What was/is your job?

Thank you, glassortwo!

green those images will stay in my mind for quite a while!

Not a pretty sight, believe me!!

This thread is about jobs and careers and whether they 'define' you. I suspect that is why folks have tended to list only long term or 'career' jobs. And those who have not worked much outside the home have not been interested in this thread. I did not mention my long list (milk girl, shop assistant, census taker, berry picker, folk singer, film extra, text book author, survey taker) of short term paid jobs, nor my (Branch Convenor, Constituency Convenor, Treasurer x umpteen, Fundraiser, HA Board member, Chair of Community Council, Youth Club, Playgroup) voluntary work. Not to mention that I did all the admin including VAT and Tax returns for my DH's business as a 'labour of love'.

Out of all that lot, I think the only roles that have defined me are 'Women's Aid Worker' and Mother now Granny.

jangly does not reveal anything at all about herself because I think she is not a real person. I have trawled through threads and jangly seems to say something guaranteed to inflame on every one. Time to own up, jangly is a plant to keep discussions lively

OK jangly - if you want a more comprehensive list, here goes: Secretary, temporary office worker, tv wardrobe assistant, tv studio assistant, market research interviewer, swimming instructor, office cleaner, toddler club founder, silver service waitress, wife, mother, amateur repairer of household machinery and fixer of broken toys, hearts and dreams to name a few. I'm sure I've missed some out! I've never worked in a shop or restaurant as I'm hopeless with numbers and would never have managed before they had tills that told you how much change to give.

I forgot that I worked in a shop - well one or two, actually. Bakers, sweetshop, grocers etc...quite liked that, but worried terribly about when to return pies and cakes at the bakers. Apparently the cakes could last a day or two, but pies, not so long....I left that particular shop, because I was worried in case I made the wrong decision over a pie!

I once worked in a news agents who specialised in under the counter magazines, and as a young married mum I spent the first week working there all the shades of red you could imagine when someone came in for something under the counter, I could handle the run of the mill sweets and papers.

I left when I was in the shop alone and it was raided by the Police. It was a friend of a friend who owned the shop but they didnt tell me about the mags until my first day, I had my eyes opened I can tell you!!!!

Oh I forgot I had a paper round

OK - I admit it: I got fired from a holiday job in M&S when I was 18.

Annobel

glass, that's not the attitude my parents took at the time...

Go on tell us what you did

That's right harrigran

janglyGNHQ

Got a ring to it.

jangly, that reminds me of that episode in Dad's Army where Lance Corporal Jones kept calling it 'Headquarters Q'!

glass, my lips are sealed which they weren't at the time.

Annobel....what do you mean? Did you say the wrong thing to a customer in M&S?

No, not a customer. One of the bosses...

Annobel oh dear,

When we started up our company at home and then moved into premises I was the only employee at the time and did EVERYTHING including the cleaning. Also when the children were small I set up a mobile second hand children's clothes 'shop' with a friend which did quite well. Having done all sorts to the despair of my father who though I should really choose one career and stick to it, I've discovered that no experience is ever wasted and hopefully I've passed that mantra on to my children and to the young people with whom I've come in contact

Thanks ElseG, but it does't feel like amazing, more like going with the flow, which can be a little turbulent at times. But.....we shrug our shoulders.....Keep Calm and Carry On, and look forward to a good old piss up! Sense of humour vital! Esp when marriage of 38yrs in Dire Straits. Good management and manners in current situation essential.

jangly the thread title is, 'What is/was your job?' thereby encouraging people to write only about their main, or most significant, job/career. I'm currently working part-time as a PA to a restaurant owner, which might seem a bit glamorous. Today at work I opened up the restaurant, mopped the floor (not my jib, but it needed doing and the other staff were busy preparing for customers), learned how to use the (industrial) coffee machine and made several lattes, took bookings for tables, did some filing, washed glasses, supervised two other staff, made several phone calls and cleaned the sinks behind the bar. I also rewrote and re-designed the lunchtime menu. Only the phone calls and filing are actually part of my job description.

jangly
heres an ordinary job for you. I was a cook, first in schools then a factory various cafes and finally at the local hospice where i worked for 10 years.

Yes granny-a! I read the thread title!

I just wondered why there wasn't anyone on here with a slightly more mundane job AS THEIR MAIN JOB?

ok?

Or are we you all social workers and top management.

I'm not really interested in who did which paper round and when.