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irisblue

(34,473 posts) Thu Oct 31, 2024, 12:56 PM Oct 31

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What job did you have that no longer exists? [View all]

Taken from a reddit forum.

I delivered newspapers door to door 1973-75. I had to get up around 4:30 to make sure the papers were on the doorstep by 6 am.
My route had 70ish customers. I did repay my Mom for the wagon I used for the giant ad loaded Sunday papers.

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What job did you have that no longer exists? [View all] irisblue Oct 31 OP

Medical transcriptionist no_hypocrisy Oct 31 #1

Me too XanaDUer2 Nov 1 #41

I once pumped gas at a convenience store EYESORE 9001 Oct 31 #2

Worked at a small local stationary store chain as my first job in 1987. Basso8vb Oct 31 #3

I still miss them! Lulu KC Oct 31 #29

Switchboard operator... NT deRien Oct 31 #4

I did that for workstudy first 2 yrs in college.I loved using the cords irisblue Oct 31 #7

One of the customers was deRien Oct 31 #9

I did that back in college ... 1966. sinkingfeeling Oct 31 #23

I was a paper boy too, in the late 80s. Diraven Oct 31 #5

Last time I had newspapers delivered, it was a 40 something woman with a car not a kid with a wagon/bag irisblue Oct 31 #6

Data entry part-time for McDonnell-Douglas in the early 1980s. Jeebo Oct 31 #8

DJ, where I played actual records. Permanut Oct 31 #10

Full service gas station. duncang Oct 31 #11

Car hop on roller skates. onecaliberal Oct 31 #12

Do you still skate? irisblue Oct 31 #14

The last time was probably 5 or 6 years ago. onecaliberal Oct 31 #15

I was a night shift computer operator back in the day. Phoenix61 Oct 31 #13

typesetter, paste-up, camera operator, film stripper mike_c Oct 31 #16

Did you do some of these jobs at the same place, or were all these separate? ... electric_blue68 Oct 31 #31

I delivered papers, too. I did my route on my bike until it broke, then I walked it. Aristus Oct 31 #17

drive in theater concession stand rurallib Oct 31 #18

Actually there are still 350 justaprogressive Oct 31 #21

T-Square & triangle Paste-Ups, and Mechanicals Replaced by Computer Programs... electric_blue68 Oct 31 #19

Video Store Manager JoseBalow Oct 31 #20

good times Skittles Oct 31 #32

Keypunch operator. sinkingfeeling Oct 31 #22

Iron pourer at a General Motors foundry. Robotics Emile Oct 31 #24

Paperboy Here, Too ProfessorGAC Oct 31 #25

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I guess I would go with job DUTIES Skittles Oct 31 #30

I worked in a vinyl car top factory... GReedDiamond Oct 31 #33

This will require some explanation. OldBaldy1701E Nov 1 #34

I pumped gas, checked oil and washed the windshield TommieMommy Nov 1 #35

Correcting errors on computer punch cards Marthe48 Nov 1 #36

Batch station operator for a computer lab WestMichRad Nov 1 #37

I worked in a lab where data was recorded on eight inch floppy disks. hunter Nov 1 #38

Part time stationery store clerk for a very short time Wicked Blue Nov 1 #39

Wiretapper jmowreader Nov 1 #40

used to iron hankerchiefs, pillow cases, and my Father's dress shirts Kali Nov 1 #42

Duplicate deleted irisblue Nov 1 #43

I did that! irisblue Nov 1 #44

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