What's the FIRST job you ever had? That paid you anything?

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

Me: My dad, a government scientist, got me a summer job where I rode around on a truck drinking lemonade and periodically stopped and took radiation emission readings from soil and recorded the data in a log book. Not the most exciting, but it kept me in corn dogs.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

1. El Dorado, Kansas Dairy Queen, age 15-16

That was one wild ride! I can still remember the 50 million screaming and shoving baseball/softball teams that streamed in after games!

[silverweb]

2. Library aide...

In the local public library. My mom made me get a job because I lost my retainers, which cost $50 to replace. I had just arrived there from the school bus when I heard JFK was dead. Everyone else already knew and they were shocked I didn't know yet.

[LunaSea]

3. I was the voice of Bulldog Bread

in Athens GA.
(My dad was in radio)
Musta been six or seven at the time. Got to play with the teletype machines all day/

[Billy Ruffian]

4. Picked up golf balls

I'd show up early before the range opened, and picked up golf balls by hand (aluminum tube that would hold about 20 at once, then dump out the top into a big basket)

Owner would show up and load the big baskets (about 10 retail baskets worth) into his pickup, and take them back to the shop.

I could hit all the golf balls I wanted ... which was much, at the time.

[Massacure]

5. Paper Route.

[WeRQ4U]

6. I did general maintanance for this old dude at his summer lake home

I fixed things, mowed, moved dirt around, built picnic tables, built retaining walls, fixed his dock, painted and stained his house and deck etc. ANd it was HOT AS HELL that summer. And I had to drive 30 minutes each way.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

7. Reminds me of the Simpsons, where Bart spends the summer cleaning

up some old lady's house, and she gives him like 20 cents at the end, and offers him some candy... he almost went postal on her...

[WeRQ4U]

9. Yeah kind of.......

Excpet this guy had so much money that he pretty much OVER paid me. He paid me while I was eating lunch. ANd since I was like 14 years old, I didn't complain. Ha.

[Gelliebeans]

8. Price Club

I worked as a box person and I had to clean-up the clothing section after closing. Try finding the match to all the shoes in disarray they usually ended up in the freezer next to the frozen chicken. :rofl:

[Whoa_Nelly]

10. El Taco in Tucson

Age 17. Ate the food there while working. Got food poisoning. Took a job at a local car wash after that...a lot more fun!

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

11. I'm surprised that paper route and lawn mowing haven't shown up more.

[Richardo]

12. Paperboy

Had to go door-to-door and collect $2.50 per customer PER MONTH. :eyes: I don't remember how much of that I got to keep.

[noonwitch]

13. Waitress at an IHOP

Ugh, I've never been able to eat at one since. About six months after I quit, I saw a special on the local news about restaurants that failed their health inspections. That IHOP (which no longer exists) was featured.

I babysat a lot before that, but that was my first real job.

[TK421]

14. I worked in a nursing home kitchen washing pots, tray line,etc....

The pay sucked, but the best part about the job was when it got really hot (especially in the summer) we could stand in the walk-in freezer as long as we wanted

[SCDem]

15. waitress in at Afghan restaurant in CA

[ScreamingMeemie]

16. McDonald's....

The grease works itself right into your pores. :hi:

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

17. Oh no, In 'n' Out (California) is the absolute worst. Great burgers tho.

My friend used to always make me take him there when he visited, back when I was living in CA. I commented once to him that the acne on the employees seemed particularly severe. He gestured to the grill area and said "Ya think? Just LOOK at the place!"

[Trigger Hippie]

18. Worked at Arby's

Stank for over a year. :(

[RedSpartan]

19. Washing dishes at a local restaurant. n/t

[MissMillie]

20. Babysitting

I think it was $1 to $2 an hour depending on what night and depending on how many kids I had to watch

[tjwmason]

21. Opticians

As a Saturday boy whilst still at school.

Started off filing patient records, then moved on to do all sorts of other stuff. Did it for a couple of summers during university as well.

[Rising Phoenix]

22. babysitting

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

23. Army (nt)

[LynneSin]

24. Substitute Paper Girl for my brother's route

I would rather clean out the most disgusting toilets EVER than to do that again. Worst thing is I didn't volunteer to do it - my mother forced me anytime my Brother had after school activities. And worse was I made 50 fricking cents 3 times a week off of a route that he was raking in the bucks for

:grr:

And don't get me started with newspaper ink!!!

[Sabriel]

25. Riding stables, trail guide, $2.00/hour

Apparently it's farm wages, so the mininum didn't apply. Fun, though.

[Z_I_Peevey]

26. I answered phones

in a mostly-empty campaign office for $50 a week.

[hnsez]

27. other than mowing laws for peanuts, building truck toppers