Worst and best student jobs!?

Roonels · 06-11-2008 05:19PM #1

Most of us have worked various jobs trying to make some spare cash for college(ahem college life!) but what have been the easiest/hardest, best/worst, part time jobs you have had!?

I work as a caddy on a golf course in the summers....7 summers in a row now....one of the most depressing and soul destroying jobs ever. people thinking they are being nice by asking you questions, only the ask the same god damn questions as the thousands of other people you have caddyed for. advice....yea i give advice....the exact same advice every single day....' yea just keep it down the left side there, aim for the white house in the distance' without fail first thing i say to a golfer on the first tee!
sigh...only people who have worked similar jobs will get this!:rolleyes:

xzanti · 06-11-2008 05:22PM

Funny you should start this thread, I've just read on another forum about a Trinners student who's advertising her soiled underwear for sale on Gumtree cause she can't get a job..

Still though least she gets to work from home..

Dave! · 06-11-2008 05:26PM

xzanti wrote: »

Funny you should start this thread, I've just read on another forum about a Trinners student who's advertising her soiled underwear for sale on Gumtree cause she can't get a job..

Still though least she gets to work from home..

Fookin hell, how much she gettin for them?! I'd sell my jocks! They're like €5 for a pack of 3, so if I sell them for €2 each then I'd make a modest profit!

Thanks for the idea!

*hands in notice to current job*

Zangetsu · 06-11-2008 05:27PM

Best and worst job for a studen is bar staff imo, sociable, can do short hours (till they steal your soul that is), tips are great and if you get it in the right place theres lots of eye candy...

The work itself is fun but stressful and you can finish your shift with a pint and a meal at REALLY discounted prices, ah the joys of a pint and a full steak dinner for 6 euro, those were the days. I later had to drop out of college to cover the hours lol. Stupid when I think about it but I was making 2-300 on a good night

oztots · 06-11-2008 05:28PM

Same thing happens in every repetitive job though, same questions everyday, they are being nice though. If i was talking to somebody in the job id probably ask the same questions.

Best jobs i've had were Lifeguarding in a hotel pool, not many kids and the pool was 4´6 deep. You'd struggle to drown in it. Then there was the free food from the hotel, and the fact that we had a computer with the internet.

Other good job was bouncing, bar the hours. I was in some poncy art student club in limerick that never took off. You'd have max 100 people in there, average was 50. Then a few free drinks and cash in hand.

Kernel32 · 06-11-2008 05:31PM

Roonels wrote: »

I work as a caddy on a golf course in the summers....7 summers in a row now....one of the most depressing and soul destroying jobs ever. people thinking they are being nice by asking you questions, only the ask the same god damn questions as the thousands of other people you have caddyed for. advice....yea i give advice....the exact same advice every single day....' yea just keep it down the left side there, aim for the white house in the distance' without fail first thing i say to a golfer on the first tee!
sigh...only people who have worked similar jobs will get this!:rolleyes:

Sounds terrible, how could you suffer through that. Growing up I did various jobs like picking stones, cleaning out potato storage silios with a shovel and wheel barrow in the middle of summer, cleaning the killing floor in a pig processng plant. Those were the good ones.

JohnGalt · 06-11-2008 05:32PM

I am a hitman, it is the best and worst job for students, worst when you have to kill your boss' rival's children with a rake, the best when you get to have sex with the bodies of the hot women you knock off :cool::cool::cool:

Frisbee · 06-11-2008 05:36PM

Hospital During the summer
Offo in the evenings and weekends during college.
Promotions later at night

Prof.Badass · 06-11-2008 05:36PM

most highly paid job- prostitute

best hours- prostitute

best job for meeting members of the opposite sex - prostitute

best job for losing your virginity- prostitute

best job for free drink- prostitute

best job for free drugs - prostitute

Job with most blackmailing opportunity- prostitute

best job for those wanting to get pregnant- prostitute

best job for getting to lie around in bed all day- prostitute

best job for meeting "interesting" people - librarian? NO! Prostitute!

I think i get my point across quite nicely.

Sell your body. you won't regret it!

Quazzie · 06-11-2008 05:38PM

Frisbee wrote: »

Hospital During the summer
Offo in the evenings and weekends during college.
Promotions later at night

Is promotions another way of saying "hooking"??

Frisbee · 06-11-2008 05:40PM

Quazzie2002 wrote: »

Is promotions another way of saying "hooking"??

Your smart you. You saw right through my flimsy cover story

halfinch · 06-11-2008 05:48PM

best jobs I had were working in night clubs and a summer I worked in burger king(the staff got on brilliantly about 30 under 18)

connundrum · 06-11-2008 05:52PM

Worked in a cinema - which was great because there'd be stretches of 1-2 hours during my working day where I literally would have nowt to do.

