# What was the best job you've ever had? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 27, 2001, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-best-job-youve-ever-had/95427 "2001-11-27T02:39:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-best-job-youve-ever-had/95427/21 "2001-11-28T06:08:13Z")
Meat man. I would load a pickup with a box freezer, a generator, and several cases of steaks and hamburger patties, then drive somewhere and go door-to-door selling the steaks. I got to pick my own route, and work as I felt like it- the only downside was that I was paid on commission depending on how much meat was sold. And the occasional disgruntled refusal. I could take time off to go swimming, visit museums, go shopping, or whatever I liked. I met quite a few interesting people out there. A side effect was that I got to see much more of America than just what was along the main highways. ---
**Author:** ![jharding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jharding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharding)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-best-job-youve-ever-had/95427/22 "2001-11-28T18:22:29Z")
Aside from my present employment which I very much enjoy, one of the best jobs of my youth can be summed up in five words. “Time to make the donuts.” ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-best-job-youve-ever-had/95427/23 "2001-11-28T18:34:11Z")
The best job I ever had was as a volunteer counselor at Camp Patahontas for an entire season. The administrator wasn’t too crazy about me because I hardly did any of the paperwork but most of the campers loved me. And every Wednesday we took a field trip, usually to one of the local waterparks! ---
**Author:** ![pestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e5b9ba/32.png) [@pestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pestie)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-best-job-youve-ever-had/95427/24 "2001-11-28T22:02:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FL Blues Baby \* > \*\*Now, thank goodness, I play full-time at a club called “Howl at the moon” and I LOVE IT. \*\* The one in Ft. Lauderdale? Man, that place **ROCKS**! I used to live near there and have been to Howl at the Moon on a few occasions. This was last year - maybe I saw you there? ---
**Author:** ![gasser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gasser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gasser)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-best-job-youve-ever-had/95427/25 "2001-11-28T23:46:30Z")
When I still lived at home… I’d come home from school, eat chips, donuts, cookies, sit on my ass all day, and get paid for it. That’s like the best job ever! Or I could beecome a Granite cop and do almost the same thing and be paid a lot more 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2001, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-best-job-youve-ever-had/95427/26 "2001-11-29T00:36:16Z")
Best job I ever had was a temp assignment as a receptionist at a Home Nursing office. I answered (occasional) phones, had almost no in-person visitors to deal with, and got to surf the 'net ALL DAY. Nicest 3 months I ever worked. It was during the 2000 campaigns and I became a political junkie…I checked Slate 4 times a day and started reading the MSN political message boards. Also discovered the Darwin Awards and their message board, which led me (half-a-year later, at a different assignment) to this one. Good job… jayjay ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2001, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-best-job-youve-ever-had/95427/27 "2001-11-29T05:22:24Z")
The one I have now. I make over $60K a year to sit around and surf the net all night, spending no more than 30 minutes a night actually working (and usually quite a bit less than that). I feel like an incredibly lucky man. ---
**Author:** ![by-tor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/by-tor/32/266_2.png) [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2001, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-best-job-youve-ever-had/95427/28 "2001-11-29T06:54:48Z")
OK Badtz Maru, I am curious. What is your job title/ description? ---
**Author:** ![tallinu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6de8d8/32.png) [@tallinu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tallinu)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-best-job-youve-ever-had/95427/29 "2001-11-30T03:59:17Z")
Ok, so I’m a geek. I love my job I have now. I get to play with latest systems, surf the web, live where I want, work out of my house, and get a pile of money for it. Really, if you are a hard core techie to begin with, having someone PAY to let you do what you would do anyway, well how can it get any better? Kinda like getting paid for sex. Wait… ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-best-job-youve-ever-had/95427/30 "2001-11-30T04:13:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Satasha \* > \*\*OK Badtz Maru, I am curious. What is your job title/ description? \*\* Dedicated support, I provide tech support for T1s and other leased lines. I’d only be making about $35K a year though if it wasn’t for my stock options. ---
**Author:** ![Omniman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bcef8e/32.png) [@Omniman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniman)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-best-job-youve-ever-had/95427/31 "2001-11-30T05:41:29Z")
I was once the VP of Software for a 6-million dollar company that had 60 employees. I was employee #3. God that was a good job. For two years. I had a corner office on the 10th floor of an office building overlooking the city. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-best-job-youve-ever-had/95427/32 "2001-11-30T05:57:55Z")
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