Talking about jobs

Sarah: So, Adam, how old were you when you got your first job?
Adam: I was 16 but actually my dad tried to get me to work at Baskin & Robbins when I was 15. And the manager wouldn’t me because I was under legal working age in the States.
Adam: How old were you when you first started working?
Sarah: I started working when I was . I’m from North Carolina in the States. And there, you are legally able to work at the age of 14. So I worked as a DJ. My father owns a radio station, so I became a DJ at age 14.
Adam: That’s amazing. What sort of things did you talk about as a DJ?
Sarah: It was mainly a programming , an AM radio station. So I didn’t have to talk much. It was mainly just operating the board. And a few commercials, and weather and things like that I would have to talk. But mostly, it was just pressing buttons.
Adam: Did you play any music?
Sarah: Yeah. Some music, depending on the time of day.
Adam: Could you play what you wanted or did you have to follow a script?
Sarah: No, you have to follow a format pretty much, so. So what’s been the interesting or exciting job you’ve ever had?
Adam: I worked at an airport fueling airplanes when I was in college. And I drove a fuel truck around the tarmac and fueled airplanes, big commercial airplanes like 747s and also small private prop planes just with two . That was a really interesting, interesting job.
Sarah: It sounds kind of slightly dangerous or maybe a lot of responsibility. Was it?
Adam: Yeah. If you – because you’re driving this large truck around very, very expensive planes, so a lot of responsibility. It wasn’t so much dangerous, I don’t think. But yeah, it was definitely – if you made an error or had an accident, it would be a big accident.
It was – the hours were not very good. I had to wake up at 4:00 in the morning to go to the airport at 5:00. And when I went home I would smell just of gasoline. But it was quite an interesting and kind of job.
Sarah: Nice.
Adam: Yeah. How about you? What’s your most interesting job?
Sarah: Most interesting, I guess, for me was I was by a car company one time to go and do like test drive demonstrations on like different cities around the US. And I had to, like, ride around with people doing the test drive and tell them about the vehicles, which was because I really know nothing about cars. So, I had to memorize a lot of information. But it was fun getting to go to different cities in the US every weekend.
Adam: Wow, cool. What car company did you do this for?
Sarah: I did that for Kia but I’ve also worked for Hummer, and Ferrari and BMW.
Adam: Wow. That’s amazing. Were those separate contracts for Ferrari, Hummer and BMW?
Sarah: Yeah. For those, I didn’t do test drives. I was, what's called a promotional model or a brand ambassador. So, the companies hire local people when they're an event in a certain area. And , you’re just getting people to fill out surveys or do some kind of prize drawing. But in the case of Kia, it was actually doing test drives.
Adam: Did you get any free merchandise or vehicles from any of these?
Sarah: I wish I got a free vehicle, but no, just the t-shirt or whatever outfit you had to wear for the .
Adam: Yeah, that’s sounds really interesting. I love cars, so, I’d love to do something like that.