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Dave Dempsey

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10. 10. 2013 - 11:05

Today's Webtip: Hotel Jobs

Stories of the daily Stupid.

There is nothing like working in the service industry.

Unfiltered contact to the great mass of humanity can be an incredible learning experience. What you learn depends on the job.

As a ice cream salesman I learned the joys of providing people with a quick sugar fix. As a jewellery salesman and watch repair dude I quickly learned about a lot of stupid ways to try to scam hapless clerks. Delivering singing telegrams helped me lose any sense of shame. As a cab driver I learned that the world is weirder than Hollywood will ever say.

I'm only sad I never tried out being a hotel concierge. Because that sounds like the doorway to the twilight zone...

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