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Do you put people on hold for yourself?
You: Hmm, that is a troubling problem, let me transfer you up to tier II support.
Them: thanks
(Hold music while you read HBT).... 5 minutes later
You: This is tier II tech support, what seems to be the problem.
Them: wait, what?

Haha, at my old job we had a guy who had both a personal line and an IT line, if you called his personal line with and IT question he would put you on hold then answer as if he had no idea to expect you
 
I'm a civilian Equipment Specialist for the US Army...here's my baby.

M109A6 Paladin...projectile weighs about 95 lbs with a range up to 30 kilometers...:D

that is an impressive piece of equipment,

I am a Civilian Technician for the United States Army National Guard, for the state of Washington, I and others maintain the wheeled vehicles for the National Guard

and right now I am playing Soldier !
 
I knew it!!!

Alpo last night when you asked I thought I had posted my answer in a thread...I knew there used to be a "what do you do thread" already on here...

I had no luck finding it....Until I looked at the bottom of your thread..to the brand new similar threads section...it list thread of a similar theme...

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f19/offical-mbt-what-do-you-do-living-thread-53492/

Mine and a bunch of the "old dogs" bios are in There...SOme iirc with pictures.

:D

Maybe these threads could be merged into an Uber thread and stickified...

:mug:
 
that is an impressive piece of equipment,

I am a Civilian Technician for the United States Army National Guard, for the state of Washington, I and others maintain the wheeled vehicles for the National Guard

and right now I am playing Soldier !
The old 63B, heh??? :mug:

I was a 13B for 8 years. I've been a civilian since 1981. I'll be retiring soon with 36+ years service.
 
Avionics Chief in the Navy-I do paperwork and paperwork about the paperwork I did before and go to meetings about the paperwork I may or may not be doing next week.
 
Software Developer/Consultant...seems like more of the latter and less of the former these days. But hey, I get to travel a bit more and it suits me :D!
 
I'm a roofer and the best one I know of. I have a bad back from it. I took pills for it for years. I thought that it was the pills that made me irritable but I quit those years ago. I'm also a born again christian.
 
Broadway sound engineer. I also work on national tours every now and then.

I don't have a real job. I play with million dollar stereos and get paid for it. Every day I realize it, and love my job more and more

B
 
Network geek... specializing in big enterprise networks using, wait for it, cisco products. Used to work for national ISPs until they all went bankrupt or ended up getting bought by phone companies.

Also an EMT.

And, because that's not enough, currently working on a BS/Biology and seriously considering taking the MCAT when I'm done. Because, you know, 35 will be a perfect time to leave the workplace and rack up $250k in debt, right?
 
Electrical Engineer designing In Flight Entertainment components for business class aircraft, mostly Cessna, Gulfstream, Embraer and Hawker.
 
Cant remember if I am in the other thread but I doubt it.
So.

Culinary Assistant/ Training for a large italian restaurant. Basically I yell alot and occationaly cook some food.
 
Zombie Hunter. The pay isn't that great, but I have really been able to work through some of my issues. I also play piano in a neighbor brothel.
 
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