Things I Don't Want to Do

I received a call today from the temp agency wanting to schedule an interview, so now is probably a good time to think about what I don't want to do.

Not that the temp agency is likely to try to force me to scrub toilets, but I definitely don't want to clean anything for a living.  I don't even like to clean my own house, so there's not much chance of me taking that on as a 9-5 gig.  I would also put this at the top of the "Jobs I Would Likely Be Fired From" list.  I don't think when I die anyone is going to get up and say, "That Jodi kept a clean house".  I'm not dirty, don't get me wrong.  I just have a high tolerance for clutter and since I'm always working on a half dozen projects, clutter seems to follow me wherever I go. 

I don't want to wait tables.  I could probably get a job doing just that at my dad's diner if I wanted to, and I would most likely get into slightly better shape by virtue of running my ass off all day to bring people their daily specials, but I don't want to.  I've done it before and waiting on people is not for me.  People are a pain.  They don't know what they want, order things they don't like, complain about things you have no control over, spill things, don't tip, forget they need something until you arrive with the last thing they asked for, allow their children to run amok and generally make life miserable.  Plus, my feet get tired from running around all day.

I don't want to work retail.  In addition to the "people are a pain" problem, the pay is generally lousy.  And, just like in the restaurant business, you work nights and weekends. You work holidays.  When I was in retail, I was sick every single Christmas.  I worked 60 hour weeks starting after Thanksgiving, got hacked on by every sick person in the mall, handled money, which is truly one of the dirtiest things you can possibly touch...not to mention the recirculated mall air just swirling all those germs around.  Blech.

I don't want to be in the medical field, unless it's behind a desk and behind the scenes.  I don't want to deal with sick people.  I would rather go into forensics and deal with them once they're no longer capable of whining.  I know, I'm rotten, but it's true.

All that being said, I would do whatever I had to to get by.  I've never had the luxury of picking and choosing.  The truth is that I have taken every job I have ever had because I needed a job and that was what I was offered.  Yes, I have had some choice in that I wouldn't have applied if I wasn't willing to do the job, but you would be surprised by some of the jobs I have had and some that I have applied for.  I have been a radio dj, and a pizza delivery girl, a banker and a secretary.  I've been a buyer for a retail store and I've been a clerk.  I was a cocktail waitress for a summer and a Budweiser girl for a day.  I nearly took a job as a toll booth operator and even applied for a job euthanizing animals at a shelter during a particularly low time in Florida.  I was really glad I didn't get a call back on that one.  Yeah, I think I can safely add that one to the list of jobs I don't want to do.