Yappers, what was one of your most memorable jobs?

Question

I mowed cemeteries and dug graves with my family. Hehe... just kidding. :-D

Answer 1

When I was 11 years old, I was hired by a video store owner to clean up the cola fridge and to sort the films alphabetically every weekend. All of that only took around two hours and I usually started at 10am. I didn't get any money for it, but I had unlimited access to the arcade games in the store, which is a dream come true for a kid. I got to play tekken and street fighter untill my hands were numb, while my friends get to watch and drool behind me. I also got to eat 1 ice cream cone and 2 hotdogs every saturday and sunday. Plus I could bring home 5 movies of my choice every week, provided I bring them back the next day.

Makes me wanna go back to my insurance, internet, electric and cellphone bill-free days.

Answer 2

Working at the J Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. I was never much of an art person myself, but after being hired in a Management position and working there for 4 years, then I got to learn, understand and appreciate what art is in a way I never thought I would. It was the most relaxing and prestigious job I ever had even though I was working before in a 4 and 5 stars Hotels in management also but none comes to being close to this one.
I met some of celebrity that you dream off meeting in person, Judy Foster, Billy Joel, Julia Roberts, Teri Hatcher, Will Smith and more...
But I had to leave to run my own business and if I had to do it all over I would choose working there again.

Answer 3

I was bookkeeping at a resort in Lapulapu City, Cebu. One of my job descriptions was to make periodic visits to the island of Santa Rosa where the resort was and do some internal audit. Not only did I have to travel miles by road to the island of Mactan from main Cebu, I also had to take a motorized banca to take me to Santa Rosa, an islet off Mactan. I had to stay overnight. It was on these occasions that I treasure most because I get to see a lot of nationalities staying in the resort and saw how they tried to interact and communicate with each other despite the language barrier, to make their stay real enjoyable and in a way, build new friendships. It was also on those times that I had time to relax and be one of the guests. Mmm...it was one of my most memorable jobs, I can never forget it.

Answer 4

When I was 19, I worked for a market research company as a field interviewer. One time, our project was about Rural Electrification, and the client was USAID and NEA.

Was assigned to interview rural folks in remote, non-electified barrios in Quezon Province. The locals probably thought we were the decision makers on whether or not they will soon get electricity, not knowing that theirs was a sample barrio (in research, that means it just represents areas of the same profile) so they treated us like VIPs. We had drinks with the barangay council, were fed well, etc in spite of our protestations that we were not decision makers.

And to top it all, I found ladylove amongst my co-interviewers. Before bedtime, we would be outside, gazing at the moon, holding hands....

Answer 5

A clearing clerk in the Philippine Commercial & Industrial Bank (PCIB) before it becomes EQUITABLE-PCIB, and now absorbed, it seems by the Shoemart Group.

That was a time before Magnetic Ink Recognition in cheques.

Clearing cheques and interchanging them with all other banks in the Central Bank of the Philippines every 2pm of working days. We stay in our jobs nearly 24/7. My overtime was twice my regular pay.

We can go IN and OUT at any hour of night or day into any BANK for what we call OUT-OF-TOWN cheques.

And I can go inside the US Embassy without going into long lines, becuz I was carrying US Treasury Warrants for clearing.

Answer 6

teach english to house helpers.

i was a volunteer english teacher in college to a congregation of nuns who look after house helpers. it was humbling and empowering at the same time. i learned how to be patient and understanding. it also taught me that people have different learning curves and what works for me will not necessarily work for others. it taught me to not treat all students the same but to give particular attention to each one as each student is special.

the above is not as high profile as the position that i have now in a 5-star hotel but that sure was the most memorable because it was a work the nourishes not my pockets but my soul. it was personally fulfilling.

Answer 7

Teach the street children (basic computer). They enjoyed the bouncing ball in PowerPoint and they had a chance to do it with me as the teacher, of course.

Answer 8

my 1st ever job w/c i did out of boredom.
I did re-enactments for a then news program called Magandang Gabi Bayan..hehe : )

Answer 9

i worked at a baseball card shop once. it was fun meeting people of different ages who are into sports and into collecting sportscards and memorabilia items. never a boring moment.

Answer 10

engineer for only 10,000 -- The 1 month of salary was my 1 month allowance in college. Geez.