What was your first job?

freakinacage

freakinacage

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i worked in a restaurant. washing up etc. paid VERY well considering. boss was really volatile but great. used to divide the tips up fairly and would give you a meal at the end of the night. once my parents and i have an argument and they refused to feed me so she cooked me a venison steak and veg before i started so i would have enough strength! god i miss that.

now i work in the nhs where they are removing drink and snack machines because they are unhealthy. so when you are hungry in the middle of a 24hr shift (and the canteen isnt open for another 5hrs) you are screwed. a big thank you to the cretin who came up with that one
 
MPJ

MPJ

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Humm, not sure which counts as an actual \'job\':

As a youth (pre-teen) while other kids had a lemonade stand and such I had a comic book stand at the corner of my property. Odd part is I never really read comics as a kid but I knew others did so I acquired old comics by the pound and resold them. Experienced my first robbery that way too when a couple kids rode up on their bikes, one sucker punched me while the other grabbed the cash.

Worked for mom at her video store as a teen. Weekend store clerk and such. That one made me popular with some people at junior high school as the boys would come in and I would rent them porn (for a premium of course).

First \'job\' in the traditional sense and not for family wasn\'t till my 20s when I worked as a salesman for a computer wholesaler.

BTW... Working for family definitely is not all punch and pie. :drunk:
 
No Such Agency

No Such Agency

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Originally posted by tooshy
Waitress in a local hotel. Served breakfasts to guests Saturday and Sunday mornings and then for a bit of extra dough, I did the washing up for Sunday lunchtimes. That was a lot of dishes :( I have a dishwasher now, can\'t think why....;)
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I dishwashed for a whole summer, after my freshman year of uni. T\'was a grimy job, exhausting and greasy. The restaurant did a lot of big weddings so I was scrubbing away at baking pans at 2 am on many a Saturday night! (and then back again for the brunch shift)

But even though the chef kept me well-fed for free (thanks Wayne you big softie!) I still went from 220 lb in May to 180 in September, effectively ending the \"fat guy\" phase of my life :)


Originally posted by MPJ
Worked for mom at her video store as a teen. Weekend store clerk and such. That one made me popular with some people at junior high school as the boys would come in and I would rent them porn (for a premium of course).
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BTW... Working for family definitely is not all punch and pie. :drunk:
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1. LOL. You scoundrel! I wish I\'d had that opportunity, but I\'m not much of a risk-taker so the possibility of getting in big trouble would likely have dissuaded me :p

2. Working for family... hmm. Being expected to go the extra mile for free, and having your boss show up at all major holiday functions... I see your point.
 
Dragonsreach

Dragonsreach

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Originally posted by fieldarchy
My first job was snack bar attendant at our community pool during the summer. That was when I was 13!
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Wow that was so very very very long ago.(*)




(*Told you I\'d get even ;) :D )
 
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Godlikebuthumble

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Mike, you\'re a tough cookie :lol:

My first was tending bar in a Mex-food restaurant, but soon changed to working weekend shifts in a hospital kitchen.
 
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uberdark

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detassling corn. it sucked. but the next year i got to drive the detasling machine and became a foreman...then i got to yell at the football players who always made fun of me in school and make them go back to pull one little tassle they missed :twisted: .

karma is such a wonderful thing.
 
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Demon Hunter

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My first job was working at on a yew farm(don\'t know if this is the right word, the grew yews(tree) there). I picked weeds, rake around the trees, dig out small yews and put them on a truck. It was hard work, working 8 hours in the sun, I think I was 12 or 13 then. But a made a lot of money(well, for my age :p)

Now I work at an Italian coffeehouse. I make coffee, make Italian breads and tapas(spanish and italian fingerfoods), serving the foods and drinks to costumers. On fridays we sell a salad and pasta menu for a good price, I help make the salads and pasta\'s and I serve it to the costumers. On some saterdays we have wine tastings. All I have to do then is drink wine and entertain the costumers, talk with them etc, make tapas and do some cleaning. And occasionally we cater at parties, I really like doing that. It\'s a nice job, with nice colleges, friendly costumers and my boss is very laid back ;)
 
Sukigod

Sukigod

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First job, like so many others - paperboy. I also made money on the side installing ham radio towers for the local CB/Ham Radio nuts. Wasn\'t nothing for me to clamber up on those roof\'s and wire down 60\' antenna poles. Wouldn\'t do it today though - I know what mortality is now.
 
