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by -Icy- on September 17th, 2009
pool concession stand. i could swim anytime not working for free. i got min wage i think 3.35 something like that. +5
by ...... on October 30th, 2007
I started working for my uncle answering phones and taking orders as well as ordering from the supply house at 17 and worked there every since.
by Kingpinn on September 17th, 2009
I was a paperboy, earning about $40 a month.
by Shatzee coming back? on September 17th, 2009
a Chik-fil-a. I dont remember how much the pay was. Whatever the minimum wage in Illinois was in 1994.
by Suby the Coat on September 17th, 2009
I joined as a sub-editor in a local language newspaper immediately after completing my M.A. in 1973. Those were the days before computers became popular and internet had not become such an integral part of communication.
My job was to go through all the news reports coming through the teleprinters from various news agencies, choose the news stories that will be of interest to our readers and mark them.
Then after the editor approves them I was supposed to translate them into the local language.
I worked this this newspaper for 8 months before I got an employment as a probationary officer in a bank.
I remember what I got paid, but if you do not account for inflation, the figure would appear somewhat small.
All I will say is the pay was more than adequate to cover all my expenses.
by Anonymous on April 12th, 2007
Computer inputting file information on a new filing database and labelling files at Coopers and Lybrand. It was dead boring.
by Pookie Bear on April 12th, 2007
I worked as a waitress after school and on weekends
by Anonymous on April 12th, 2007
I worked one night a week in a pharmacy as a general junior shop assistant.
by KiloWattKid on September 17th, 2009
I'm 18 and my very first job is the job I am currently at right now. I work retail, Grocery Outlet to be specific. Pays $8 an hour starting, which is good considering my first paying job and the min wage is like $7.25.
by Sherri on September 17th, 2009
I was a cashier at WT Grant: a dime store like Woolworths. Seems to me I was paid $1.65/hour--this goes back to the early 60s.
by Gracin the Strange on April 12th, 2007
The snack bar at the Sacramento Zoo
by words o wisdom on April 12th, 2007
shop assistant in a newsagency
by Lippycow on April 12th, 2007
Kennelmaid at a greyhound racing kennels and i loved it.
by Starmaster on April 12th, 2007
I was 14, it was the Summer of 1972, I was working at a Police Department washing cars, cleaning the grounds, sweeping and swabbing and stuff like that. It was a local Government program designed to keep young people busy during the Summer.
by Kitt-tastrophy on September 18th, 2009
Burger King @ 6.50/hr
by Anonymous on September 18th, 2009
I was a bagger. I did not work there for very long, but I made OK money - they were only tips. Sometimes you can make a great amount. My other job was at Busch Gardens as a Caricature artist. You were paid how much you sold, but minimum wage at the least.
by BaileysMom12 COAT of Motherly Love on September 18th, 2009
I was a car hop at Shoney's. This was back in the 70's and I think my pay was about $1.02 an hour. I made tips though. +5
by randomguy on September 17th, 2009
$7/hr as a course assistant.
by DudeLer 2 on September 17th, 2009
farm labor, 1.10 an hour, six day week, ten hour day. no over time. i mended fences, schoveled manure, picked up a lot of rocks, never got on a horse.
by guirion on September 17th, 2009
I was a paperboy when I was 12yrs old.
I made about $20. a week and I saved to buy my first guitar which I believe was about $120.
by loves.CSI.vegas on September 17th, 2009
I worked for Act III cinemas. I made $5.15 an hour. I started as an Usher, then did concessions, then Box Office, and about 2 1/2 years after my start date I was an assistant manager! (Then I made like, $7 an hour or something like that.)
by Jay Was Here - AYPWIP on October 31st, 2007
From the ages of 13-16, I was assembling exercise/weight-lifting equipment for a small local company.
by anonymous on October 30th, 2007
I was a car washer.
by Hardcore Conservative on December 22nd, 2010
Working with a construction company, carrying wood and holding the ladder kinda thing. I started when I was 13. Made $2/hr.
by Lilith_Demon_Goddess_Of_The_Underworld on May 18th, 2010
A weekly allowance from my neighbor for not telling her husband about her and the pool guy
by Little big mouth on September 19th, 2009
I worked at the IRS. I started part time in high school & the day after graduation, I started full time. I stayed there until I had my baby. I loved that job
by dreadyroots on September 18th, 2009
I workd as a carpenters assistant Got like 10buck an hour.
