I've spent several years in warehouse management, both with Pepsi and GA Pacific, as well as a major paper distribution company in Ft Walton Beach FL. Also spent some time in the restaurant business. Due to an injury back in the late 90's when I worked in a steel mill that lead to 2 back surgeries, and the most recent injury back in 2011 which they tell me now I need 3 more levels of my back 'worked on', and the permanent nerve damage in my legs and feet, along with the bad disks in my neck, I'm now totally disabled.
can people look at me and tell? not always, but the pain is always there. some days are worse than others. yes I TRY to be active as possible, but some days it's just too much to get off the couch. We still get out and camp though. we went 'over' to a TT because the pup was just too much work setting up and taking down, not just as camp, but at home for the clean/pack/unpack stages.
Craig... Quit whining. LOL.
I started today as a substitute teacher and paraeducator. The ultimate goal for the HR leader, Occupational Education chair et moi will be to eventually work in the culinary department.
Alex, I finally finished. Time to do something again.
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Graduated from 2 year college in 1986. Managed a Radio Shack for a couple of years. I then went to work for a family friend that had a business importing gardening tools from Germany and Spain (got to got to trade shows etc and that was fun but I was young and single then), spent a couple of years working for my Grandmother in Commercial Real Estate. After I married and had my DS I went to work for the local Toyota dealership. Started as a New Car title clerk and left 12 1/2 years later as the office manager. I am now the Administrative Manager for a small Customer Service/Rep office. Love my job!!! Very little stress and I can take off for my camping trips and not worry about everything!!!! Been here for 5 1/2 years and still loving it!!!!
I've got the best day job of all: I'M RETIRED!
My wife and I do occasionally write books. She and I together have written three cookbooks (so far): Gourmet Camp Chow, Foiled Again!, and Gourmet Boat Chow. (We're working on another one, and it will take a while.)
I've published a volume of my poetry -- Granny's Faith -- and a volume of short stories -- Out of Winter.
All the books are available through Lulu.com (our publisher) or Amazon.com.
But, the best part is the retired part!
I'm retired after 28 years of Operating Room Nursing as an RN in a 24 room OR in Alabama. I spent several years on the Neuro team, the Open Heart team and ENT. I also was the Clinical Educator in surgery for several years before my retirement. During this 28 year period, I was also in the Army Nurse Corp Reserves for 8 years. My 8 years fell between the 2 Gulf wars, and I was never activated.
DH served in the Vietnam War. It was a thankless duty, and he arrived home to misery and scorn. He suffers to this day, physically and mentally. But somehow we've held our marriage together for 43 years and counting, and he retired several years ago after 25 years as an Electrical Lineman for the City of Dothan here in Alabama. We raised 3 children (to include a set of twins) and we're loving 6 grandsons who range in age from 23 to 1.
We're enjoying retirement, travel (with and without the PUP) and the grandsons. Life is good.
Well mine goes something like this , Tool & Die Maker by trade , I moved down to central Pa. maybe 12 yrs. ago, the industry in this area crashed and burned , still hasn't recovered , got into the meat cutting business and now am a meat dept. manager at a store on top of the mtn.
My side job is Pres. of the Cemetery Assoc. , yep , somebody has to handle the details when the time comes !
I am a measly warehouse worker in a furniture distribution center. Lol
My schedule has kept me here (Sun., Mon., Tue.) (off 4 days a week) but the pay is good enough to keep the bills paid while the wife stays home with the kids so I can't complain as I get to spend a lot of time with the family as well.
Well lately it would seem like I am "MY SISTERS KEEPER" but believe me, that job certainly does not make any money. It sure does get rid of a lot though. >:(
My real day time job is actually a 2nd shift Lead Operator/Superviser at a book binding co. I am what the co. "lovingly" refers to as a "working superviser". Meaning I am given a machine to run everynight, and I am expected to produce the same numbers that my co-workers/team/crew are.
