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

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  • #32
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,626 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFwD4efiklA


  • #33
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    ejmaztec wrote: »
    So you're still on the checkouts in Tesco then?
    :pac:

    Yep. My name is really Mary Byrne.
    Cher Lloyd - meh! - the biitch! :pac:


  • #34
    pragmatic1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭pragmatic1


    Dish washer
    Storeman
    Barman
    Forklift driver
    Factory machinist
    Telesales/customer care (worst job)
    Shop assistant


  • #35
    epgc3fyqirnbsx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,228 ✭✭✭epgc3fyqirnbsx


    Fuel injection technician (petrol pump attendant)

    barman

    phone sales man

    telesales

    gardener

    planting trees

    attic insulation

    tractor driver (grain in australia)

    sheep herder

    general labourer

    risk analyst


  • #36
    deman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭deman


    Supermarket warehouse hand (summer job)
    Door to door salesman (6 months)
    Printing house dogsbody (6 months)
    District Sales Manager (1 year)
    Shop Assistant (3 years)
    QA Manager (2 years)
    Consultant/Trainer (13 years)


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  • #37
    Karona
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 856 ✭✭✭Karona


    Shop assistant
    Barmaid
    till operator
    smoothie maker
    brillo pad packer
    suit hire sales assistant


  • #38
    nick 56
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 171 ✭✭nick 56


    Cleaner in a bakery
    Factory work in a toy factory (paint boxes )
    Apprentice tool maker (engineering)
    Production inspector (engineering)
    Office worker in a newspaper
    Darkroom tec in a newspaper
    Pipe fitters mate in a Light bulb factory
    Newspaper – Layout and cuttings library
    Photographer in newspaper
    Train guard London Underground
    Cook in a restaurant
    Shop assistant
    Warehouse worker
    Plumber (City and Guilds at night school)
    Builder – Self employed
    Gas fitter
    House husband and father


  • #39
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,066 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    Lounge Boy
    Waiter
    Bar Man
    Restaurant Manager
    Pub Asst Manager
    Pub Manager
    Hotel Duty Manager
    General Manager

    Decided I wanted to get out of hospitality and working 60hrs / week nights and weekends

    B2BTelesales
    Field Sales
    Sales Manager
    Commercial Sales Manager


  • #40
    starviewadams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,116 ✭✭✭starviewadams


    Book shop assistant (Great summer job for 3 years)
    Hotel porter (3-4 months,grand job)
    Dunnes Store's guy (Crap job 2 and a half years)
    Ad sales guy (8 horrific months)
    Admin guy (Now.It's a struggle but okay)

    Was in the RDF for four years too.


  • #41
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,369 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    Biggins wrote: »
    :pac:

    Yep. My name is really Mary Byrne.
    Cher Lloyd - meh! - the biitch! :pac:

    Every little helps.:P


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  • #42
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,967 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


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


    Someone please explain.....:confused:

    It's a skilled job and you work with your set of knifes. Wear a kind of chainmail apron to protect yourself.

    You need to know all the different cuts and how to do it.


  • #43
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    ejmaztec wrote: »
    Every little helps.:P
    My little bit gave me four kids. Every bit does indeed help! :o


  • #44
    strobe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,872 ✭✭✭strobe


    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.

    Worked in a chicken killing factory myself for a few weeks. 9 hours a day grabbing live chickens from wooden crates and hanging them upside down into clamp things by their feet. Don't let their size fool you, a chicken that knows you plan to kill it can be a strong crazy little bastard, more akin to a wolverine or a mongoose. Used to come home from the place covered from head to toe in chicken blood, sh1t, p1ss and spit everyday, stinging all over from the pecks and scratches they managed to aim through the gaps in the overalls.

    Sometimes when I wake up in the middle of the night I can still hear the chickens screaming... the horror...


  • #45
    maglite
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,783 ✭✭✭maglite


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

    Random But there is a Butchery Academy out in Galway doing courses in Boning.


