Hmmm. Lessee..
Did the paper route, cut grass, raked leaves, shoveled snow thing as a yute. Worked on a farm for a while. Manual labor. Worked at a chain of drive-ins during my teens. Got to wear those stylish white w/red lettering cotton coveralls and knock on fogged up windows asking for change for some charity. You have any idea how hard it is to run in 50 lb. coveralls? In the dark? Wearing white, thinking you can escape?
Worked in a few gas stations.
Drove a truck delivering ice and Co2 to bars and sports venues. Had a sidekick who was like one of Sandmann's clients. I bought him lunch everyday and taught him how to have a sense of humor and wipe his mouth off every so often. Thus, he didn't kill me. Whooee, was that dude strong!!
Ran the stockroom for an SS Kresge store. Cleaned up at a drycleaners. Waxed floors overnight in a Sears store. (Did those 3 at the same time for about nine months - til I slept through an entire weekend and realized I was a bit over-extended.
Joined the USAF (Res) and became an Aircraft Maintence Technician (grease monkey). They made me head grease monkey and I got SSGT stripes before telling them to shove it. SSGT was unheard of for a 1 tour reservist in those days.
The SS Kresge store filled my job while I was away for basic and training in Texas, so when I came back, they found me the same job (running the stockroom) in a different store in a "less desireable" area. I worked there for 2 years till a manager and accountant from a different store were stabbed and robbed in broad daylight in the middle of the shopping center. Enough for me to leave.
Got a job at a Cat dealership as a clerk in the heavy equipment shop. Worked through many different positions and titles till they "gave" me the job of shop foreman in second shift. Nobody else wants this job, so I've been doing it ever since. 35 years at dealership - 26 formanizing on night shift.
