All The Jobs

All 85 Jobs in Chronological Order (years are approximate) and location (names of some locations changed for confidentiality)

1975

1. Chicken abuser, chicken ranch, O-Town (California)

2. Weed puller, car dealership, O-Town

1976-1977

3.  Moving a bookcase upstairs, law office, O-Town

4.  Moving stuff around, Montgomery Ward's, O-Town

5.  Substitute Paper Boy, O-Town

1978

6. Busboy, Yancy Derringer's, Juneau (Alaska)

7. General laborer, building a back office, Juneau

8. Dishwasher, Sally's Kitchen, Juneau

1979

9.  Working for my dad, West Sacramento (California)

10. Community service, fish hatchery, O-Town

11. Cleaning out old man's garage, O-Town

12. Landscape maintenance, golf course, O-Town

13. Jack in the Box, O-Town

1980

14. Sales associate, Home Improvement Store, Santa Barbara (California)

15. Personal attendant, Sandy and Al, O-Town

16. Yard work, Al's old-lady friend, O-Town

17. General labor, Sweem's Air-conditioning, O-Town

18. Dishwasher, Joe's BBQ, College Town (California)

19. Car Wash, College Town

20. Rice Cake Company, College Town

21. Cleaning out underneath a house, O-Town

22. Janitor, 1st Congregational Church, O-Town

1981

23. Picking and packing, Kiwi farm, College Town

24. Unknown yard maintenance company, College Town

25. Personal care, man with stroke, tiny town south of College Town

26. Delivering coupon books (Karmann Ghia), College Town

27. Bagging ground nut shells, nut company, College Town
28. Gorilla in a haunted house, College Town

1982

29. Cleaning up warehouse near university, College Town

30. Yard clean-up, day care center, College Town

31. Janitor, dormitory, College Town

1983

32. Janitor, stationery store, College Town

33. Butt College work study, recycling center, Butt County (California)

34. Butt College work study, moving rocks, Butt County

35. Personal care, Good-Time Charlie's employer with MS, College Town

1984

36. Dishwasher, (name withheld) bar/restaurant, College Town

37. Bus driver, bankrupt contractor for transit authority, College Town

1985

38. Delivering coupon books (van), College Town

39. Yard work/site clean-up with Steve W., College Town

40. Dishwasher, convalescent hospital, Seattle (Washington)

41. Sales clerk, little bookstore, Seattle

42. Setting up new B. Dalton's bookstore, Seattle

43. Assembly, musical instrument case factory, Seattle

44. Distributing door hangers, Seattle

45. Unloading blueberries, Seattle

46. Selling flowers on street corners, Seattle

47. Driver in training, taxi company, Seattle

1986

48. Private First Class, United States Army, Georgia/South Carolina

49. Telemarketing, Seattle

50. Assistant landscaper, Skip C., O-Town

1987

51. Office Manager, Homeless-Mentally Ill Program, O-Town

1987 – 1988

52. Clerk-Typist, Butt County Children's Services, O-Town (first time)

53. Clerk-Typist, Butte County Children’s Services, O-Town (second time)

1989

54. Self-employed gardener, O-Town

55. Assistant landscaper, Kent R., O-Town

1990

56. Line work, cannery, O-Town

57. Olive cannery, O-Town

58. Program Assistant, United States Dept. of Agriculture, O-Town

1991 – 1992

59. Program Assistant, United States Dept. of Agriculture, O-Town (again)

1993 – 1995

60. Paratransit driver/dispatcher, predecessor of present company, O-Town

61. Appliance delivery, Sears Hometown Store, O-Town

1995 – 1996

62. Paratransit/bus driver, predecessor of present company (again), O-Town

1996

63. Community service, Butt County mail room, O-Town

1997

64. Driver, long haul trucking company, Modesto (California)

65. Driver, unknown milk hauling company, Willows (California)

66. Driver, long haul trucking company, Modesto (again)

1997-1998

67. Driver, cab company, O-Town

1998

68. Cement work for Becky R.'s step-dad, O-Town

69. General labor, crop dusting company, another small town south of College Town

1998 – 1999

70. Pizza cook/deliverer, O-Town (one of my favorite jobs)

1999-2001

71. Instructional assistant, Butt College geography department, Butte County

72. Geography tutor, Butt College, Butte County

2002

73. Cashier, casino, O-Town

74. GIS Technician, consulting company, College Town

75. Clerk, 7-11 Store, O-Town

76. Truck crew, Walmart, O-Town

2002 – 2003

77. Temp at packaging company, O-Town (not a bad place to work, at least for a little while)

2003 – 2005

78. Driver, Mortuary transportation company, O-Town (very interesting job)

79. Funeral director, O-Town (also very interesting)

2005

80. Driver in training, another long-haul trucking company, southern California

2005 – 2006

81. Pole inspection foreman, Osmosis, California/Nevada (shudder, shudder, SHUDDER)

2006 – 2009

82. Vendor, Home Depot, various stores, mostly in Butt County (probably my all-time favorite)

2010

83. Intern, Geospatial Workforce Training Program, O-Town/College Town

84. Pole inspector, different pole inspection company, northern California (shudder)

2010 – 2019

85. Bus driver, Butt County