By Jeremy Borash
I would now like to take the time to tell you about my jobs. Not because I am proud of them, but because they are so interesting. They are all (and I have 3 part-time jobs) so different from each other and that’s what makes it so interesting.
My most time-consuming job is at the Chaska based company “Nordictrack.” I usually spend about 20 hours a week as a Customer Service Representative (that basically means I listen to complaints). It’s a great job, with great pay, and great people to work with.
I spend my Saturday nights as a mobile disc jockey for Best Music Agency out of Minneapolis. What that basically means is I bring about 2,000 pounds of DJ equipment in and set it all up. I usually spend four hours entertaining people that are so drunk they can hardly walk. When I work a wedding, the time usually consists of kissing up to the bride. When the clock strikes midnight, I pack all that equipment back up in the van and head home.
Sometimes if the people are cool, and I did a good job, they’ll invite me back to their hotel rooms for the post-party-party. The job isn’t always easy money though. It involves a tremendous amount of kissing butt. One also needs a good sense of the city, since the agency tells you where and when, and then the rest is up to the DJ. A night as a DJ always proves to be interesting.
My third and final job is my favorite, without question. I wake up at 4:45 every Saturday morning to do my weekly shift at KKCM, a radio station out of Shakopee. It can get a bit long at times, but I’m very lucky to have a radio job in this town. The reason I enjoy it so much is because the station’s General Manager recently gave me my own hour and a half radio talk show every Saturday morning at 8:30 am. At the time I am writing this, I will be starting the show in two weeks.
Although I wouldn’t give these jobs up for the world, it can get to be a little too much at times. When things get rough, I have to realize I’m getting great training for my career in broadcasting. I really hope the time I’ve put in at these jobs will somehow pay off.