Would you take 'any job' ?

starlit · 12-01-2012 12:56AM

I would try to work at most things but some are just not realistic for me. Not the best in the kitchen like. Otherwise I get stuck into most things but just there are limitations to a certain extent.

Despite that willing to work at most things still can't even get that kind of a job either, outside my field like in a shop or what ever.

Job hunting is such a drag!

Johnny Foreigner · 12-01-2012 01:07AM

One job I would never go back to is being a Doorman (Bouncer).
I worked some of the toughest doors in London when I was young and foolish.
I wore a stab vest to work every night and spent years throwing drunk people out for fighting and misbehaving. You get punched, kicked, spat at, abuse, people pulling knives, trying to glass you. I threw one man out and he hunted my car for weeks after. He found it in the end, and smashed every window, and light in it.
I decided to quit when I was ahead, after seeing my colleague get a pint glass smashed in his face and scarred for life. After a long Crown Court trial the man was convicted. I retired after that.
The first pub I worked for had a capacity of 450. The average age was 19, and the most popular drink was pints of cider. People would down a pint and throw it against the wall. The floor was like ice with all the spilt drink and crushed glass. It could take 10-15 minutes to break up a gang fight on the dance floor in there, and most nights my Tesco shirts went in the bin; too covered in blood, drink, and sick to wash (if they had some buttons left).
You get used to breaking up fights, taking knives off people, and throwing people out; but its hard work, both mentally and physically.
It nearly killed me one night trying to break up a fight between a Royal Marine and a skin head (1980's Ska fan). They were trying to knock each other out with some of the hardest punches I have ever seen. The skin head wouldn't give in and came back and threw bricks through the windows of the pub.
It hardened me up though. And I only choose to remember the good times. But you take a lot of abuse, threats, and violence. Its the hardest job in the world. I would do many jobs if I had to, but not door work again.

LH Pathe · 12-01-2012 01:35AM

No, I would not take 'any job' was happily naive enough before; unassuming .. I trusted that job agency. never again

Richard Hillman · 12-01-2012 01:46AM

I did cold calling a couple of years ago. I left after a week because i was pants at it and felt what i was doing was morally wrong. It should be illegal IMO, you should never be allowed to contact people in their homes for business purposes unless it was previously ok'd by the person. Knowing how much you were annoying people didnt give me much motivation to annoy them more by selling them stuff. The bloke sitting beside me sold broadband to a women in her 80s who probably didnt even have a computer. About 20 minutes later i quit.

DitzyPoo92 · 12-01-2012 01:50AM

I'd do most things but I would NEVER be a cleaner. Wouldn't mind anything else. I wouldn't be good at cleaning anyway and I wouldn't have the stomach for sticking me hand down a ****ty jacks.

Tonyandthewhale · 12-01-2012 02:12AM

I'd take pretty much any job but I wouldn't necessarily stick with it. For instance, I'd happily give call centre work, door to door sales or even cold-calling a go but I don't think I'd last very long before throwing in the towel, depends how desperate I was I suppose.
The only type of job I probably wouldn't take (although I'd consider if given the opportunity) is door work or the like since I'm 5'8'' on a good day and about 60kg so I'd probably get laughed out of it within 5 minutes. If I was getting paid for those five minutes I wouldn't mind though.

LighterGuy · 12-01-2012 02:39AM

Interesting poll results so far.
15 people (26.79%) said they would take any job.
41 people (73.21%) said with-in reason.

Its one sided so far. Question is, is the majority of the vote people saying they'd have no issue with binman, cleaner or GO / along those lines type of jobs, then adding a reply with "...but i wouldnt do XXX job"

... or is in snobbery?

This is post number 38. Yet 56 people have voted. And theres been a few multiple posts by users. Hmmm ...

YouTookMyName · 12-01-2012 02:45AM

The bin man job hours/walking/out and about would be great. Just couldn't stomach the smell of some bins.

OneArt · 12-01-2012 04:28AM

There's a lot of jobs I wouldn't mind doing, but one job I never, EVER want to work in again is waitering. Three years is long enough. You have to constantly smile and be sociable all day: it's bloody exhausting. I get better work done if I'm more behind the scenes, unless it's teaching in which case I'm the boss :cool:.

Most others I wouldn't mind... Kitchen porter is my favourite, just peacefully washing dishes as fast as possible. I've worked with enough chefs to know that everyone gets pissy when working in a kitchen. Although the last job I worked where I wasn't self-employed I told the guy I wanted to be a kitchen porter, but they ended up making me a chef (which is even weirder considering Germany requires you having done an internship).

So if I was pushed, almost anything except waitering.

Guill · 12-01-2012 05:11AM

I have:

Mowed Lawns,
Packed shelves in small fruit and veg shop,
Buthchered pigs heads,
packed shelves in a large supermarket,
deleaded houses (In USA),
sold door to door BT,
Machine Operator,
CNC Technician,
Machine setter,
Extrusion Technician,
Technical Team Leader.

