What was your first job?

[artsfartsyjanet]

Technically, my first job was at the age of 7 taking orders for customers at my parent's fast food joint. Yes, I'm a chopsuey princess. Get over it. :blink: :D
At the age of 17, my first paying job was at the Gap when it was both men and women's. I worked there for about a year and a half. How about all of you?



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[ChinaLama]

my first job was grading stuff for a korean prep company, which I quit after one day cuz i wanted to "study harder" in first semester senior yr of hs. Wll, the studying didnt happen and i never got a chance to work at that academy again.

my second job was an internship in the city gov't which my dad's friend hooked me up w/. This is my first full-time work. I only worked there for 6 weeks before i quit (i was the FIRsT intern to quit) so i could 'study for the GRE" but i actually just spent most of my time watching porn and cartoons. that was proly my most fun job cuz we didn't have a lot of work, and it was a fairly relaxed time in that particular part of the dept, so we interns just chilled a lot or talked to the workers. :)

My current job is as a lackey, and it's kinda cool cuz i get to work from home. This ismy first full-time non-intern job so it's also kinda my first job.



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[Napoleon Chynamite]

Paper route! ^^

[angel nympho]

My first job was doing some data entry for a friend of my dad who had an internet store.

My first real job with a paycheck that wasn't under the table was at a coffee shop. :) It was a Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. I worked there for like a year.

[kitty]

my first job was as a data entry/receptionist and later cashier for a high-end shoe company my mom worked for. I don't think I got paid.

I've worked too many jobs since then. Right now I'm a freelance webdesigner and I work as a computer lab operator at the library. (paid to sit on my ass and write emails!)

[tapestrybabe]

it was a seasonal job...
working at this retail store.. helping decorating christmas trees...

[lethal]

Waited tables at a horrifically bad Chinese restaurant the sumemr before I went off to college. Then worked at RadioShack (yes, you can build many illegal devices using only parts bought from the back of a RadioShack) to pay my way through college. Then worked as a legal assistant in a law firm (yes! a desk job!) Now in law school, so the next job will be as an attorney. Moving on up in the world.

[Rogmok]

my first job was freshman year in high school.. where I was a bus for 2 years.. tough job, but pay was ok..

then.. delivered pizzas for a year..
yay for manual labo

[artsfartsyjanet]

I really do have a lot of respect for people who work modest jobs but are often looked down upon (e.g. janitorial, trash collectors, etc....)

I personally wouldn't go that route for a job, but they do what they have to do to survive instead of turning to drug dealing and what not. I also think they're under paid.

[artsfartsyjanet]

Btw, after the GAP, I worked as a tutor for elementary children in one of the inner city schools in St. Louis. I was a tutor for the Latchkey Program during their summer school session. Latchkey, if you don't know, means children who are at-risk because they come home after school without a parent or guardian supervising them. Anyway, after that, I was a hostess at Applebees! I HATED it with a passion. I quit within 3 months. The people (my boss, the waiters/waitresses) were horrible! Tips were great but the hourly rate of 2.15/hr was a scandal. Hmm... then, I interned for ABC here in St. Louis, which also housed 3 radio stations. It was cool to meet the people who deliver the news there, walk around the studios, and see the DJs I usually hear on the radio, but it was friggin unpaid. I got a lot of experience in network administration there though. After THAT, I worked at my psychology department and hated it mainly b/c of my boss. And now, I technically have 3 jobs that appear to be 2. Right now, for those of you who are newbies, I'm a support staff for a teen suicide hotline supervising the teen crisis workers who actually answer the calls...not me. I just help them out if they freeze up. =) I love it b/c we don't get too many calls. So technically, i get paid for studying, watching movies, and sitting on my toosh. My second job is a behavioral therapist for children with autism.



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[jare2003]

When I was 15, I worked at a car wash. After that, I worked in an animal hospital, Office Depot, and several fast food restaurants...

Once college hit, I did a lot of work as a programmer and/or network administrator. Still there, actually, though I dont want to do that anymore...

