What do you do for a living?

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I'm a Loss Prevention agent for a home improvement retailer. I conduct mini-audits to make sure money/merchandise isn't being swindled away, I determine 'why' we have a major inventory shrinkage in a area and determine how to solve it, I conduct saftey walk thrus, saftey audits, and conduct saftey meetings. I'm also the one that stops you at the door, escorts you to the back of the store, screams at you, makes derogatory statements towards you, then laughs silently to myself as the police tote you downtown for trying to steal from me.
 

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I used to do Loss Prevention, as well, but more in the aspect of plain clothed in retail stores busting people who swipe things.

DEBBY! HELLO! DEBBY??? You should NOT be embarrassed about any job you do! If you work hard...pay your bills...are honest...hey...it is ALL good! There are times when I wish I could get into GM here in Lansing, but those jobs are very hard to come by. For that matter, it seems like ANY job is hard to come by right now!
 

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Thanks Carrie for saying I shouldn't be embarrassed. You are right, I know. I work hard for every penny I make. It's just that when I read about all the important jobs everyone else has, and half of them I don't even understand what they are, I feel rather ignorant.
 

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Kiwi, I work for an agency known as "Vocational Rehabilitation". I am a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor.

I am also very impressed with Goodwill. I have gotten many great brand name articles for a fraction of their normal cost, such as Ralph Lauren, Liz Claiborne, etc.

The workers here can purchase from the store, but only during their break time.

Nenners, do you mean to tell me that there are men that are actually boobs? :laughing:


Debby, I worked at an RCA factory for a year and it was a great experience. The people there thought of themselves as a team. There were mostly women working there.
 

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Debby, no one should be embarrassed by doing honest work. Twenty years ago, I sold flowers on street corners. It was fun, paid well and I could take Mark to work with me.

My dad is a retired USMC Master Gunnery Sgt., has a Master's degree and does yard work and home repairs.
 

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Debby, you should never be embarrassed about making an honest living. I wish I could get on at the one factory here that packs auto parts.
I have the crappiest job here so far. I work in a tattoo shop as a body piercer and floor sales person. Since I already have a "job" there as a piercer, I don't get paid for "helping out" on the floor. If I don't do any piercings, I might work 12 hours talking to customers, doing paperwork, answering the phone, printing out names on the computer, bringing cool cloths to queasy customers, and doing a lot of hand holding for nervous young girls, for no pay at all. I worked 9 hours Sunday, and made 15 dollars. One of the tattoo artists tips me at the end of the day if he has had a good day and no one else has worked the floor that day. We have a regular floor guy, but he is often drunk or out doing work for the boss. If I am there, he sits on his butt and lets me do his job, then collects his tips from all the artists at the end of the night. I finally got my NC driver's license, so I am going to see about a job driving a cab first thing Monday morning.
 

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How interesting to read about everybody's real life.

I am an art dealer. I have a small commercial gallery, where I sell paintings by local artists I represent. I also do appraisals, like the Antiques Roadshow. That is very interesting, as I do a lot of "site visits" and get to see people's homes and art collections. It also involves a lot of research - many times it is like detective work piecing together different parts of an artists' life.
 

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Originally posted by lotsocats
Oooops! I just changed what you wrote instead of quoting you! I may have a Ph.D. but I'm still a blond!


Sorry!!!!!
Renae:

I was just catching up with this thread this morning, and I nearly called you for and appointment because I thought I was delusional! I kept saying, "I know that isn't what I posted..... I KNOW that isn't what I posted..." :paranoid3
 

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I agree - Reading about what everyone REALLY does during business hours has been downright captivating!

Even funnier, when I see the large number of posts for some individuals, it makes me wonder if they are in thecatsite.com more than they are in their offices? Or Are they in thecatsite.com at their offices—do we ever REALLY leave? LOL!! Heck, I find myself in and out of here (while working) just reading and not posting because the topics are so interesting. My husband thinks thecatsite.com is a screen saver on my computer....LOL!!!

Kim
 

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Debby, I worked in restaurants for years so I know what it's like to have an embarrassing job. But we shouldn't be embarrassed by any job we do. So many of us focus on the money and outer signs of success. I think the true measure of a person's success is the person they are, not their job.

If you are a good person, who cares about others and helps other people, you are successful. You do all of these things, you do not need to be embarrassed about anything. There are plenty of lawyers and doctors and other "important" people who are lousy human beings.

I went through a time in my life where my parents did not view me as successful because I wasn't making enough money. Not a good return on their investment, as my father once told me. It was because I couldn't find a "good job" after college. It was tough, but I always tried to remind them that I might not have a lot of money, but I certainly had a moral code that they taught me.

Ok, I'm done rambling now.
 

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Originally posted by bren.1
I went through a time in my life where my parents did not view me as successful because I wasn't making enough money. Not a good return on their investment, as my father once told me. It was because I couldn't find a "good job" after college. It was tough, but I always tried to remind them that I might not have a lot of money, but I certainly had a moral code that they taught me.