All in that order, would go back and do any of them again if i had to as much as i hated some of the above.

ArphaRima · 12-01-2012 05:20AM

I would draw the line at doing anything sexual

I voted for "any job". However I forgot about my principles there. That means no sexual acts and ABSOLUTELY no work as a clamper. I would rather die.

I'd scrub toilets all day before I would work with handicaps

Also this. I saw my friend at work with the disabled. I was shaving in a communal toilets whilst right beside me in the showers I have never seen so much p1ss, puke and sh1t. Then more helpers arrive to help clean and tackle the kid rolling in his own mess. More puke as the helpers stomachs turned.. The handicapped kid was laughing his tits off at the mayhem he had caused.

Most immediately rewarding job I ever had was working in Dixons as an electronics salesman. As the only staffmember who knew about anything I owned!

LH Pathe · 12-01-2012 05:20AM

I would take any job so long as I enjoy doing it.

but it 'd wanna pay good..

toco123 · 12-01-2012 05:24AM

Obviously not, everyone has morals somewhere, so any job within reason.

matrim · 12-01-2012 05:33AM

If I was looking for work now the way I'd do it would be around 2 months of looking for a good job in my field. If I didn't have anything then maybe 2 months of looking for any job in my field.

During those months I'd also be looking to up-skill or do a project (e.g. join an open source project and/or learn a new language).

If after around 4 - 6 months I still didn't have anything I'd look into just taking pretty much any job within reason. I don't think I could be a chugger or cold-caller but working in Tesco is handy enough so I'd easily do something along those lines. The longer I was out of work the more I'd consider.

ArphaRima · 12-01-2012 05:52AM

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Fluffer

signed: Fluffer

My post above still stands.

later12 · 12-01-2012 07:29AM

benchgave wrote: »

vote for the second choice.

You're a shill; we're not expecting high occupational standards.

AngryPensioner · 12-01-2012 07:48AM

fcuk the dole. I would shovel **** before transferring my dignity to faceless Government bureaucrats.

Benny_Cake · 12-01-2012 07:59AM

AngryPensioner wrote: »

fcuk the dole. I would shovel **** before transferring my dignity to faceless Government bureaucrats.

You'll have to apply to the **** shovelling section at the Department of the Environment for a licence. You can transfer your digital in one go or by monthly installments.

AngryPensioner · 12-01-2012 08:03AM

Benny_Cake wrote: »

You'll have to apply to the **** shovelling section at the Department of the Environment for a licence. You can transfer your digital in one go or by monthly installments.

:pac:

Gonzor · 12-01-2012 08:17AM

I work with septic tanks and blocked pipes and stuff to support myself for college. Its a horrible job and I actually hate it, but its a means to an end. A lot of people in my class think Im crazy for doing it. But the majority of them also think its crazy to stack shelves in Tescos :rolleyes:

AudreyHepburn · 12-01-2012 09:50AM

I'm lucky to have found a job I really enjoy but if I was desperate I would do just about anything bar selling myself.

To be honest with the way things are you're fooling yourself if you rule out a certain kind of employment. The height of a recession is not the time for being picky.

ICANN · 12-01-2012 10:01AM

3 jobs I wouldn't do:

1. Chugging- I hate them sooooo much!!
2. Prostitute
3. Clamper, simply immoral.

Feeona · 12-01-2012 10:01AM

Johnny Foreigner wrote: »

One job I would never go back to is being a Doorman (Bouncer).
I worked some of the toughest doors in London when I was young and foolish.
I wore a stab vest to work every night and spent years throwing drunk people out for fighting and misbehaving. You get punched, kicked, spat at, abuse, people pulling knives, trying to glass you. I threw one man out and he hunted my car for weeks after. He found it in the end, and smashed every window, and light in it.
I decided to quit when I was ahead, after seeing my colleague get a pint glass smashed in his face and scarred for life. After a long Crown Court trial the man was convicted. I retired after that.
The first pub I worked for had a capacity of 450. The average age was 19, and the most popular drink was pints of cider. People would down a pint and throw it against the wall. The floor was like ice with all the spilt drink and crushed glass. It could take 10-15 minutes to break up a gang fight on the dance floor in there, and most nights my Tesco shirts went in the bin; too covered in blood, drink, and sick to wash (if they had some buttons left).
You get used to breaking up fights, taking knives off people, and throwing people out; but its hard work, both mentally and physically.
It nearly killed me one night trying to break up a fight between a Royal Marine and a skin head (1980's Ska fan). They were trying to knock each other out with some of the hardest punches I have ever seen. The skin head wouldn't give in and came back and threw bricks through the windows of the pub.
It hardened me up though. And I only choose to remember the good times. But you take a lot of abuse, threats, and violence. Its the hardest job in the world. I would do many jobs if I had to, but not door work again.

Dealing with the public is a tough job. Throw in alcohol and drugs and it's a nightmare.

