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Posted on 5/26/26 at 6:06 pm to FreeState
I mowed yards and worked at an arcade
Posted on 5/26/26 at 6:25 pm to rpg37
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Lifeguard. I did sports and my dad was the coach...basically was the job. Lifeguarding in the summer time was the only job I ever had for pay until my senior year I won a writing contest and became a sports beat writer for the Commercial Dispatch in Columbus. I would do 1-2 games a week at $25/article.
I live in Columbus . You still around here ? Coached for one of the local high schools for 25 years
Posted on 5/26/26 at 6:27 pm to FreeState
Cut grass all through HS. How I got my first car.
But my first W-2 was working in a sweatshop. Printed t-shirts for a screen printer. Oven bakes at 1000 degrees, with no chimney outlet, in Georgia summers.
Made enough money to buy a Playstation.
But my first W-2 was working in a sweatshop. Printed t-shirts for a screen printer. Oven bakes at 1000 degrees, with no chimney outlet, in Georgia summers.
Made enough money to buy a Playstation.
Posted on 5/26/26 at 6:35 pm to Bear88
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I live in Columbus . You still around here ? Coached for one of the local high schools for 25 years
I do not. Live on the coast now. Rest of family still live in Columbus, thought. I graduated from Caledonia in 2005.
Posted on 5/26/26 at 6:37 pm to FreeState
Shakey’s Pizza. Rookie bottle washer and cook. 1973. $1.00/hour. 15 years young. Minimum wage was around $1.65/hour, but they were small enough to be exempt from that.
2 months is all I could stand.
2 months is all I could stand.
Posted on 5/26/26 at 6:54 pm to rpg37
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do not. Live on the coast now. Rest of family still live in Columbus, thought. I graduated from Caledonia in 2005.
I graduated from Caledonia in 1988. Still live here but not many people know where Caledonia is
Putting 2 and 2 together, I think I taught with your dad if he was a teacher
This post was edited on 5/26/26 at 7:08 pm
Posted on 5/26/26 at 6:57 pm to FreeState
Local sporting goods store through HS. I was in charge of trophies. That was a shitload of work during ball seasons.
Then a life guard during the summer before college. Greatest job of my life.
Then a life guard during the summer before college. Greatest job of my life.
Posted on 5/26/26 at 7:24 pm to FreeState
Mainly yard work around the neighborhood.
But in high school I worked with the carpenter one summer and then the next with the painters at a small college called Spring Hill during the summer. For that time, it was good money and gave me something to do at a pivotal time in my life. I was especially thankful for the first summer there. It wasn't long after my father died.
Also, for some reason I can remember some numbers like Rain Man. $5 could get me 3.2 gallons of gas back in those days
the only other times you'd see a difference was when there were hurricanes.
But in high school I worked with the carpenter one summer and then the next with the painters at a small college called Spring Hill during the summer. For that time, it was good money and gave me something to do at a pivotal time in my life. I was especially thankful for the first summer there. It wasn't long after my father died.
Also, for some reason I can remember some numbers like Rain Man. $5 could get me 3.2 gallons of gas back in those days
the only other times you'd see a difference was when there were hurricanes.
This post was edited on 5/26/26 at 7:25 pm
Posted on 5/26/26 at 8:41 pm to FreeState
Highschool: Service first award winner Albertsons bag boy 1994 
Also worked at a self serve carwash. Owner gave me keys to control room, a huge bucket of quarters to turn on the bays to wash them out, then I had to clean out the nasty vacuum bins. Found all kinda stuff. He paid me in $1’s. $10/hr. In 1993 it was a pretty nice gig at 2 hrs per day would have $140 per week. Problem was it was every day at night. I actually made more than $10/hr…. That bucket o quarters was too tempting $3.23 mcds all day.
