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Hi Rob Welcome to the club
I am a Certified Hospital Laundry Manager , I operate a shared services facility here in Ft Worth, We process for 5 small hospitals , Ambulance services , Mortican Service,( I hate that one) 5 Surgery Centers, And 3 Emergency Depts of larger hospitals.They are seperate divisions of the hospitals here. And a small 4 Diamond hotel. (only beacuse one of the Dr.s Own it and we could not get out of it) I have been here now almost 30 years and most of the time love my job . A post of most of our plant is on Deluxe thread # 8324 Most people call me "Mac" ( I assure you I have been called alot worse) most I couldn't post here. I got started at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Yes , I was there when President Kennedy was shot and they brought him in to the E. R. . I was working part time in the afternoons after school in the Laundry, I was working that day, My Grandmother was a Supv. in the laundry too. She worked there for 52 years. She started when she was 15.
I am a Certified Hospital Laundry Manager , I operate a shared services facility here in Ft Worth, We process for 5 small hospitals , Ambulance services , Mortican Service,( I hate that one) 5 Surgery Centers, And 3 Emergency Depts of larger hospitals.They are seperate divisions of the hospitals here. And a small 4 Diamond hotel. (only beacuse one of the Dr.s Own it and we could not get out of it) I have been here now almost 30 years and most of the time love my job . A post of most of our plant is on Deluxe thread # 8324 Most people call me "Mac" ( I assure you I have been called alot worse) most I couldn't post here. I got started at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Yes , I was there when President Kennedy was shot and they brought him in to the E. R. . I was working part time in the afternoons after school in the Laundry, I was working that day, My Grandmother was a Supv. in the laundry too. She worked there for 52 years. She started when she was 15.
jasonl
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I'm a computer tech. I fix/build/network computers. It's a fun job but dealing with people that constantly break their computers is not.
58limited
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Veterinarian, small animal.
mattywashboy
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teachers assistant plus checkout chick and storeperson at IGA (local supermarket), i'm also a student but that costs cash rather than gains it lol
Matt
Matt
rinso
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Sales Manager for a regional cell phone company (Cricket) that provides unlimited talk time, flat-rated monthly services.
polkanut
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I work for Kolbe & Kolbe Millwork, a manufacturer of middle to high end windows, doors, and other types of specialty millwork. We are the 3rd largest employer in Marathon County.
I am
a free-lance writer/editor/researcher, but it's not very steady. Interesting, but not steady. Sometimes there are months between writing assignments. Recently, I helped revise an operations manual for a local non-profit. Got my expenses from that.
I have a small partial disability income.
I know the odds are beyond absurd, but I buy one MegaMillions ticket a month. No more than one a month.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
a free-lance writer/editor/researcher, but it's not very steady. Interesting, but not steady. Sometimes there are months between writing assignments. Recently, I helped revise an operations manual for a local non-profit. Got my expenses from that.
I have a small partial disability income.
I know the odds are beyond absurd, but I buy one MegaMillions ticket a month. No more than one a month.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
whirlcool
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Airline Pilot, 757 Captain Northwest Airlines. I started out with North Central Airlines on the Convair 580 and then the DC-9 and via the mergers and buy outs ended up with Northwest. Even though I am near Houston, I commute to MSP where I am technically based.
washertalk
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2 jobs really-
I work for the city as a Municipal Custodial Maintenance Technician. --
I clean streets.
Specifically when something enters it alive but doesn't make it to the other side. (thou' scraper and d'wide shovel shall rule des world) yeppers
and
also for the city,
um, yaa...,
ya' know when someone lives alone
and they get older,
and older,
and older,
and then neighbors don't see the person for a month or so and there is this smell....
well after the city health inspector comes in and makes a "declaration",
then they call me to "tidy up". Under certain circumstances it can be RICHly rewarding(wink, wink), but lord I earn my bobbles. (the clothes pin for the nose and a downing of a few swigs of brandy before entering are the necessities for this job) Sometimes I wonder, Why me? I don't even eat meat. but hey, think where I would be if I didn't have my 'family' connections.
(shhh, actually I am a number cruncher with a pathetic sense of humor, a love of stuff from the 70's and 80's, and someone who is recovering from an illness I had almost all my life and am happier now more than ever to be alive.)