[artsfartsyjanet]

That IS cruel... snobby people. :angry:

[bluecollarjap]

first and only

steel worker

job requirement:
ged and no felony within the last five years

[ChinaLama]

Originally posted by artsfartsyjanet@Oct 22 2002, 03:57 PM
That IS cruel... snobby people. :angry:
yeah...and those snobby ppl aren't even RICH or anything. Just cheap bastards who want to make sure they get their money's worth? Wait, they don't pay for the janitors...

oh well, maybe it's a perverse work ethic. Like "i think everyone should work as hard as possible...therefore it's wrong for me to make a job easier for a janitor." not like the same people have a great work ethic themselves, tho. :)

[AliBabaIncorporated]

first job: keeping records and taking phonecalls for this landlord guy who owned several units rented out to asian businesses.

first job which one of my relatives didn't get for me: hardware store. which later went out of business. but I had nothing to do with that. no, really.

[artsfartsyjanet]

Originally posted by ChinaLama@Oct 22 2002, 11:01 AM
Originally posted by artsfartsyjanet@Oct 22 2002, 03:57 PM
That IS cruel... snobby people. :angry:
yeah...and those snobby ppl aren't even RICH or anything. Just cheap bastards who want to make sure they get their money's worth? Wait, they don't pay for the janitors...

oh well, maybe it's a perverse work ethic. Like "i think everyone should work as hard as possible...therefore it's wrong for me to make a job easier for a janitor." not like the same people have a great work ethic themselves, tho. :)
Often, some people's thought processes baffle me. ;)

[thaite]

Washing cars and general cleanup stuff at a car dealership.

[princess]

ive never had a real job. ive done odd jobs and short term things, but no real job-job. i do a lot of volunteer work, tho. i applied this summer at a bunch of places, got turned down (*cries) and was offered a position at a yogurt place but the boss weirded me out so i quit after the trial period.

[Arex]

I used to get paid $5/hour helping my parents with the gardening. That's a tiring ass job.

During undergrad, I worked for this little all-natural skin care product company. I started there bottling, labeling, and shipping the shit. Soon enough I making the stuff in the lab myself.

Alex

[Chris]

It was retail for a store in Chinatown. I only did it for 3 weeks. I totally hated it. *sigh* but i get better jobs now. woohooo

[himura-dono]

11 1/2 yo

first jobs (yes two while going to school): hobbyshop clerk $15 an hr.
and an envelope stuffer for a shady company $7 an hr

[kitty]

Originally posted by himura-dono@Oct 23 2002, 03:46 AM

first jobs (yes two while going to school): hobbyshop clerk $15 an hr.
$15?!?!? so jealous....

[ChairmanMah]

paper boy at 10.

[kasia]

macy's, inc/polo/ck department. hated this one mean lady that competed with me for commission. i was only 16 and she totally did not watch out for me.

[himura-dono]

Originally posted by kittygirl@Oct 23 2002, 04:47 AM
Originally posted by himura-dono@Oct 23 2002, 03:46 AM

first jobs (yes two while going to school): hobbyshop clerk $15 an hr.
$15?!?!? so jealous....
lol, don't be too jealous. all my money are belong to bills.

my mom was a lazy fuggin puta, so i had to grow up and be the bread winner.

rent, bills, car maintainance, groceries, it all adds up, and i was lucky if i had anything at the end of the month.

for 11 1/2 years old, that's a fucked way to grow up, tho ;)

[artsfartsyjanet]

Sheesh... the only bills I'm paying are my tuition, my credit card, and my health insurance right now.



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[Hanuman]

Paper route at 11.

[ChairmanMah]

bills?

everything. :angry:

[karizma]

>> worked at a coffee shop =)...it paid 7 bucks an hour...eesh...and for that i got harassed by my boss...but everything else was koo...all i did was mess around with like teapot warmers n stuff...n hell i even found my exbf there haha...

