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Ok let's have one of those get to know you and have fun threads

Question of the day:

What job have you had that you enjoyed the most? What made it fun for you?

For me it was mapping. I loved drawing airports, golf courses and water bodies from satelite images. I earned the nick name of Camp Counselor for team morale building ideas. Be it pumkin decorating contests to treasure hunts (complete with clues), it made working together fun and interesting.

hmm...can't think of any job I've had that I actually enjoyed...lol I like being in the army because you meet some pretty interesting characters, not to mention the opportunity to travel (of course being stationed in Germany for a decade you pretty much need to...keep you from dying of boredom!! lol) I enjoy my job working in logistics because of job security...right now it's probably one of THE most diverse occupations in the army that can be directly correlated in the outside world, with everything from working security to distribution management, simple and complex accounting, property accountability, and then again I can always become a GS employee making more than a Major or Captain...lol

The biggest reward though, is influence. When you become an NCO and you're assigned Soldiers, in a military sense you become like the father (or mother) in a family...lol you teach these Soldiers how to become better Soldiers, you set examples for them to follow, correct them when they make a mistake...but all in all, if you're doing your job and doing it well enough, you lead Soldiers and they learn to appreciate that from you.

I had a job as a "Rock Star". The perks were great.

Then I became a "has-been"...or was that a "never-was-been?

Doing what I work at now. Industrial electronics, I get to play/work on robotics, PLC's and all manner of automated machines

Life is what you make it, so I have enjoyed or a least learned from every job I have ever had. And there have been dozens of them.

The thing that gives me the most joy and is the most fun is earning the respect of those I work with, most of the time that I work for and always the ones that work for me. I have always floated to the top, because if you enjoy what your doing those you work for and with notice.

I haven't ever had a job that I woke up and wished to go to yet. However, I have had some great experiences through work that have made life more interesting. I worked for a medical equiptment supply company delivering oxygen and hospital equiptment to peoples homes. The people I worked with were the best. A band of Brothers. Work was work but the relationship with my team was the whole reason for being there. I would have done anything for those guy and they would have done anything for me. Closest I have come to being part of a military unit.

Though it is volunteer, being a soccer coach for several teams over the years has been a great experience. I love having the ability to change children's lives for the better through the coaching format. Encouraging discipline in both sport and school for these kids is very rewarding. I do wake up in the morning wanting to go to that job but it won't pay the bills.

Being a father of 2 is probably the best job of all. The opportunity to shape and mold my boys and see the transformations that take place is fanastic. I live to give those kids the opportunities that I never had.

The most rewarding job I've had most fun in and continue to have fun is teachging students with special needs...

I also had the most fun being a "snack bar attendant" at the local skating rink back home when I was 18. It was my very first job, and the best thing about it was I never had to pay for entrance fees, and I skated whenever I wanted...it was a blast.

Being a painter...and not 'houses'- I did it some years ago, and I've even been published by Better Homes & Gardens, four pieces that I painted- my 15 minutes in the sun however, even though I made good money at it back then, and I truly did enjoy what I was doing, it was exhausting- I couldn't keep up with the demand, and all I did was paint and sleep- not to mention that it wasn't a steady paycheck, and hey..a girl has to make a living

Well...That would have to be what I am doing now, RN. Love the medical field! been in the medical field since I was 18 and I love every minute of it! Always something new going on, and helping ppl is what I like to do!

Rodeo Clown

no wait - sorry, that's another profile I have on another site, lol

I loved what I did in the Navy, can't talk about it much, but probably the absolutely hardest and most rewarding "career" I've had. I can't imagine anything being better (and I've done a few other things I've enjoyed, but not like that, lol). I did it for 12 years, stopped doing it in 1988 and I still miss it and just can't imagine my life being what it is today without that 12 years.

Other than that, I spent an equal number of years in the Food Service/Beverage industry as a chef and worked my way through the ranks where for 5 years "we" (a partnership" owned 5 "clubs" (from cigar/martini bar) to a fine dining establishment, also including a "family style" home-cooked food place and a country-western (HUGE) bar/dance hall

I loved that part of my life too............... but THAT industry will, very simply, KILL YOU, lol (no sleep, too many hours, no social life, bad diet - etc)

note: I'm sorry everyone about the rodeo-clown lie, and no I don't have that as a profile on another website - I feel so "tck'ish" today........ lol!

