Do you remember your first job?

redhairgirl1 · 10-07-2007

Ok, so it's Sunday which means it's a slow day here cause of football i am assuming, and i am bored

So what was the first job you ever had? I worked in a donut shop when i was 15. The owner was a big stoner who let a bunch of 15 year olds run the joint

We even fried the donuts decorated them, and even made the birthday cakes

Anyone else remember theirs?

horizon200 · 10-07-2007

I worked in a hospital kitchen. Hated that job!

Skiptown · 10-07-2007

Four of my freinds and I "pulled rye" in middle school spring break and early summer.. This means we walked over dryland wheat fields and pulled out the unwanted rye stalks. Farmers would get docked money if they had too much rye in the wheat. Most of the fields were 700 to 1,000 acres or to put it into real size an acre is a little bit bigger that the outside lines of a football field. We would go out after school and on Saturdays and walk and walk and walk. Our pay was minimum wage of $1.25 per hour. Still one hundred hours was a lot of pay for a middle school kid in the early 60's. Hell we thought we were rich.

jflattracker · 10-07-2007

I used to work weekends cleaning hotel rooms. I made $2.10 an hour. I should have gotten paid more for all the gross things I had to clean up.

himynameisjan · 10-07-2007

weeding and picking cucmbers for Gedney pickles. I think I was 12 or 13. Really sucky job, but the money was good

roni · 10-07-2007

I was a caddy at Greenbriar Hill Country Club, in Kirkwood, Missouri.

**Susie Q Roo** · 10-07-2007

I parked cars in our yard during the Apple Festival when I was maybe 8... well I didn't park them, but I held the sign and guided them in and took their money. Got $0.25 a car then... they ask $4 bucks now!

But the first thing I was hired to do was tutoring algebra to a 7th grader when I was a sophomore, through the school itself. I think the minimum wage was $1.65/hr but that seems high when I think back on it.

TAPPY · 10-07-2007

Crappy first jobs:
Washing Cars - my best friends Dad owned a car dealership and we would work Saturdays, made about $20 - $30 a day.
Lifeguard - hated it, spent more time cleaning up after messy people.
Industrial Paper mill - cleaning up chemical spills all day long, got promoted to the painting crew the 2nd year. It was good money but nasty work.

nng88 · 10-07-2007

first job....

i was in high school & worked as a waitress at an italian restaurant on sundays.

i thought i was in love with the chef

and i remember spilling pasta alla olio on a womans suede coat!

Bevoz · 10-07-2007

Working at Kaufmans shoes makeing rubber boots for kids. Hate the smell hated the people and especially hated the boss I was only 16 but I will never forget that man as long as I live.....LONG STORY

**Shammy** · 10-07-2007

I was a dog groomer - and I was 13!

penalipee · 10-07-2007

I worked at Pizza Hut. I can't remember what the pay was...probably not much!!

Jan&Chas · 10-07-2007

I worked at a movie theater selling tickets and behind the goody counter for 3 years in high school! I made $1.25 per hour!

babs31 · 10-07-2007

I worked as a waitress behind the counter at a Kresge store dinette! My junior year in high school. The boss man of the store hated me. He would sit at the end of the counter and glare at me in the evenings. For the life of my I could not figure out what I did to deserve that. Pretty intimidating to say the least- the look still haunts me!

silvergirl · 10-07-2007

I babysat for two bratty spoiled girls.

I made like 50 cents an hour. The parents were pretty well off. They owned a Volvo dealership.

Had to give the brats baths and everything. Wasn't allowed to use the phone and there were never any munchies. Not a cookie, not a chip......nuthin. Worst part of this job is when they finally came home......really late.......they always would "forget" to pay me. They would thank me, lead me to the door and say goodnight. I was too shy to ask for my money. Other times they would say....."Oh, we don't have any change......we'll catch you tomorrow." Tomorrow never came.

What a crappy job!

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redhairgirl1 añejo Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: toledo, ohio Posts: 7,009	Do you remember your first job? Ok, so it's Sunday which means it's a slow day here cause of football i am assuming, and i am bored So what was the first job you ever had? I worked in a donut shop when i was 15. The owner was a big stoner who let a bunch of 15 year olds run the joint We even fried the donuts decorated them, and even made the birthday cakes Anyone else remember theirs?

