Unusual or Unique Jobs

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What is the most unique or unusual jobs have you worked?

In high school I worked at a local small town bowling alley as a pin setter. I had to keep track of strikes or spares and worked two to three lanes. I averaged around $2.00 an hour, which was good money in 1964.

We had nicknames for some of the regular bowlers. One guy we called Fred Flintstone because he looked like the cartoon and had a big mouth. He threw his ball like it was shot out of a cannon too.

We named his wife Twinkle Toes as she kind of danced a little jig before she bowled. Her ball came in so slow and soft we were shocked she could actually knock over the pins.

Fun times.
 
It’s not that unique, but I worked in fast food, during high school and it cured me of ever wanting to eat it again.🤢
 
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I worked in fast food too back in high school. I worked the grill, and I can still feel the thick coating of grease clinging to the polyester uniforms they made us wear 🤢. Once, we were held up and robbed at gunpoint, but I had no idea it was happening as I was so focused on my burger-flipping duties!

I was an electrician after that, and one unique job that stands out for me was riding a window washer’s scaffold up six floors to reach some fire alarm devices which I had to replace at the top of a glass atrium between two buildings. My legs were shaking like jelly after being on that thing going up and down for eight hours!
 
I work in PR, but currently, I am the personal assistant to singer Johnny Mathis, which means I travel with him, have a room in his home, though my own home overlooks his, and handle all his mail, even his personal stuff, etc. Since his home burned down in November 2015, he’s been living in the penthouse of a Beverly Hills hotel. Working at this job is quite an experience, even for me as John has been my neighbor all my life. He’s even babysat me!
 
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I once worked for a best-selling author and his wife. I would describe my job as personal slave, My job encompassed things like pulling weeds, going to the post office and grocery store, cleaning the house, washing windows, entering names of fans into a database to notify them the next time the author had a new book or was coming into their town, etc.
 
When I was in high school, I freelanced for an interpreter service. Basically, if someone needed an Arabic or Farsi interpreter during my after school/weekends availability period, the service would conference me in from home and I would translate. It paid pretty well for high school money, but I learned way more about the clients than I really wanted to sometimes.
 
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