I love to tell stories while sharing pictures at the same time. It is a shame I do not have more pictures of me working.
One summer I worked at Moulin Rouge in Budapest. A friend of mine got me the job. We were working with 3-4 old ladies. Our job was to sew glitters or feathers on thongs and we had to make sure the costumes were a perfect fit for the performers. I can sew up a button (or feathers…) but that is about it. And I am slow. Really slow. While I finished decorating 1 thong the little old ladies finished 10.
We were getting very close to the opening of the show which was about Cleopatra. The assistant of the costume designer walked up to me and said: “The Roman soldiers need you.”
I remember how shy I became when approaching these fake tanned, buff men, who were all wearing thongs! They were thirsty. They asked me to get them some mineral water.
End of my story. See?! You wish I would have pictures of this…
The good news is that I managed to find some pictures that show me at my work place.
If you are not the visual type to look at pictures. Here is my question straight away: what was Your most interesting job?
This was me working as a psychologist with alcohol dependent people. Yeah go ahead…make a joke… HAHA
Me working as a psychologist at a health institution before we moved to Thailand.
In front of my room was a bench for the next patient to sit on while waiting for her/his appointment.
When the evening came I worked at a Japanese karaoke club. I was a hostess with a bunch of other girls. We sang and giggled with Japanese business men as done traditionally in Japan.
You kept your job if you were able to find someone who requested you to be his hostess regularly. You were payed triple by the hour if it was a specific request. I found a father figure for myself and when S-san was sent back to Japan I cried than quit.
This is what a typical night looked like. The note pads were used to request songs for karaoke singing. It was also how we communicated with the waiters. I never drank alcohol at the club. (I am the girl with the white sandals by the way…)
I joked around a lot. You see these men work like animals and they really just want their minds off of everything. Everything serious that is…
And we showed joy when we received a present from Japan.
Your turn! What was Your most interesting job?