Kendra Jackson
From Phoenix (Business Manager)
I didn’t go to college right out of high school. Now I’m having to do it in my late 30s and it sucks. I guess there are lots of pros and cons. By going to college now, I’m actually learning something and not just partying. A lot of kids go to college right away and get burned out, too. I’m definitely taking it more seriously going now.
Alisha Kelly
From Ocean Beach (Waitress)
The fact that I got my bachelor’s and never went farther. That was in ’98. It was in psychology. I guess working in a bar is the perfect use for it. It’s like a pharmacy here with a limited inventory. But we’re buying a home, and I’m thinking about going back to school. I wish I would’ve just gotten the degree out of the way before.
Nick Andrews
From Carlsbad (Pharmacy student)
There’s a story involving an English teacher and a time I ripped the beard off a Santa Claus. Another time my dad walked in on me…oh, no, I got my biggest regret: My dad and brother bought this remote-control car. It was about $300, and they had to buy all these parts. It was going to be this big family project. When I was running it, it was the first time I had used a controller like that. To turn it one way, you press a button on the side. It’s not like a steering wheel. A real car was coming, and my dad told me to turn it left, but I turned it right into the car’s wheel. The driver stopped and said sorry. I was paralyzed with fear.
Jerome Tull
From Hillcrest (Marketing)
There are lots of regrets. It’s hard picking one. There were four abortions. And I regret each and every one of them. My biggest might be when I was living in St. Louis and lost my dog Sue in a big storm. I had the dog for 13 years, and it was absolutely heartbreaking to lose her that way.
Rico Orisak
From Kearny Mesa (Retired)
I guess people are going to answer this with heavy answers. I would say two things I sold: one was a 1957 Seburg jukebox, just like the one you see in Happy Days. And, a 1977 Cadillac that I had restored. It was blue and white. We had fixed the upholstery; it was beautiful. We had to move to New York. My mom was dying, and we had to take care of business. I think I got a thousand bucks for the jukebox. It played 45s, and I had my top 100 records in it. I bought it from a guy in Northridge that fixed them up. But during that time, we sold all our material things.
Paul Birkenbach
From Mira Mesa (FedEx)
I’m a huge Red Sox fan, and in 2004 I had gotten tickets to fly back for games six and seven. They swept in four, so I was only there for the parade. I had gotten autographs of some of the players and the owner, and at one point, extras were going into the park for a movie. One person pulled up and named the agency that sent him, and they just let him in. So many people were doing that, security finally asked if anyone else was supposed to be in. It didn’t occur to me until 20 minutes later that I should’ve said something. They were filming Fever Pitch with Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon. And I could’ve been in it! They even had to rewrite and change the ending because of the Sox winning the World Series.