The meter reader job(8) lasted for several years including the time mariner rolled a company car and developed a BFF who still visits. Reading meters was a lot like delivering newspapers with the added activity of engaging humans. Mariner realized that most labor jobs never have a conclusion. So, with the help of his preacher father, he set out to go to college with financial income as a lay preacher (Job 9).

He hasn’t mentioned it much but mariner was still playing semipro football. He immediately volunteered for the college team, eventually became the starting outside linebacker. Otherwise, preaching was an easy job, But the opportunity came to take a church back in his home state (Job 10).

This job was identical in practice but the income was too frugal for city living. He soon took a job working for an investment firm (Job 11). He knew going in that pencil work was not his ilk.

At the time there was a recession going on. He had difficulty finding work to match his budget. He worked as a bank teller (Job 12) while working at Pinkerton (Job 13) at night. Soon he left to become a probation officer for the city. This job (14) was very much like being a preacher but with no religious ties. Two years later the State took over the job and mariner became a Parole officer (Job 15).

This move set mariner’s jobs in a different direction for the rest of his life.

So how about you, readers. Was there a time when you jumped through jobs like a kangaroo? Can you name two people you worked with in each job? Did you join the military? What was the hardest task for you to endure in your job history?

Ancient Mariner