I loved Ashlie's post on her crap jobs. My first response was, "Wow! I don't think I've had any crap jobs." But as I thought more about it, a few came to mind. Now, they don't quite compare with Ashlie's, but I think they're worth writing about.
My first crap job was changing pipe. Getting up at five in the morning to gag on mosquitos for a couple hours, and then going back to do it all over again in the evening wasn't exactly my idea of a good time. That's why it only lasted one summer. Washing windows, although most people hate doing it, was actually fun, so I spent the rest of my high school summers doing that.
My second crap job was in college. In fact, other than summer work, it was the only job I ever had at college. I was a lunch lady . . . that's right, a LUNCH LADY. Now, I didn't mind some parts of the job, but I always cringed when I looked at myself in the mirror at the end of a shift. See, lunch ladies, even if they're 20 years old, are required to wear hair nets, which do a number on your 'do. Also, after standing over steaming food for a couple hours, your face looks like you rubbed a slab of bacon all over it. Or possibly like you could scrape it off and use the grease to fry something up. I also got the rare opportunity of working in the dishroom a few times after being "promoted," or at least that's what they called it, to Student Supervisor. To this day, if I get too close to the dishroom in a restaurant and get a whiff of that awful smell, I feel like I might not be able to eat my meal. I suppose there were a couple perks to the job, though. One was a free meal every shift, which is awesome when you're a college student. The other was seeing almost the entire football team almost every time I went to work. Tami, the Pieper sisters, and I would always dare each other to say something to various players. I guess we thought they might ask us out, with those sexy hair nets on.
My last crap job would be a babysitting job I had when we first moved to Mountain View. Actually, this job wasn't all too bad, except for the literal "crap" part of it. The little guy was super cute, but had some major stomach issues, and I changed about 6-8 messy diapers per day on him. Not too fun!
Well, that'll do it for me. I think this is a fun topic, so if any of you would like to share, I'm sure I'd have fun reading it. Later!
The Hearts of the Children
3 weeks ago
6 comments:
Taffy!! Oh, I am SO happy that you finally have a blog...I've been waiting for this day with baited breath! :) I about died laughing reading this crap job post...the lunch lady job description was absolutely hilarious!! And you just have the cutest kids...I can't believe Conner actually does Tae Boe?! Does he do the full hour? And that Miley's haircut is too cute! Not that she wasn't cute before, but i must say, a bit of an improvement! Well, I look forward to many more great pictures and posts from you...you are definintely on our blog list! :)
How funny!!! I love the details!! I am actually laughing in my back room and Gracie had to come see what was so funny. What cute kids!!
Wow, your kids are getting so big! I can't believe how big Conner is especially. How old is he now? They are both adorable!
Your post was hilarious!!! I was actually giggling out loud reading your description of your lunch lady job!! Isn't it interesting what we will do just to earn a little money?
Taffy, great post! The job description of our lunch lady job was perfect. And yeah, I don't know what we were thinking about talking to the football players looking as hot as we did with out great uniforms and hair nets. It's a fun memory though.
That is absoultly hilarious! The things we do for money!
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