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Posted on 9/16/15 at 11:16 am to
Posted by AwesomeSauce
Das Boot
Member since May 2015
11454 posts
Posted on 9/16/15 at 11:16 am to
12, had ten yards I mowed and a cemetery. Mowed the yards two per day every two weeks. The cemetery took a week by itself, a lot of trimming with the weed-eater between and around headstones and in the ditches.
Posted by Clyde Tipton
Planet Earth
Member since Dec 2007
40817 posts
Posted on 9/16/15 at 11:16 am to
Bus boy when I was 15 at a seafood restaurant.
Posted by dagrippa
Saigon
Member since Nov 2004
12171 posts
Posted on 9/16/15 at 11:17 am to
Busboy Hong Kong Inn....15 or 16.
Posted by ManBearTiger
BRLA
Member since Jun 2007
22601 posts
Posted on 9/16/15 at 11:17 am to
15, Lifeguard, Westminster Pool off Jefferson
Posted by musick
the internet
Member since Dec 2008
26131 posts
Posted on 9/16/15 at 11:17 am to
Fast Track had the GOAT fries
Posted by 3nOut
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Jan 2013
32392 posts
Posted on 9/16/15 at 11:17 am to
14 years old.

Burger Shop in the mall.

i was paid cash once a week. nobody asked my age until i was 15.
Posted by ShoeBang
Member since May 2012
22271 posts
Posted on 9/16/15 at 11:18 am to
15 - Had 2 jobs during summer and 1 during school.

Butcher Shop helper.
State park concession stand added to that during summer.

Did that until I graduated HS

Posted by JeepWave
Moonshine, LA
Member since Oct 2013
106 posts
Posted on 9/16/15 at 11:18 am to
15 years old...was on the Grounds Maintenance Crew at the Kenilworth Club/Pool. It was hot, but we got free drinks and nachos from the snack bar. And at $5.00/hour, I was a baller.
Posted by ipodking
#StopTalkingAboutWomensSports
Member since Jun 2008
58953 posts
Posted on 9/16/15 at 11:19 am to
16 at the Greater Baton Rouge FoodmBank. I was in charge of the sorting area
Posted by Hangover Haven
Metry
Member since Oct 2013
33635 posts
Posted on 9/16/15 at 11:19 am to
13, Bus boy at Fontana's seafood in West End...
Posted by Deep Purple Haze
LA
Member since Jun 2007
70136 posts
Posted on 9/16/15 at 11:19 am to
18, construction labor
Posted by Topwater Trout
Red Stick
Member since Oct 2010
70025 posts
Posted on 9/16/15 at 11:20 am to
does mowing grass count?

if not Milanos pizza when I was 15 or 16...was better than anything we have now...not sure why it went out of business.
This post was edited on 9/16/15 at 11:21 am
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
84704 posts
Posted on 9/16/15 at 11:21 am to
Owned and sold three multinational businesses before I turned 20.
Posted by eScott
Member since Oct 2008
11376 posts
Posted on 9/16/15 at 11:21 am to
13 busboy mama brava

quote:

Milanos pizza.

I forgot about that place
Worked there for two days late 80s
This post was edited on 9/16/15 at 11:23 am
Posted by Hammertime
Will trade dowsing rod for titties
Member since Jan 2012
43031 posts
Posted on 9/16/15 at 11:21 am to
Weedeating at Abita CC
14
IIRC, I got paid like $4.25/hr
Posted by LildripDraws
Lafayette
Member since Aug 2011
1609 posts
Posted on 9/16/15 at 11:24 am to
Pulling red rice in the fields. 16 years old
Posted by TheAlmightySmash
New Orleans
Member since Jun 2014
5492 posts
Posted on 9/16/15 at 11:24 am to
first real world job was in the Tech Department for the NOLA Convention Center at 18

Cut grass and was a camp councilor before that
Posted by musick
the internet
Member since Dec 2008
26131 posts
Posted on 9/16/15 at 11:25 am to
I would say mowing grass counts if it was steady and not just like 1 yard.
Posted by Hermit Crab
Under the Sea
Member since Nov 2008
7434 posts
Posted on 9/16/15 at 11:25 am to
16, bus boy at Strawn's in Shreveport
Posted by High C
viewing the fall....
Member since Nov 2012
60984 posts
Posted on 9/16/15 at 11:26 am to
14
Lifeguard at a local water park.
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