Ice Breakers

In this assignment we were instructed to meet people on the streets or anywhere we could find them and ask them the question "If money wasn't an object, what would be your dream job?" I decided to find people at work and ask them this, to give a little context to their reaction. In most cases these people perform jobs in which there was much training or certification. Let's see what they had to say!

Steve Hate – Tattoo artist

As a skilled tattoo artist 33-year-old Steve Hate said he loves his job, on Wednesday he said that if there was anything else he could do it would be a pilot, but not just any pilot.

“I would be a World War II pilot, something more hands on then fighter pilots of today,” Hate said. “You get to fly and shoot guns, and you get to do it for a cause.” 

Ian Krause - Red Berry Ice Cream

I like what I do now. If money wasn’t an object then I wouldn’t care, I just like to work with people,” said Ian Krause, 20. 

When explained the question, that he could do anything he wants and he wouldn’t have to worry about money he said he understood, “I just love working with people and I get to do that here.”

Diana P.  – Bartender

Diana, 28, is one to look at the glass half empty, and then fill it up for you. As a bartender she is constantly engaged with customers and filling orders. On Wednesday, when asked what her dream job would be she responded without hesitation.

“I would be a photographer for National Geographic, she said. “I feel like I would never stop learning.” 

   

  

Daniel Devenport -Street magician

With views on the general public regarding the deterioration of society, street magician Daniel Devenport, 29, of Reno, NEV. put on a show for a small crowd in downtown Bellingham on Wednesday before explaining that magic can help fix society.

“I am pursuing my dream job, I want to be a successful magician,” Devenport said. “I would build people. Magic makes people think, handle themselves in a new way, the old way isn’t working and its time to start a new one and move away from money.”

With all the quarters he pulls out of people’s ears, it is possible that Devenport could be pulling his version of a good society together, one trick at a time.

Summer Huntington, - Yoga instructor

You don’t always have to switch careers to work your dream job; sometimes a change in where and how will suffice.  On a lunch break 26-year-old Summer Huntington demonstrated a few moves, Wednesday outside the Yoga studio where she is an instructor in Bellingham. So what is her dream job? Yoga instructor.

“I want to work at a commune as a yoga leader, “ Huntington said. “Somewhere where people live off the land and are self-sufficient.”

Huntington is moving to New York City next month in pursuit of a better career within the field. She said she hopes to produce he own Yoga DVDs in the near future while working toward her ultimate goal.

 

Lisa DeAnnuntis –Parking Enforcement

Lisa DeAnnuntis, a parking enforcement officer with the Bellingham Police Department wanted her old job back when asked the question: “If money wasn’t an object, what would your dream job be?”

“I would like to go back to being a flight attendant,” she said. “I love to travel and you get to work with all kinds of great people.”

She switched careers to be with her four children more often, even though “you only have to work 15 to 17 days a month in the air.”

 Interesting answers from interesting people.