[amietron]

at age 15 (3 months short of 16), i worked at my mom's cousin's japanese grocery store. i got to work with my cousins and friends so i loved it. we pretty much were responsible for helping customers find items, doing cashier/bagging stuff and just helping out customers to their cars. service in english and japanese. worked there for a year and a half.

our customers were the best. since the store is the biggest in the general area where i live, the customers were really loyal. i liked the personal relationships you'd develop. loved the little kiddies. they were the cutest. they'd call me "oneichan." you know-- jie, unnie. hah.

there was this one customer who came from the east bay to buy a particular mochi for his wife. i thought it was the cutest thing ever. he was confined to a motorized wheelchair because i don't think his feet could support his weight, but that's not the point. hehe. one time i helped him out to his car all the way on the other side of the block, and i swear i was gone for about an hour. he was telling me about his son. haha. when i went back into the store, they were like "we thought you got kidnapped so we sent shu (my cousin) to go look for you."

[not-a-twinkie?]

I worked in retail at the men's clothing store: STRUCTURE... (they recently changed their name to EXPRESS for Men... )

Good experience for working w/ customers or people, but I was also exposed to some real sickos....

like the time I had to take a different size of some pants to this guy's dressing room, and he opened the door w/out any pants on. bleccch!

[kimpossible]

I worked in a video store. Rented out movies, the bulk of which was porn.

[noriko]

age 14...worked at a fast-food restaurant that sold sandwiches.

it sucked...horrible sleazy co-workers, arrogant demanding customers who assumed that i was either stupid or couldn't speak english, for no apparent reason.

ah, jobs...crossing my fingers that i actually find one for after i graduate soon...

[Fireblade]

First job - 12: volunteer work at the Food Bank
First paying job - 18: Baskin Robbins 31 FUNKtastic Flavors Ice Cream Store

Yea... I hated scoopin Ice Cream. On the plus side, we got to eat plenty of ice cream. Downside: I tend to avoid ice cream now. :(

[ellsworth81]

Originally posted by amietron@Oct 25 2002, 03:13 AM
at age 15 (3 months short of 16), i worked at my mom's cousin's japanese grocery store. i got to work with my cousins and friends so i loved it. we pretty much were responsible for helping customers find items, doing cashier/bagging stuff and just helping out customers to their cars. service in english and japanese. worked there for a year and a half.

our customers were the best. since the store is the biggest in the general area where i live, the customers were really loyal. i liked the personal relationships you'd develop. loved the little kiddies. they were the cutest. they'd call me "oneichan." you know-- jie, unnie. hah.

there was this one customer who came from the east bay to buy a particular mochi for his wife. i thought it was the cutest thing ever. he was confined to a motorized wheelchair because i don't think his feet could support his weight, but that's not the point. hehe. one time i helped him out to his car all the way on the other side of the block, and i swear i was gone for about an hour. he was telling me about his son. haha. when i went back into the store, they were like "we thought you got kidnapped so we sent shu (my cousin) to go look for you."
You're not talking about Mitsua in Ft. Lee are you?

[ellsworth81]

Originally posted by Hello_Hapa@Oct 25 2002, 02:48 PM
I worked in a video store. Rented out movies, the bulk of which was porn.
have any good stories involving the porn purveyors? :lol:

[Commando_turned_MD]

First job was as security guard for Reinhart industry. I was 19 when I had this job..Pretty cool. I sat at a desk and viewed 4 monitors. I worked from 12am-6am (M&W).....My first class was at 9:10, so it worked out perfectly. During work, I usually did my homework and study. basically I was getting paid to study. Sure I had to make a couple of rounds, but it didn't take more than 20 minutes.

Anyway, I lasted 1 year, before I quit........I just didn't want to work anymore--a personal decision.

Paid was $5.25/hr.............

[amietron]

Originally posted by ellsworth81@Nov 22 2002, 05:33 PM
You're not talking about Mitsua in Ft. Lee are you?
Nope. It was a family owned super market. I live in the Bay Area (CA). Isn't Fort Lee in Jersey?

[iris]

Waitress in a Chinese restaurant at 14. Yeah, so that means in addition to actually waitress, I got to make some of the food, clean the bathrooms, bus the tables myself, be a cashier part of the time, and vacuum the restaurant. :P

I always tip well now because I know how much waitressing sucks.

