First Job

[odeon]

Pretty sure we weren't actually allowed to sell morning papers like I did when I was a kid. We never told anyone, though.

[Lord of the Ales]

The law was 13 in the UK when I was a kid, but a lot had rounds younger. I was small so couldn't pass for 13 until I hit it. So it was knocking on doors and washing cars, shovelling snow/sweeping yards etc for me. I liked being busy and wanted the money for comics and LPs. 

[Parts]

They passed a bottle deposit law when I was almost 13 and I could pick up a couple dollars worth each day just walking the dog by the beach

[Lord of the Ales]

I forgot about bottle deposits - newky brown bottles were 5p, the ben shaws pop bottles were 10p. A popular trick was hoiking a few from the yard at the back of the shops and handing them in again for the deposits. Not that I ever did that, of course. 

[odeon]

I forgot about bottle deposits - newky brown bottles were 5p, the ben shaws pop bottles were 10p. A popular trick was hoiking a few from the yard at the back of the shops and handing them in again for the deposits. Not that I ever did that, of course. 

[Genesis]

I was a picnic server for my first job. I served Soda, and Food...

Now I'm just an extra hand in a concession stand who runs for the orders, pours beer, and sometimes (yet rarely) make pretzels.

[Gopher Gary]

I was a picnic server for my first job. I served Soda, and Food...

Now I'm just an extra hand in a concession stand who runs for the orders, pours beer, and sometimes (yet rarely) make pretzels.

Do you work at sporting events? 

[Genesis]

I was a picnic server for my first job. I served Soda, and Food...

Now I'm just an extra hand in a concession stand who runs for the orders, pours beer, and sometimes (yet rarely) make pretzels.

Do you work at sporting events? 

Yeah.... a farm team that's currently an Arizona Diamondbacks Affiliate.

[Gopher Gary]

I was a picnic server for my first job. I served Soda, and Food...

Now I'm just an extra hand in a concession stand who runs for the orders, pours beer, and sometimes (yet rarely) make pretzels.

Do you work at sporting events? 

Yeah.... a farm team that's currently an Arizona Diamondbacks Affiliate.

That's awesome. 

[WolFish]

Worked for my father doing work in his shop - drafting, printing and at one point preparing tax returns.
First real job was as a camp counselor for a local charitable organization. Had to get a work permit because I was 13 or 14. Got to be a hero when a dog grabbed a kid's foot. He stuck it under a fence and the dog grabbed it and hung on. Everybody screaming. I got the dog to let go. Stuck a stick in his mouth.

[Gopher Gary]

 

[ZEGH8578]

Post office, boring as hell

then I worked in a Turkish grocery store, which was less boring, but frustrating and confusing, since I recieved no training for anything, and was often given very specialized tasks, such as manning the spice-booth, knowing nothing about spices. The boss-man knew what he was doing though - cheapest labour available, and give them only a couple of months before booting (some kind of exploit where he would get away with paying less than minimum wage, for "trial periods" or something... Norwegian unions eventually had enough of him, and he pretty much fled to Turkey, where he continues his business ventures, leaving the rest of his family here (including his son, my childhood friend))

[Gopher Gary]

What did you do for the post office?   

[Pyraxis]

Friend of mine in high school had a post office job. It paid really well for a high school job, something like $20 US an hour.

[Gopher Gary]

Friend of mine in high school had a post office job. It paid really well for a high school job, something like $20 US an hour.

Yeah, I've always heard that postal jobs are hard to come by in the US, not only because of the civil service exam but also because people don't leave them.