[choc e-Claire]

Curious - you guys have interesting lives, so there's probably some interesting first job stories here.

If all goes well, I'm about to get myself one collecting shopping carts[1] at the local shopping centres. Won't have to work very much (it's apparently a maximum of two shifts per week, although I'm slightly older than the age the guy's looking for), won't be too stressful (I hope), and I'll be getting paid enough for my wildest dreams (records and McDonald's).

[1]And it hurt me to translate that for you Yanks.

[!@#$%!]

college prep teacher

[Derek]

My first job was as a gate operator at a train station. If there were a lot of people working the gates I would slip off to the bathroom and play Tetris on my phone for like half an hour. I was only ever caught once. I would also always just let people through if they were distressed or had a good reason why they didn't have a ticket. I got told off a lot by management for that but what do I care, I was making barely over minimum wage.

[choc e-Claire]

Free public transport now!

That said, sounds like fun - or, at least, not soul-crushing.

[!@#$%!]

oh i have no stories. i'd teach verbal & math reasoning, that sort of thing.

i was a college freshman so i had zero actual knowledge, but i knew how to beat a test lol

[Derek]

Originally Posted by choc e-Claire

Free public transport now!

That said, sounds like fun - or, at least, not soul-crushing.

Seeing how many people pass through a day on expensive £16 return tickets versus the quality of the service was actually infuriating Privatised railways are the biggest grift on the public and the government.. the UK government maintain the infrastructure of the railways under the name Network Rail to no cost to the private companies because several fatal train crashes across disorganised regional networks meant re-nationalising the infrastructure was the only way forward. Quite a nice bit of money that they make on the backs of the ripped off consumer and the sucker government.

[EVOLghost]

Not including the family business....my first job was at a Pizza joint. Basically prepared everything that wasn't a pizza...AKA fry shit up. Easy n fun....

[Derek]

I for some reason remember you having that job hah.

[SonicSleuth]

Video store clerk, back when people would rent movies on VHS.

[The Gazpacho Gestapo]

slave ship operator

[Peterpuff]

Chick-Fil-A

[Rob Instigator]

My first job was working the grill at the local Randall's supermarket deli. 15 yrs old.

[GravitySlips]

Ripping up floorboards and manual labour work when I was 15 (earning LESS than half the minimum wage at the time - par for the course where I lived and at that age). I remember coughing up black dust at the end of the first day, and remember being the whipping boy for the older, much more confident guys I worked with.

There was no 2nd day for me. Never went back.

First job that lasted >1 day was in McDonalds. It was awful but there were some cool colleagues who I'd get stoned with.

[EVOLghost]

Also worked for UPS while in High School. It wasn't too bad. It's hard to really not tip over walls of TV's to keep up with their demand....heh...

[Dr. Eugene Felikson]

i worked at the bakery in a grocery store and got fired for eating all the mini key lime pies and cookie dough in the back fridge

Moved out w my first paycheck though like a boss

[EVOLghost]

Hahahaha....forreal?

[Dr. Eugene Felikson]

lol yeah


im kind of an outlaw

[floatingslowly]

Horse ranch

[The Gazpacho Gestapo]

Originally Posted by floatingslowly

Horse ranch

i hear this tastes good on salads

like Elmer's glue stick

[_slavo_]

2001 - Front desk clerk at KOA campground in Canyon City, Colorado (3 months)
2002 - gas station cashier in Baltimore (in a shady neighborhood - also three months)
then a first regular part time job in a local bank call centre