Workplace habits at home
Posted by Automatic-House-4011@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 20 comments
I was folding some clothes and got to thinking (as you do...).
My first full-time job was in retail (variety store - Venture for any aussies) in my late teens/ early 20's. Some 40 years later, i still fold my clothes the same way I was shown during my retail days.
Anyone have habits learnt in your first jobs that are still in use at home today?
drivingthelittles@reddit
My first job was at Wendy’s in downtown Montreal. I was 14 and stayed until I was 17.
My burgers are always dressed in white, red, green, white, red green = mayo, ketchup, pickles, onions. Tomatoes, lettuce. Just like I learned, and always spread the pickles around the burger, no bunching!
I can still hear the manager yelling, 15 second service people!! I loved that job, when the Tour buses would come in and the rush would last 2 hours non stop we were a well oiled machine and it was exhilarating.
DangerBird-@reddit
I fell back into food service as a volunteer recently. I dreaded those nights beforehand, but yes, it is definitely exhilarating once you get into it.
DangerBird-@reddit
I learned food safety from my first job.
Entry level jobs are a wealth of knowledge, skills, and life lessons.
wassykl@reddit
I still fold clothes the way I did at the Gap. Like other commenters, all my bills have to face the same way. The most unique habit is I still write my checklists on a quarter sheet of scratch paper with an empty box next to each item, using the same kind of pencil that we used at that one restaurant (waving at you, Shannon), 35 years later.
Oxjrnine@reddit
I was a lifeguard 1989-94. In 2006 I was able to give assisted AR to a coworker who was fired for drinking on the job. She was back moving her things out and she had a seizure. Her breathing almost completely stopped.
I still know first aid three decades later but thankfully only have had to use it that once.
Spiritual-Fondant656@reddit
When I lodge or count cash I always sort it into the various types of bank notes* with the 'head' facing the same way
*I'm in NI so, aside from denomination, we have different notes from each bank
MindFluffy5906@reddit
Ditto. Drives me crazy when change is handed back all wonky and facing different directions. It's unorganized and unprofessional.
la_otra_yo@reddit
My parents had a small store growing up and I would help with the weekly deposit. All the cash was sorted by denomination and had to face the same way. To this day any cash I get is immediately sorted the same way.
I recently noticed cash from the ATM comes out mostly unsorted and, well, I hate it.
Tinaturtle79@reddit
Same with folding clothes. Also the way I cut avocados is something I learned at a sandwich shop I worked at in my early 20s. My first job was a DQ and I can still make a perfect cone at a soft serve machine.
Affectionate-Map2583@reddit
Horse care and plant care.
Philosopher2670@reddit
I learned how to fold clothes in The Gap in the mid-80s. I am very good at folding.
I learned how to wash and sanitize dishes in the early 90s using a 3 sink set-up (wash, rinse, sanitize). I am also very good at dish washing.
Squibit314@reddit
Yup…I pack for our vacations because retail tight me how to fold clothes neatly with minimal wrinkles. I also fold my t shirts so I can put them “standing up” so that when I pull open the drawer it’s like a row of files. I can find what I need without lifting up stacks.
OldLifeguard-00@reddit
Funny Australia had Venture. We had that too
spotthj@reddit
I worked at a department store and have to fold all towels a very specific way. Worked at clothing stores and apparel must be folded if not hung a specific way. Socks and underwear are the exception; socks are matched and folded in half. Underwear starts as a tri-fold and may not end up looking that way after a few days in the drawer.
From the ISP I spent my main career working in; unplugging everything first and do basic troubleshooting on all electronics before calling support. Over the decades, I’ve been trained to always problem-solve and troubleshoot everything, so I do have to rein it in when people are telling me a concern. I have to check myself before I wreck myself, if they want advice or a good listener.
Automatic-House-4011@reddit (OP)
Heh, yep. My experiences too re: retail.
North-Bit-7411@reddit
My first real job was working in a restaurant. I made pizzas and they had a peculiar way of making them and cutting them up, I still do it the same way.
CodenameZoya@reddit
I worked at a diner in my teens and had to make soup on the weekends, two soups a day… To this day, I love soup and have a ton of recipes from the diner
Ray_The_Engineer@reddit
I had a whole sequence of jobs in high school and college, leading up to my career - Grocery store bag boy, worker at a dry cleaners, soda jerk at a pharmacy, worker at a metal fab shop, librarian at the clippings library of the newspaper in Raleigh NC, customer service at a paint and glass store...I feel like there were a thousand learnings in there that still contribute to my daily life.
Kindly-Might-1879@reddit
When I clean out my large coffee carafe, I do it the way I learned at a fast food restaurant I worked at during high school.
Add ice cubes, salt, and a little water, then vigorously swirl/shake.
slade797@reddit
I started working when I was in seventh grade, first job was a full-service gas station. When I use the squeegee at a gas station, I think about all those windshields I cleaned.