What was your first job?

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  • LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo
    LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo Posts: 3,634 Member
    Quality Assurance Staff in a data processing company
  • beach_bum_gurl
    beach_bum_gurl Posts: 200
    My first job was working as a residential advisor at Duke University's summer program for gifted students, TIP~ It was a great summer college job!
  • boomboom011
    boomboom011 Posts: 1,459
    making banana splits and sundaes at Braums! Then I got bumped up to fries. Thats right, making fries baby! :smokin:
  • mgmlap
    mgmlap Posts: 1,377 Member
    Sunday School Teacher for 5 yr olds..I was 13...
  • CaptainMFP
    CaptainMFP Posts: 440 Member
    Research assistant in a microbiology/molecular genetics lab. Worked full-time summers and part-time during the school year during my Jr. and Sr. years of HS. (Yes, I'm a power geek. Know the USA Today HS Academic All-American issue? I was honorable mention back in '92.) :wink:
  • Cakepiebeer
    Cakepiebeer Posts: 392
    First job was as a paperboy at 12 yrs old. Busted my *kitten* 365 days a year carrying a 75lb load on my shoulders at 6am. Pedaling my *kitten* 5 miles to my route.
  • atsteele
    atsteele Posts: 1,358 Member
    I grew up on a dairy farm so that was my first job. The pay was room and board. The first job in which I received a paycheck was answering phones in an insurance company. Ive had a quite a few different jobs over the years. Im back to working with no paycheck again. I miss getting a paycheck. :)
  • joybell32
    joybell32 Posts: 252 Member
    First job was self-employment. My sister and I had a lawn service "business." We would mow, rake, snow removal. We had about 10 or 15 customer. We used that for pool money. Our mom was a single mom and sometimes couldn't afford the pool fare, so if we wanted to go, we had to make a way! My fist job with a W2 was at a bowling alley kitchen. it was the bomb! Free bowling whenever I wanted and free meals while I was working. (unfortuantely it was greasy bar food and pizza..no wonder I gained about 15 pounds in the year i was there!)
  • shybelle
    shybelle Posts: 254 Member
    Waitress at a small cafe here in town.I LOVED it. I only worked on weekends because i was still in high school, but it was a booming little place especially around here. I was making about 200-300 bucks a weekend. I was the richest kid in my class hahah! I had to pay for everything on my own though so i never really had extra money. It wa a great first job. Great place, great co-workers, great boss.
  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,171 Member
    Chuck E Cheese
    I worked the register and ticket counter for prizes. It was surprisingly a fun job.
  • Goddess111682
    Goddess111682 Posts: 32 Member
    Subway was my first paid job! During the summers I used to work with my sister on her pool route, cleaning pools!
  • Jellyphant
    Jellyphant Posts: 1,400 Member
    At a Garden Ridge cafe! Go me a creepy stalker working there. D:
  • jwgca
    jwgca Posts: 44
    Baker at a donut shop.
  • missmom57
    missmom57 Posts: 12
    I was 14 and detasselled corn...made it two day..lol
  • casie05
    casie05 Posts: 48 Member
    I was a life guard in hs then my first "big girl" job was at a jiffy lube :)
  • Froggy1976
    Froggy1976 Posts: 472
    Snack bar at Roses Department store. Hated it!
  • LaDiablesse
    LaDiablesse Posts: 862 Member
    I was a receptionist/office clerk for a small insurance company.
  • xSophia19
    xSophia19 Posts: 1,536 Member
    My first job was working in a chip shop 5 minutes away from my house!! I worked there from the age of 13 and finished at 16! Thats partically the reason ive put **** loads of weight on!! It was nice to earn my own money at a young age. But it wasnt good when i piled on the stones!!
  • luscadero
    luscadero Posts: 92 Member
    Video store jerk, starting at the end of my freshman year of high school and lasting two years, until the big chains put them out of business.
  • HOSED49
    HOSED49 Posts: 642 Member
    Busboy at Godfathers pizza, but with much diligence and dedication I worked my way up to cook lol
  • rmartin72
    rmartin72 Posts: 1,085 Member
    First Job Was working at a grocery store at young age.
  • mandylea5705
    mandylea5705 Posts: 5 Member
    I got my first real tax-deducting job partway through my jr. year in high school -- bussing tables at a restaurant near my house. I lived on chicken caesar salads the summer between jr. and sr. year.
  • Stefani74
    Stefani74 Posts: 448 Member
    At 12 I worked for a resort on Kentucky Lake cleaning cabins.
  • Kaycurrier
    Kaycurrier Posts: 231
    taco bell

    "welcome to the boarder, can I take your order?"
  • posbey
    posbey Posts: 200 Member
    babysitter
  • juliecat1
    juliecat1 Posts: 3,450 Member
    Mcdonalds. My first shift was after a football game on a friday night. A lady threw her french fries at me. I quit within an hour.
  • kelly_a
    kelly_a Posts: 2,010 Member
    at 14 I started working for Pioneer (Seed Corn Co) roguing... did this 4 summers of high school. Had a ton of fun and made great friends.
  • Amyding115
    Amyding115 Posts: 120
    Carhop at Sonic
  • lcouterm
    lcouterm Posts: 138 Member
    My first job was I was 6 a paper boy, having to deliver 325 papers and started paying my dad room and board. and I have worked pretty much every day since 1967. Never had a job I didn't like but a few employers that I didn't.
  • cdngirl71
    cdngirl71 Posts: 2,641 Member
    My first job was working at Pizza Hut and stayed there for 14yrs until I left to persue a real career with better pay/benefits which I have found and very happy, no more b1tchy customers to deal with or whiny staff, LOL.
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