I have apple, plum, peach and fig trees, mayhaw and muscadine, I do jalapeno jelly, and I raise all kind of veggies. I do sourdough bread mostly. And you are right we eat like Kings!
Just left an MSP gig as an engineer. I gave it a shot, but I now know I never want to work in an MSP again.
and just what is wrong with retail to be ashamed of?
Iām currently disabled, have been since 2005, but prior to that I worked retail for 25 years. Loved EVERY minute of it minus the couple I had to work with a particular person, but that was a fellow employee, not a customer. Loved my customers. And had plenty of those depending on where I was working at the time, anywhere from 50-100 up to over 1000 a day (convenience stores then). And yep, I could talk to each and every one of them.
Retail takes a special kind of person, in so far as you have got to like people. If you donāt have that, its not going to be a fun profession, regardless of where you work. Iāve worked convenience stores, grocery stores, craft stores, everything from manager on down, and did a few years in pizza joints from shift supervisor to cook to prep to waiting tables for a while.
Itās not a high paying market unless you get into management, and then it still takes time, but if you think about what retail covers, you realize its one of the most needed job markets out there. We all buy stuff after all. And yes, you can survive on what you make, if you donāt have a lavish style life. Nothing wrong with living with less, definitely nothing to be ashamed of.
Sorry if this came across as a rant, I truly loved what I did, and miss it to this day. I do realize its not for everyone.
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I really enjoyed it, and would still be doing it if it wasnāt for my health.
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Iām a public librarian . ![:slight_smile:](https://d38bqls1q93fod.cloudfront.net/en/wow/images/emoji/twitter/slight_smile.png?v=6" ":slight_smile:")
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Retired Marine, but still work for Uncle Sam.
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Me too! I work in youth services specifically YA
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Anything. Healing, bartering, making explosions, I got what you need.
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Graphic Designer / Web Designer / Photographer
I work at a Marine Generator company. We build giant (up to 1mW) generators for tug boats and commercial fishing vessels.
Iām the resident nerd among mechanics and salty old fisherman.
Sr Purchasing Analyst for a major university. You probably wouldnāt believe how much it costs per year to keep a collegeās infrastructure in shape.
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I teach Latin - the language of God and the devil.
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Scott Baio? Is that you?
Federal contractor and pilot.
I thought I was the only one!
I work in medical coding and billing for a hospital system, mostly handling the āproofreadingā for our hospitalists (inpatient, non-specialty providers).
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Iāve never tried Kudzu jelly. How does it taste? Do you use the flowers for the jelly?
Just wondering because I am originally from Tennessee and Kudzu is over-running the state. Canāt even kill it with gasoline and fire. If there was a way to make money off of it I would bet the folks would quickly make it into an endangered invasive species.
For me, itās a personal story involving wasted potential and spending way too many years in college trying to succeed despite a myriad of mental problems as well as a lack of maturity.
I wonāt bore the whole thread with it, but thatās where the shame comes from.
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Pediatric oncology nurse
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Ugh, thatās gotta be depressing.
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Its not, most of the time. Kids are resilient and really put your own life into perspective
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Retail merchandiser for Hallmarkā¦
a fancy way of saying I go to many different stores like Walgreenās, CVS, Walmart, etc. and take care of our products there. In all honesty, while itās retail, itās the better parts of it, really. Not to mention I get to shop the stock rooms with the employees when new stuff comes in =)