I work for the city as a Municipal Custodial Maintenance Technician. --
I clean streets.
Specifically when something enters it alive but doesn't make it to the other side. (thou' scraper and d'wide shovel shall rule des world) yeppers
and
also for the city,
um, yaa...,
ya' know when someone lives alone
and they get older,
and older,
and older,
and then neighbors don't see the person for a month or so and there is this smell....
well after the city health inspector comes in and makes a "declaration",
then they call me to "tidy up". Under certain circumstances it can be RICHly rewarding(wink, wink), but lord I earn my bobbles. (the clothes pin for the nose and a downing of a few swigs of brandy before entering are the necessities for this job) Sometimes I wonder, Why me? I don't even eat meat. but hey, think where I would be if I didn't have my 'family' connections.
(shhh, actually I am a number cruncher with a pathetic sense of humor, a love of stuff from the 70's and 80's, and someone who is recovering from an illness I had almost all my life and am happier now more than ever to be alive.)
vivalalavatrice
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Designer!
I got my diploma at highscholl in Accounting! So I should have been an accaountant... no!
As I alwasy run after my dreams... I decided that as I always wanted to applicate my creativity and my fantasy (where's creativity in accounting?!?!), although I'm better at writing than drawing, I start studying Industrial Design...
Did I do the right thing? Should I had to start working as an accountant befor deciding to continuing with the University? BU?
Nontheless now after five (hard!) years of studying (Graphic subjects, Technical subjects, Creative subjects, ecc.) I wish to undergraduate in the next summer! Obviously the final work (I call it "tesi") concern Washing Machine and all around them!
Then... I absolutely haven't got any idea if there is some opportunity for me to work anywhere in the world...
GoodBye and good luck to any other one found in the same situation as me!
A better world somewhere exists!
Diomede
I got my diploma at highscholl in Accounting! So I should have been an accaountant... no!
As I alwasy run after my dreams... I decided that as I always wanted to applicate my creativity and my fantasy (where's creativity in accounting?!?!), although I'm better at writing than drawing, I start studying Industrial Design...
Did I do the right thing? Should I had to start working as an accountant befor deciding to continuing with the University? BU?
Nontheless now after five (hard!) years of studying (Graphic subjects, Technical subjects, Creative subjects, ecc.) I wish to undergraduate in the next summer! Obviously the final work (I call it "tesi") concern Washing Machine and all around them!
Then... I absolutely haven't got any idea if there is some opportunity for me to work anywhere in the world...
GoodBye and good luck to any other one found in the same situation as me!
A better world somewhere exists!
Diomede
Truck driver for Patrick Industries,a local manufacturer of aluminum extrusions,and building supplies.
Oh,I also have a used appliance store!8^)
kennyGF
Oh,I also have a used appliance store!8^)
kennyGF
jasonl
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YAY! A trucker!
My dad was a trucker in the 70s and for the longest time I wanted to be one. Then I had the bright idea of being a computer tech. Well, no regrets!
My dad was a trucker in the 70s and for the longest time I wanted to be one. Then I had the bright idea of being a computer tech. Well, no regrets!
After being in the Computer Technolgy field for the past 28 years, starting as a mainframe operator to a consultant for the New York Stock Exchange, I walked out in July of this year, I am now an Artisan Bread baker for Wegman's Supermarket.
laundryboy
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Flight Attendant for jetBlue Airways and Real Estate broker for Century 21 Fine Homes & Estates
powerfin64
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self employed hairdresser of 22yrs.
Rich
Rich
I am the "Director of Consumer Relations" for an internet company that no one has ever heard of. Basically, I am a high paid receptionist. Sort of like Jennifer on "WKRP in Cincinatti" ;-)
I'm a flight attendant for a charter airline here in NY called North American Airlines.whirlcool
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Oh, I forgot to mention that I am also on the Board of Directors of the 1940 Air Terminal Museum in Houston. We are in the process of restoring the original Houston Airline terminal and have a museum of artifacts from the "Golden Age of Aviation".
Most of us airline types usually have a secondary job of some kind.
Most of us airline types usually have a secondary job of some kind.
