Cemetery Daze and Dracula’s Trap Door

I’ve buried a lot of people.  Literally.  They were dead, but for me it was a living during my days as a young college student/cemetery worker.  You may think that’s freaky, but we did other stuff too, like digging bodies up sometimes.  In the rain.  Yeah, I guess that is kind of spooky.

Have you ever thought about all the jobs you’ve held?  The cemetery may have been one of my more interesting occupational stops, but it certainly wasn’t my last.  From paperboy to professor, I’ve seen my corner of the world from loads of different angles.

Exactly how many jobs does the average person work in a lifetime?  I was going to use my journalistic skills to seek out the answer from the Bureau of Labor Statistics but that seemed really hard, so I just asked people on Facebook and Twitter instead.

A healthy thread yielded answers ranging from about 4 to 19 jobs with the average responder working more than 10 jobs to date.  How many have you worked?  The criteria wasn’t strictly established, but I would say a job that produces pay for any period of time counts.

My list is long.  I stopped counting at 23 paying jobs even though I might be able think of more.  You could look at the number of jobs you’ve worked as a positive or negative.  Sure, I’ve bounced around a lot, but a bunch of them were meant to be short term.  Also, I bought myself a Nintendo when I was 10 with my paper route money.  That’s legit.

I’ve planted grass, cut grass, and been responsible for overseeing people who smoke grass.  I’ve gone into flood zones and politician’s homes, both of which were potentially toxic.  I’ve done inside and outside sales.  I’ve even spent a night with a KGB spy.