- Babbages Software - started when i was 15 as the Apple ][ specialist (manager thought i was in college), worked there for several years on the weekends. I promise, it had nothing to do with their software check-out policy.
- Lechters Housewares
- Sears Product Services Marketing Center - answering inbound calls :-)
- Collier-Keyworth - janitor
- Cook Out - as the grill master
- Walnut Circle Press - stacker/sweeper
- Liberty Data Systems - network installation - copper/fiber
- Drug Emporium
There was one other furniture factory i worked for a brief stint, but i can't remember the name.
Back in the day, the 30 miles of twisted pair cable i helped pull inside High Point Regional Hospital, with Liberty Data Systems, was the largest CAT-5 install on the east coast.
There is now a Cook Out around the corner from the office. I was sitting in the drive-thru the other day wondering how long it had been since i worked there...i was slightly disturbed to figure out that it was *18* years ago that i chopped some cow, made patties and ran the grill.
Drug Emporium, ironically, was my first experience working for a boss doing drugs.
Collier-Keyworth, a furniture manufacturing facility, was memorable. Well, i was the janitor. Actually, i was the temporary replacement for the janitor who was out on workman's comp due to an injured back from lifting a garbage can loaded with scrap metal. I was there to witness his return, him asking for a raise, the manager saying no, then him leaving. It was a reality check that all the workers on the factory floor were paid hourly and worked by the bell. And, too, that the former janitor was making only a buck more than i was and had a family.
Some views of the world i would have missed out on had i stayed home eating Doritos and watching Donahue.