[suresquared]

my first job : i worked at a chinese restaurant in upstate NY as a waiter... decent tips and free food.

[ellsworth81]

Originally posted by amietron@Nov 22 2002, 06:22 PM
Nope. It was a family owned super market. I live in the Bay Area (CA). Isn't Fort Lee in Jersey?


Yea, Ft. Lee is in Jersey. How in the world did you know that? For some reason, I thought you were a NYC person.

In any case, my first paid job was as a temp, doing office bitch work. I got $9/hr :dance: The next summer, I'd return to them, only to be fired after getting caught sleeping on the job (which involved filing at 8am-5pm). Man, I felt like such a dumbass <_<

[Grass Monkey]

My most recent job is my first.. Eh.. was my first. I just recently quit a Michael's arts and craft store. Business was doing really horrible. Anyway, I'm probably gonna apply for EB Games when I turn 17.

[amietron]

Originally posted by ellsworth81@Nov 22 2002, 06:40 PM
Originally posted by amietron@Nov 22 2002, 06:22 PM
Nope. It was a family owned super market. I live in the Bay Area (CA). Isn't Fort Lee in Jersey?


Yea, Ft. Lee is in Jersey. How in the world did you know that? For some reason, I thought you were a NYC person.
I have a thing for NY and a thing for reading encyclopedias (when I'm bored). =X I just recognized the name. I sorta studied the map because I wanted to know if there were any schools that I could potentially go to, and their location in comparison to NYC.

[ellsworth81]

Originally posted by amietron@Nov 23 2002, 03:24 AM
Originally posted by ellsworth81@Nov 22 2002, 06:40 PM
Originally posted by amietron@Nov 22 2002, 06:22 PM
Nope. It was a family owned super market. I live in the Bay Area (CA). Isn't Fort Lee in Jersey?


Yea, Ft. Lee is in Jersey. How in the world did you know that? For some reason, I thought you were a NYC person.
I have a thing for NY and a thing for reading encyclopedias (when I'm bored). =X I just recognized the name. I sorta studied the map because I wanted to know if there were any schools that I could potentially go to, and their location in comparison to NYC.
it always seems like ppl that start in california rarely want to leave permanently, or even for 4 years of college. The way ppl talk about Cali make it to be some kind of paradise. Is NYC the exception?

[amietron]

Originally posted by ellsworth81@Nov 23 2002, 09:34 AM
Originally posted by amietron@Nov 23 2002, 03:24 AM
Originally posted by ellsworth81@Nov 22 2002, 06:40 PM
Originally posted by amietron@Nov 22 2002, 06:22 PM
Nope. It was a family owned super market. I live in the Bay Area (CA). Isn't Fort Lee in Jersey?


Yea, Ft. Lee is in Jersey. How in the world did you know that? For some reason, I thought you were a NYC person.
I have a thing for NY and a thing for reading encyclopedias (when I'm bored). =X I just recognized the name. I sorta studied the map because I wanted to know if there were any schools that I could potentially go to, and their location in comparison to NYC.
it always seems like ppl that start in california rarely want to leave permanently, or even for 4 years of college. The way ppl talk about Cali make it to be some kind of paradise. Is NYC the exception?
I wouldn't say that it's paradise here, but it's definitely very different from NYC. In my experience also, students move out to the east coast for college, and after they're done, they move back to where they started. I guess it's a good thing for their families, but business wise, there're a few drawbacks. I'm sure you do a fair amount of networking and whatnot while you're still in college so that after you graduate, you sort of have some place to start. When you move away from that, you have to start over again from zero.

I think many students don't care to leave California because they have no need to. We've got the UC's (all first tier, except Santa Cruz and Riverside) where you can go to school annually for give or take $20,000. Usually kids who are from southern CA move up north, and vice versa. You're far enough from your parents that you don't have to worry about them visiting all the time, but you're close enough that if you need to get home for whatever reason, it's a 6-7 hour drive or 1 hour flight.