Your point about having your car hunted for reminded me of that film Roadhouse with Patrick Swayze. The story's about a Zen like bouncer who's known around the area for his bouncing skills. Great film!

bnt · 12-01-2012 10:06AM

I'm not afraid of work, and have done manual labour before, but Sales is not just work, it requires particular skills and character traits that I just don't possess. My natural tendency is to mind my own business and leave other people alone, so that would make me a very poor Chugger or cold-caller.

Balmed Out · 12-01-2012 10:14AM

Having stupidly packed in my dunnes stores job before my 4th year exams and not expecting the dot com bubble I worked in mac d's for 6 months after graduating. Lots of people I know signed on when they knew they could work their too and still managed to spend far longer looking for a better job then i did.

OldNotWIse · 12-01-2012 10:25AM

I would do anything except prostitution or drugs I guess

In the past I have sold flowers in night clubs and also handed out leaflets.

I am working at the moment (full time and really like it, good pay etc) so I wouldn't be actively looking for another but tbh if somethign small on the sides came along I wouldn't say no, would be nice to have a bit extra to lash off the ol' debts. I know there are probably people who would jump down my throat for saying that and think that more than one job is just greedy so...sorry

I find it hard to believe (not saying I dont believe op) that people would still refuse jobs in the current climate...

The Big Red Button · 12-01-2012 10:26AM

No, I wouldn't take "any job."

I've been working in crap jobs since I was 14! I've cleaned up plenty of sh*t and puke and all the rest. I've done my time washing dishes in a busy restaurant, I've done LOADS of retail, waitressing, childminding, etc. I've spent a lot of time working with older colleagues in a dead-end job, who absolutely drilled it into me that I needed to cop on, sort my life out, and make sure I never ended up in their position. Now, much as I admire those guys, they were right.

So, I went to college and got a first class honours degree, and am currently working for one of the biggest firms in the world and sitting professional exams. And it's absolute hell, but I like it.

If I became unemployed tomorrow, I would not go back to washing dishes. I would rather accept social welfare. I'm not work-shy or whatever, it's just that I feel that I've done my time in the crap jobs, I've proven myself in the real world.

I would honestly rather work in my field of training at a crap salary - or even NO salary - than wash dishes / clean up puke for three times that salary. Because I know that I'm good at my job, and because I take a lot of pride in doing my job well.

Obviously, though, if I had any dependants, my pride would take a backseat to their well-being.

OldNotWIse · 12-01-2012 10:27AM

Oh yeah and chugging! Just read through the posts there. Wouldn't do that either for 2 reasons. 1.because I do not agree with the way they hound people and 2. I know I would be really bad at it lol

OldNotWIse · 12-01-2012 10:30AM

Johnny Foreigner wrote: »

One job I would never go back to is being a Doorman (Bouncer).
I worked some of the toughest doors in London when I was young and foolish.
I wore a stab vest to work every night and spent years throwing drunk people out for fighting and misbehaving. You get punched, kicked, spat at, abuse, people pulling knives, trying to glass you. I threw one man out and he hunted my car for weeks after. He found it in the end, and smashed every window, and light in it.
I decided to quit when I was ahead, after seeing my colleague get a pint glass smashed in his face and scarred for life. After a long Crown Court trial the man was convicted. I retired after that.
The first pub I worked for had a capacity of 450. The average age was 19, and the most popular drink was pints of cider. People would down a pint and throw it against the wall. The floor was like ice with all the spilt drink and crushed glass. It could take 10-15 minutes to break up a gang fight on the dance floor in there, and most nights my Tesco shirts went in the bin; too covered in blood, drink, and sick to wash (if they had some buttons left).
You get used to breaking up fights, taking knives off people, and throwing people out; but its hard work, both mentally and physically.
It nearly killed me one night trying to break up a fight between a Royal Marine and a skin head (1980's Ska fan). They were trying to knock each other out with some of the hardest punches I have ever seen. The skin head wouldn't give in and came back and threw bricks through the windows of the pub.
It hardened me up though. And I only choose to remember the good times. But you take a lot of abuse, threats, and violence. Its the hardest job in the world. I would do many jobs if I had to, but not door work again.

Wow what an interesting story, thanks for sharing. Never knew it could be that tough. Think I'll always be a little nicer to bouncers now

Hope you found something you love!

FTA69 · 12-01-2012 10:46AM

I did the bins for a while and it was handiest number ever, up in the morning, down to the depot, into the lorry, hop on/hop off, attach bin to machine and away ye go. It's well paid and I much prefer working until lunch time and having the rest of the day at my leisure. I also did doorwork and thought it was the best craic ever, despite the attempted stabbings and bottles to the face; it can actually be quite an exhilirating job through which you get to meet and work with plenty of good people too. I did door to door sales also and loved it, although I was only trying to get customers for a milk delivery round so I wasn't selling anything too convoluted.

The only jobs I'd never do would be car clamping or debt collection.

Would you take 'any job' ?

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