    Me.
    Fitter
    Sparks
    Then into IT Consulting in Pharma and Banking.


  • #46
    OMG Its EoinD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 309 ✭✭OMG Its EoinD


    Student :cool:


  • #47
    Solnskaya
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,463 ✭✭✭Solnskaya


    my auld lad used to train boners, worked his way up through the slaughterhouse ranks. Boners are tough feckers, it's seriously hard work.
    Never had a job myself, unemployable, so I always made my own. Still at it. Very understanding boss:D


  • #48
    Intensive Care Bear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 661 ✭✭✭Intensive Care Bear


    "You can shout out as many jobs as you like, Ross. You’re never going to bloody get one, you worthless dole scum!"


  • #49
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    Bob Geldof worked in a slaughter house

    little tit bit of usless information for ya


  • #50
    LenaClaire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭LenaClaire


    Nanny
    Catering Server
    Baker/Cook
    Costume Designer/Maker
    Arts Camp Counselor
    Teaching Assistant for Dance and Philosophy
    Build Radon Monitors
    Security at a concert
    Shipping/Receiving
    Nurses Aide
    Admin Assistant
    Database Admin
    Sys Admin
    Business Analyst


  • #51
    LoanShark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 949 ✭✭✭LoanShark


    Hotel Porter
    Barman
    Chef
    Merchandiser
    Sold car accessories
    Worked in a music shop
    Sold crisps
    Sold cheese
    Sold food ingredients
    Sold ready made meals
    Managed a pizzeria (only worked a week, boss was/is a pri(k)
    Supply manager for a catering company
    Barman
    Now work as a public servant..


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  • #52
    who the fug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,042 ✭✭✭who the fug


    Im_EoinD wrote: »
    Student :cool:


    the thread is about work, not drinking and drug taking


  • #53
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,424 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    Phone book delivery guy
    Leaflet distribution
    Lounge Boy
    Shelf Stacker
    Newsagents
    Petrol Station
    Stock Room Guy
    IT Call Centre agent / complaints dept / now some kinda management thing where I analyze performance of people...


  • #54
    longshanks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,990 ✭✭✭longshanks


    ninja

    pirate

    cowboy

    whiskey baron

    stunt balls


  • #55
    Standard Toaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,291 ✭✭✭✭Standard Toaster


    A butcher and a baker. Currently a candle-stick maker.


  • #56
    phasers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    Sales assistant and unpaid nanny :mad:

    I need a job! halp


  • #57
    Praetorian Saighdiuir
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,968 ✭✭✭✭Praetorian Saighdiuir


    Some deadly jobs in this thread.

    Iv had feck all really,

    Leaflet distributor - 2 summers
    Lounge boy - 6 months
    Carpet/Furniture shop slave - 6 months
    Bouncer - 6 months
    Soldier - so far 12 years


    Wishlist - Booby massager
    - Atari jaguar tamer


  • #58
    bassey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 936 ✭✭✭bassey


    Used to do odd gardening/landscaping jobs when I was around 15

    Then floor fitter/tiler/odd bits of carpentry

    Now apprentice electrician/linesman


  • #59
    AskMyChocolate
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,312 ✭✭✭AskMyChocolate


    Jaysus we really are a nation of alkies. 75% of us seem to have worked in a pub at some stage.

    Lounge Boy.

    Barman.

    Petrol Station.

    Auctioneer.

    Shelf stacker.

    Shipping.

    Warehouse Operative

    Book-keeper.

    Callcentre.

    Customer Service.

    Directory Enquiries. (Most soul-destroying job ever. And I've done a few.)

    "Welcome to Orange, please kill me!"


  • #60
    galwayrush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,816 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


    `Full time gimp to the revenue people.


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  • #61
    vibe666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    pre-ireland:
    roofer
    lounge boy
    kitchen porter
    brickies mate
    boring IT stuff
    barman
    DJ

    since moving to ireland:
    tech support and half a dozen other boring IT jobs


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