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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 01:50 PM Original message |
CONFESS!!!! What was your first real job |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. Checker at Sun Harvest (TX health food store) |
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JTG of the PRB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. I worked at a movie theatre the summer between my junior and senior years of high school. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 03:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. I worked at a movie theatre briefly in high school. I still remember the eternal hotdog that |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. Bagger/Carryout/Stocker at a grocery store, junior and senior years of |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
4. I was an operator standing by to take all those 1-800 calls. |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. camp counselor |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
6. Danny's Pepper Tree in Anchorage, Alaska |
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MiddleFingerMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
7. Dishwasher at an Elk's Lodge -- brought in by my two buddies to help cover a wedding reception... |
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Tobin S. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. My first job was as a dishwasher, too |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
9. I worked on the neighbor's farm |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 11:20 AM Response to Reply #9 |
62. Heh. We are the same age. |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 12:35 PM Response to Reply #62 |
71. yes we are :) |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
10. Car Hop |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
11. Stock Boy at Casa De Liquor & Deli. (n/t) |
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Archae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
12. The Sign Of The Fallen Arches. |
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here_is_to_hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
13. Packing ice into bags for a nickle each... |
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Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
14. Burger King Fry Boy |
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trackfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
16. Sorting negatives at Drewry Photocolor labs. $2.90/hr., plus |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
17. Bus boy at Fuddruckers. |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
18. I worked at a water testing lab |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
19. Besides baby-sitting.... I worked at the concession stand in a theater during HS.. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
20. You mean one that paid my bills? Peace Corps. |
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bluedigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
21. Another dishwasher. |
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blue neen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
22. PIcking blueberries for a local farm market |
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thirtiesgirl (148 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
23. file clerk |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 11:23 AM Response to Reply #23 |
63. "I managed to pay for college on $6.25 an hour." -- Wow. |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
24. Late afternoon/evening receptionist at a nursing home |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
25. Working in my grandparents' cafe. I was thirteen. The clientele were shipyard workers. |
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tinkerbell41 (722 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 08:44 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. What were they thinking??? |
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El Supremo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
26. Window man at Jack In The Box. |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 08:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. They couldn't do it. |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 10:39 PM Response to Reply #26 |
41. I worked window at Carl's Jr. |
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El Supremo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 10:45 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. No |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 10:47 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Yeah, me neither. |
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tinkerbell41 (722 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 12:18 AM Response to Reply #41 |
51. Yes I do! |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 11:24 AM Response to Reply #51 |
64. What's the trick? |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 11:57 AM Response to Reply #64 |
67. Back when I worked at Carl's, a large Coke was $1.01. |
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El Supremo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 12:01 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. I assume it is shortchanging the customer. |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 12:43 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. You assume wrong, sir. |
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tinkerbell41 (722 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 12:46 PM Response to Reply #68 |
73. Wrong! |
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tinkerbell41 (722 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 12:49 PM Response to Reply #64 |
74. i'll never divulge |
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Ineeda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
27. Motel chambermaid at 15 yrs old |
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tinkerbell41 (722 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
28. White Castle |
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El Supremo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 09:55 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. Fantastic! |
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tinkerbell41 (722 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 12:04 AM Response to Reply #37 |
48. No totally true. |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 11:34 PM Response to Reply #28 |
47. Loved that one! |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
29. Lifeguard. I was a little dictator with a whistle. Its so embarrasing. |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
31. Hickory Farms at a mall during the Christmas season |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
32. Data Entry |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
34. Bakers assistant, |
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Phentex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
35. Health Food store, which is funny now... |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
36. A 60,000 bird chicken factory in northeast Ohio |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
38. Busboy/Dish Washer at a seafood restaurant |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
39. Chopping down monster weeds in a soybean field ie bean walking |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
40. I give this one chick a job... |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 11:27 AM Response to Reply #40 |
65. In the words of my fabulous hillbilly spouse: |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
44. I had a job in a teahouse on top of a moutain in Lake Louise. We cooked, cleaned, waitressed each |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 12:50 AM Response to Reply #44 |
53. That sounds like Lake Agnes |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 12:55 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Yes it was Lake Agnes. A beautiful part of the world. And yes the teahouse was only |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 01:03 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. It was 1974 |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 01:21 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. We never saw grizzlies at the tea house. The one they evacuated for |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
45. I baited hooks. |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
46. I worked for 2 weeks before being fired... |
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Luciferous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
49. Drive thru at Taco Bell. I was 16 and I only lasted 3 months. |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
50. Martial arts instructor |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
52. Part time library worker - I don't remember the exact title |
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bluesbassman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
56. Construction - Summer between 8th and 9th grade. |
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axelfox (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
58. Secretary at a health desk |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
59. Food sales at Disneyland (nt) |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
60. Telephone sales at the local semi-rural branch of Sears |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
61. fast food -- Del Taco, Unit 69, corner of Atlanta and Magnolia in Huntington Beach, CA |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
66. Intern reporter at a Gannett newspaper. |
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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
69. repairing copy machines |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
70. Teaching high school chem/physics... |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
75. Nursing unit clerk at the local hospital the summer after I graduated HS. |
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