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Susie Q Roo paradisiac Join Date: May 2003 Location: Q Roo Posts: 11,716	I parked cars in our yard during the Apple Festival when I was maybe 8... well I didn't park them, but I held the sign and guided them in and took their money. Got $0.25 a car then... they ask $4 bucks now! But the first thing I was hired to do was tutoring algebra to a 7th grader when I was a sophomore, through the school itself. I think the minimum wage was $1.65/hr but that seems high when I think back on it. Last edited by Susie Q Roo; 10-07-2007 at 06:11 PM.

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10-07-2007	#2 (permalink)
horizon200 añejo Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Delaware Posts: 4,734	I worked in a hospital kitchen. Hated that job!

10-07-2007	#3 (permalink)
Skiptown añejo Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Where the Columbia and Snake Meet Posts: 1,558	Four of my freinds and I "pulled rye" in middle school spring break and early summer.. This means we walked over dryland wheat fields and pulled out the unwanted rye stalks. Farmers would get docked money if they had too much rye in the wheat. Most of the fields were 700 to 1,000 acres or to put it into real size an acre is a little bit bigger that the outside lines of a football field. We would go out after school and on Saturdays and walk and walk and walk. Our pay was minimum wage of $1.25 per hour. Still one hundred hours was a lot of pay for a middle school kid in the early 60's. Hell we thought we were rich.

10-07-2007	#4 (permalink)
jflattracker añejo Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Loveland,Co Posts: 11,684	I used to work weekends cleaning hotel rooms. I made $2.10 an hour. I should have gotten paid more for all the gross things I had to clean up.

10-07-2007	#5 (permalink)
himynameisjan añejo Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Mankato, Minnesota Posts: 1,540	weeding and picking cucmbers for Gedney pickles. I think I was 12 or 13. Really sucky job, but the money was good

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roni Happy Curmudgeon Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Oregon Posts: 28,727	I was a caddy at Greenbriar Hill Country Club, in Kirkwood, Missouri.

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TAPPY añejo Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Louisiana Posts: 15,278	Crappy first jobs: Washing Cars - my best friends Dad owned a car dealership and we would work Saturdays, made about $20 - $30 a day. Lifeguard - hated it, spent more time cleaning up after messy people. Industrial Paper mill - cleaning up chemical spills all day long, got promoted to the painting crew the 2nd year. It was good money but nasty work.

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nng88 life=playa Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlantic City,NJ Posts: 528	first job.... i was in high school & worked as a waitress at an italian restaurant on sundays. i thought i was in love with the chef and i remember spilling pasta alla olio on a womans suede coat!

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Bevoz beachaholic Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Beautiful British Columbia Posts: 349	Working at Kaufmans shoes makeing rubber boots for kids. Hate the smell hated the people and especially hated the boss I was only 16 but I will never forget that man as long as I live.....LONG STORY

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Shammy Travel Insurance Tester Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: The Joisey Shore Posts: 10,895	I was a dog groomer - and I was 13!

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penalipee reposado Join Date: May 2004 Location: Westbank BC Posts: 1,469	I worked at Pizza Hut. I can't remember what the pay was...probably not much!!

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Jan&Chas añejo Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin Posts: 1,622	I worked at a movie theater selling tickets and behind the goody counter for 3 years in high school! I made $1.25 per hour!

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babs31 life=playa Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: south of Green Bay Posts: 849	I worked as a waitress behind the counter at a Kresge store dinette! My junior year in high school. The boss man of the store hated me. He would sit at the end of the counter and glare at me in the evenings. For the life of my I could not figure out what I did to deserve that. Pretty intimidating to say the least- the look still haunts me!

10-07-2007	#15 (permalink)
silvergirl Pomegranite tequila lover Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,881	I babysat for two bratty spoiled girls. I made like 50 cents an hour. The parents were pretty well off. They owned a Volvo dealership. Had to give the brats baths and everything. Wasn't allowed to use the phone and there were never any munchies. Not a cookie, not a chip......nuthin. Worst part of this job is when they finally came home......really late.......they always would "forget" to pay me. They would thank me, lead me to the door and say goodnight. I was too shy to ask for my money. Other times they would say....."Oh, we don't have any change......we'll catch you tomorrow." Tomorrow never came. What a crappy job!