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I used to work in a slaughter house... but never again!.

  • 06-06-2011 07:08PM
    #1
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,608 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    I've also been a lounge boy (remember them?).

    A barman.

    A bouncer... in a pub called 'The Slaughtered Lamb' too :p

    A taxi man.

    A Soldier.

    What past jobs have After Hours people worked in.. (I know, yea porn)?.

    What type was your job? (either current, or previous) 107 votes

    General operative / Laborer
    0% 0 votes
    Retail (shop work)
    18% 20 votes
    Tradesmen (Plumber etc)
    30% 33 votes
    Office
    15% 17 votes
    Skilled / college education
    34% 37 votes


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Comments

  • #2
    pappyodaniel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,923 ✭✭✭pappyodaniel


    Tool-maker

    Toy Shop

    Nursing Home

    Residential Care

    Special Needs Assistant

    Book shop

    Barman

    Taxi Driver


  • #3
    red menace
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,462 ✭✭✭red menace


    Worked in a brick factory stacking bricks
    8 hours of the same repetitive mind-numbing labour for a full year and 2 summers after that
    Good money but soul crushing
    Also

    Tech support for eircom
    Shuttering and concrete finishing
    worked on family farm
    pipe layer and service discovery in oz (easy!)
    Hardware deployment in dublin
    system support analyst in canada


  • #4
    Knex*
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,475 ✭✭✭✭Knex*


    Batman (It was a weekend job)


  • #5
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    I worked as a XXXXXXX and as a XXXXXX while over in XXXXXXX and other places like XXXXX for example.

    REDACTED. :cool:


  • #6
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    Labourer

    Apprentice plumber

    Security (shop)

    Bookshop

    Office


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  • #7
    Kojak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,801 ✭✭✭✭Kojak


    I thought this was another slaughter/death thread.

    How disappointing....


  • #8
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,967 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    Kitchen porter
    Barman
    Night porter
    Factory worker on the floor, skincare & makeup factory
    Farm labourer, well silage crew so a driving job

    Fund accountant, yawn!


  • #9
    Oranage2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,129 ✭✭✭✭Oranage2


    - Chipper (take away)
    - Leaflet distributor
    - Supermarket
    - Concert steward
    - Take away driver
    - Chugger
    - online poker player (quit due tonot being very good)

    - now Customer service - telephone


  • #10
    Adyx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,997 ✭✭✭Adyx


    With the exception of a 3 month stint in a radio station, my entire career has been behind a bar which is about all I'm good for apparently.


  • #11
    Ghandee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭Ghandee


    In Ireland,

    (all in the engineering market)
    Welder
    Fitter
    Sales rep
    Business development manager (present day)

    In Australia.

    Bar man
    Warehouse operative
    Brickies labourer
    Plasterer labourer
    Golf course maintenance
    Tree surgeon
    Even worked as a giant hot dog in melbourne for a while!
    Cleaner in a hostel (free rent and beer)

    How I miss Oz.......:mad:


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  • #12
    Wolfe Tone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,670 ✭✭✭✭Wolfe Tone


    What is a "lounge boy"?

    I'm only a youngfella so my only real proper job has been driving forklifts.


    Worked for a charity too.


  • #13
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,608 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Kojak wrote: »
    I thought this was another slaughter/death thread.

    How disappointing....

    The thread title!.

    I worked for Larry Goodman in Dublin Meat Packers..

    I used to slaughter sheep in the morning and cattle in the afternoon.

    Around 700 sheep would be slaughtered in the morning, and about 500 cattle in the afternoon. It was slaughter on a truely industrial scale.


  • #14
    marnie d
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 148 ✭✭marnie d


    Till Operator

    Merchandising assistant

    Waitress

    Dish washer

    Receptionist

    Babysitter

    Supervising kids

    Arts festival steward

    Bridal shop

    Newspaper

    Radio Station

    Video editor

    Website

    Production company

    TV station

    A long ridiculous list but only the last few are mentioned on my CV! And I've got the feeling I've left things out, I went from job to job as a teen!


  • #15
    Dangerous Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,674 ✭✭✭Dangerous Man


    Slaughter - it's the in thing.


  • #16
    eilo1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 874 ✭✭✭eilo1


    Barmaid
    waitress
    hostess
    work rider
    groom
    horse riding teacher
    accomodation manager
    letting agent
    pa/admin/shop assistant
    telesales
    dog walker/house cleaner
    carer
    Grape picker :pac::pac::pac:


  • #17
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,967 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    Devon Lazy Hijacker wrote: »
    The thread title!.

