What is the craziest job you ever held?

[Shagley]

I was a dancing Oreo cookie for two summers while I was in College . Do you remember the Oreo cookie commercial in the early 90's with Chubby Checker and the song was "Do the Oreo Twist"? I had to wear a huge Oreo cookie costume in grocery stores and do the twist 5 days a week from 9-5. The highlight was at the end of the summer, I got to go on stage (in my Oreo costume) and do the twist with Chubby Checker.

What was your craziest / most unusual job?

 

[Maleficent13]

Nope, you win.

 

[Mike.Wazowski]

Stay At Home Mom

WHAT was I thinking!

 

[barkley]

a clown at a very formal wedding

the bride and groom wanted the adults to be able to have a "grown up time" so they hired me, some child care providers, and a magician (i think). we were set up in a room adjacent to the main reception area. we entertained the kids who were thrilled to be able to have some fun (they also had the caterer do a kid friendly buffett area). it was fun-i liked that the helium balloons i filled up were in the wedding colors with the bride and grooms names printed on them and little wedding bells.

the kids were'nt restricted to that area but they opted to spend the bulk of their time there (as did some of the grownups ).

 

[milkabum]

Hey, I like oreos!

 

[Mickey'snewestfan]

I worked at a temp agency one summer during college. One week I had a job "substituting" for the person who stocked the employee fridges in an upscale law firm. My job was to walk around from kitchen to kitchen (they had 6-8 mini kitches with fridge, microwave, sink) etc . . . and make sure that there were sodas of all kinds in the fridge. The catch was that I wasn't allowed to stop doing this or sit down on the job -- didn't want people to think I was slacking! So, I stocked each fridge with 6 of each type of soda (took less than an hour) then walked around for and hour "checking" on my sodas. I noticed that 5 people had drunk diet cokes, and very little else, so I replaced the cokes and added 2 more to each fridge. Then I decided the fridges looked too crowded so I went around and removed 1 gingerale and 1 root beer from each fridge. Then I decided to rearrange all the sodas in each fridge so that there were equal numbers of each brand where they were easiest to reach for left handed people vs. right. I spent a whole week like this, making up dumb excuses why to move sodas because I was sooooo fricking bored. I couldn't believe that this company was paying me good money (they paid well above minimum wage) plus paying the temp agency 50% on top of that to have me come up with creative ways to basically do nothing! Almost all of my work history has been in non-profits where people don't always find the time to go to the bathroom -- I couldn't believe people wasted their time on this.

 

[GoofyDad869]

I was a lifeguard for a long time. This is about the summer after my senior year in high school. The people who had won the lifeguard contract with the Parks & Rec Dept. that year were the local area's "feel good substance" distributor. (Think 'Weeds' and you've got the picture). Every so often in the mornings when I'd pick up the keys for the pool and the cash box there would also be a small tackle box with a note on top: "Give this to XXX Smith. Give it only to him/her. Do not open it yourself."

I'm not SURE what was inside, but...

The funny thing is it took me about six weeks to figure out what was going on. I'm real slow on the up-take sometimes. Luckily (for me) the cops never were around. That would have taken LOTS of 'splainin' to do!

 

[jennyl772003]

Well, it wasn't exactly crazy, but it was interesting.

I was a cashier at a truck (as in semi) wash. Basically, I got hit on for 8 hours a day.

A typical conversation would go like this...

"So, are you going to prom?"
Me: "No, not this year" (I was 23)
"What do you like to do for fun? I am going to be in town all weekend."

ICK! These guys though I was in highschool, and STILL hit on me!

I had one guy who washed his truck EVERY DAY just to see me! Eventually, I had to have some of the guys I worked with get him to stop.

I am not even that good looking! I always say, if you have low self esteem, work at a trusk wash (or stop) for a week!

