mc5 - ... so help me God.

...and my careless typo in the last one shows why I only worked on a dictionary for a short spell.

I started working for an excavation company, but didn't dig it.

I worked for a photographer until I snapped.

My time in the entomology department at our local museum bugged me.

I was quite successful as a font designer, although it was rather against type.

Then I had a job installing blackboards, but gave it up because I was always wiped.

I had a job installing venetian blinds, but then the soft furnishing company next door took over and it was curtains for me.