Ryan McFarland

A waiter at a restaurant.  People are so demanding when they order food.  If a cook messes up an order the customer blames the person that put the plate in front of them.  Not that orders are never entered incorrectly.  Sure that happens.  But since i rarely send my food back i know that i would not handle others being belligerent about a simple error that can be fixed.  Worse still, relying on tips for income when a mistake that is out of your hands could cost you money just seems to put you in a financial bind.

Anything in sales. I’m just not pushy enough to convince someone to buy something no amount of Sales Training can change my non-confrontational nature. I’d be the laziest salesman ever. If it was a commission based job i would starve. I have never had a job that handling cash was a major component of the job either. I’m the worst person for my staff to ask to help figure out where an error in the till is.

A truck driver.  As much as i like road trips it really would stink to have to get from point A to point B in a set amount of time. I like the freedom of serendipity when traveling.  I guess i don’t have much serendipity while at work now so perhaps that isn’t a good enough reason.  How about the way that i sometimes have fallen asleep at the wheel?  Fortunately i’ve never wrecked because of it.  The drivers of tractor trailers must be under so much pressure to put many miles in a day that they either must have superhuman endurance or they must be prone to using stimulants to help them get through the days (and nights).  I don’t even like coffee!