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Old 24 January 2017, 10:59 PM   #1
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What Was Your First Job & How Old Were You

For me, I worked at Captain Video.

I was 16, and it was my dream job. I remember every detail about the interview and I could not have been more excited. I worked there all throughout high school, and when I would come home for breaks during college.

I loved this job. Alas, they have all gone away.
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Old 24 January 2017, 11:01 PM   #2
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Old 24 January 2017, 11:10 PM   #3
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My first job was delivering papers for the Daily Herald (Chicago suburbs). I was 14 and shared the route with my twin brother. It was back when the paper boys still had to collect the payments for their route. I remember we had to get up at 4:45 am and roll the papers and either rubber band or plastic bag them depending on the weather. Go deliver the route. Get home and get on the bus for school with newspaper ink still covering our hands. I have had a job every year since.
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Old 24 January 2017, 11:36 PM   #4
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14, washing dishes at a small restaurant. Gotta start somewhere.
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Old 24 January 2017, 11:41 PM   #5
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Teller in a bank. I was 23. I also had the omega seamaster diver quartz with blue dial. The exact same one as pierce brosnan's goldeneye


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Old 24 January 2017, 11:41 PM   #6
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Before 16 I cut yards. Enough to save up $2400 to buy my first car at 16.

Then Burger King at 16. They wanted to make me a manager after 4 months (not kidding). I left after 6 months.
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Old 24 January 2017, 11:42 PM   #7
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15. Manning the grill at a Jack in the Box.
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Old 24 January 2017, 11:42 PM   #8
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At 16 I got a Saturday job at Lillywhites the prestigious sports store in Piccadilly. I beat out fifty rivals and landed a job on the golf floor as I said I spoke Japanese.
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Old 24 January 2017, 11:51 PM   #9
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16 years old. Worked on a golf course on cape cod. Cut a Lot of grass.
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Old 24 January 2017, 11:53 PM   #10
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at 15 I started as a caddy at a nearby country club. $1 per hole + tip!
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Old 25 January 2017, 12:01 AM   #11
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What is a job?
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Old 25 January 2017, 12:06 AM   #12
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Old 25 January 2017, 12:08 AM   #13
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I figured as much...

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Old 25 January 2017, 12:09 AM   #14
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Old 25 January 2017, 12:11 AM   #15
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I don't know if this would qualify as a job but at 15 I was seduced by a 35 year old (extremely good looking) woman and was given $100 for a job well done.
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Old 25 January 2017, 12:13 AM   #16
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My first job was selling Cloverine brand salve door to door. I responded to a back cover ad on a comic book and they sent me cans of salve "on approval." I made 45 a lot of money for me back then I was 10 years old. Next was a paper boy.
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Old 25 January 2017, 12:19 AM   #17
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I bought and sold stuff on Ebay that I picked up at garage sales as well as lawn care in the summer and snowblowing in the winter. My first job that I paid taxes on was when I was 18 and worked at U of M installing electronics, now I'm a student/pawn broker.
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Old 25 January 2017, 12:20 AM   #18
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I am 30 years old and run the office side of the family business. I do all estimating, accounting, and customer relations. I have worked here since I was 13 doing all the manual labor jobs within the company and working my way up. Hated it and planned to be an attorney. They talked me into Management and Accounting degrees instead. So, I have worked for the same company for 17 years. The one plus is I can do almost any job within the company and I still get out and drive the big, heavy equipment around when I need a break from the office.
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Old 25 January 2017, 12:29 AM   #19
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I don't know if this would qualify as a job but at 15 I was seduced by a 35 year old (extremely good looking) woman and was given $100 for a job well done.
Depends if you were her active or passive...
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Old 25 January 2017, 12:32 AM   #20
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Old 25 January 2017, 12:36 AM   #21
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I don't know if this would qualify as a job but at 15 I was seduced by a 35 year old (extremely good looking) woman and was given $100 for a job well done.
$100 was a lot of money in the 1920's. She must have been pretty desperate for a good time.
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Old 25 January 2017, 12:38 AM   #22
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$100 was a lot of money in the 1920's. She must have been pretty desperate for a good time.
For what it's worth, there was a lot of money flowing during the Roaring 20s.
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Old 25 January 2017, 12:48 AM   #23
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For what it's worth, there was a lot of money flowing during the Roaring 20s.
And bathtub booze. I can picture Mon selling home brew Bloody Mary's to middle aged women and tempting them with a little on the side.
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Old 25 January 2017, 12:50 AM   #24
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I don't know if this would qualify as a job but at 15 I was seduced by a 35 year old (extremely good looking) woman and was given $100 for a job well done.
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Old 25 January 2017, 12:56 AM   #25
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When I was 15 years old I started a small pager store. I use to sell pagers with one year of service for 125.00. After that I started vending company and a car business which I still have to this day.
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Old 25 January 2017, 12:59 AM   #26
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Fourteen sweeping the parking lot/lobby and marinating chicken at a Kentucky Fried Chicken (before it was KFC)..

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Old 25 January 2017, 02:15 AM   #28
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14 cooking burgers at a tennis club snack bar. It paid about $2.35 per hour.
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Old 25 January 2017, 02:19 AM   #29
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$100 was a lot of money in the 1920's. She must have been pretty desperate for a good time.
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