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I was employed with Wendy’s for a long time - 16 months! Well, 16 months is a long time by teenage standards. Anyway, as I look at this ridiculous photo of myself, I can not help but think… geeze, I’ve had a LOT of jobs since I was 17! How many you ask? Well, let’s see: I’ve been a hotel housekeeper, toiletry peddler, 3 time coffee barista, nurse’s aide, and despite my terrible handwriting - a note taker.

Just to name a few.

After some quick math, (cue “quick math” music) I realized that I have held about 22 different positions with about 17 different organizations over the past 12 years (give or take a few, it is late and I am tired)! Perhaps you are thinking “Whoa! This girl cannot hold a job!“ Not true. I have held 2, sometimes 3 of these positions simultaneously, WHILE IN SCHOOL FULL TIME!

Even though a few companies that I have worked for have folded while I was unemployed (I was beginning to think I was the Corporate Grim Reaper there for a bit, if there is such a thing) and I have quit a few jobs “on the spot” thanks to some unfavorable workplace politics... I can proudly say that I have never been fired*. And that makes me feel better, for some reason.

I think I just started to enjoy my current employment status just a wee bit more. It is 100% BS free.

* well, OK... I just remembered there was that time a previous boss both fired and stranded 2 co-workers and I in Ireland. Thankfully, psycho boss came to his senses and I was only fired for a weekend. That is a long, yet amusing tale for another time.