I have worked part time for a few years as a Lead person at Six Flags in the dept. that sells tickets, takes tickets (at the gate), processes season passes, operates the guest relations dept. That was by far the most FUN FUN FUN job I ever had. But pays just a few cents more than min. wage.
I have also managed a Pizza Hut. I did that for 16 years. (All part time). I have been working at my present job (book bindery) for 15 years now.
Retirement (from work anyway) is still a good many years away. Retirement on the cars may be here next spring. ;D When I do retire from work. I would like to go back to Six Flags, to work. For real, I had a blast there.
I manage a garbage company in eastern Nebraska. I just moved here from eastern Ohio but have done this in Denver, Salt Lake City, Cleveland and Youngstown. I was transferred to most of those locations but this one was our choice.
It's been fun moving around and seeing different parts of the country, but my wife says it's time to stay put until the kids are out of school. We'll see...
I am a full-time Pastor of a Baptist Church here in Albany, GA, I have been at this church for since Nov. 2001 and prior to coming here I was Bainbridge, GA for 7 years and before that we were in WY as church planting missionaries. Most of my adult life prior to entering the ministry I was in route sales/merchandising serving retail stores (C-stores, supermarkets, drug stores...). We have lived in GA most of our lives, but the jobs or ministry has lead us to LA, FL, SC, and WY.
BTW, I also currently work part-time with a local Funeral Home: Funeral assistant, Funeral Director Apprentice, Pre-Need Counselor/Agent, Office/Book-keeping, Staff Minister and anything else the FD/Owner needs me to handle.
It is me, the DW since 1977, three children (two married and away and 1 still at home) and currently four precious GRANDS. LIFE IS GOOD!!!!!
Had a seasonal job working as a package handler at a major shipping company's regional hub.
The reason I'm posting this is to say that if anyone received damaged goods this December, I may have been responsible and I'm sorry. I honestly tried to be careful but it's hard when there's production goals to be met and those conveyor belts keep moving, moving,moving; and all the while I'm also trying to prove my worth as a worker by lifting things that I later discover I can't securely handle (like the styrofoam cooler of about 10 hams that shattered into a million pieces when I dropped it onto the floor (watching those hams roll across the floor made me feel horrible about wasting food), the case of gourmet apple cider vinegar that I set down too hard (thankfully the smell came out of my boots), or the box of cheesecakes that just slipped out of my hands as I was trying to rotate it so that I could see the label directing me to put it on the air or ground conveyor belt.
I'm back to being a student and mom for the time being, so everyone's packages might be a bit safer. Again, I apologize!
BirdLand, your working experiences on the conveyor belt reminded me of the stories my DH tells of his grandfather, a longshoreman on the NYC docks. It was during the 1920s and into the Depression that shipping containers would mysteriously drop and break open, spilling their contents onto the ground. Of course, many of the contents were still all right - I guess - but a lot of the goods could be found at the house: boxes of chocolate, coins, a copy of a dagger, and stuff like that. DH mainly recalls the chocolate with smiles.
Birdland, your stories on your recent position at the conveyor belt of a shipping co. reminds me of some I Love Lucy episodes. ;D
My neighbor ordered some expensive chocolates from the Northeast somewhere. FedEx delivered it to her door. Every package was torn open and nothing but the chocolate wraps were left. She blamed FedEx and the neighborhood dogs. Hmmmm.....could she have been mistaken? 😉
I honestly felt like I was re-living an 'I Love Lucy' Episode at times (and my hairdo with the 3 a.m. start time probably enforced that, haha). It was surreal in every sense of the word. I had recurring dreams about sorting boxes correctly and not damaging stuff.
I didn't work for FedEx, but never saw any employees at my place eating damaged goods, though that was probably only because we didn't have the opportunity (supervisors continually hovered around and ensured that all compromised packages (such as the many that I caused) were promptly routed to "Quality Assurance").
Seriously though, I would think twice about sending anything via the major US shipping companies at any time, period. Quantity, not quality, seems to be the rule - be safe rather than sorry and ship either before mid-November or after mid-January.
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