    I worked for Larry Goodman in Dublin Meat Packers..

    I used to slaughter sheep in the morning and cattle in the afternoon.

    Around 700 sheep would be slaughtered in the morning, and about 500 cattle in the afternoon. It was slaughter on a truely industrial scale.

    You should have got into the boning hall.
    Decent money in there, skilled job though and they want experience :)


  • #18
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,369 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    Biggins wrote: »
    I worked as a XXXXXXX and as a XXXXXX while over in XXXXXXX and other places like XXXXX for example.

    REDACTED. :cool:

    So you're still on the checkouts in Tesco then?


  • #19
    red menace
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,462 ✭✭✭red menace


    Devon Lazy Hijacker wrote: »
    The thread title!.

    I worked for Larry Goodman in Dublin Meat Packers..

    I used to slaughter sheep in the morning and cattle in the afternoon.

    Around 700 sheep would be slaughtered in the morning, and about 500 cattle in the afternoon. It was slaughter on a truely industrial scale.


    I used to work with a guy who worked in the boning halls(oo er missus).
    He would head down on his lunch breaks to watch the animals being slaughtered, odd guy.


  • #20
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,608 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    mikemac wrote: »
    You should have got into the boning hall.
    Decent money in there, skilled job though and they want experience :)

    I tried, oh the nob's I sucked to get in there!.

    You had to be well in to be a boner :D


  • #21
    Ghandee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭Ghandee


    The boning hall........?


    Someone please explain.....:confused:


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  • #22
    Dangerous Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,674 ✭✭✭Dangerous Man


    Wolfe Tone wrote: »
    What is a "lounge boy"?

    I'm only a youngfella so my only real proper job has been driving forklifts.


    Worked for a charity too.

    Basically an underpaid waiter. I used to it myself many years ago. You could have a bit of craic but in all honesty they were terrible jobs.


  • #23
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,608 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Ghandee wrote: »
    The boning hall........?


    Someone please explain.....:confused:

    Read post #20.


  • #24
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,626 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Worked in various bars while at school and college. Baker, waiter, furniture removal lackey, landscaper, nurses assistant in a St. John of Gods facility, subeditor for an advertising newspaper.


  • #25
    filthymcnasty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 644 ✭✭✭filthymcnasty


    Barman

    various technician jobs

    Cinema attendant

    van driver

    landscaper

    kitchens on Irish Rail

    Slave in Mongolia where I pushed a giant wheel around


  • #26
    Henree
    Closed Accounts Posts: 60 ✭✭Henree


    Mortician


  • #27
    kippy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,008 ✭✭✭✭kippy


    Golf Ball retriever (my first and only business at 12)

    Fuel injection engineer (Petrol pump attendant)

    Barperson (for a good few years in different places, pubs, clubs in Mayo and Limerick) Worked in one bar that had a really dodgy reputation but found it to be sound.

    Landscaper (a short but very worthwhile learning curve)
    Also worked in a slaughterhouse for one day - gruesome but required.

    Shelf Stacker (Dunnes)

    Production Operative (dell)

    Generic IT stuff for the past 10 years or so including some tutoring.


    Pretty boring really.


  • #28
    El_Dangeroso
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 5,620 ✭✭✭El_Dangeroso


    LOL at people's fancy names for shitty jobs. :D


  • #29
    Fukuyama
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,023 ✭✭✭Fukuyama


    Cashier.

    Freelance Writer.

    Now unemployed and desperately searching for work.

    Sucky sucky five dolla ;)


  • #30
    Chris P. Bacon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭Chris P. Bacon


    Ghandee wrote: »
    The boning hall........?


    Someone please explain.....:confused:

    Its a factory floor basically where the animals carcase is sent after it is killed,and the boners strip the meat from the bones.


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  • #31
    Kevin Duffy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,439 ✭✭✭Kevin Duffy


    Milkman's Helper
    Loungeboy
    Shop Assistant
    Barman
    Nightporter
    Waiter
    Cleaner
    Docker
    Forklift Driver
    Labourer
    Scaffolder
    Double Glazing Salesman
    Deckhand and Purser
    Doorman
    Railway Trackman
    Railway Engineering Supervisor
    Stablehand
    Personal Trainer
    Model
    Climbing Instructor
    Painter and Decorator
    Stocktaking Supervisor
    And now my current, very good, job until retirement.

    More than one stint at some of them and I've forgotten a few too I think. God Bless the days when you took what came and answered every ad by swearing blind you could do whetever they were looking for.


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