Best and Worst of Job History

My Best Job: My Best Job was when I was volunteering for my church Halloween party. We set it up and got to spook up a church, which was really ironic considering that church considers it to be a demon holiday. I didn't care, we bobbed for apples and gave out candy. We had costume contests with prizes and ordered pizza. I had a great time setting it up, and I enjoyed the party even more.

My Worst Job: When I think of terrible jobs I can't help but think of my ephemeral, yet really excruciating job as a Kirby salesman. For those that don't know, Kirby's are vacuum cleaners. But Kirby's aren't just any vacuum cleaners, they are THE vacuum cleaner. At $2500 per unit these things could clean your entire house. Everything from shampoo carpets, to cleaning chairs. What my job was to sell these things. Since it was a commission based job, if I didn't sell I didn't get paid. So I spent 12 hours a day riding in a van, knocking on doors, trying to convince people to to take this "Free Cleaning One Room" special "coupon" to allow me into their house to sell them the product. From a cognitive standpoint it made no sense. But since I was desperate for money, I fell right into the trap. I only made like $100 off my first sale. What? I spend 12 hours a day, 6 days a week getting door after door slammed in my face. Then when I get inside I have to focus on not just selling the product, but cleaning their house, just to sometimes leave empty handed like some kind of cheap maid. I quit after two weeks, I couldn't do that anymore. I felt like, in lack of a better word, a whore and I couldn't live with that. One thing I did learn though was to be persistent. Keep trying, keep pushing, because someone was going to let me into their house. Someone was going to give me that one shot I needed to do something.I can say Kirby cured me of my fear of rejection because rejection is a common occurrence in the Kirby business.