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re: What was your first job?
Posted on 4/9/14 at 11:30 am to PaulBurbank007
Posted on 4/9/14 at 11:30 am to PaulBurbank007
Don't they start you out as parking lot monitor?
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Posted on 4/9/14 at 11:31 am to Doc Fenton
Yea I was just trying to sound more professional
Posted on 4/9/14 at 11:32 am to PaulBurbank007
resume padders 
Posted on 4/9/14 at 11:36 am to Draconian Sanctions
Worked for a contractor in high school.
Posted on 4/9/14 at 11:41 am to Draconian Sanctions
Cutting grass. First legit company. Party City. frick that place.
Posted on 4/9/14 at 11:43 am to Draconian Sanctions
Bagging groceries and retrieving shopping carts at Canal Villere on Crowder Blvd in da East, brah.
Posted on 4/9/14 at 11:44 am to tigersownall
Palace Movie Theater in Elmwood before AMC took over.
Posted on 4/9/14 at 11:47 am to Draconian Sanctions
Working at the Kroger on College Drive. I quit because they made me join a union.
Posted on 4/9/14 at 11:50 am to Draconian Sanctions
Sandwich maker at Firehouse Subs.
Posted on 4/9/14 at 12:01 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Pizza delivery guy for Gattis in S'port right out of HS and first year attending LSUS.
To this day, probably my favorite job ever...all the pizza you could eat, made pretty good tips, and free beer after we shut it down at night.
To this day, probably my favorite job ever...all the pizza you could eat, made pretty good tips, and free beer after we shut it down at night.
Posted on 4/9/14 at 12:02 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Clearing brush from firewalls around the tank batteries
Posted on 4/9/14 at 12:03 pm to Draconian Sanctions
When I was 15, I was friends with a guy who's father was very wealthy. At least by our towns standard. He owned a 8,000 sqft home on about 150 acres. The summer before my sophomore year, his father paid me to work at his house all day. Dad would drop me off at 8am and mom picked me up at 3pm. I had a key and would do whatever job he had written down on a notepad in the kitchen. Usually involved landscaping maintenance like mulching, mowing, etc.. He kept a few Llhama and every now and then I would shovel their crap from the stable. Re-painting the porch, etc..
He paid me $9.00 an hour and I felt rich with that wage in 1985. But the perks were great too. He had a neighborhood sized pool with a springboard and 4 wheelers that he allowed mt to enjoy during my self imposed breaks. Later in life, I realized that he was just being charitable to me while getting some work done in return.. But I did work hard to impress him and earn my wage. He always seemed appreciative of how well I did a job.
Sadly, our employment arrangement didn't make it to the next summer. I was at a party later that year and went on a late night cruise with 3 other boys in one of their dad's convertibles. Somewhere along the way, my friend in the back seat decided it would be fun to start bashing mailboxes with a bat. He said"let's go do Mr. S's house and I practically begged him not to. Well, he did and word got around the next week or so. Mr. S found out I was in the car and wouldn't talk to me for about a year. Never confronted me but just never acknowledged me. Finally, after a year, I showed up at his house and explained what occurred that night. He said he was very hurt when he found out that I was complicit but also accepted my apology. Things never got back to where they were before though.
He paid me $9.00 an hour and I felt rich with that wage in 1985. But the perks were great too. He had a neighborhood sized pool with a springboard and 4 wheelers that he allowed mt to enjoy during my self imposed breaks. Later in life, I realized that he was just being charitable to me while getting some work done in return.. But I did work hard to impress him and earn my wage. He always seemed appreciative of how well I did a job.
Sadly, our employment arrangement didn't make it to the next summer. I was at a party later that year and went on a late night cruise with 3 other boys in one of their dad's convertibles. Somewhere along the way, my friend in the back seat decided it would be fun to start bashing mailboxes with a bat. He said"let's go do Mr. S's house and I practically begged him not to. Well, he did and word got around the next week or so. Mr. S found out I was in the car and wouldn't talk to me for about a year. Never confronted me but just never acknowledged me. Finally, after a year, I showed up at his house and explained what occurred that night. He said he was very hurt when he found out that I was complicit but also accepted my apology. Things never got back to where they were before though.
Posted on 4/9/14 at 12:06 pm to REB BEER
RIP Gatti's 
My first job was a busboy at a local restaurant when I was 16. Thought I was ballin at the end of a Friday night when they did the tipshare.
My first job was a busboy at a local restaurant when I was 16. Thought I was ballin at the end of a Friday night when they did the tipshare.
Posted on 4/9/14 at 12:07 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Busboy at a restaurant.
Posted on 4/9/14 at 12:08 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Delivering newspapers when I was 7 or 8
Posted on 4/9/14 at 12:13 pm to Dick Leverage
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He paid me $9.00 an hour and I felt rich with that wage in 1985
Annualized, that's over $18k. In 1985. $18k in 1985 has the same buying power as $39k in 2014 (source: LINK ).
Imagine being a kid pulling down $39k.
Posted on 4/9/14 at 12:16 pm to Sophandros
Stockboy for Calandros when I was 16
Posted on 4/9/14 at 12:22 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Mine was sweeping out a Winn Dixie construction site in the late 70's. This is back when 12-15 yr. olds could get away with this kind of thing and make "bank"! 
Posted on 4/9/14 at 12:23 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Lifeguard at Blue Bayou. $4/hr was under minimum wage but an exception to the rule because it was a "seasonal" job. Otherwise it was a pretty sweet gig. Tan, flirt, or yell at people all day.
This post was edited on 4/9/14 at 12:25 pm
Posted on 4/9/14 at 12:49 pm to The Last Coco
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Worked for 1 day at Harb's Oasis the Saturday before Easter in high school because he said it would "get my foot in the door" for a summer position. He then proceeded to pay me cash at a lower rate than what we agreed upon and told me he didn't have a spot for me during the summer at the end of the day.
f that!!! I would have been a pissed a-hole leaving that place..
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