College: LSU computer lab. “Reboot” is all I told people and got good time to study. Weekends worked as a valet a CCLA. Made good tips and drove nice cars I still cant afford
Also worked at a self serve carwash. Owner gave me keys to control room, a huge bucket of quarters to turn on the bays to wash them out, then I had to clean out the nasty vacuum bins. Found all kinda stuff. He paid me in $1’s. $10/hr. In 1993 it was a pretty nice gig at 2 hrs per day would have $140 per week. Problem was it was every day at night. I actually made more than $10/hr…. That bucket o quarters was too tempting
$3.23 mcds all day. College: LSU computer lab. “Reboot” is all I told people and got good time to study. Weekends worked as a valet a CCLA. Made good tips and drove nice cars I still cant afford
Posted on 5/26/26 at 8:49 pm to Bear88
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Putting 2 and 2 together, I think I taught with your dad if he was a teacher
Both my parents were teachers and started there when we moved to Columbus in 1990. Mom at CES and dad at CMS. He taught science and was with Grady Prevost. Was there for a few years and then moved to West Lowndes later. Mom stayed her whole 25 years under Roger Hill...who just finished his 50th year.
This post was edited on 5/26/26 at 8:51 pm
Posted on 5/26/26 at 9:15 pm to rpg37
Oh yea. Know all those people . I taught with him on the West Side . Knew when I saw swim coach , your dad is the first one who popped in my head . 
Posted on 5/26/26 at 9:26 pm to Bear88
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Oh yea. Know all those people . I taught with him on the West Side . Knew when I saw swim coach , your dad is the first one who popped in my head .
Knowing him isn't a positive to everybody, so I hope I don't lose you confirming it.
Posted on 5/26/26 at 9:32 pm to rpg37
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Knowing him isn't a positive to everybody, so I hope I don't lose you confirming it.
no. He was the science teacher at WLMS for years . I was at HS but still talked to him all the time … he loved his swimming Posted on 5/26/26 at 9:35 pm to FreeState
Dishwasher. Magnolia Cafe.
Posted on 5/26/26 at 9:42 pm to Bear88
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no. He was the science teacher at WLMS for years . I was at HS but still talked to him all the time … he loved his swimming
Now I am trying to put two and two together...I probably interviewed you a couple times...on the baseball field.
Posted on 5/26/26 at 9:52 pm to FreeState
Started cutting grass at 10. First year had three yards that I cut weekly for $10 each.
At 15 went to work at Grandy’s. At 17, worked for last full service gas station in Shreveport. At 18 went to work at Walmart. At 19 worked in a warehouse. At 24 went to work for my current employer. I’m 53 now.
At 15 went to work at Grandy’s. At 17, worked for last full service gas station in Shreveport. At 18 went to work at Walmart. At 19 worked in a warehouse. At 24 went to work for my current employer. I’m 53 now.
Posted on 5/26/26 at 9:58 pm to rpg37
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Now I am trying to put two and two together...I probably interviewed you a couple times...on the baseball field.
Yes
Posted on 5/26/26 at 10:08 pm to Bear88
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Yes
FWIW, I always thought you were one of the best ones and got more out of their teams than most. I know that was a tough gig. Hope you're doing well! 
Posted on 5/26/26 at 11:54 pm to FreeState
Great thread.
This thread is a great example of the immigrant experience (with the exception of the H1B's). Imagine having to leave the career you have now and having to go back to the job you had at 19. That's a typical experience for an immigrant......cutting grass, bagging groceries, roofing houses, manual labor type crap.
When I moved to the United States, a friend of mine said "It doesn't matter what you did before you came here. When you come to America, you go to the back of the line and start all over." She was so right.
This thread is a great example of the immigrant experience (with the exception of the H1B's). Imagine having to leave the career you have now and having to go back to the job you had at 19. That's a typical experience for an immigrant......cutting grass, bagging groceries, roofing houses, manual labor type crap.
When I moved to the United States, a friend of mine said "It doesn't matter what you did before you came here. When you come to America, you go to the back of the line and start all over." She was so right.
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