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"When I grow up, I want to be . . ."
If you're like 99% of us, what followed those words when you were a kid and what you actually do for a living now are probably two completely different things. None of us knew what sad and mediocre career paths we would follow in our long trip to the middle. Here we are in the present, slaving away at jobs that sap of us of our will to live, longingly recalling simpler times when we flipped burgers for minimum wage and yet found some sort of happiness in the carefree days of our youth. Or maybe it's been so long since our first jobs that we've forgotten just how fucked up they were.

Well, let's bring back those days. Let's talk about the good, bad and ugly aspects of our first jobs. Maybe when our discussion today is through, we'll be a little more thankful for our current careers. Maybe.

In our Good, Bad and Ugly segment we promised to link to this Fake, Bot-Generated Twitter account that is following me. Obviously these tweets are plucked from random articles. Since we recorded the show I picked up two new "followers" with different names and pics but posting the exact same tweets. Duh. Check them out HERE and HERE.

Music for this episode provided by the Podshow Podsafe Music Network at Music Alley, and The Independent Online Distribution Alliance.

• The Intro Song
  A Million Miles Away by David Byrne.

• The Break Song
  Little Charlie & the Nightcats
  "Got To Have A Job" (mp3)
  from "Nine Lives"
  (Alligator Records)
  
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• The Outro Song
  The Wonder Years
  "Don't Open the Fridge!" (mp3)
  from "Distances"
  (No Sleep Records)
  
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  (This song dedicated to Kevin's BK Habit of waiting in the walk-in fridge to moon some poor, unsuspecting soul)

As we discuss our first jobs, I admit to having a Job in the Box starting at the tender age of 16. Here is Google's street view of the actual, exact location I worked at:

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Move across the street on the map and you'll see the 7-11 I worked at also.

I proceed to divulge some Secrets in the Box as we continue our show. Listen in if you want to know why, when you pulled up to the drive thru window, the person working the window asked his co-worker for a "Price Check".
Some of the place we have worked include: delivering newspapers for both the Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff) and the Arizona Daily Star (Tucson), different security companies, several movie theaters, state prisons and worst of all, the Big W. To understand why the Big W is the worst of them all, browse on over to this website: Click he-ah.
We conclude the work-talk with a tawdry tale of coworker misdeeds. Which behavior is worse? Spearing an innocent young lass in a second-rate internet photo shoot? Finding said photo-set and emailing it to friends? Or printing out said photos and taking them to your shared workspace? In the end, it must be agreed that we are all have dirty hands and dirtier hearts. The moral: if you find naughty pictures of someone you work with on the internet, just take a moment to appreciate them and then click and move on.

Picks for this episode

• Kevin picks:

  Waiting

• Zen picks:

  Office Space

  Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price