I'm going through the same thing with my mom.

She doesn't understand why I'm paying for more schooling in Logistics at this point in my life. She keeps bringing up the fact that I took a 4 year degree in Environmental Management and still wasn't able to find full time employment. She keeps comparing myself to my older sister (10 years older) who went straight from high school to a job in the banking industry. My sister has moved up the ranks there and now has been there 17 years.

But today it is a different working world and not many of my generation will ever be able to stay at one company for more than 10 years because of all the lay offs and contract work.

Of course, my mother has never worked outside the home and can't relate. You have to constantly upgrade your education to survive today's labour market.
 

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Originally posted by Debby
Well, I am just embarrassed to say what I do for a living...
But...it IS a job...and it does help to pay the bills.

Kassandra....I am very familiar with ISO, we are ISO 9000 registered at the factory I work in...and I have been involved with ISO training and on the internal audit team here.
I also was the assistant quality control person for awhile, (QAS) until I got tired of some of the stuff (people) I had to deal with and gave the position up. (a few years ago) Now I just work in the manufacturing part, making heating units for various companies.

First off, you do what you have to do to survive. You can only feel embarrassed if you allow other minds to influence your inner respect. Don't let your own values be dictated by others and respect yourself first. You have a darling little girl who needs a strong female role model. Don't ever let her feel she has failed because she does not meet someone else's standards. Be true to yourself. End of story.

Second, ISO 14000 are the environmental standards that companies are now registering for to stay competitive. Who knows Debby, your place of work may need a ISO 14000 co-ordinator and I may be the one who applies!

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That would be cool, Kassandra!


Krazy kat...good luck with the cab driver thing, i hope it works out! Your current job sounds really interesting, but you must work with some lazy people from the sounds of it, making you do all their work!

Brenda, That is so sad that your father would tell you that you were not a good return on his investment! That is an awful thing to say to someone!
 

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This is such a great thread!!!

I just graduated with a BA in History this month. I am starting graduate school next semester to get my MA in Geography and then I plan to go to law school after my MA. I want to get my MA so I have something to fall back on if I hate law school.

Right now I am working for a temp agency. I am currently in a full-time administrative position. It helps pay the bills while I am in school.
 

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Oooh I like hearing about other people's lives, hopes, fears, aspirations etc.

I have a degree in Logistics Management, and after working for Coca-cola for a year I realised it wasn't for me. I also worked in pubs and night-clubs, as a bar-maid, for about three years. My last "career" was with a mobile phone service provider, as a call-centre manager - I used to love it, but the focus changed away from quality to quantity, and I was expected to target the bottom 10% and actively seek to find a way to sack them, rather than develop them. I took a nice redundancy offer, while the company still had some money.

I am currently temping as an administrator at the local University. I hate my boss (a previous thread) but everything else is smashing. A previous boss at the University has a vacancy coming up, which I am crossing my fingers for (off to visit him in the New Year when the Uni opens again), at a very good salary.
 

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I work in the field of anger management in a local nonprofit, we do groups for men's anger, womans anger and victim empowerment as well.. I do case management. And sit on several nonprofit boards. The second part of my job is that I get to hangout with parents and give them more skills on parenting.
At home I raise a small heard of goats for milk. Cats love goats milk and I am very popular once a day~
I am very lucky, and feel a great sense of joy in life.

Patty
 

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Oops........I forgot to mention I am in a masters leveal program which I am barely doing such a great job at . I need to look at that seriously....
Patty
(I hate to study woman)
 

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Debby wrote:
It's just that when I read about all the important jobs everyone else has...
Debby: Believe me, your job is just as important as everyone else's. Probably even more so, and you should be proud of that. The world can live without my job, that's for darn sure! I love it because I get to work with hubby doing it, and I don't have to spend much time in an office.

But you're limited by what you can do with your education only because of your location and your gender.

Hubby doesn't even have a high school diploma, let alone a college degree. (Actually he did end up getting a GED later, and he technically has a college degree. He got it while in the Israeli army by his commanding officer threatening the college which didn't want to give it to him because he'd attended so few classes - which, of course, was difficult because he was in Lebanon fighting a war).

But without any formal education from the age of 15, he ended up running a whole region for (at the time) the country's 42nd largest company. He started on the floor as a union member, working a paper machine. Think that transition could've happened to a woman?

So if anything Debby, be angry about the opportunities available to women as opposed to men. Be upset about the double-standards in our society. MAYBE be upset about choices you made in your younger years. But do NOT be embarrassed about what you do for a living!!! Besides - you're a mom, and that SURE is something to be proud of!!!!

(((Hugs)))

Laurie
 

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BTW, I totally agree with Brenda about how to measure success!!!!!

And Brenda, I was so lucky to be raised by parents who always encouraged me to follow my heart!

 
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