday home change overs for several different places.
Lots of odd jobs in between, painter, ragwort puller. ( if someone's willing to pay, I'll do it )
Now just change overs and spring cleaning for one place.

Future make my millions from my chillies................... Gods I'm an idiot!

[HoneyChild]

I'm studying for a degree in health sciences through the Open University and will be finished in about 6 weeks.

For a couple of years I worked with people who have learning disabilities but the stress was starting to make me ill. It's a shame because the actual work wasn't really a problem, there just never seemed to be enough staff, the turn over rate was incredibly high and the one family seemed to think the place should be run like a boutique hotel and did nothing but submit complaints over such nonsense like us buying frozen vegetables. It was only supposed to be a 'nice little part time job' whilst studying part-time but it was taking over my life so I decided to leave and concentrate on my studies.

I might try to get work in a laboratory or clinical research but I'm trying not to think about it too much as the thought of re-entering the workplace is a bit stressful after everything that happened in my old job.

[rary]

Started work at 10 years old finished at 63 years old

[noviceveggrower]

My first 'job' was when I was about 7. My mom and dad had a newsagents and grocery shop. It was my job to drop the papers off to the older customers especially in bad weather. If it was really bad they would give me little shopping list and I'd drop their shopping into them.

After they had sold that I didn't have another job until I was about 16 and that was at a nursing home in Scotland. My parents had moved up there to do their version of the good life.

From there It was back to Yorkshire to work in my parents shop, then to college and funded myself by working in supermarkets on checkouts.

I've also had my own business, been to college, been on checkouts again and a cleaner.

At the moment I'm a lunchtime supervisor and a cleaner.

Ideally I'd like to be somewhere that I could be self sufficient for the most of my food and supplies. Part of my new 5 year plan

[Lumpy]

Rary - I didn’t know they employed strippers of such a diverse age.

[Thelma Sanders]

I went straight from school to working in a bank in the city.
I worked in banking and Life/Car insurance until I got divorced at 32.
Then changed my life, by moving me and the children further out of London. Did a return to work course for mums and then got a job calculating the amount of active drugs to put into tablets and capsules, mostly antibiotics.

So I suppose you could say all I've ever really done is maths
I took early retirement in 2004 Woo Hoo! Still love it!

[veggiechicken]

Saturday girl in a chemists and petshop
Jam doughnut filler in a bakery
Government sector - can't say what - Official Secrets and all that. (VC taps side of beak and winks)
Voluntary work in hospitals and decorating and gardening for the elderly and needy families.
Accounts assistant in Australian department store
Christmas post sorter
Bank clerk
Apple picker and packer in Tasmania
Personnel department in Public sector
Raspberry picker
Chalet cleaner on Barrier Reef
Sorghum seller
Pineapple picker
More Government work (Sssshh)
Hospital records clerk checker
Advertisement Control Appeals Officer
Ancient Monuments Auditor
Internal Auditor with qualifications
Studied for MSc
Local Government reorganisation of electoral boundaries
Tour guide on an island
Idle layabout
Pensioner
Nutter

Bet you wish you hadn't asked.

[Jimny14]

This is an interesting thread. Love finding out a bit more about everyone.
So didn't work before uni, then I've been emptying bread from an industrial conveyer fed bread oven, that's fun in mid summer getting 18 loaves a minute out of tins, tins stacked, lids stacked and bread on cooling racks.
Worked a couple of summer residential courses with the national children's orchestra keeping the kids amused and under control while they're not learning and practicing music.
Graduated and left Cardiff to go and work in Bristol as a dental technician (making false teeth) by day and pint puller by night. Hopped around the country a bit doing that before back to uni for another 4 years before becoming a dentist.
Now settled down with mortgage other half and a rapidly growing baby who's desperately trying to become a toddler.

[Jay-ell]

I've also been a Printed Media Distribution Agent, a Beverage Distribution Operative at the SU & CIU and a Income Collection Agent.