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Post by gazelle18 on Sept 4, 2016 21:26:47 GMT -5
What’s on your mind — how to make kugel? this week’s Torah reading? life goals? prayer? We are all engaged in weight loss/weight maintenance journeys and we are all Jewish or at least interested in Judaism. We like to eat, we like to discuss. It is our goal here to provide each other support on our journeys, to share experiences, to call on our rich cultural heritage and texts, and to help each other grow spiritually.
Some of us take weekly turns starting the thread:
Angelika
Holly
Lee
Louise
Lynne
Peachy
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Post by gazelle18 on Sept 4, 2016 21:40:26 GMT -5
Hi everyone,
I realize it's a little early to be starting the thread for tomorrow, but I have an early day tomorrow and want to try to get to bed early. DH and I are going to try to take s bike ride tomorrow, and it is so hot down here in NOLA that the best time to do this is really early in the morning.
I will get back to spiritual inventorying tomorrow, but in honor of Labor Day, I thought we'd take a little detour. How about if you relate a favorite anecdote from any job you held?
ONe of my first jobs, believe it or not, was as a McDonald's counter girl! I learned to ask EVERYONE if he or she "would like fries with that." I also got very skilled at saying: "And how about a nice hot apple pie?" I lived in Montgomery, AL at the time, and was a senior in high school. I became a favorite of the manager; although he liked my works this, he would not let me work the grill because that was "man's work." When it was time for me to go off to college, the manager begged me not to go. He told me I had a future in restaurant management, and that I was free to return if the college thing didn't work out.
Although I did just fine in college, and never returned to McDonald's, it was actually a really great early job!!
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Post by brgmsn on Sept 5, 2016 8:12:55 GMT -5
Good morning and happy Labor Day all!
Lynne, glad that whole lawyering thing worked out, but there's your plan B!
When I was in the elementary schools as the nurse, I had to do the 5th grade "girl talk." Showed videos, had a discussion, the whole thing. After I was done, one little munchkin raised her hand and blurted out--"you mean we're like chickens? We lay eggs??!!"
I've never forgotten that. I was speechless. And hysterical.
Have a wonderful day everyone. Enjoy the bike ride Lynne--it may be hot but at least it's pretty flat!
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Post by savtele on Sept 5, 2016 9:32:22 GMT -5
Boker Tov All! Lynne, I hope you enjoyed the bike ride! And yes, I'm glad the college/lawyering thing worked out too!
One of my 1st summer jobs was berry/bean picking. A bunch of teenagers, all in a field, picking like crazy for 15 - 25 cents a pound. Most of the farms were very indifferent - the bus dropped us off, we were told how much we would be getting per pound, we went into the field, after a few hours we got a lunch break, by 2 PM (when it was too hot to pick) we were back on the bus going home. One farm was different.
The lady of the house always set a huge spread under a big oak tree - large trestle table loaded with homemade bread, butter, cheeses, sliced salamis, beef, chicken, boiled eggs. Everything was homemade & produced right there on the farm. There were large pots of jam (made from the very berries we were picking), salads. It was the only job I have ever had where the boss/owner probably paid out more to have me work there than what my work was actually worth to him. The generous hospitality of these people made a big impression on me!
It rained here last night. The campers across the river will be packing their soggy tents & heading back into town today.
Have a good day ladies - enjoy the holiday!
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Post by hollygail on Sept 5, 2016 11:00:43 GMT -5
[font faceHappy Labor Day, everyone. We're about to leave my sister's (where it's more beautiful than I can possibly describe; Angelika, where are you? your words might do this place justice). No funny anecdotes have occurred to me yet, but I'll probably be able to turn on the computer when we get to Uncle Ken's this afternoon on our way home (from LA to San Diego). TTFN"arial"][/font]
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Post by peachymom1 on Sept 5, 2016 11:09:23 GMT -5
Good morning all!
My first job was at a mom-&-pop-owned ice cream & hamburger shop. I learned how to make banana splits, parfaits, sundaes, chocolate-dipped cones, etc., but the cooking part was more helpful to me. We made so many hamburgers, fries, tacos, etc., that it became effortless. We could all add up our orders in our heads, and add the proper tax too, and we all worked together to make the orders so they'd be done quickly. We cleaned up together too, and filled up the straws, hot fudge, napkins, etc. So I really learned about the importance of teamwork.
I didn't get here yesterday because DH had the computer working on a project, but I am starting my spiritual housecleaning. I'm reading Torah a lot next month as well, so I have a lot of practicing to do, but that will help me focus on figuring out where I am and what I need to ask God for help with. There's nothing quite like the connection of going over and over those Hebrew letters and words, hearing myself chanting and feeling more comfortable as the text implants itself in my memory.
Everyone have a great day -- I'm doing a lot of reading and loafing today and not much more!
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Post by louise on Sept 5, 2016 15:05:37 GMT -5
For awhile during my college years I worked in my parents' fast food restaurant. I have had many experiences since then that show the difference in working for your own place than what happens in fast food chains - I wanted to make a sale and wanted to make the customer happy. I remember one guy used to bring down a covered pot to put his "chow mein special" in to avoid the 25 cent upcharge for an aluminum take out container (we sold this at a very low price, hence the upcharge). I would build a banana split sideways in a large paper cup when someone wanted it to go.
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Post by lee058 on Sept 5, 2016 17:58:19 GMT -5
Hi everybody. I've had a busy day, mostly chile pepper-oriented (eating, roasting, packing into bags, and freezing). It has been a fun day!
Re today's topic: I've had a variety of jobs but can't think of anything funny about them.
Anyway, have a peaceful evening and see you later or tomorrow, Lee
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Post by hollygail on Sept 5, 2016 22:52:05 GMT -5
Okay. When I was turning 30 (remember, I'm of the generation that said "Don't trust anyone over 30!"), I ran away from home (my home, that is; I hadn't lived with my parents since age 18). I bought a one-way ticket to Amsterdam, Holland. I didn't know anyone there and I didn't speak the language (I had been fluent, at different times in my life, in French, Spanish and Italian). At the time I arrived, there was a housing shortage (actually, a waiting list for housing), a job shortage (and the law was Dutch nationals were hired first, all else being equal, then citizens of the European Common Market second, and foreigners [like me] third), plus Amsterdam had the largest gay population in probably the whole world. Within two weeks of arriving, I had a job, a place to live, and a straight boyfriend.(The job was in the largest English-language bookstore on the European continent. Remind me to tell you about the Passover seder we held that spring.)
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