What would I do If......

[Mrs. Tuberski]

What could i do if i didnt do what i do?
I thought bout this the other day as i was driving home from work. I realized i dont have any experience to do anything but be a nurse.. I spent over 10,000 dollars on my education and realized that i couldnt even get a job as a checker at a local grocery store if i couldnt be a nurse any longer. I wonder how many others have thought of a back up plan or have one if they decide they dont want to continue in their chosen career. I am almost sure i dont want to be a nurse the rest of my life but at this point i dont have a choice

[Rufus T. Firefly]

If you've been a nurse your whole life, I would assume you have considerable experience managing people as well as caring for patients. Those are transferrable skills.

[SlowwHand]

You could sell your Soul to Satan and go into Sales for pharmaceutical goods.

[Mrs. Tuberski]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
You could sell your Soul to Satan and go into Sales for pharmaceutical goods.

but what if i wanted out of the medical field all together? I couldnt leave and find another job in anything. i was a bartender before but who am i kidding im 37 yo and who the hell wants a
37 yo waitress when they can have a 21 yo.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Here's a story about my father-in-law (in Texas!), who's a great guy and owns his own company:

Last year, he was having lunch with some folks (including my wife and daughter) at a restaurant they were trying for the first time, and everybody was having trouble figuring out what to order. So he did what he always does, which is ask the waitresss. The waitress asked everybody a couple of questions, then told them what they wanted -- told, not suggested, shooting down any opposition to her choices. everyone loved what she picked.

At the end of the meal, my father-in-law asked if she'd ever done anything but waitress; she hadn't. He then handed her his card and said, "You're not a waitress, you're a salesman. You come see me and we'll get you a real job."

She did. He hired her. And on the first payday, she came to his office in tears; she'd never made anywhere close to that much money in her life.

It's not what you've done; it's who you are, what you're capapble of, and getting others to see it.

[Ben Kenobi]

i was a bartender before but who am i kidding im 37 yo and who the hell wants a 37 yo waitress when they can have a 21 yo.

Depends on the clients. Not all bars cater to college kids.

Seriously though, it's easier to train someone who knows how to work as a nurse then it is to train someone who's never held a job. You've shown you can get a job, hold the job, work very hard through the day, that you can follow complicated instructions, that you can work with all manner of doctors and systems.

Those skills come in handy everywhere.

[Ben Kenobi]

Oh, and one other thing, I think Mrs. T was trying to ask all of us what our back up plans were.

For myself, I have a few backups. I worked for two summers as a delivery driver, and I have done inventory work as well as data entry over other summers. My brother suggested that should my degree ever fail to get me work that I would make an excellent short range delivery driver due to my experience in the warehouse, with computers and with driving. So something to think about should I not end up teaching with my history degree.

[Addled Platypus]

Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly



It's not what you've done; it's who you are, what you're capapble of, and getting others to see it.

amen

never give up hope

never give up trying


back up plan....just trust in myself

[Jon Miller]

my backup plan is to herd llama's in the Andes

or become a Pirate

JM

[Mrs. Tuberski]

Originally posted by Jon Miller
my backup plan is to herd llama's in the Andes

or become a Pirate

JM

what an interesting career choice .. I wonder what skills that would entail.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
She did. He hired her. And on the first payday, she came to his office in tears; she'd never made anywhere close to that much money in her life.

Part of those tears were gratitude and part of them were frustration at so many wasted years of waitressing.

[Guynemer]

MrsT, I went into $200,000 in debt to get my MD. So, barring a ridiculous string of good luck in Vegas or a big win on Millionaire, I'm bloody well stuck for decades, whether I like it or not.

I know exactly what you mean.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I don't have a backup plan per se, but I do have a government security clearance, which I'm told can always be parlayed into a job in the private sector. So I guess that's the plan.

[Mrs. Tuberski]

Its funny cause i see my self working my ass off in this field and drivng my kids to go to school and after i have done it i realize im not better off now then i was when i went to school.
Guy you have a lot more invested in ur career and ur right u cant recoup ur expenses with out what ya said.
The resaon i brought this up is cause one surgeon i work with got suspended for perscription drug abuse and he had his license taken away from him. I mean like, guynmer this man spent 200,000 plus on schooling and he ****ed up, now what? I was thinking i wanted to do more things with my life but am not sure i can live on less then what im used to making and then thought what the hell am i skilled to do? I have faith in my self as a good person but suck as far as skilled in any real trade. Even working on cars has gotten harder and i cant even do that unless i work for a garage that works on classic autos. What a **** short of a dollar event!

[MichaeltheGreat]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
Oh, and one other thing, I think Mrs. T was trying to ask all of us what our back up plans were.

Hmmm... should the sawed off double barrel be the backup, or the .40 S&W?