[kimiko]

my first job was working fast food at...SUBWAY!! :P

heh heh i had a lot of fun...and even got locked in the walk in freezer once...

[Fireblade]

Being locked in a freezer SUCKS. [once stuck in there for 2 hours STRAIGHT.]

[teaz0r]

my first paying job was telemarketing. wills.
yeah. dead people stuff.
in england.

[suresquared]

Before I got a substantial salary, my first unpaid job was as a volunteer in NYC working in lower eastside soup kitchens on the weekends as well as doing construction for Habitat for Humanity around Thompkins Square Park. :)

[kwalan]

My first job was being an intern at my city hall in the IS/Communications department. It was a lot of fun... I finished my work really fast and found myself with a lot of free time. The people were pretty chill.

I was 15 at the time.

I worked there again the next summer, though in the Radio/Wireless shop instead of the cozy air-conditioned office for tele/datacom.

[BeTheReds]

Paper route

Library book shelver

McDonalds

Comic book store lackey (fun)

Bowling alley Pin Chaser

Cashier at Hallmark

[wylin]

pet cemetary grave digger

choir boy.

farm hand

cherry picker

[kimchee63]

First job - working the Non Cheese Board at Burger King. People getting paid minimum wage drop a lot of food on the floor and don't give a damn. I nearly got fired for eating a pickle.

First job outta college - Making custom bicycle racing wheels.

[iris]

Originally posted by kimchee63@Nov 28 2002, 08:45 AM
First job - working the Non Cheese Board at Burger King. People getting paid minimum wage drop a lot of food on the floor and don't give a damn. I nearly got fired for eating a pickle.

First job outta college - Making custom bicycle racing wheels.
Yo seriously. You did not want me to be your waitress on a bad day or be mean to me.

"Oops dropped that egg roll - I'll just dust it off and put it back on the plate."

[windtorch]

Originally posted by pipSy@Nov 23 2002, 11:10 PM
my first paying job was telemarketing. wills.
yeah. dead people stuff.
in england.
Me too. Telemarketing. In England.

But not dead people stuff. I sold subscriptions to conventional boring industry magazines.

[babysakura]

my first paying job was as a customer service executive in a local telco. it does a lot for your patience level. some customers are worth the kill :ph34r:

[537]

Panda Express.

Oh god....the horror.

[Faithless]

Paper route! ^^
Paper route too, and one that nobody wanted, delivering in the boonies, where people let their big dogs run free to chase little boys delivering newspapers. :mad:

[Kuchana]

Being a waitress/hostess at Applebee's.

[moJo]

i taught piano for a year or two. but i dunno if that counts, cuz i got paid in cash.

my "real" first job would be working at GNC.

[John0101]

My first job was when I was 16, I worked in a thrift store. $7.75 an hour. Wasn't bad at all.

[pfc beansprout]

Paper route! ^^


also paper boy!!! heh...funny thing, i was like 13...and...heh...i'd deliver papers before people got home; i put the papers in their mailboxes.....and...sometimes....people wouldn't get their "Victoria Secret Catalog" in the mail.... :rolleyes: :biggrin: :tongue:

heh..yeah, mail theft....bad...but hey, i was* a 13 year old horn dog, what can i say.....


*was??? rigggggght

[hooligan]

worked in mcdonald's for 3 months over the summer. i rock the fries!

[PropellerheadCP]

Waiter/cashier/dishwasher, at my dad's restaurant.

First official job that I found for myself: engraver/salesperson. I engraved anything from pens, to glass, to rings.

Got paid $7 CDN/ hour. Talk about getting ripped off.

[TB4000]

First job was at Walgreen's as a cashier, stock boy, floor mopper, shoplifting security, and whatever else they could think of to make me do.

[Emperor_Mike]

I was entrepreneurial and did freelance web design and development in high school. My first *real* job (i.e. someone hired me) was as a computer instructor at my public library at $16CDN/hr when was 17.