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mostie - say this VERY loudly to da'captain and watch his reaction...

CHARLIE MARKERS, I GOT CHARLIE MARKERS!!!!!

lol, he was in the bedroom studying, I walked in there and yelled it at him...twice. I go, "Does that mean anything to you?"....he looked at me kinda blank, and said, "Who the hell is Charlie Markers?"

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Soviet TU-95 "Bears" lol

I love both jobs I do... Owning a printshop but my most favorite is being an Undercover Wear Agent.... I do those parties... You know, Home Lingerie and Adult Toy Parties. I love getting paid to party LOL... I get to meet lots of awesome people.

Mine would have to be the Navy. Exploring the world and meeting the different cultures was pretty awesome. The people aboard your ship are pretty awesome too. They treat you like brothers and you learn to depend on each other.

Honor, Courage, Commitment

herasing the women of mingles

Book - alright now, among our "navy bretheren" here you'll have to be more specific as to job/rate (work) - surfacepuke, airdale, submarineMAN... etc, lol

'splain lucy!

(mostie's captain wasn't in the REAL navy, he was in the executive branch of the Chef Salad Navy - USMC)

My favorite job was working computer migrations, my first job in IT. Worked with great people that I still keep in touch with, learned so much in two short years and about every six weeks it was off to a new area to begin the computer/user migration process all over again for a new department. It was also my first office job but the best part was not being constantly tied to a desk.

Christo, you remember Red Dawn, where the Russian paratroopers were falling all around outside the windows of the schoolroom? I used to have nightmares about that in the service, only with a different twist...the Minsk was pulling into the Eastern Seaboard, and opening fire on the east coast, all because I couldn't figure out what frequency they were on and what the hell their callsign was every hour for days, lol.

***"(mostie's captain wasn't in the REAL navy, he was in the executive branch of the Chef Salad Navy - USMC"***)

Damn Squids!!

MM/Surface Operations/US Aircraft Carrier

which carrier?

MM (machinest mate) I can't remember - snipe??

(chef salad navy - they wore those special cammie uniforms so they could hide by the salad bar)

I was a CTI (languages) the captain was the marine version but was a "ditty-chaser" (manual morse intercept operator)

Yes, I remember the movie Red Dawn and at the time I was a latin-america "specialist" and cuba/russia was our biggest "target" (by trade) and it was VERY VERY realistic!

Ah well............. the memories; we had a "spook" reunion last weekend - only about 7 of us left from that "era" (of about 150 that we worked with)

6 showed, the only one that didn't was Montel Williams (yup, the TV guy) - he was our boss at NSA/FT.Meade from 85-88

Correct. MM is Machinist Mate. I was stationed on the USS Kitty Hawk too bad they pulled it from Japan and are replacing it with the USS George Washington.

truck driving, yer not stuck behind a desk all day, you get to see the scenery, including good looking women during the summer months.

Always enjoyed just what I do now. Security Officer. I've done both uniform and undercover.

"Bawk bawk bawk Baaaaaaaaaawk" Chicken Man!

Worst pay and hours but probably the most fun. Drive like hell and pick up tips. Nearly had my own store at one time. Got to meet some celebrities every once in awhile. Had two hookers that ordered regularly (Good tippers if the John's were buying...LOL)

Had my worst traffic accident during that time also. A passenger in the other car was killed, my head was split open and car was totalled. (Not my fault!!!!)

It was a fun time to be 20.

The ultimate job was being a cop. Like any job there is good and bad parts and for a cop those two ends of the spectrum are extreme, however, the gratification of helping people was awesome. So was the investigation aspect and putting together the puzzle and finally "nailing your guy"!! LOL And at a young age....the cop groupies and uniform junkies were awesome to have around, .

Amateur Boob Inspector.....awesome job with many benefits. If you go pro it's like work, so I always stayed at the amateur level.....

Oh Robbie, so true about the extremes...

You have to keep your sense of humor too.

*Makes note to discuss Boob inspection with a certain someone*

Chris, he says they tracked ships, you guys musta tracked planes, lol

Mostie - in God we trusted (EVERYTHING else we tracked, lol)