Have you ever worked a now-extinct job?

[midwestlily]

Jan 14, 2014 2:14:09 GMT -5 steff said:

I worked at an answering service.  The overnight shift.  It was all apt maintenance calls & body calls.  We got to call the funeral homes to go pick up bodies.  It was a trippy job.  Me & one other person in a dark little smokey room in an unmarked strip center office in the middle of the night. 

I worked at an answering service too!  Day and evening shifts, though.  Doctors, real estate agents, a high-priced hooker named Lonnie (didn't hide what she did for a living), and a few celebrities (this was in LA).  Billy Preston was one of our clients, and I still remember once hearing another operator, a Jamaican woman, saying, "Mick Jaggers?  Mick Jaggers?  Can you spell that please?"

[cktc]

Jan 16, 2014 23:51:17 GMT -5 ZaireinHD said:

when I went to Brazil I used a Travel agent. he booked me on three tours that I wouldn't have thought of doing as a plan. but maybe when I would have gotten their I would have signed up? also he arranged a taxi or guide to pick me up from the airport and bring me to the hotel and pick once it was time to leave.

when I read travel agent - on second thought as an assistant I used to make flight arrangements for management all the time, then have to reschedule flights and make hotel reservations.

so does that count me as travel agent?

It's definitely a valuable skill for your resume. 


I consider travel agents to be, like most other service providers, a luxury for people who value more than price. Some people would rather save $70 and color their hair from a box, that doesn't mean hair stylists are obsolete or offer no value. Same with house cleaners, landscapers, photographers, accountants, etc... Some people like knowledge, experience, convenience, and a little extra security if something goes wrong.

[ZaireinHD]

ya know what - YES I have!
the business is gone but not the industry.
I worked at the Airport for a freight company after High School

also the grade school, the Catholic School, and the High School I attended are all gone as well. 

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As a 2nd job in the evenings I was the gift shop girl at a truck stop selling radar detectors, touch lamps, casette tapes & jewelry. I had to open the locked cabinets & show the merchandise. Think I still have a pair of harley earrings from there lol. Was in there recently & no more gift shop girl.

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