Where was your first job ?

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  • Lady_Layla
    Lady_Layla Posts: 34 Member
    I was a promotional model. $20.00/hr to hand out makeup samples. Not too shabby!
  • Hi_Im_Jess
    Hi_Im_Jess Posts: 347 Member
    When I was 15 I worked at Orange Julius at the mall food court. I worked by myself all day which is scary as hell at that age lol
  • Pixi_Rex
    Pixi_Rex Posts: 1,676 Member
    LifeGuard/swim instructor


    I did exactly what I was hired to do...
  • TheRunningGuppy
    TheRunningGuppy Posts: 651 Member
    13, picking bunches of daffodils at bulb farm. Seasonal of course, worked for a bout 2 weeks. Went to sleep every night pictures of daffodils burned into my eyes. Didn't want to look at them for a long time after that.
  • _DaniD_
    _DaniD_ Posts: 2,186 Member
    The day I turned legal age to work in my province (16) I got a job at the movie theater. It lasted like 3 months then I got fired.

    ETA: I made popcorn and smoked behind the building.
  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
    LifeGuard/swim instructor


    I did exactly what I was hired to do...

    me too
  • BeeElMarvin
    BeeElMarvin Posts: 2,086 Member
    Worked on a dairy farm. Baled hay. I was probably 12.
  • MidwestAngel
    MidwestAngel Posts: 1,897 Member
    I was 13, keeping books and scoreboard for babe ruth baseball. Watching boys my age play ball and getting paid to do so, yes every time! I did exactly what I was supposed to.
  • sbbhbm
    sbbhbm Posts: 1,312 Member
    14- housekeeper at a resort on the lake I grew up on.
  • fmebear
    fmebear Posts: 172 Member
    Babysitting, landscaping-sprinkler systems with my step dad, and house cleaning.
  • nicola1141
    nicola1141 Posts: 613 Member
    When I was 11 I got a paper route. Then at 14 I worked at the library after school/weekends putting away books, reparing books, picking up boys . . . you know, the usual! :)
  • amandajones1978
    amandajones1978 Posts: 140
    Worked at a boarding stable when I was 14.
  • blanhe2
    blanhe2 Posts: 88
    I was a general's dog's body at a Dutch amusement park (Duinrel) when I was 15.
    My first real real job, was as a Technical Services Engineer at Hella in the UK.
  • bluefox9er
    bluefox9er Posts: 2,917 Member
    Peeling Onions in a samosa factory. I absolutely despise onions even before that job. To this day I avoid onions like I'd avoid a zombie with a flame thrower.

    Ironic thing is, salary aside, it was way more fun than what I am doing now.
  • konerusp
    konerusp Posts: 247 Member
    The very first job i had was at a food court in my school in Syracuse university,NY.We were to get food from the chefs and arrange them on counters for students to take. was paid 8$ an hour at that time. :D
  • Ashwee87
    Ashwee87 Posts: 695 Member
    What was the job? - Dog "Spa & Hotel" - I was 18, summer after graduating high school.

    What were you hired to do? - Bathe/Groom Dogs

    What did you REALLY do? - Bathe, groom, take care of the boarders, handle the phone, handle customers. After a few weeks, my boss just kinda left me by myself most of the day while she ran around with friends. So I ended up doing a lot of the work. x_x
  • IntoTheSky
    IntoTheSky Posts: 390 Member
    I was a fluffer.......:wink:
  • oregonzoo
    oregonzoo Posts: 4,251 Member
    Fred Meyer. I was a HABA(health and beauty) stock girl.

    I miss Freddys. Pretty much coolest store ever. Like a high class walmart.
  • AmyMgetsfit
    AmyMgetsfit Posts: 636 Member
    I didn't work during high school, except for babysitting. My first job was the summer I graduated. I worked as a bottle selector at the local bottle factory. My job was to knock off the bottles with defects, BORING!!!!!
  • cakemewithyou
    cakemewithyou Posts: 132 Member
    Subway...

    hated it.
    They treated me soooo bad!
  • Lonewolf1507
    Lonewolf1507 Posts: 507 Member
    When I finished school I was employed as a Tree Surgeon.

    I was actually an industrial gardener thining out the excess trees :laugh:

    Andy
  • MindyG150
    MindyG150 Posts: 1,296 Member
    checking in clothes at the local pool.
  • lovelykila
    lovelykila Posts: 7 Member
    I was a cashier at Publix.
  • k8eekins
    k8eekins Posts: 2,264 Member
    What were you hired to do ?
    What did you REALLY do ?

    Hired as a National Radio Station's English (Formal) Radio Presenter/Producer at 16 (I'd auditioned as a Radio Jockey for the Teen Channel but was considered too formal for Teen Radio).

    Monday - Friday: Talk Radio format (think NPR)
    Friday - Saturday: Presented with a blend of KISS FM Howard Stern format/vibe
    Sunday: Conservative Church Radio Delivery

    On the Hour News: Domestic/International.

    What did I really do? I was overworked! I almost lived there. It was my Gap Year but it happens when it's a listening audience of under 2 million people, where the audience and the sponsors can influence who is on and for how long.
  • fitbum19
    fitbum19 Posts: 198 Member
    Kmart cashier. and that's what I really did, lol that was 13 years ago
  • imafluffypuffybear
    imafluffypuffybear Posts: 63
    my first job was going to nursry and then primary and so on :P
  • jenniferrusso7393
    jenniferrusso7393 Posts: 189 Member
    Wendys... I was hired as a cashier, but I really cleaned out the insides of the trash receptacles with ammonia... I didnt stay there long...
  • desiv2
    desiv2 Posts: 651 Member
    I was hired to basically do whatever the hell my boss wanted me to, I worked for a traveling petting zoo called "Party Animals." I lead around horses, ponies, goats, rabbits, etc..... I also had to clean up poop...set up pins, chase escapees, and freak the HELL OUT when I first tried to lead the fainting goats to the trailer and had NO IDEA they were fainting goats. I thought I gave them all a seizure! lmao.
  • capnrus789
    capnrus789 Posts: 2,736 Member
    Same summer, not sure which was first, but they both paid me, so they count. One was working for the city's park district doing groundskeeping at the parks (picking up trash, trimming trees and bushes, mowing, etc). The other was as a referee for youth soccer games.

    Soccer was the best, paid in cash.
  • nashai01
    nashai01 Posts: 536 Member
    My first job was working in the kitchen at a BINGO hall. I just walked around to give all the rude women food and drinks.
    I was in 5th grade and for a very long time I thought all women over 50 years old was rude and addicted to BINGO lol

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