Blork and Martine have asked us bloggers to describe our previous jobs today. Here are mine:

Cashier, McDonald’s
Best part: Laughing at people who order hot dogs.
Worst part: Only getting a 10 cent an hour pay increase, because my salads weren’t attractive.

Investigator, Banque Nationale du Canada
Job description: Balance forex accounts, look for anomalies.
Best part: 7,33$/hour was the shit when I was 17.
Worst part: Even the mailroom boys laughed at me when I told them my hourly rate.

Film Teacher, Saint-Hubert Municipal Library
Job description: Teach teenagers how to make movies, then help them make a music video aimed at promoting the library.
Shining moment: Riding a bike laden with a tripod, backpack filled with equipment, and a teenager wrapped in toilet paper.

Counsellor for at-risk youths, Maison des Jeunes de Saint-Hubert
Job description, best and worst part: Counsel kids with way bigger crises than I’d ever had, and probably ever will. Realize I don’t have a problem in the world. Lots of personal growth.

Camera Operator/Editor, Hors-Ligne
Job description: Film auditions for movies and commercials.
Best part: Meeting minor celebrities, occasionally helping casting agents choose, rare behind-the-scenes peek.

Technical Writer/Trainer, Naoki Systèmes
Job description: Develop documents and training for CAD-based software.
Best part: Feeling like Kelly McGillis, because I was teaching at École Nationale d’Aérotechnique.

Trainer, Cognex Canada
Job description: Teach an international sales force about our product, so they can market it abroad.
Best part: Taking out a bunch of Europeans every night, on company money.

Waitress, Chichi’s
Best part: The money.
Worst part: The customers.

Biology Teacher, The Princeton Review
Job description: Prepare med school applicants for the MCAT entrance exam.
Best part: Teaching biology!

Teaching Assistant, Concordia University
Job description: Lead biology labs. Demonstrate stuff like dissection.
Best part: Teaching biology!
Worst part: Having to show live screeching cockroaches from Madagascar.

Research Assistant, Concordia University
Job description: Extract DNA from mushrooms.
Best part: Playing with litres and litres of liquid nitrogen.
Worst part: Hours from hell.

Research Assistant, Lund University
Job description: Extract DNA from owl feathers.
Best part: Swedes everywhere.

Trainer, Current company
Job description: Implement decision systems for crisis management. Train customers.
Best part: Trips to Calgary, Bruxelles, Hollywood and New Orleans.
Worst part: Not having done any training in the best part of a year.

Right now I feel very detached from my current job. I am thinking I might have something to add to this list before long…