What Was Your First Job & How Old Were You

[sea-dweller]

17 years young, worked Monday, Wednesday, Friday afternoon at a Union 76 gasoline station here in Northern California, as a service attendant. Station had 4 service bays (2 self and 2 full), was high volume and was close by a freeway. 4 of us were on duty at all times and we always had fun.

[gmh1013]

15 and worked for three days at Gardenland Nursery ....on day three 2 of us that were new got to unload an 18 wheeler of Fertilizer in 115 degree in July. After that I worked for Smitty's during high school in Tempe.

[RichM]

Originally Posted by rolexgiants

I'm going to guess....
Fresh pond road or myrtle Ave? LOL

Paradise Aquarium on Fresh Pond and Palmetto. After work, I walked up to Grover Cleveland High School.

I take it you're from the neighborhood. PM sent.

[SVH]

age 12, packing newspaper flyers for local delivery

[G8RDPM]

12 worked as an electrician(on and off till mid 20's. Still have life long skills!). Physical day bending pipe and wiring businesses. Taught me work ethic.
14 emptied newspapers from truck to the local delivery people.14-15 stocked shelves at a retail store.
16 valet car attendant at very exclusive country club. Only worked weekends.
7AM to Midnight on Saturday,7-7 Sunday. The usual cars that we discuss here. Also owners of major businesses,sports teams,and benefactors of US institutions.

I liked cars before this,but it did help!

[superdog]

Originally Posted by sea-dweller

17 years young, worked Monday, Wednesday, Friday afternoon at a Union 76 gasoline station here in Northern California, as a service attendant. Station had 4 service bays (2 self and 2 full), was high volume and was close by a freeway. 4 of us were on duty at all times and we always had fun.

Sounds like a great time.

Love seeing all these experiences.

[Pangit]

At 13, a friend and I started a window cleaning round. My favourite job was in a summer break when I was a student and I worked in a holiday camp. My worst experience was working in a factory for 6 weeks during another summer break which reinforced my determination to finish University and get a good job.

[Proteinshake86]

Odd landscaping jobs up until 15 when my dad got me a job at Cleveland Steel Specialty. Keeping the shop clean and working in the shipping department. a year of that and then i decided I wanted to go to college. :)

[mrricks]

11 years old. Delivered The New York Journal American.
Cruised the rich part of town during blizzards to pick up snow shoveling
jobs.
Getting an eduction in the school of hard knocks is the best eduction of all.

[rph08]

16 y/o putting up stock at Winn-Dixie.

[Dan Pierce]

Meat cutter at 15. Paper route and grass cutting before that.
dP

[perpetualman88]

my first job was running a paintball store at 15 years old in san rafael CA

[rmlovett1]

Originally Posted by cdmorenot

I started washing cars in the neighborhood when I was 11 - I'd do a full wash for $10.00 by hand.

First official job ...I was 14 and it was at McDonald's. I remained with the company for 8 years and made it from cashier to district manager after college graduation.

I was heavily involved with the introduction of cashless to the stores and that is what got me into the world of electronic payments. I had no idea taking orders through a drive-thru window would be so influential!

Oh and Hamburger University is very real.

Yes sir!

Was my fathers first job in 1958....still there. My first job, following his footsteps, in 1990. Still there!!

[Broncoma]

I was 14/15 years old picking some of the best broad leaf shade tobacco in the country.
The hours were long, the work was dirty, but the more you picked the more money you could make.

[DeeTee]

16 pushing grocery carts.

[chieftd]

Paper route when I was 10 years old. After the first year I had 200+ customers delivering after school on weekdays and on Sunday mornings. Saved enough in three years to pay cash for my first motorcycle. 😄