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SubTitle: Jobs and Odd Jobs
Posted by: Bob Sheridan (bobsheridan@earthlink.net) on 11/15/1997@22:16hrs:
Dunno 'bout you, but I usually worked at something from sixteen on. Stockboy, waiter, pinsetter way out near the airport (worst job I ever had), clerk in the Ferry Terminal liquor store, selling men's clothes at Archie'o on Richmond Ave. during holidays in college, summer lifeguarding at the beaches, and more. I learned about life from these jobs. I won't bore you, but it might be of interest to know what you learned from your jobs on the Island as you were growing up. Just as an example, I learned from waiting on customers who requested assistance in picking out neckties and other items for themselves and relatives that I was a pretty good salesman to people I'd just met. The trial law that I've practiced ever since seems to be built on that foundation. Good selling means telling the truth in a way that people accept. People won't let you sell them an ugly necktie or something that doesn't fit, and you wouldn't want to be responsible when the complaint came back. Bob