I have to edit down my resume. People see my work history and make assumptions that I must need a management position or a chef position when the truth is I'm retired and am looking for whatever small job I'm applying for.
I took a job for the winter as a dishwasher working for a foreign family who own a local cafe. I'm the only native English-speaker in the place. I didn't tell them exactly my work history, only that I needed to get out of the house, had a little restaurant experience and could help out if they ended me to. I like doing it. My joke to them is that I can either spend $100 a month to go join the local gym or work for them and get the benefit of a gym, a free steam room, and a tiny paycheck. I don't think they got the joke.
I took a job for the winter as a dishwasher working for a foreign family who own a local cafe. I'm the only native English-speaker in the place. I didn't tell them exactly my work history, only that I needed to get out of the house, had a little restaurant experience and could help out if they ended me to. I like doing it. My joke to them is that I can either spend $100 a month to go join the local gym or work for them and get the benefit of a gym, a free steam room, and a tiny paycheck. I don't think they got the joke.