What was your first Job?

[cckandb24]

Worked on my dads 10 or 15 rental houses. Dead beats trash the place and move out in the middle of the night. we would come in and paint and do carpet. 12 years later I own a successfully remodeling company.

[Bcrowell]

bagging groceries for 4 dollars an hour with minimal tips. If I was lucky I made 4$ in tips a day. I walked to work and had no girlfriend so I could still afford a 10 gallon fish tank that I still use 20 years later.

[Hemsworth]

I worked at the family blueprint shop in downtown Montreal. Sweeping and cleaning, stock boy, garbageman, counter person, copier and used ammonia disposal expert (sorry, mother earth) for $3.00 an hour. Oh...and occasional bum wrangler. Wait...that came out wrong.

[carnivalhobo]

cutting the grass around headstones in a cemetery...yeah really.

[Lotusguy]

Boring... assembled PCs for a small shop. I was 15.

[Habanakane21]

(NFL) Besides a summer job at a local car dealership (driving customer back home/work after they drop their cars off for service)...My first full time job was playing professional football. Was a pretty great gig at 22 years old.

[CaptainQuintero]

In the back of a pub on Sundays microwaving all the food, seriously everything was microwaved. Until then I never realised the actual way to cook steak was to seal it for 20 seconds on a skillet then put it into the microwave for 9 minutes

The landlord was a cool guy though, was in the Falklands in the Royal Navy and would randomly bring down things like a pair of boots and give a story about how he jumped of his sinking ship in the and swam to shore etc..

[laficion]

Worked as a papper boy at the age of around 13-14 years old and then as a part time apprentice

salesman after high school classes in a menswear boutique selling shrits and ties , it was really cool.

The store was called, "For Men Only" in downtown Paterson, N.J.

[Rushman]

Bank teller

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[cigcars]

Got a summer job at age 14 where you have to get a work permit to be employed at that age, as office/clerical assistant in a social services center. First real job was at age 19 at the Kroger grocery store in Louisville working for a very crappy bullying boss. It was then that I learned that if you're around and especially working for someone with bullying tendencies it will increase the more you take it. I noticed the older (rough and rugged-looking) employees experienced no such treatment...it was us new young fresh faced innocent new hires who bore that treatment. I won't go into too much detail except to say yours truly called his bluff, mouthed back to him (to the disapproval of my mom who always sided with "authoritaahh" no matter what)- and despite his threats, kept that job - I was a pretty efficient worker.

[Savoy]

Ticket scalper for concerts and sporting events!

[NMJoe]

Baseball Umpire

Now that sounds fun!

[NMJoe]

Electrician's apprentice.

[BobKincaid]

I am now a UA Journeyman Plumber.

-Karl

Great folks, the UA. Good to see 'em represented here!

[bigmanfromou]

Phone-pool, script-reading tech support for MCI, AOL, Wells Fargo, some defense contractor, A&F, and a few others. Yes, all were answered by the same group of ppl.

[Squarehead]

On April 1st 1960 I started my electricians apprenticeship at age 15.

[LeafLover]

Worked at Subway Sandwiches making sandwiches at 15 years old. Was a knucklehead. Drinking with the manager in the back then going to the front making sandwiches laughing my ass off with the customers. Never stole or did the wrong thing, just messing around/having fun. I'm certain the customers loved my customer services. Got a couple dates out of it. Local junior college was across the street.

15 years later, karma came back to haunt me by giving me a few knuckleheads when I just started my business.

[riazp]

McDonalds, started off on the grill, 6 years later I was an assitant manager, then manager 1 year later, ended up working there for 10 years. It was a fun student job and ended up staying there after college cuz I enjoyed the management aspect of the job. Quit 3 years ago and to be honest I miss working there sometimes.

[armedak]

Commercial fishing in the Shumagin Islands.

[danistalking]

Grocery store stocking produce!

[fred170]

Graphics card installer for IBM computers (1990)

[Blackham]

Pizza delivery boy when I was in high school, it was a relaxing job as I spent most of the time driving around town. Had my fair share of unusual encounters: delivered to a triad launder house; lavish bikini party and got a $100 tip; half nude flight attendants in their hotel room pillow fighting, etc etc.

[Bunner]

Worked on a tree/shrub/plant farm. Met some intersting Mexicans and people from Morocco.

[Drguano]

Pizza delivery, Earthshoe salesman, liquor store wine guy, banana picker, camp counselor, cook, photographer, auto mechanic and finally stage manager for the Flying Karamazov Brothers. That was two careers ago. In 2006 I decided to get serious and graduate from college. Now I am student teaching and five years away from retirement age.

[Fuzz AI]

First real full time job (non-family related), car salesman for a delaership in Hornsby.

First part time job (again non-family related), selling adult paraphenalia to my fellow uni students!