[bluetrianglescott]

McDonald's. I earned the bronze mop sticker and the silver spatula that I wore proudly on my name badge. I worked there for nine months before quitting because I was scheduled to work on the same day my three favorite punk bands were playing a triple bill. I drove up to the drive through, ordered a Dr. Pepper and a cheeseburger, pulled up the window, handed in my uniform, and quit.

I'm so punk.

[hooligan]

McDonald's. I earned the bronze mop sticker and the silver spatula that I wore proudly on my name badge. I worked there for nine months before quitting because I was scheduled to work on the same day my three favorite punk bands were playing a triple bill. I drove up to the drive through, ordered a Dr. Pepper and a cheeseburger, pulled up the window, handed in my uniform, and quit.

I'm so punk. who were the bands?

[bluetrianglescott]

Well, this was 1985 in North Carolina, so I'd be surprised if anyone had ever heard of the bands except maybe for Corrosion of Conformity. Subculture from Winston Salem were playing, as were Durham, NC's Ugly Americans.

[chrism28]

i was 16 years old and i was mad at my parents one day and decided to find a job to keep me outta the house. applied at best buy and got the job 3 weeks later. i winded up staying for 2 years. now, i work at a bank (ABN Amro/LaSalle), doing repetitive boring stuff. (processing checks)

[tommyhtown]

My aunt helped me get a weekend job at a restaurant that catered to yuppies that was about 30-40 mins drive from my house. Supposedly, I was hired to work at the smoothie bar. As it turned out I ended up doing that plus washing dishes. I was dead tired night so I never went back there.

Later, I worked in different restaurants and supermarkets and then got an office job a little after I started college. It was an IT recruiting office with all women staff. This is where I discovered the differences between a girl and a woman. :)

After that was a series of summer internship w/ the state of texas and part-time at Benihana during school semester till I graduated from college.

[Mr.Lum]

I work for my neighbor at his store.

I tought kids how to play guitar for money too.

[SynRG]

My first job was a cashier/mop-boy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison dorm cafeteria ("Pop's Club," for those who know..). But that by far wasn't my worst job.

My worst job ever was making 5.25/hr one summer in southern Minnesota working as a clerk at Texaco. Ever seen Clerks?? Yeah that was me. I was the only person there during the closing shift and I had to do everything, including paperwork, mopping up the store, facing the shelves, stocking the cooler, taking out the trash, cleaning the cappacino machines, and finally cleaning up mass amounts of POOP left by truckers and children who couldn't (or simply didn't want to) aim for the toilet. Let's just say Pine sol was my best friend.

Feces is so not fun.

[tapestrybabe]

My first job was when I was 16, I worked in a thrift store. $7.75 an hour. Wasn't bad at all.

holy shit...
thats more than i make today...
i get paid 7/hr working at this coffee shop...
but i also have this weekend job...
that i get paid 9.50/hr...

eh, my first job...
i was a lazy mo fo...
i didnt start working until i reached college...
and i just worked at a on campus job...
working in the library...

anyways, when it comes to developing
a meaningful career for myself...
yeah, i'm still working on it...

[John0101]

holy shit...
thats more than i make today...
i get paid 7/hr working at this coffee shop...
but i also have this weekend job...
that i get paid 9.50/hr...

eh, my first job...
i was a lazy mo fo...
i didnt start working until i reached college...
and i just worked at a on campus job...
working in the library...

anyways, when it comes to developing
a meaningful career for myself...
yeah, i'm still working on it...

if it makes you feel any better I was only paid 6.75 when I first started, but then they gave me the dollar raise instead of the usual .25 because the bosses like me so much aka listen to 2 middle age woman gossip :tongue:

[DragonKnight]

1st job - 15 yrs old, working at my parents' rest home doing grocery deliveries for patients on my bike and helping out patients

1st paying job - working as a certified nursing assistant

[dorkus malorkus]

writing names on rice when I was 16 years old. haha...

[Fireblade]

Actually now that I think about it... my first job was dishwasher. My parents made it a job for me to wash dishes... with no pay. =(

[sinisterpanda]

I worked in a factory making those little flags you see on those banners at the car sales place. I got paid 5.25 an hour and worked about 5 hours a day...i was...12.