 

[MamaLema]

a clown at a very formal wedding

the bride and groom wanted the adults to be able to have a "grown up time" so they hired me, some child care providers, and a magician (i think). we were set up in a room adjacent to the main reception area. we entertained the kids who were thrilled to be able to have some fun (they also had the caterer do a kid friendly buffett area). it was fun-i liked that the helium balloons i filled up were in the wedding colors with the bride and grooms names printed on them and little wedding bells.

the kids were'nt restricted to that area but they opted to spend the bulk of their time there (as did some of the grownups ).

I haven't heard of anyone hiring entertainment for kids at their wedding before. I think that's pretty cool!

 

[horseshowmom]

When I was in college, I spent one summer working at the Schlitz brewery. The cans pass through an x-ray type machine that assures they are filled correctly. The ones that aren't full are separated. I had the job of "popping" the partially filled ones (sharp edge into the aluminum to drain the beer out of the can) and throwing away the cans. Don't laugh, I got paid $10 a hour, and that was 25 years ago!

There was a downside though. Even with a rubber apron, you still got it all over you. One morning, I was on my way home after working midnight to 8 a.m. I pulled up to a stop sign but didn't come to a "complete" stop (almost, but not quite). I was immediately stopped by a police officer who was met with a very incriminating odor when I rolled down my window! Fortunately, he was an understanding sort!

 

[fabumouse]

I was "Paintball Manager" for a whole summer.

Which is very, very funny because:

1. I've never even played Paintball.
2. The company never actually had a playing location, a business plan, or employees (other than me).

But they gave me a title and a paycheck! Thanks Paintball Guys!

 

[declansdad]

I once worked cleaning our local arena after a circus came through town. I was lucky enough to clean up after the elephants and lions.

 

[AuntieM03]

When I did temp work I spent two days handing out fertilizer samples at Home Depot. People would take the samples and then come back to ask what it was. Proving people will take anything if it is free.

 

[eddad]

When was 17 I moved to Oahu Hawaii,The only job I could get (because I was a "Howlie") was as a "Chicken Choker" the chickens would come by on a conveyor belt in a metal cage with just head sticking out and............well you know,I did my job........needless to say I didn't keep the job long.

 

[MeezersDM]

When I was about 13 I had to stand in the back of a dump truck and throw the "big rocks" out of the heavy fill dirt as it was loaded by a front loading caterpillar.

 

[pearlieq]

I was a pretend receptionist, pretend AP clerk, and pretend shipping manager for a couple of years in college.

I worked as an assistant for this guy who had a tiny office (literally just me and him) and delusions of grandeur. When people called our office he wanted me to pretend to be various different people so it seemed like we had a giant corporation, not just 2 people in a rented back room. It was strange, but I was still young enough at the time to find it charming.

 

[Sherri]

An extra in a music video last summer. Did I mention the job sucked?

 

[foolishmortal]

I was "Paintball Manager" for a whole summer.

Which is very, very funny because:

1. I've never even played Paintball.
2. The company never actually had a playing location, a business plan, or employees (other than me).

But they gave me a title and a paycheck! Thanks Paintball Guys!

I used to be a paintball referee...did it for free playing time...lol

Also see sig pic below, that is my other crazy job that lets me blow off steam every October

 

[AllyandJack]

I danced at a club in Boston. I was fully clothed, it was nothing like that. But, they had cages placed all around the club to encourage people to get on the floor and dance up a storm and I was in one of the cages. I was underage and the club has since closed, but it was SO FUN. I have no idea where the heck I got the energy because I certainly don't have it now. I'd go to class all morning, study in the early afternoon, take a quick nap in the evening, head out to the club around 8:30pm and I'd be there until closing at 2am...get back to my room around 3am, sleep until 9am and get to class by 9:30 and start the whole thing all over again. Once I got a "real" job just before my junior year, my cage-dancing days were behind me, but ah, the memories.

 

[anewvance]

It's not really different but I tell ya, the craziest job I had was working for KB Toy store, especially on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. People left that store such a mess, it was nuts. And on Black Friday, I had to LMAO not to get frustrated because people were so nasty and rude to get the deals.... fights breaking out, all that fun!