Mine was being a paper boy at 11 years old in Iowa City.
First real job was as a cook at a restaurant when I was 14 for $3.15/hr
First real job was as a cook at a restaurant when I was 14 for $3.15/hr
what was your first job
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Taking OP's mom to poundtown. She paid really well.
In high school I was the caretaker of the Little League. Had to get the field ready, keep the book, find umps etc...
I remember it conflicting with my baseball season enough it was a pain in the ass
I remember it conflicting with my baseball season enough it was a pain in the ass
Babysat, did yard work, bailed hay and walked beans until 15. I also did some other farm work at my grandpa's place. First real job was a cook at a buffet at a whopping $2.85/hour. Did that through Christmas break of my sophomore year of college until the place closed. Lots of great times and friends came from those years.
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Paper boy. And then being a badazz working everyone's dream job at McDonald's when I was in 8th grade.
Didn't get an allowance as a kid. Got paid a few cents a day for washing milking machines. Also paid 10 to 25 cents an hour on the tractor cultivating crops in the summer.
Working for neighborhood farmers baling hay for my first non family job. Unloading semis at a nursery warehouse. Being a valet car parker at an Italian restaurant.
Working for neighborhood farmers baling hay for my first non family job. Unloading semis at a nursery warehouse. Being a valet car parker at an Italian restaurant.
Sweetest part about carney gig is I never had to detassel or walk bean fields.
$4.25/hr.
I worked for my dad's small construction company on the weekends.
My first job outside of the family was a Rally's hamburgers.
My first job outside of the family was a Rally's hamburgers.
Paper boy for Penny Saver. Literally pennies per paper.
Than a page at the library. Yep I was doing all I could to keep the teenage poon (no pics) off me
Than a page at the library. Yep I was doing all I could to keep the teenage poon (no pics) off me
If we're being honest, OP's mom is more of a chore than a job.
Paper boy for the Rag, Detassaling, Hardees, Winnebago Security were my jobs from MS through College..
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Stacking firewood age 8. Beanwalking, hay bailing, detassling, etc until age 17. Produce warehouse after that.
I was a referee for Iowa City Kickers from age 12 - 16 or so. I can only imagine that parents are even worse now.
This board teaches me a lot about a different culture. Until this thread, I had no idea that beans needed to be walked.
I was a young entrepreneur. I started mowing yards at 12, then entered into illegal (claimed by authorities, though none ever showed me sufficient proof of the illegality) candy sales and loan sharking.
I was a young entrepreneur. I started mowing yards at 12, then entered into illegal (claimed by authorities, though none ever showed me sufficient proof of the illegality) candy sales and loan sharking.
First money I earned was going to rural auctions in the summer and selling soft drinks from the back of my dad's pickup.
First paycheck (at 16) was working "vector control" for the city of Burlington, which meant driving the mosquito fogger, baiting rat traps around town, and other stuff intended to stop the spread of disease.
First full time, professional job was Systems Analyst with NCR.
First paycheck (at 16) was working "vector control" for the city of Burlington, which meant driving the mosquito fogger, baiting rat traps around town, and other stuff intended to stop the spread of disease.
First full time, professional job was Systems Analyst with NCR.
Similar. I kept the books for a little league while I was 14-15.
My first real job was bagging groceries.
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