[John0101]

I worked in a factory making those little flags you see on those banners at the car sales place. I got paid 5.25 an hour and worked about 5 hours a day...i was...12.

holy shit man, that sounds illegal. was this in the u.s.?

[holybull101]

I worked at a mom and pop video store. I watched so much porn while I was working there.

[arden88]

LOl such a good topic, I had a real estate paper route (sometimes me and my little sister would dump some of them down the storm drains...there was so many and I was little!), dishwasher = sucked
linecook = ok, but tiring
laborer for my dad = ok, but tiring not as fun as previous
retail sales for Club Monaco = decent clothes flirted with girls
freelance designer = good but not steady
video game tester = FUN and chill, probably the best non-career job out there.
now: interface designer for a video game company = not too bad, still not paid enough.

interestingly enough i found the most interesting people that i worked with were the people who had 'middle' like jobs, decent jobs but not career ones. In turn, never judge a person by what they do, sometimes a job does not define a person.

[hooligan]

not paid : library worker

paid : mcdonalds!

[onnihs]

Selling potpurri at the flea market when i was 16. Hot damn did i smell good.

[blueblue79]

my first job, yeah. i got a job now.working in the non profit org as a business counselor, everybody is nice to me.so far i feel i am loving it!..:p

[synph3l]

tutor kids in trig and calculus... it's funny because now i wouldn't even know where to begin, let alone draw that funny "f", on a problem even if my life depended on it... ;_;

[kitty]

secretary/data entry at the age of 13 at the shoe company where my mom worked.

[hkRT]

Did a number of low-pay jobs when I was a student--
theatre usher, hospital porter/volunteer, housekeeping, courtesy clerk, cashier/pharmacy student intern.
now pharmacist. Still working way too hard and burning out..

[urbia]

15 years old, selling flowers on the street.
Mystery shopping too.

[sinisterpanda]

holy shit man, that sounds illegal. was this in the u.s.?
I don't know if it is legal, but i had a lot of fun doing it!

[LottoMagicZ4941]

Working on my dad's dairy farm:)

[fossilfuel]

I worked at Dairy Queen. It sucked. I got free ice cream. But I don't really like ice cream. So, yeah, it was bad. I can still make a Peanut Buster parfait to this day though.

[nola]

I was 16 and either working at my dad's conference or ushering at the pavilion at Ravinia (Chicago's Tanglewood).

[Yeahman]

I'm Korean. My first job was when I was like 14 at a dry cleaner. I think I made $5.50/hour.

[yoMAMA]

when i was 14 and in junior high, i worked at byerlys shelving groceries for rich people [a neighborhood kid told me about this job :biggrin: ]

[nonamerasian]

The first thing I was paid for was babysitting.

I was around seven.

I was great with babies, helped out with children before, understood a little Spanish, knew CPR, and the kid's parents' were desperate. They couldn't find their regular babysitter.

I got $10 an hour, I think. It was for one kid. A cute baby.

I'm not sure if that counts, though. It was only one day.

A few years later I started babysitting during summers.

[51cat]

Times paperboy

[Filiprish]

McD's

[sOKaLiBoY]

i worked at marukai (japanese market) when i was 16. made $5.75 when i started. was a bagger/cashier. at least that's over and done with. much better making 40k a year now

[Meki]

When I was 15 I worked for a local ice cream shop at $6 hr. I scooped so much ice cream I think I got carpal tunnel from it. I also couldn’t stand the sight of ice cream for a while after that.

[Filiprish]

When I was 15 I worked for a local ice cream shop at $6 hr. I scooped so much ice cream I think I got carpal tunnel from it. I also couldn’t stand the sight of ice cream for a while after that.
Get sick of ice cream? :eek:

Impossible!!!

[Meki]

Get sick of ice cream? :eek:

Impossible!!!

Well if you come home smelling like it day after day... I got to the point that I'd thought I'd never eat ice cream again but now I'm back to loving the stuff! I mean that was 14 yrs ago... I'm so old... :frown:

[mbenioff]

I sold cars, learned how cars sales ppl were just like my folks had told me, completly useless. Made good money tho.

