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29. Neighborhood yard work. Then grocery store (bagging to bathroom maintenance). Life Guard. eom

Sat Apr 15, 2017, 10:31 AM

Apr 2017

Sounds dumb now, but I really liked waxing floors at the grocery store. You finished on the same day (no long-term projects), and could stand back and look at this shiny floor with pride. Nowadays, it takes months to finish a project and success is determined by no one griping.

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What was your very first job with a non-family member (even extended family) ? [View all] steve2470 Apr 2017 OP

I was hired to be Cinderella at an amusement park. Rhiannon12866 Apr 2017 #1

awesome! 😊 nt steve2470 Apr 2017 #2

It was not a popular job there, standing out in the hot sun in a long dress. Rhiannon12866 Apr 2017 #8

bummer 😒 nt steve2470 Apr 2017 #10

I worked there six summers, eventually got the job driving the train that went through the jungle Rhiannon12866 Apr 2017 #13

good for your boss :) nt steve2470 Apr 2017 #14

He liked me since I was a good sport Rhiannon12866 Apr 2017 #17

it derailed a lot ? Wow.... that's amazing steve2470 Apr 2017 #18

It was an older train (bought used in 1952!) and had mechanical problems Rhiannon12866 Apr 2017 #23

sounds like penny-wise pound foolish management to me steve2470 Apr 2017 #24

I thought it was one of the best jobs, I got to sit down and ride through the woods. Rhiannon12866 Apr 2017 #25

Babysitter. femmocrat Apr 2017 #3

work can be SO much fun when you are a kid steve2470 Apr 2017 #5

I got to see all the movies.... over and over! femmocrat Apr 2017 #11

yay! 🙌 nt steve2470 Apr 2017 #12

I managed a Baskin Robbins store, to pay my way through school Siwsan Apr 2017 #4

free Baskin Robbins for employees ? nt steve2470 Apr 2017 #6

Two scoops a day Siwsan Apr 2017 #20

yum! nt steve2470 Apr 2017 #21

I (along with another kid) worked at a pool hall when I was 16... ret5hd Apr 2017 #7

fun! nt steve2470 Apr 2017 #9

Car Hop blogslut Apr 2017 #15

free food ? nt steve2470 Apr 2017 #16

I honestly can't remember. blogslut Apr 2017 #19

free food was one of the great parts, too bad :/ nt steve2470 Apr 2017 #22

Typing envelopes CountAllVotes Apr 2017 #26

wow that sucked, no pay ?! nt steve2470 Apr 2017 #53

no pay is correct CountAllVotes Apr 2017 #62

Paper route... age 7 or 8. Buckeye_Democrat Apr 2017 #27

bummer your mom was so demanding nt steve2470 Apr 2017 #51

She was wonderful in other ways. Buckeye_Democrat Apr 2017 #56

Your mom sounds kinda like my mom LeftInTX Apr 2017 #58

That's indeed similar. Buckeye_Democrat Apr 2017 #60

Door-to-door newspaper "NOT subscriptions" for... yallerdawg Apr 2017 #28

Neighborhood yard work. Then grocery store (bagging to bathroom maintenance). Life Guard. eom Hoyt Apr 2017 #29

Babysitting Freddie Apr 2017 #30

Dishwasher Hayduke Bomgarte Apr 2017 #31

Ironing. CrispyQ Apr 2017 #32

great stories! nt steve2470 Apr 2017 #54

Baling hay liberal N proud Apr 2017 #33

Comic book store. Can't remember the name. Iggo Apr 2017 #34

why was she pissed ? steve2470 Apr 2017 #55

She was pissed because I took a job that wasn't paying me money. Iggo Apr 2017 #66

oh! nt steve2470 Apr 2017 #67

Other than babysitting my first job was at Dairy Queen TexasBushwhacker Apr 2017 #35

Other than the usual kid stuff (paper routes, mowing lawns, shoveling driveways) Zorro Apr 2017 #36

Stenographer for Steamship Company Lower Manhattan in 1966 HockeyMom Apr 2017 #37

