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jumbotron operator for the football stadium......had to make graphics and stuff...fun, also ran the clock on some nights....20 bucks a game.... in highschool that was not so bad, cuz our stadium had 3-5 games a week... :- )

hehe sitting in a/c watching games from the press boot was wonderful

edit: (stadium was shared by 5 highschools in town)
 
Originally posted by: DaShen
Hallmark... I was the only guy there. I realized after that just how complicated girls are.


You are wise...you learned early my son. Some men never realize that fact.
 
McD's

I got the job right after my 16th birthday and managed to stick it out for 7 months until the summer came.

It ended one day when I partied all night and just didn't feel like going in to work the next day. I tried to call in, but ended up quitting because my manager was being a prick.
 
Originally posted by: DaShen
Hallmark... I was the only guy there. I realized after that just how complicated girls are.

I see the look of your horrendous experience reflected by your avatar. You poor thing.
 
Gas Station, 13.
BEfore that, my brother and I were official insulation monkeys for my Dad when he was building houses.
Anything was a step up from that.
 
Sandwich Shop and gourmet deli at fourteen.
I think min wage was 4.15 or something when I started...
My SocSec statement shows steady employment for every year since then and doesn't include the odd-jobs and yard-work I did previous to that.
 
Website design for my county.

Worked out of the main library and did a website that had all of the county news, contacts, events, etc. on it...
 
CAD work at the NC DOT...i think my official title was soemthing like 'engineering assistant'...this was summer after senior yr of HS
 
good old mickey ds. i mustve been the worst employee ever. 3hrs a week(!!). between pee breaks, drink breaks and punching in early/arriving late.... i mustve only done 2 hours of work for my whopping $15 paycheck. i even got a 10c raise after half a year. 🙂
 
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