Sukigod

Sukigod

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Originally posted by uberdark
detassling corn. it sucked. but the next year i got to drive the detasling machine and became a foreman...then i got to yell at the football players who always made fun of me in school and make them go back to pull one little tassle they missed :twisted: .

karma is such a wonderful thing.
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Being from the midwest myself, I\'ve done this one too. I think everyone out here has at least once.
 
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Gilvan Blight

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Everyone I know who grew up in the county instead of the city here did Corn De-tasseling. Tecumseh is the Corn Capital of Canada, with a yearly Corn Fest and all that stuff. Thankfully I just had to hassel people over the phone :D
 
ipaintminis

ipaintminis

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my first job was working with family outside in the gardens. I hated it as a kid, with a passion. but I grew to really enjoy it. I don\'t accept family money for pay

my first job outside of the family was at the local college I attended, I worked for student services and i made flyers for activities, monthly calenders, powerpoint programs for groups, things like that. that one made me 8 an hour

today? I help home school my little brother.
 
wiccanpony

wiccanpony

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Originally posted by lizcam
This thread is inspired by my son, who worked his first full day of work today. He\'s a human sign-post! I\'m so proud! :D

Here he is hard at work;

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Now my first job, other than the odd babysitting job, was as a clerk in a craft store. I got a %20 discount on everything in the store. What I wouldn\'t give to have that today! I left because I got a job in fast food that had more hours. Minimum wage at the time was $2.50 and hour. It\'s $8.00 now. Alex is making $11.00. Boy do times change!

What was your first job?
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:eek: Liz, is it just me or has that kid put on some muscle ???
 
lizcam

lizcam

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Originally posted by wiccanpony

:eek: Liz, is it just me or has that kid put on some muscle ???
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Yup. If he ever stopped playing video games long enough to go to a gym he\'d be a natural body builder. He\'s a messo-morph like his daddy and I. Naturally packs on muscle instead of fat. The kid weighs 225 and is 6\'1\" but doesn\'t look that heavy.

Of course I\'ve done everything I can to prove that wrong with myself and over the years have managed to padd out really well (I\'m as big as a house). :(
 
wiccanpony

wiccanpony

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Originally posted by lizcam
Originally posted by wiccanpony

:eek: Liz, is it just me or has that kid put on some muscle ???
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Yup. If he ever stopped playing video games long enough to go to a gym he\'d be a natural body builder. He\'s a messo-morph like his daddy and I. Naturally packs on muscle instead of fat. The kid weighs 225 and is 6\'1\" but doesn\'t look that heavy.

Of course I\'ve done everything I can to prove that wrong with myself and over the years have managed to padd out really well (I\'m as big as a house). :(
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:D No! no! my dear Liz.. we are not padded, we are Rubenesque Goddess!!!!! lol:beer:
 
Amazon warrior

Amazon warrior

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Originally posted by wiccanpony
Originally posted by lizcam
Originally posted by wiccanpony

:eek: Liz, is it just me or has that kid put on some muscle ???
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Yup. If he ever stopped playing video games long enough to go to a gym he\'d be a natural body builder. He\'s a messo-morph like his daddy and I. Naturally packs on muscle instead of fat. The kid weighs 225 and is 6\'1\" but doesn\'t look that heavy.

Of course I\'ve done everything I can to prove that wrong with myself and over the years have managed to padd out really well (I\'m as big as a house). :(
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:D No! no! my dear Liz.. we are not padded, we are Rubenesque Goddess!!!!! lol:beer:
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Amen to that! :beer:

Cookie anyone? :D
 
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