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The quirks we pick up from work

I've had a range of different jobs short working life time.  I started as a lifeguard, then I became a veterinarian assistant.  I worked in a call center for 6 months, then moved on to working at the BYU Creamery flipping burgers, serving ice cream, and stocking the small grocery store, and now I work as a QA engineer at Domo inc. Of the five jobs, I was only at three for a substantial amount of time, and from each job I developed a little quirk. The lifeguard quirk is by far my favorite.  When you think of a lifeguard what do you think of? (Besides the hottest people at the pool).  Yelling at kids.  More specifically, yelling, "NO RUNNING!" at kids.  After a few months as a lifeguard a strange urge presented itself whenever I saw kids running anywhere.  Kids running at Target, at the ballpark, outside the library.  My lifeguard senses kick in at it takes all of my control to force those words back down my throat. For most of my time at the BYU creamery I worked up