What was the coolest job you ever had, and how did you get it?
I got to play target swimmer for the US Navy’s marine mammal program for about six months. Found myself temporarily assigned to the command, and figured it couldn’t hurt to ask. Next thing I know, I’m in a wetsuit trying to evade Flipper. Most cool.
How about you?
I was a stripper.
I was a stripper.
“Was.” Riiiiight.
I was. I worked at the Arapahoe Strip Shop on South Sante Fe St. in Denver (Littleton) as a stripper–of furniture–as in removing old paint and varnish. I used to love to put that on job applications.
that does sound great - tell us more!
How long did it take to get caught? How did they “catch” you? Was it a game or work for them? Did they give you a ride back after they’d caught you?
I pumped gas, back when there was such a thing. My kids were flabbergasted to learn that, not so long ago, a nice person would run out to your car and put the gas in for you.
They were even more astonished when I told them that I can remember when going to the movies was only six dollars!
c’mon Vitus, with a job like that you surely had to spend some time in Panama City Beach as a student or instructor at NDSTC - that, my friend, was a cool summer
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I worked as a photographer for several inline skating magazines and got to travel around the world covering skating events
got it by being there early on and working my ass off.
They were even more astonished when I told them that I can remember when going to the movies was only six dollars!
Sadly, I remember when they were a dime.
I did the same but for snowboarding, skiing, and skating. Although I like my current job even better, creative director/graphic design.
I was a dock boy when I was 17. Greatest job ever. I used to sit on the dock of this huge outside bar on the water and help the boats park at the dock. Needless to say, tons of chicks in bikini’s, lots of underage drinking, great weather, and by the end of the night, lots of drunk hot chicks in bikini’s…aahhh, those were the days. I made some mad cash too, all in tips under the table.
Not sure it was my “Coolest” job ever, but certainly the most interesting…I worked for about 6 months as a teletype/relay operator. I relayed phone conversations for the deaf. My job was to be their ears and occasionally voice, for those who didn’t speak, when they were having phone conversations with hearing people. It certainly gave me a lot of insight, and I learned to absolutely abhor those recorded, multiple option automated answering services many big businesses have in place. I also found myself relaying conversations for the same people on a fairly regular basis. You would get to the point that you would recognize their phone numbers as soon as they popped up on your screen. It was kind of like “watching” a soap opera and you would get an update every couple of days or so. It’s a very interesting, and quite often frustrating system.
I worked for an oil field service company the summer between college and law school. My technical job title was “worm.” I had to do everything the full time guys didn’t want to do and most of the jobs involved crawling around in the mud, hence the job title. I did a lot of lifting of heavy things and using really big tools to assemble pipes and stuff. This experience with tools came in handy when I later learned that putting a bike together is basically the same as assembling a pumpjack except the tools are smaller and you don’t need a crane. After that summer, any wrenching that did not require climbing 30 feet or didn’t have to be done while laying in mud was easy.
In return for all my dirty menial labor, the guys taught me how to weld and let me drive the bulldozer every once and a while.
Oh ya - I got to wear a hard hat.
The coolest job I’ve had is, while in college, I was emloyed as a security guard in a girls dorm. It amounted to resting on a cot in the lobby of the dorm overnight (couple of times a week), and checking to make sure that guys stayed out and the girls entering the building actually lived there. A great way to meet every girl in the place!!! Only paid minimum wage— but the benefits were great.
**How long did it take to get caught? **Usually not very long at all. The program is quite impressive, and the animals (Atlantic Bottlenose dolphins)are really marvelous to behold. Unbelievably graceful in the water.
**Was it a game or work for them? **Depends. They have their own personalities- some of them are overachiever types who love to please and seem to have all sorts of fun, others are just mean bastards out to hurt someone. One of them once broke a visitor’s nose, and I’m pretty sure it was on porpoise. (Sorry, couldn’t resist.)
with a job like that you surely had to spend some time in Panama City Beach as a student or instructor at NDSTC - that, my friend, was a cool summer No, I was just a lowly E3 who happened to get TAD orders to EODMU3 after “A” school. And it was winter- believe me, the wetsuit was for warmth, not speed!
I was an in-home personal trainer for 3 years after college. Most of my clients were women. And many of them didn’t really want to workout, they just wanted company. Many times I would get to there house and they would say, let’s just take a drive in my Mercedes or let’s just go for a walk. Funny story. One time, one of my female clients was going through a divorce, and she offered to let me drive her Jeep Grand Cheroke while she was out of town. So I left my beat up Blazer at her house for the weekend. So her ex husband came to the house and saw my vehicle and figured I had been staying over for the weekend. He was pissed and it got back to my boss who was also pissed. And I never even did anything wrong.
I was a lifeguard from the ages of 15-19… That was pretty cool, we always had awesome parties!
Tibbs, I said “coolest,” not “cushiest.”
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I worked for a summer at Ujena swimwear where part of the job was working on the bikini pageant. Had a good time when the contestants were in town!
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others are just mean bastards out to hurt someone. One of them once broke a visitor’s nose, and I’m pretty sure it was on porpoise. (Sorry, couldn’t resist.)
Don’t apologise - that is going to have me chuckling for the rest of the day. Textbook setup and punchline. Respect!