I work hanging christmas lights on rich people's houses. And now that the season's over, we are taking them down. Being rich enough to afford what we charge to put up lights is a bit of a problem. You get weird being that rich. Sometimes. Now the...

I work as a customer service representative. In recent weeks, we have gotten quite a few calls from a murderer. At first, we just thought he was a regular guy trying to get his manuscript published (he kept asking for one of our editors). The cal...

Last week I was in a slightly important meeting at work. One of the people I work with signed through a window in the door that a package I was waiting for had arrived. I excused myself from the meeting saying that "there was a minor crisis&quo...

As of a couple of weeks ago, I have been working at Mr. S Leather in San Francisco. This is a company that sells high quality leather and latex clothing, bondage and fetish gear, and sex toys. It's the company that hosts the Folsom Street Fair. I ...

Part of my job is literally to chew gum and then spit it out. Yes, I get paid to do this. A few months ago, the chewing gum base was made out of a polymer that tasted pretty much exactly like vomit. It was awful. But we don't get paid if we can'...

My job often has strange things. I work at a natural history museum. I have oodles of stories, but I'll confine it to today. 1. The snowflakes I've been working on catching for weeks were finally ready. Over the last month, I've had my stuff in the ...

Most jobs I've held aren't all that strange. I've been a summer camp counselor, a healthcare interpreter, a janitor; they've all got their moments, but nothing that ascends to fascinating heights of weird. At most workplaces, I suspect, the stories t...

Back in late 2005, while we were developing SFZero, I started temping for a company called GFE. It was through a family friend of Sam's instead of a temp agency, which was great for me because I was making $20/hr instead of the usual $12 that I made...

Didn't happen at work but I so wanted to share this and I searched every task and this seemed the most applicable. So anyway almost everyday for a couple of weeks, I come home (from work - there you go) and this stuffed ride on horse is in the drive...

I work at a corporate sandwich shop chain in center city of Philadelphia. It's typically kind of a weird job because a lot of weird people work there and its just a bizarre kind of concept for Philadelphia. I work as a "driver" meaning I deliver sand...