[NtshiabLiDej]

My first job was as a pencil pusher (age 15) for the Housing Authorities.

[Leinad]

the newspaper delivery person in my area... from a proud worker:wink:

hehe times were fun... i'd stuff so many newspapers in letterboxes so they can't get it out.... and owners who don't empty their letterboxes... :mad:

[heykitten]

Working for my parents in our takeaway shop doesn't count, being a caregiver at a rest home is my first job, age 18, so yes my current job also. :smile:

[LaiSteve66]

Subway, only lasted 9 weeks.

[pseudohmong]

Dipping ice cream at the mall at age 15. My boss was a cool Korean guy who gave me a raise after a few weeks. He thought I was doing such a good job. My coworker asked me if I got a raise and because I am a very honest person who have a hard time lying, I told her the truth. Her sister was the manager at the time and flipped out when she heard about my raise bc it had been a couple of months since she received a raise. Now I know better...never tell people you got a raise. :biggrin: :redface:

[Chad]

Helping out my dad at the restaurant where they hadn't hired a bus boy or dishwasher yet because they had just opened. My dad is a chef and so I was bus boy and dishwasher. I don't think the waiters ever figured out we were father & son.
After they got properly staffed I moved on to a job at an auto parts warehouse loading/unloading trucks. I hate leaky car batteries.

[bushido]

I volunteered at the local YMCA as a lifeguard and swim instructor for the summer. After that, I got paid for it.

[Flow to Live]

Target

[LaiSteve66]

Target

I used to work there too. I got fired after 7 weeks.

[heyisTi]

at age 18, working at Randall gorcery store.
pushing card all day.. in teh rain/cold

[Shinkai]

my first job was working at burger king as cashier when i was 13. i quit after a month and half though.

[Broomer]

Sales job through the school; then as a waiter.

[TB4000]

My boss is actually buying us all pizza today. :eek: I guess he's not such a cocksucker after all.

[eos]

^ i think you should bring me some =)

my first jobs were babysitter and tutor. i love kids.

[TB4000]

^ i think you should bring me some =)

my first jobs were babysitter and tutor. i love kids.
Sure, if you're gonna pay my fare on the red line to and from chinatown. It's Giordano's.

[eos]

mmm....pizza. how much is the fare now? what if i give you a ride back to the office? i drove to work today.

[Gaki]

...my first job....I was a dish washa for a fish buffet restaurant named Fan-Tail.

[Arex]

I used to work at this skin care product company: http://www.nonieofbeverlyhills.com/

I started out manually filling, labeling and shipping bottles. Eventually, I started making the product itself in big ol' buckets in the lab. I never added any of my own secret ingredients.

[Aurutus]

1st Part time job, scooping ice cream in the summer.
1st full time job that lasted for 3 days, a designer.

[Filippinsk Fyr]

The first formal (i.e. paid) job that I had was a teacher-trainee for Kaplan Test Prep.

I got fired at the end of the second day. At least I earned over fifty bucks.

[xtin77]

First job was at the age of 16 while on school vacation. I worked at this new gift shop in a mall near my home. I worked from 11am to 10pm, for Singapore $3.80 an hour. I was stupid to take on that job.:eek:

[bluemonq]

well what about you? you don't seem like a people-person, so i'm guessing you're the guy who emptied porta-potties.

[CARDINAL009]

Performed inventories for a game store.

[DEEPCRIMSON]

Retail selling.

[wetheril]

My first job was a computer lab monitor on campus; ie. surfing the internet while watching over the lab, trouble-shooting if people had issues, and contacting IT if the issue was beyond my knowledge to resolve.

[tommyhtown]

I worked in a video store. Rented out movies, the bulk of which was porn.

Wow that makes sense now. I was reading old threads since it is such a slow as far as meeting concerns at work. There are some gems.

[mrcfo]

first real job was at data entry at a store warehouse. sorta bucked the trend since most of my friends were either burger flipping, couriering or in some sorta fast food service chain.