Carlos Whittaker

Jun18

What Was Your Dad’s Job?

Posted by loswhit in Mid Afternoon Distraction

My dad was a preacher.
Brian’s dad drove a school bus.
Tim’s dad was a comedian.
But John’s dad. Johns dad was an opera singer. An opera singer.
Poor John.
We let him have it.
And that kid in the picture above?
Oh the horror.

What was your dad’s job while you were growing up?
Los

http://www.iamjonlloyd.com Jon Lloyd

Pastor.

http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com loswhit

Me Too!

http://jeff-allen.com Jeff Allen

My dad was a machinist in a factory in our little town. Then he became a truck driver when they closed down. Lets hear it for blue collar!

http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com loswhit

BLUE COLLAR

http://dalebest.com Dale Best

My Dad was a department store manager. He also managed convenience stores just before he passed away.

http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com loswhit

Hard Worker

Molly

My dad was a lineman for Arkansas Power & Light.
http://creativeseven.wordpress.com Christen

government exec.
Daniel

My Dad drove truck for hostess…He was the Twinkies man..BOOM We always had ho ho’s and ding dong’s in our pantry HA
Kelly

My dad built tires for Goodyear.
Derek

My dad was a car dealer. Chevrolets. But the funny thing is that I’m now an opera singer.
Amy

high school chemistry teacher.
http://nextstopnineveh.wordpress.com Virgil

My dad (and his dad) were funeral directors. First place I lived was in an apartment above the funeral home’s embalming room.
http://www.twitter.com/1ianne Lianne

My dad was (still is) a truckdriver. Used to be away a lot. Still is.
Pam

My daddy was the greatest soldier ever… that Loved my momma with a love that was like Christ & he loved all 8 of us kids & He is celebrating with his Lord in Heaven.
Lindy

My dad’s title was “Importer of Foreign Labor”. UGH…sounds SO terrible!
Brenda

My dad was a civil engineer. I guess technically he still is, but for the last several years he’s only been able to get work being contracted out to work in disaster relief areas. He spent three years in Louisiana working to evaluate schools for damage, and he is currently in New Zealand because of earthquake damage in Christchurch. He’s also worked in Mississippi, Iowa, Missouri, and Utah.
http://counselor.rickscheibner.net Rick

Property appraiser. And he was one of these really cool guys who didn’t let his profession define who he was. When he retired in 1995, he left the office and never looked back. The latest 17 years of his life have been filled with spending time with my mom, spoiling his grandchildren, and some epic fishing trips. I want to be like that when I grow up.
Doug

Letter Carrier
http://www.redchairmusic.com Mike J

My Dad was a drug dealer.

Really he worked in pharmaceutical sales. But that was my brother’s answer in 1st grade which resulted in my mother being called into the principal’s office (they were very concerned, then very embarrassed).

HeatherEV

That’s awesome.

Jonathan

My father has had several jobs over the years including certified accountant, carpet installer, furniture salesman, luggage salesman, retail store manager, Bible Camp director and missionary.
I know him best as Dad!
Kit

My dad had several jobs, many times 2 at once but his main job was as a local police officer. He retired when I was in high school. At his death, one man came to the funeral and told my brother “your dad never arrested me when I didn’t deserve it.” I think that is a fantastic statement for someone to say about a policeman.
Josh

My parents were divorced, and my dad told me he was a body guard in the military. Every once in awhile he would protect high profile people from the US in other countries. Like, my childhood hero, Michael Jordan. I told all my friends. They called me and him a liar. I got into lots of fights because of it. Only to find as an adult he was lieing to me. Oh well. Now, he is a security guard at a little casino in OK. HA!
Robin

Coal mine owner/operator. Of course, you couldn’t give away a coal mine today.
Albert

My dad was an engineer. But he has tenure for being “awesome Dad”.
Enzo

Was and still is a missionary pastor to Italy.
@jaclynhurst

My daddy was the trophy man!
He owned the award and trophy shop in town. Easy to love that guy!
Stacy

My dad was a sailor for 20 years. Go Navy!

Now he is a Master Electrician. He is one of the hardest working men that I know. He currently drives 170 miles a day to/from his current project at a waste treatment plant.
http://mundanemusings.com Rebekah

My dad was a nuclear reactor inspection specialist. He put on the suit and went INTO the reactors to look for leaks or problems.
http://Www.tobykeathley.com Toby

1st Sgt. US Army
Jan

Dad has worked at many things … usually more than one at a time. In my formative years he was a policeman who had a side job of cleaning ip housing tracts in Southern California. He ran an oilfield service rig for years, then an oilfield casing crew, was a correctional officer and finally retired again a few years ago, but kept “working” as a landlord. He has always bought and fixed up houses and sold them. He’s a happy and devoted grandfather and great grandfather, and a role model of old-fasioned work ethic.
Kim S.

My dad was a meat cutter for a period, then a third shift taxi driver in our small town. Most of the time when I was a teen though, he was the stay at home dad. Now he has been working with trains helping transport people and such.
kennyd

General Motors guy. 42 years. I am sure the United Auto Workers (UAW) kept him employed with GM on several occasions. Solidarity brother. And a dad. He was a great dad.
http://nicholasccasey.blogspot.com/ nic

My dad was a salesman. Windows & insulation. Power washers. Insurance. Pellet stoves. What he was selling didn’t matter. He just sold stuff.
http://www.rickknowles.net Rick

Truck driver, hauling sawdust around the northwest to the paper mill. He used to say “If it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t be able to wipe your butt.”
http://lostintravels.wordpress.com chelsea

My dad went from being a dairy farmer to delivering babies. I am mad proud of the commitment he made to go through med school. On the other hand, having your dad be a gynecologist/obstetrician while you’re in high school welcomes a lot of jokes. I still remember my friend asking me “so birth control must be like candy at your house?” Thanks pops.
http://www.thedailywalk.net adam

My dad ran a printing company with his dad.
MJT

Let me see, My dad was a gas station attendent,wkd in a shoe factory, a millwright , a house painter, a milk man, a”Charles Chips” truck driver, a wannabee fire man, a preacher, a courier, painting contractor, NAPA parts delivery man, a handy man , he is 82, has a big garden, drives his tractor and talks to his donkey.
http://Www.thusfarwithgod.blogspot.com Michelle

My dad always owned a sawmill. Then in
His retirement drives truck. Hard worker.
Sierra

A carpenter He owned his own company.
Cynthia

My dad was a preacher until I was 8, turned baseball coach until I was 19, then turned back preacher. Now I’m 29 and expecting to make my husband a dad come September! At her birth, her dad will be a farmer/freelance graphic designer/antiques picker – good thing we won’t have to explain that to her on the first day!
http://mamirhi.wordpress.com rhiannon

i didn’t have a daddy. i woulda took any of y’alls