What was your very first job with a non-family member (even extended family) ?

[PearliePoo2]

64. 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

I was a really shy kid and I was terrified and a nervous wreck for my first day at work at a real job!
Pat McGuire, the manager, was this REALLY old guy about 23. But even though he was older than dirt, he WAS kind of cute (dark curly hair and really blue eyes).
He told me he wanted to give me new hire instructions and to follow him to the back of the restaurant. So we're standing by this big group of huge co2 bottles and he's telling all about root beer and how it gets its fizz, when he suddenly opened up the valve on this spare co2 bottle and blasted me right in the face! That scared the crap out of me! He's standing there laughing and I'm horrified in disbelief! He says all the new employees get this treatment!
Now, since I survived that, it was time to learn how to properly scoop hard ice cream. OK, done.
Next up to show him I could make change from that belt coin changer thingy. That was a little difficult, since my math skills sucked (and still do) but I eventually figured it out. The job went OK, I gained confidence daily and I became less shy and even started getting tips now and then.
One day, my boss, Pat said i needed to run an errand and go pick something up (I forget what it was) and to take HIS car!
Wow...ummm, yeah! He had this beautiful, dark blue 1965 Ford Fairlane 500 Coupe. It was a V-8 with bucket seats, fancy chrome wheels, loud exhaust and a radio (KJRB AM 790)! Oh man, I'm in heaven! I knew how to drive but I did NOT yet have a driver's license but he never even asked!
I was so excited I couldn't STAND it, so of course the first thing I did was go by my friend Jan's house and pick her up. Her jaw dropped and she said, "Where did you get this car?" I explained what was going on, that I was on an errand, but first we HAD to go "cruise the drag" and show off!
Down to Riverside Ave. with the windows down, radio blasting the Beach Boys and The Supremes, it just does NOT get any better than this! Finally, I realized I had to get back and returned to the Drive-In a little nervous. Pat, my boss was PISSED! He said he was about to call the police and report me! I apologized, figured I was going to be fired but I told him I HAD to drive around downtown to show off his cool car...the coolest car in the entire town! My explanation must have appealed to his vanity and ego, since he just looked at me for a while and then he asked me if I would go out with him. What?? You mean like on a date? With YOU? "Yeah, with me."
I was totally freaked out and I said I had to ask my mom and dad. Their answer was an emphatic NO WAY!
We never talked about "a date" again, summer was over and I started my senior year in high school that fall.
My next job the following year was working full time at the Spokesman Review Newspaper as a courier in the ad department. I left Spokane, moved to Seattle and my third job was working for AT&T downtown at 3rd and Bell for a few years. I've had a ton of jobs since then and I just recently retired from Washington State Dept. of Transportation. Yay for Unions and PERS-2!
I never saw Pat McGuire again but I'll never forget that car of his. I wish I had it today!