Hi MLU-ers,

Well, I'm up in the wee hours again and now that I've just charged my brain with hot strong cocoa with lots of brown sugar, I'm busy thinking about the different kinds of jobs and work people might have done, or are doing. I thought it would be totally interesting, and fun, to start a thread about this.

I know many of you have military history, either ex military service, or still at it, so I expect if people post in here, we'll hear a lot of military-type related "jobs".

Some, like myself, totally non-military ......... unless, of course, you count the job I once had at the Winnipeg Safety building as a short order cook and supervisor on my shift, in the police cafeteria? 5th Floor of the Public Safety Building (is it still there?)Does that count as "military type job"? My Mom came back to that job specifically just to train me for them. My stepfather, a cook much of his life, but mostly a camp cook, was the Jail Cook there for quite a long time too. Ah, the memories these stories bring back to me. It was a great job for me ... didn't last long as I craved Beautiful BC and off I went back to the West Coast ..... I was about 18 at the time. All those boys in blue ,,, woo hoo

Do you folks remember the days before resumes and pre-required courses? Days of walk in off the street, ask for a job, be put to work immediately, sometimes LITERALLY RIGHT NOW! train as you go, meals included in the wage ... ah, those were the days my kids never experienced.

First job was a summer and duck hunting resort in Petersfield Manitoba ... the Americans loved to come up and stay there for the duck hunting (Chesleys Netley Lodge) Loved much about the job, but was really taken advantage of wage wise (slave labour) I was 16 ... sunup to sundown, $150.oo per month plus room and board was my wages : That was bad even for 1970!!! I didn't have an SIN card yet either. I was supposed to go back to school and the bosses begged me to stay through the duck hunting season ... thus I ended up a highschool drop out having completed grade 9 only. That job didn't pay much at all plus it cost me a lot Deal, or No Deal? ...

Different jobs at different ages. No careers. Sewing factory ... zippers or buttonholes in mens pants, if I remember correctly? Awful jobs, awful wages. Winnipeg again.

Over the years I've worked in many restaurants and hotels, Waitress, hostess, shortorder cook, fastfood cook, dishwasher, food delivery driver, cleaner, chambermaid, hotel desk clerk, booking rooms, cocktail waitress, doorperson, club/pub cleaner, housecleaner, etc. Jobs in Winnipeg, Victoria, Vancouver, Nelson ...

Carwash (auto detailing) ... never again.
Telemarketting (sorry )
Flyers door to door delivery. Phonebooks - HEAVY!
Route contract delivery driver to retail stores.
More cleaning lady jobs.
Ministry approved foster parent.
Paid public speaker (Foster Parent training orientation sessions)
Group facilitator/leader (support group)
Volunteer, volunteer, volunteer ... community centres, helping seniors, mental health, crisis line volunteer, support group facilitator/leader

Goldsmith (apprenticed)
Artisan ... jewelry making, designing, and jewelry repair

Can't think anymore ...

Oops ... two more ... being someones Mom ...

My latest job ... volunteer ... MLU Admin

G'Night

Ma Yappy