I had a great first job out of high school, painting apartments and repairing drywall.

[texanwitch]

Now I know this doesn't sound exciting but damn I was 18, and living in Austin.

The job payed very well, and we did find a lot interesting things left behind in the apartments.

That first job was a education.

Austin was so cool back then.

So anybody else have a fun job out of high school or college.

We also lived in a haunted house, yes we did.

[JTG of the PRB]

1. A "fun" job? I wouldn't call it that...

I actually went to the newspaper, found a few places that had openings, and began applying about a week and a half after I graduated. I actually found a job right away at the local ACE Hardware, and I wound up working there from the end of May 2006 all the way until early September 2007.

And I will never work for them again. They may treat customers well, but in my experience the employees weren't treated so great. I enjoyed most of the people I worked with, but the people I wound up disliking were the managers, so it got pretty miserable pretty fast.

Last June, I worked 25 days out of 30. I had 5 days off the entire month. It was about that time that I realized I was going to be quitting that job...

I have a job I like a lot better right now that pays me better and treats me better, so I'm much happier with my SECOND after-college job.

[texanwitch]

2. I have been lucky in jobs.

Not one of them have been to bad.

Glad you have a job that you like.

[Kat45]

3. Wasn't fun, but I worked in a factory making Playboy jigsaw puzzles.

The work itself was very boring, but it was also somewhat bizarre. A good number of the employees there were old ladies; there were mainly Puerto Ricans in the wood shop; a few of us college students worked there for the summer; there were a number of French-Canadians; and there was a guy who told me he was a member of the Communist party working there to try to organize workers. (They did make regular kids jigsaw puzzles too, as well as those raunchy/funny signs you'd get at Spencer Gifts.) It was a summer job during college; the factory was not far from where I lived.

[texanwitch]

4. I love putitng together jigsaw puzzles.

I have 5000 piece puzzle I have been working on for over a year.

I will glue it together and frame when I finish it.

The job sounded like it was interesting with the mix of people.

[Rabrrrrrr]

7. huh hu hun huh - you said "puTITng"

:rofl:

[lutefisk]

5. I was close to taking a job at the US Bong factory (really), but I declined

The manufacturing facilities were in Maryland (suburban DC) back when things like that were still relatively unprosecuted.

It sounded cool at the time, but something about it just made me think it wouldn't be the best CV builder...

[trof]

6. Lifeguard, after college, before military.

Ah...the summer of '63.
Myrtle Beach SC.
21 years old.

Beer was fairly cheap.
$5 tickets to rock & roll shows at the Beach Club.
Bo Diddley.
The Platters.

And the lifeguard stand WAS a chick magnet.
;-)