Do you still remember your shorthand? Laffy Kat Apr 2017 #76

At 14 Runningdawg Apr 2017 #38

I was 13, hired as a "nanny" for 3 brats at a resort club in northern lower MI for the summer. catbyte Apr 2017 #39

Working full time at a Midas Muffler factory...making Midas Mufflers.. Stuart G Apr 2017 #40

I worked in restaurants for family from about age 5 and at 16 I worked for Solly Mack Apr 2017 #41

grocery bagger and stocker at a grocery store age 14 rurallib Apr 2017 #42

A paper route, age 14. Aristus Apr 2017 #43

much respect to you, sir steve2470 Apr 2017 #49

That image is a little misleading, I'll grant you. Aristus Apr 2017 #61

Other than baby sitting, in the early and mid... 3catwoman3 Apr 2017 #44

45 cents an hour, wow.... talk about inflation! nt steve2470 Apr 2017 #52

In an interesting full circle kind of way, the last... 3catwoman3 Apr 2017 #65

I babysat when I was 14, but I've got an embarrassing incident: LeftInTX Apr 2017 #45

Stacking loose hay for a neighbor. jack69 Apr 2017 #46

My first job was driving an Ice Cream Truck... GReedDiamond Apr 2017 #47

wow great story, little bastards! nt steve2470 Apr 2017 #50

I think, in retrospect, it was a good thing... GReedDiamond Apr 2017 #68

Sounds like something out of a Cheech and Chong movie!!! LeftInTX Apr 2017 #59

Speaking of Cheech & Chong, I knew a guy - a driver for Georgie's... GReedDiamond Apr 2017 #69

anyone else ? nt steve2470 Apr 2017 #48

Summer job typing in an office northoftheborder Apr 2017 #57

Harvesting hay don't remember my age probably 12 or so. Worked at Holiday doc03 Apr 2017 #63

My first job in the late 60's at 16 years old was a car hop at an A&W at 29th and Grand, Spokane, WA PearliePoo2 Apr 2017 #64

was he disappointed he could not have a date ? steve2470 Apr 2017 #81

Martial arts instructor sakabatou Apr 2017 #70

At the age of 14, shoveling chicken shit for a $1.50 an hour Kaleva Apr 2017 #71

Hot shit. tazkcmo Apr 2017 #79

Sold night crawlers to the local bait shop in early spring. Quietman64 Apr 2017 #72

quite an entrepreneur :) nt steve2470 Apr 2017 #74

Data Entry for Global Fulfillment Services (GFS) JonLP24 Apr 2017 #73

Sandwich maker at the Super Submarine Sandwich Shop.. Laffy Kat Apr 2017 #75

roofing n/t tazkcmo Apr 2017 #77

My first year of college, worked at pizza delivery for one night. Binkie The Clown Apr 2017 #78

Ranch hand. 1965. 15 y.o. Sheep, cattle, hogs, hay. WheelWalker Apr 2017 #80

Elementary School Janitor jberryhill Apr 2017 #82

Bag boy at a local grocery store, nt Broken_Hero Apr 2017 #83

Doing Heavy House Maintenance (Gutters and more) Wolf Frankula Apr 2017 #84

Hey Steve nice topic! retrowire Apr 2017 #85

thanks! nt steve2470 Apr 2017 #90

glass factory in Illinois Skittles Apr 2017 #86

This message was self-deleted by its author steve2470 Apr 2017 #91

Corn detasseler. BluesRunTheGame Apr 2017 #87

Cashier at a grocery store Zing Zing Zingbah Apr 2017 #88

Here: Tikki Apr 2017 #89

Yard work around the neighborhood... a couple of paper routes (starting at age 10) Rhythm Apr 2017 #92

Usher in a movie theater. hay rick Apr 2017 #93

Official title was "laborer" at a U.S. Geological Survey map warehouse DFW Apr 2017 #94

Cleaning shit out of abandoned storage lockers Sen. Walter Sobchak Apr 2017 #95

Carpet installer assistant benld74 Apr 2017 #96

Checkout girl at the supermarket. lapucelle Apr 2017 #97

I was 9 - delivering the "mailers" (store ads) KentuckyWoman Apr 2017 #98