by Normal guy on September 18th, 2009
It was a soda fountain and I did everything from wait on customers to cook to mop the floors. Started out at 35 cents an hour and I quit because they wanted to work me like a borrowed mule so they gave me 50 cents an hour to stay.
by BROADWAYTHECAT on September 18th, 2009
worked the bowling alley snack bar...$1.50 hour...i was 14.
by Anonymous on September 18th, 2009
cashier at a supermarket,7 bucks an hour,it sucked,i was a closer,and had to take the shiit that people left and restock it,tidy up the store...i often found myself cashiering and bagging,it was a ripoff...
by sariskyfire on September 18th, 2009
I was a counselor for a BSA camp during their cub scout program. I was on-call 24/7 and got paid less than minimum wage for it. Overall good experience tho. :)
by Jadey - Vive la difference on September 18th, 2009
I was a commis waiter (/ runner or whatever else it gets called). I worked for minimum wage for a 16 year old... which was just a few quid.
by debodun on September 18th, 2009
Doing inventory at a department store. I got minimum wage, which back then (late 60's) was about $1.50 an hour.
by Kravenhead on September 18th, 2009
Caddy. I believe it was $3 for nine holes (singles) plus tip.
by TAPriceCTR s son is wearing his COAT on September 18th, 2009
if babysitting does not count I guess mowing lawns around the neighborhood would not count either... McDonalds, 6.10/hour in 1998
by Jazz-Man on September 18th, 2009
paper boy £7 for two weekend mornings
by Scifisuz on September 18th, 2009
I did the grunt work in a public library - shelving books, filing, etc. Age 15 or 16 (I needed a work permit) $1.79 p/hr.
by Nola1017 on September 18th, 2009
I was a dishwasher at a seafood restaurant in New Orleans. I was 15 years old and made $5.15 an hour. It was by far the worst job I've ever had in my life. The owner was an alcoholic and would keep me at work till 2am so I could mop the floor to his standards.
by Teresa on September 18th, 2009
Camp counsellor for an outdoor day camp run by the YM/YWCA. We were paid by the month, I think, and it worked out to much less than minimum wage. It was more like quasi-volunteer-employment than actual employment.
by cezzer on September 18th, 2009
hmmm, riding my friend's horses. £5 a ride, and then waitesssing i think i was paid £5 an hour
by MasterS on September 18th, 2009
I think working for a car body shop, it was a temporary job for a little side income while i was going to highschool.
by RosieGHM Jetpacker on September 18th, 2009
I was 14. I worked the two weeks of Christmas Vacation at a local clothing store owned by friends of my parents. All I did all day long was prepare boxes from the knocked-down, flat state to the three-dimensional finished product so the sales people could just grab them pre-made. I don't really remember what I earned but I do know that I was very proud of that job and gave the money I made to my folks as my contribution to the household! :)
by Merfish on September 18th, 2009
I worked in a convience store. I made $3.10 per hour.
by mtndewman44 on September 18th, 2009
I bussed tables for the local bowling alley for $2.85/hr plus tips(not many of them)
by Ironhead on September 18th, 2009
Fry cook at a Tastee Freeze....$2.50 an hour.
by Scotslass on September 18th, 2009
£22.50 on the Youth Opportunities Programme.
by Possum on September 18th, 2009
I cut grass sod with an axe and then lifted it with a shovel onto the back of a truck. It was in Louisiana in the summer (100 degrees-80% humidity). I was payed $.50/hr.
by Lady Alathia of Vulcan on September 18th, 2009
I was 18, working as a temporary fill-in for a file clerk that broke her leg. Three months of $12.50 an hour. It worked out perfectly, because I was able to save up enough money for living expenses when I left for my summer classes across the state.
by chip_me on September 18th, 2009
My first paying job was at a bar/resturaunt doing the dishes from 5:30 to 9:00 on saturday and tuesday nights.
by Thriftymaid on September 18th, 2009
I worked at a movie theatre in high school. I made something like $3/hr. It was a blast though, we had a really good time. Besides the expense, this is why I would not buy concessions at a theatre.
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