Ode to the Ham Job

The conclusion

I think I have had one of the goofiest jobs in the past..... 12 months???? That could be subjective as to which angle you perfer to look at things.

I think I have had many jobs that have been funny in their own way, however ham sampling in Richmond (Nelsons Neighbouring town) was definetely a giggle inducing gig. I found myself saying real dumb things like "Ham-er-ific", "ham-tastic" and ham-il-isous ...ahh how terrible??? I had to sample by the deli, with my little black tray. The ham was cut into little squares that were then peirced with toothpicks. I even got some ham scissors fed-exed to me, along with little rubber gloves. After 'prep work' was complete ,I skipped to the deli isle where I offered cubes of ham to innocent shoppers. Often there was a nice lady who would sample random items in my isle as well. It ended up that she hooked me up with rides back to my home land (Nelson). She would have stands with sausages, salmon on crackers, and posh roast chicken. My product felt inferior to hers, but I tried to jazz it up the best I could.. Sometimes it's difficult not to break out in giggles due to the sweet silliness of the situation. It's funny how people react to sampling as well. This is nothing new to me as I have done it a million times before, however something about people eating ham made me feel giggly in the head. People always feel the need to make a comment about the ham. Usually they are quite awkward comments, as there can be only so many creative things you can say about ham. some people would say things like HuH the ham tastes kinda Salty!!!!!I tried not to cackle when this was said!! What the shit eh?? It's ham of course it's salty!!One lady asked me what Champagne ham was, at the time I did not know, but I inquired at the deli and found the answer. It's the top part of the ham that is boneless (wow you learn something new every day huh?)

People would also say really lame things like HUH champagne ham???? Well I better be carefull!!! I don't want to get too drunk on the walk home RDRR....I suppose I can't really point fingers when I tell people to have a hamerifc day. Anyways I'm real glad that it's over now and I can move on to better gigs. If I'm ever in a band though I think Ham Job would be an awesome name for it....RDRR....Okay I'm done now!!!!!