Worked as a doorman, which was way better monies.. but it also meant no going out on a Thurs Fri & Sat

AnonoBoy · 06-11-2008 05:53PM

Jizzmopper.

Just like Forrest Gump.

Roonels · 06-11-2008 05:57PM

Kernel32 wrote: »

Sounds terrible, how could you suffer through that. Growing up I did various jobs like picking stones, cleaning out potato storage silios with a shovel and wheel barrow in the middle of summer, cleaning the killing floor in a pig processng plant. Those were the good ones.

Oh dont worry ive done those too, the only reason i didnt mention them is cause ive never gotten paid for them, like moving a ton of cow...ahem....from one place to another, each weekend. oh no my folks used to think those jobs were good for me, hardly work:rolleyes:;)

galah · 06-11-2008 05:57PM

Best job as a student:
Packing porn (as in, DVDs, dildos, and all the filthy rest of it) for German mail order company. Good pay, and quite hilarious.
(not available in Ireland, those jobs. Ah well.)

Red Alert · 06-11-2008 07:30PM

BT2: Eye candy

GirlInterrupted · 06-11-2008 09:41PM

Red Alert wrote: »

BT2: Eye candy

I was a life model for an art class. Sort of the same, but not...

matrim · 06-11-2008 09:52PM

I used to work in a supermarket which was handy. The work wasn't too hard and depending on the manager finishing up at night you could sometimes get free food from the deli (cooked chickens and donuts

)

After being there for a while you also got a 10% discount.

AckwelFoley · 06-11-2008 10:19PM

Fluffer on a low budget midget gay porn set

thefinalstage · 06-11-2008 10:23PM

best: Call center work. read from a script and wear whatever you want.

Worst: Mcd's. Just because I could not understand any of the other staff

Roonels · 06-11-2008 10:29PM

call centre work, that must be the best job ever! especially after talking **** to golfers every summe:or, this would be right up my alley! how would you get a job like that?

thefinalstage · 06-11-2008 10:37PM

Roonels wrote: »

call centre work, that must be the best job ever! especially after talking **** to golfers every summe:or, this would be right up my alley! how would you get a job like that?

Apply to any company that has tech support. Such high turn over they always need new staff.

rainbow kirby · 06-11-2008 11:08PM

Tech support is soul destroying. The IT Crowd is scarily true to life.

thefinalstage · 06-11-2008 11:32PM

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Tech support is soul destroying. The IT Crowd is scarily true to life.

Hell yes it is. People are dumb and angry. sometimes drunk.

06-11-2008 11:42PM

Best job I think was An Post, for one of those christmas postmen things. Worst was probably working in the 4 Seasons as a waiter.

wynners · 06-11-2008 11:52PM

i'm not sure whether it would be best or worst, but i work as health care assistant. took it on as part time job the summer before i started first yr law, and now i'm in first yr medicine. saved me from about ten yrs of unhappiness, at which point i probably would have been too old to do what i really wanted!:cool:

still not sure if it would qualify as closer to best or worst, i mean we have to deal with a lot of crap, but then again the money's good and it can be really rewarding!

Roonels · 07-11-2008 12:58AM

surely it work, cant be as soul destroying as working in a nightclub or a bar till all hours? cleaning up after drunk people....god bless em. I guess if you work for long enough every1 hates there job eventually...

Super Sidious · 07-11-2008 01:39AM

Marketing... pretending to do surveys for English companys... 1-2hours Max €100!

Merchandising... driving around for Drinks company pretending to stack shelves and *care* about the product.

Worst job must be those gobsh1tes who stand with the sign on Grafton st. Boring/cold/look like a spanner/no sitting!

piby · 07-11-2008 02:37AM

The job I have at the mo is pretty sweet. Offo opposite my gaff, no uniform, basically just read the paper and I get on really well with everyone I work with.

Best ever was as a fresher I had a job running poker tourneys. Used to show up for about 3 hours watch people play poker make sure they didn't kill each other and get 100 quid a pop

S.I.R · 07-11-2008 10:45AM

Roonels wrote: »

Most of us have worked various jobs trying to make some spare cash for college(ahem college life!) but what have been the easiest/hardest, best/worst, part time jobs you have had!?

I work as a caddy on a golf course in the summers....7 summers in a row now....one of the most depressing and soul destroying jobs ever. people thinking they are being nice by asking you questions, only the ask the same god damn questions as the thousands of other people you have caddyed for. advice....yea i give advice....the exact same advice every single day....' yea just keep it down the left side there, aim for the white house in the distance' without fail first thing i say to a golfer on the first tee!
sigh...only people who have worked similar jobs will get this!:rolleyes:

i was a roofer on weekends while in school....

Sore back Ftw.

Roonels wrote: »

surely it work, cant be as soul destroying as working in a nightclub or a bar till all hours? cleaning up after drunk people....god bless em. I guess if you work for long enough every1 hates there job eventually...

i do already...

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