Are you employed? What do you do?- Page 4

Posted: 6/23/05 at 3:10am

I'm a Head Lifeguard and a Swim Instructor. I also Stage Manage plays and musicals one after another it seems like.... =)

[UglyBug]

Posted: 6/23/05 at 3:16am

I work at a crappy lower end department store oriented toward the family, sells mostly crappy/cheap clothes. I'm too much of a clothes snob to be working there, and most of my co-workers wear Crocs, which I have complete and utter contempt for. (the shoes I mean, I HATE them.)

I used to work at a nice department store, dressed pretty, got complimented a lot, wore heals. Now I have to slum down my look. This place is wayyyyyy too casual for me. I am having a hard time finding clothes that aren't too dressy to wear.

But its a job, and all I really want is money soo I'll have to deal until I find something better.

I'm also a full time student at University, one that has been in the news a lot lately. (At least here...)
Updated On: 6/23/05 at 03:16 AM

[ConvinceMe2]

Posted: 6/23/05 at 8:10am

UglyBug, where's here?

[rlbgbc]

Posted: 6/23/05 at 10:28am

Me: Intellectual Property Paralegal for a major corporation. Undergrad degree in piano and Masters in Musical Theatre. Like Mister Matt, decided to move on to a less stressful (and more lucrative) career.

Posted: 6/23/05 at 10:35am

"I'm an elementary school vocal music teacher"

I am amazed that a position like this still exists. May I assume that this is in a private school?

Posted: 6/23/05 at 11:04am

I am a bagger at Acme, a grocery store.

[UglyBug]

Posted: 6/23/05 at 3:04pm

Convince me too-

guess.....hippie capital of the united states (I hate hippies!!)

[ConvinceMe2]

Posted: 6/23/05 at 3:11pm

I know nothing about hippies. My guess would be San Francisco. That's what I think of when I hear the word hippie. Yet, I don't know why.

[singingwendy]

Posted: 6/23/05 at 5:05pm

"I'm an elementary school vocal music teacher"

"I am amazed that a position like this still exists. May I assume that this is in a private school?"

Nope...I actually teach in a public school district. I am very fortunate because the area I live in has a rich musical hertiage, including the school district music programs. The high school bands have performed overseas, the one choir just went to Italy, the one school's theater program just swept a local awards program. I think that if the administration tried to cut music out of our schools the parents and community would stage a major revolt.

That's not to say that we get treated equally to other teachers mind you. I am anxiously waiting for a High School position to become available because I have been assured that with the proposed attendence boom at most of our schools I will no longer have a room to teach in, and will have to push a cart from classroom to classroom. This would never happen in a High School......but then again, elementary vocal is not as "out there in the spotlight" as the High School Marching band or touring choir.

Believe me...I could go on...but I'll spare you all and end my rant! LOL

[ConvinceMe2]

Posted: 6/23/05 at 5:09pm

I know that the public schools here in the Outer Banks of North Carolina all offer music programs in the elementary and high school levels. Vocal and band.

[Rose_MacShane]

Posted: 6/23/05 at 5:35pm

UglyBug, you don't work at a Foley's or another May Co. department store, do you? Talk about a dump...
And the college isn't CU by any chance, is it?

Meanwhile, I'll let you all know what I'll be up to at my NEW JOB that I just got offered!! WHEE!!

Updated On: 6/23/05 at 05:35 PM

[cturtle]

Posted: 6/23/05 at 5:49pm

singingwendy, so glad to hear the fine arts are still important in your system! and, no, "music on a cart" (sibling of "art on a cart") is no fun. i'm just waiting for the day when i'll be reduced to "library on a cart." hopefully it won't happen in my lifetime.

[UglyBug]

Posted: 6/23/05 at 5:53pm

Rose-

Hey I used to work at a May Dept. store, a nicer one...and CU is correct!

[Rose_MacShane]

Posted: 6/23/05 at 6:04pm

All right, a fellow Coloradan!
Oh, Boulder...what a mess.

[suddenlyseymour]

Posted: 6/23/05 at 6:30pm

well right now i'm a copy editor for a book publishing company

[Millie42]

Posted: 6/23/05 at 6:36pm

Actually Wendy, my chorus teacher didnt have a room when I started HS. My freshman chorus class was held in the band room of the middle school beside us! The next 3 years were a converted, and very cramped former ISS room. Only after my graduate was an Arts wing added. My teacher was so excited when she got a REAL chorus room!

And ConvinceMe... I dont know how I missed that you were from NC. Whereabouts on the coast?

[orion59]

Posted: 6/23/05 at 6:59pm

I'm an ass double in movies. My butt stands in for those older actors who are sagging but have to do nude scenes. I'm sure you've seen some of my work.

[Nina]

Posted: 6/23/05 at 7:18pm

Namo, what a small world. I started out as a hand model. I used to do the best hand jobs in New York. My hands were in everything for a while. Alas, a bout of psoriasis put an end to that career. I started dancing and the rest is history.

[justthefacts2]

Posted: 6/23/05 at 7:46pm

I have had more interesting jobs - though none I care to talk about. Not too very long ago I worked for the son of the AntiChrist. I know that sounds like an exaggeration, but it actually isn't - but I can't say any more about that.

That's the kind of thing that can happen to you when you try to leave insurance. I tried to leave; I'm back in. Never get into insurance. Never. You will never leave. Trust me - we are damned souls.

Miss Elphie, get out while you can. That's all I'll say.

[LittleFish8386]

Posted: 6/23/05 at 7:49pm

I babysit for like 150 different families, and I teach Drama at a Kids Summer Camp.

[grizzabella]

Posted: 6/23/05 at 8:05pm

I do engineering for earth station to satellite uplinks, usually the moveable kind that take place at sports events, or for reality tv shows. And I sing in a church choir with a fabulous director who has given me more vocal chops than I've ever dreamed I had. Not glamorous, but a life.

[ConvinceMe2]

Posted: 6/23/05 at 8:12pm

Roanoke Island, Millie.

[Plum]

Posted: 6/23/05 at 8:39pm

I'm a college student working as a computer consultant for the summer. And in my winter break I was a substitute TA.

This thread is nice as a reminder that there's all kinds of jobs out there. Even for an English major. Right? Right? *sob*

[justthefacts2]

Posted: 6/23/05 at 8:48pm

Oh, child!

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 6/23/05 at 8:57pm

Plum, you did notice that all the jobs mentioned here are taken, right?