I've always had service-industry jobs, because those were the easiest to quit or take time off from.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I've been in the service industry. I've bar-tended. I've waited tables, and I've worked at pizza places; I've made pizza. I've had a lot of jobs, and many of them were in the food service industry.
I came into the industry at a time when there weren't a lot of choices to what you could do.
The worst job I ever had was when I had to try to sell a service for medical waste treatment.
I had a job at a movie theater for like a year and a half and then a job at a health food store for, like, two years. Those were the only two jobs I ever had.
I did plenty of jobs that I hated. I was a bank teller and terrible at it. I parked cars, a valet. I answered phones. I somehow avoided being a waiter. I knew I wouldn't be able to keep the order straight. I'm not much of a multi-tasker.
When I had jobs, I was always doing manual jobs because I couldn't think. I worked at the docks, unloading trucks, and did ridiculous jobs.
My first job was, like, McDonald's.
When I first immigrated to the United States, there were not many jobs that stood out. So I worked at a gas station, cleaning.
I got the first job and kept going. Once I got a job, I very much wanted to keep getting jobs, basically. I did try to learn what I could in those first couple of decades.
It's taken me a long time to get back into the industry. People were not really open to me working, or being a part of the industry.