Thursday, November 8, 2012

Let's work as a Mailroom Clerk

My second job was years later and a voluntary job as well, the commute was terrible as the bus ride was 2 and a half hours long!
The job however was fun, it wasn't something hard or strenuous.
This mail room worked with sending mortgages to people, some were small, some were huge. We would sort them out, as some of the mortgages all went to one address in other states. The mortgages would all be tied by rubber bands and we would have to flip through them to see where the pages for a different recipient would end and start, afterwards we would staple all of the pages per  person together. The next step was folding the pages together to fit either the small envelopes, big envelopes or manilla envelopes... it wasn't difficult, but it was definitely something that took a bit of practice to understand and get it correctly; everyone had their own style. We also had to put these little bookmark like flyers in the envelopes, this way the people would know where it came from.
When documents were all going to the same place, we would start a big mailing box to send off to the companies that the address was going to.
It was very repetitive, but I liked it and I got used to it. I met lot's of great people, as people would get terminated or leave quickly... I met about 15 people in a 4 month radius. When I started, I was one of 6 people. When I was let go, there was only one of the remaining 6 of us that were still there. Two people were fired, one had to go because he had to take care of his children and the other one... well he just vanished. After someone would leave, we would have someone new in. It was a very interesting experience to meet so many people, I only regret meeting one of them later on who was a big creeper! Apparently he was terminated when I was, I kind of felt like I sacrificed myself to get rid of that creep!
The cafe was really big because it was a giant government building with so many different departments, It was also the place where I would go to stare at this guy I liked, I never talked to him though.... I just made sure to go to the cafe at the right hour and stare at him while eating... I'm not a stalker... really! XD
The only weird thing about the building is that it made me have to go to the bathroom, I went to the bathroom everytime I was there, I wasn't the only one either. Once I left, I never had to go to the bathroom while I was at work (Occasionally of course, but never frequent like this was)

It was a fun job that I will never forget.

I give this kind of job a 7/10

Let's work as a dog walker!

When I was 13, the neighbors let me walk their dog while they were at work. They would pay me 5 dollars a week and eventually 10 dollars a week, I only did it for about two years because they moved away in 2005 and then just kind of disconnected from me and my parents.
Their dog was named Roo, a cute black and white dog that loved everyone. I'm afraid that Roo is probably dead now, as she is as old as my sister and my sister is in her mid teens.
It was really a fun job, as long as you like dogs and or other pets if it's another animal someone asks you to watch them.
I didn't literally walk Roo; I had a key to the house, and I would let Roo roam around in their backyard. I would play with her for about and hour and then I would bring her inside again and leave.

This is just one form of Dog walking, and I know there are others. I would love to get to watch a dog again, it would be fun since I love dogs.
Although, obviously the pay would not be 5-10 a week for professional dog walking for an adult.

Technically, this was my first job.

I give this job a 10/10

What it's like.... Job experiences

I'm going to post all of the job experiences that I have had so far, the ups and downs and how it all works.
So far, I have worked for an Office, Mail Room, Maintenance, Snow Shoveling, Dog Walking and Retail... so I'll make posts about my experiences there. Most listed above was either non paying or was for a short time. I'll do them in chronological order as well.