Where did you work as a young adult? ages 15-18

[AdamSnow]

UPS

Doing computer stuff around the building... not a driver or package loader or anything.

 

[kranky]

Delivered papers, worked at a car wash, did landscaping, cashier in a convenience store.

 

[BurnItDwn]

First Job when I was 16: Wendy's
Second job after I quit Wendy's ... Pharmacy Technician (was still 16 when I got that job. Kept it until a year after I dropped out of college when I got a help center job)

 

[Zolty]

walmart electronics drone, then food service, alot of food service

 

[pyonir]

grocery store. bagged groceries, then stocked.

 

[Armitage]

Why is fast food such a popular job as a teenager? Seemed like a sucky job then, and even more now. Actually any food service other then waiter maybe - I've heard you can do pretty well on tips doing that.

There always seemed to be more interesting stuff available when I was a kid - may not pay well, or be very regular, but alot more fun.

 

[shopbruin]

one summer i worked at my aunt's company in the office. otherwise i didn't work again until i turned 18, when i worked at fry's.

 

[Black88GTA]

16 - Mr. B's Bloomfield - Dishwasher, fill-in busboy
18 - Joe Panian Chevrolet - Service Porter

 

[RU482]

Hy-Vee...shop Hy-Vee, where's there's a helpful smile, in every aisle

 

[quackagator]

Hot walker at the Detroit Race Track

 

[Armitage]

Originally posted by: quackagator
Hot walker at the Detroit Race Track

What's a hot walker?

 

[lokiju]

I was a child stripper in my Dad's brothel.





But the pay was good

 

[lokiju]

I worked at a Video Store, restocking shelves and ringing up people and also worked at Radio Shack as a "stock boy".

 

[dug777]

most people are 'kids' at that age, young adult sounds awfully PC and poofy

 

[markgm]

Brooks Brothers

 

[Crescent13]

I'm 13.

 

[jessicak]

SCORE! educational center--managed by Kaplan. It was semi-rewarding (teaching little kids), but we were only paid minimum wage--and I never got a raise the entire time that I was there (a little over a year).

 

[ZOXXO]

Setting, topping, cutting, housing and stripping tobacco.
Cutting, raking, loading and housing hay.
Planting, weeding, picking, shucking and hulling corn.
Mowing lawns.
Shoveling driveways.
Mucking stalls.
Packing block.
Installing CATV.

All the above were cash jobs for various and sundry people as the season and oppurtunities arose.
My first W2 type job was at KFC for $3.15 per hour.

 

[OutHouse]

McDonalds, Target, Payless Cashways

 

[gw186]

Furniture store
mexican restaraunt
Taco Bell
Mcdonalds
Grocery store
Dominoes pizza

 

[Stumps]

Small computer store in my home town from 16yrs to 18yrs old, started off as work experience for school but became after school and weekend job, the pay was crap but it was fun.

 

[RichieZ]

i didn't, didn't start working till summer of frosh yr of college, worked every summer and now I just started full time

 

[loup garou]

Veterinary assistant

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: OffTopic
12 -- paper route, mow lawn.
13 -- paper route, mow lawn, janitor.
14 -- paper route, mow lawn, janitor, carpet cleaner.
15 -- paper route, mow lawn/gardener, janitor.
16 -- janitor, gardener, construction helper.
17 -- janitor, construction helper, landscaper.
18 -- janitor, landscaper/bobcat operator.

[add] My dad & I worked our ass off as janitors to pay off the 10K that we owed the Canadian government for immigration processing fees & air tickets, and pay off our 97K home by spring of 1987.

1980 -- fall, immigrated to Canada with the help of the Canadian government (owed 10K CAD because we didn?t have any money)
1983 -- pay off our 10K immigration loan, down 22K (10K was from my personal saving that I accumulated from 2 paper routes, lawn mowing, and carpet cleaning) on a house that cost 97K & the mortgage was yearly variable at 14.8% (the house now worth close to 500K)
1987 -- we clear title of our home in early spring.
1989 -- summer, my dad purchased our second home at 164K with 63K down.
1990 -- winter, my dad was diagnostic with cancer.
1991 -- early summer, my dad gave the second home to my oldest sister for her wedding & undergrad present.
1991 ? july, my dad died from cancer.

You guys worked hard and deserve your investment in your houses

Originally posted by: Armitage
Why is fast food such a popular job as a teenager? Seemed like a sucky job then, and even more now. Actually any food service other then waiter maybe - I've heard you can do pretty well on tips doing that.

There always seemed to be more interesting stuff available when I was a kid - may not pay well, or be very regular, but alot more fun.

Because it pays well and you don't need to spend an hrs wage on buying lunch.

I worked at my parents Fish and Chip and Chinese takeaway from 15 onwards. I'm 21 and I still work there on Thursday, Friday and Saturday 5 till 9pm .

I worked at KFC for 4 months to earn some extra cash but it was really tiring after playing Rugby on Sundays and doing the late shift. I also worked 8hrs on Saturday then another 4hrs at my parents place. I quit KFC in the end as it was interfering with my Rugby.

I had a few temp jobs doing office admin stuff, data entry etc. The pay was good at £6/hr

I worked a childrens summer camp at 18 and that was a lot of fun. I did the same summer camp again a few weeks ago. I took time out from my real job to do it in fact.

Koing

 

[neutralizer]

At lab doing lab work and working as an assistant at UCSD.