re: What was your first job?

Babysitting at 12
then Winn Dixie cashier at 16

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That's 2 old farts as old as me.

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32....

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I'm a little amazed that 2, now 3, people here have mentioned hay hauling. That's 2 old farts as old as me.

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We would do well to walk away with $15-$20 bucks.

if we're counting young childhood stuff I worked for years on Old Man Vines' farm next door to us doing everything from cutting & bailing hay, feeding cows, goats, chicken, plowing fields... you name it. I probably spent close to half my childhood with him and his wife over there. He was a WWII vet and I was totally fascinated to hear all his stories as a kid. When we'd come in form the field his wife would have a huge lunch for us. Man I miss those days.

flag football assistant referee for 7-8 year olds at age 16. got paid $20 a game and there would be 4 games.
so id come in at 7am on a saturday morning and leave at 11am with $80. that was a shitload of money for me at 16 years old.

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15 yr old worked at Chuck E Cheese, on 2nd day i was told to put on the mouse outfit, quit on the spot

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Hahah, had a friend do the same.

Also must be a communist in this thread downvoting everyone.

I was a cashier at The Real Superstore. We had some friends who were price checkers on the roller skates and we used to open bags of rice and pasta and throw it on the ground to try and make them fall.

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We would do well to walk away with $15-$20 bucks.

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Same here, but $20 was more money back then. We moved up the pay scale a bit when we invested in a loader and cut out one guy.

The work was more than hard enough to make me appreciate the value of an education. Damn kids these days, right?

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I had you pegged for a blue bayou life guard

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Why?


No way I would have a job where I have to wear a swimsuit.



I got lucky and got an awesome HS job after leaving Winn Dickme.....working at a library. For a bookworm like myself that job was pure heaven.