Where was your first job ?

At 15, order taker at Chick-fil-a

Wendy's, I did every position.

I think I knew Wendy too.

I wonder if it's the same Wendy I had too.

Me also. lol
I didn't get sucked into that until I was 19 though.

28 years later and I still can't eat at Wendys anymore.

in the bank when I was 18:)

My first job was concierge at the Marriott. I went and interviewed to be a server in the restaurant but he thought I'd be better suited for concierge. I basically just had to help oversee the concierge lounge and talk to the guests.

I was straight out of high school and I was hired on at Toys R Us originally as a cashier then I was moved to customer services and then I was promoted to assistant manager because one of the assistant managers was stealing money and toys. I had only been working there for 6 months once I was promoted but it was a nice surprise.

i used to wrap cheese slices individually

Baling hay in the summer and cutting, limbing and splitting wood in the fall - I got a cut of the profit for each season if we had profit. Not usually too much, maybe $100, but there was a cold winter and a hay shortage one year and I made like $1000 that year.

Then when I was 13 I started cleaning elementary schools after school for $3.35/hour.

14 yrs old...filing and mail at an Insurance Agency

15 years old, I had working papers and got a job doing Laundry at "Browns Welcome Inn Hotel". I had to be supervised with everything I did, so I always worked with a woman that had dark hair, and a lot of tattoos. She was always telling me horror stories about her boyfriend, and she seemed really old to me. I basically sat on the washer or dryer and talked to her. I remember she seemed so old, ironically she was 30 which is the age I am going to be soon enough myself haha.

It wasn't a great job, and I think my paycheck was like 60 dollars a week. My mom probably spent that driving me there, but I was just so excited to have a job!

Dairy Queen, the supervisor was like 17 and we had food fights and locked each other in the freezer. Good times....lol!

When I was 14 i got a under the table job at a veterinary hospital cleaning at night. The worst part of the job was I had to run the furnace.

At 14?! That is so grim

McDonald's. Started there part time at 15 and stayed 4 years. It was tons of fun because back then it was all kids working there. My brother was a manger. Lots of after hours parties on the roof :bigsmile:

Baby sat for 4 horrbile kids down the road-it was 22 years ago-and the parents would come home wasted and fighting- and Im still waiting to get paid!

When I was 13, my cousin and I started a lawn service. We had a single push lawn mower and an edger. We also had a wagon that held a bucket, soap, and towels.
We would walk around the neighborhood during the summer to see if people wanted us to mow the lawn or wash a car.
A lawn was between $5.00 and $20.00 per cut (depending on the size.
A car wash was $1.00 or, if it was a van (no mini vans back then) it was $2.00.
But, we had a hook.
If we mowed your lawn, we would wash your car for free.
We would easily make $200.00 each every weekend during the summer.


When I was 14, I got a "real" job at Burger King.

Hostess at Islands. Loved that job!