have a kid’s job? | ADHD Information
[QUOTE=GarbagePailKid]Yeah,I work at a shoe store. But I am 21...am I still a kid?
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YES!
[QUOTE=GarbagePailKid]THE ULTIMATE KIDS JOB! Can I be your assistant or something LTC? We will use HI-C- too poor for real lemons!!! [/QUOTE]
Sure I would love some help.
How are you at organization???
WOW!!! I'm feeling right at home here. Failure should have been my middle name because loser should have been my first. With each failure I seem to lower my self esteem. Maybe when the weather gets warmer I will open a lemonade stand.
I have the perfect ADHD job.. Delivering pizza at 35!
Yup, I'm the 'creepy old guy' at work....
But hey, it averages around an hour and it's pretty fun. When things get the most hectic I get to leave, drive around listening to music and people give me cash!
God, I'm a loser...
Have a kid's job, like me?Or better said, one that could and possibly should be done by someone with far less experience and/or intelligence an/or ability?
Yeah,
I work at a shoe store. But I am 21...am I still a kid?
I ask myself the same question...but can the job pay the an hour I require to stay housed?
[QUOTE=The Resistance!]Have a kid's job, like me?
Or better said, one that could and possibly should be done by someone with far less experience and/or intelligence an/or ability?
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I do and it's sooooo demeaning. I work as a cashier in a supermarket and I also work the melon bar, cutting up fruit and wrapping and labeling them. I even had a neighbor ridicule my stupid job yesterday. Honestly, I just feel like quitting but I *need this job. Dh is working off the books and my check buys groceries. Unfortunately my entire paycheck is gone in one day, buying groceries and pissing it away on God knows what. I make a lousy 8. 15 an hour and I know I'm worth so much more than that. I just don't have what it takes to get a "real" job.
I'm not medicated or diagnosed. Today I'm going to see my PMD to discuss what I truly believe is ADD for me. I need all the luck in the world!
ps, lost my spare car key (originals I lost a few weeks ago) and have to drive my 16 yo's car now. can't find the flippin' key anywhere and I know it's in the house. I'm soooooo tired of living like this.
whoa! good luck loganmom.
I had a thought today in a grocery. Some workers were lined up around a water fountain and a time clock. They were there for the time clock but I was thinking "must be time for a dose of antidepressant at the old Kroger!"
I want to be clear - MY job sucks, its low paid, etc etc and I'm complaining with you and not knocking you, but...........
working at a big supermarket like Kroger has to be the pits. I hear the down-looking employees constantly bithcing and complaining to each other.
I left the antidepressant line place with true happiness, small, but true.
I did one day of temp receptionist the other day.
I'm a really crap receptionist, but I'm friendly and good phone manner, so I do fine if it's just for a few days, because they don't expect too much.
I sat there thinking how demoralising it was, cleaning the boardroom so all the VIPs could have an exciting meeting while I was stuck outside answering the phone.
I reckon it's bad if you have a job that is so basic a temp could pick it up in 5 minutes. They would never hire a temp to fill in if the managing director was away sick.
Maybe it doesn't matter if you have a kids job, just try and get really good at some part of it, maybe you're the fastest, or most accurate, or know all the customers names. Every achievement is good!
Every achievment is good.Every achievment is good.
Every achievment is good.
Every achievment is good.
(he leaves, hoping this will work)
Until I discovered an affinity for computers 8 years ago, I had about 40 different jobs. I think it became a game after discovering I couldnt keep a regular job for more than a month or sooner. Once the initial rush of 'oo i have a job' I would quickly lose interest and get fired.
Having left school with very average grades and not being able to complete college I figured that I was going to normal low paying jobs. It was an accident that a computer came into my possession and then everything suddenly made sense.
I still have the same problems, but for a long time acted as a consultant and troubleshooter, which ensured a steady stream of stimulation. As I've ascended the career ladder it's started getting harder and harder again.
I've solved most of the problems that someone this level will face. I dont have an aptitude for managerial work in this space - I hate it and sit there like a lump doing nothing but playing video games (I tried it 5 years ago). Which is why I ended up searching for treatment.
I used to really enjoy doing mundane motor skills jobs: Making bullets for 'bullet belts', collating paper, packing soda cans were all jobs that allowed my brain to run crazily around while my body could focus on a repetitive movement.
The worst jobs were making meat pies on an assembly line (got myself fired within 3 hours it was that bad), and garbage collection (way too much downtime with guys sitting in their trucks reading old magazines).
Don't know about it being a 'kids' job, but my current job working in a warehouse is usually done by someone at least 10yrs younger than me (I'm 38). I've been working there for about 5 months and its the first job I've had in a L-O-N-G time that I actually somewhat enjoy. However, I know I don't want to be there forever. I'm using the job to my advantage to get treatment for my ADD and am working towards the goal of being self employed eventually.
What has always annoyed me about taking a 'kids' job is being pushed up the ladder when you don't want to go. Whether it be because of your age or because people think you have more potential. I'm starting to get hints of this now at my current job.
Ahhh, I was a big deal around here, managing a small business, but after working like 2 months pro-bono to get the business sold to a larger company (and hopefully get a promotion) the boss screwed me and I ended up DEMOTEd.Still a sore spot....
BOOOO!!!!!
but I am starting up a web design business!
LOL A LEMONADE STAND!!!!
THE ULTIMATE KIDS JOB! Can I be your assistant or something LTC? We will use HI-C- too poor for real lemons!!!