a boring job done by someone who has low social status
| Example | Meaning |
I was a naïve kid. And so that was very interesting. But they were all good to me. They were all very good to me. And I- I got the 'joe-jobs'. I was the junior guy on the crew, so I 'd get the joe-jobs. And so he took me back the next year, much to my surprise, and I got a raise to sixty-six cents an-hour. |
a boring job done by someone who has low social status |
| Example | Meaning |
He went to Canadore and Nipissing to get a- um accountant's and then he never even used that. Um because to start out at an accountant's office back then is kind-of like your Joe♥ Job, you're probably making minimum wage and work your way up whereas Dominion at that time I-think was like thirteen dollars an hour which was good you-know and then um he got on casual at the jail and then eventually worked into full-time for him. |
a boring job done by someone who has low social status |
