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

[DnetMHZ]

Acme super market.

 

[DingDingDao]

sporting goods store as a cashier

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Two years, no joke.

 

[Patt]

Labour job for my neighbour's oil field supply company. Basically stacking plastic piping and cleaning up the joint. Great physical work, $10 per hour and as much work as I wanted (or not)

 

[BobDaMenkey]

I worked at a movie theater from 16-17. Then I got a job in the mall at a small local gamestore chain, and I'm still working there now, whilst going to college.

 

[alexeikgb]

pool lifeguard during the summers

 

[Bryophyte]

-cleaning doctor's office where my mom worked
-a week or two at KFC (when it was still called Kentucky Fried Chicken), that job sucked
-CNA at a nursing home for a month, then in home health care

 

[Ktulu]

AMC Theaters, it a was a discount theater so we got a lot of trashy people

 

[HumblePie]

Hrmmm.. from 15-18? Real jobs?
EDIT I had a paper route at age 12,

First job.. Bill Millers BarBQ starting at 15 ---- gawd awful.

After that:
Library
Magic Show (At Six Flags)
Life Guard (at Six Flags and a local pool)
Computer Lab (I call on campus work study still work)
Albertsons
Jungle Jims
FogHorn LegHorn (yes I was a silly character dancing in a costume at Six Flags)
Clean Room cleaner for Intel and Motorolla (ie janitor with a very clean mop and vacuum)


If you go one more year till 19 I started in the Air Force.

I've worked also at Best Buy, Circuit City, Crabby Jacks, All Stars, West Telemarketing, Current (the mail order catalog people), and my job now as an Air Force contractor for software engineering. Yay!

 

[vrbaba]

i was unemployed

 

[UTmtnbiker]

McDonalds - Can't look at a Big Mac now without wanting to hurl.

 

[elektrolokomotive]

Great America (sound technician)
Andy Frain (older Chicagoans would know)

 

[jemcam]

A chinese restaraunt as a busboy/dishwasher
As a floor sweeper/parts getter/oil changer at my Dad's shop
As a Lifeguard

I think that's about it. The jobs all sucked but I'm glad now that I had them, it made me realize how bad some people's jobs really are.

 

[chowmein]

Citigroup Corptax

 

[Tifababy]

at 15 I was a lifeguard, did that until I was 16 and then I taught tennis lessons and worked at the front desk of a tennis club. The pay wasn't that great, but I got paid to do my homework and tell people which court they're playing on when they showed up. Did that until I went to college. During college I worked at the computer lab for a few years and then worked at best buy so I could exploit the discount and buy lots of fun stuff including a big screen tv.

 

[habib89]

video store, safeway, charles schwab

 

[Ramma2]

Worked at a greenhouse during the summer I was 15, made enough to by a bike.

Used that bike to get a job at Wal-Mart, made enough money to buy a car.

Used the car to get a job at an arcade that I worked at until I graduated from HS.

 

[imported_Kensai]

At 13, I worked as a part time tech at the local store.
At 14 I became a freelance programmer / software consultant. (In my free time of course )
Did the same thing till now and still doing it.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

In 1992 when I was 17 I had a job washing dishes, bussing and doing kitchen prep in a 24hr restaraunt much like Denny's.

 

[Armitage]

Originally posted by: 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.

Not really - I can't comment on current pay, but when I was in H.S. minimum wage was $3.25/hr IIRC, and that's what fast food was paying in my area. I was making $5+/hr doing farmwork - and lunch was part of the deal.

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

 

[quackagator]

Originally posted by: Armitage

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

What's a hot walker?

After they exercise the horse's in the morning a hot walker walks them around the barn to cool them off.

 

[saxophonoia]

National Car Rental

 

[Cutterhead]

Best Buy.

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: Armitage
Not really - I can't comment on current pay, but when I was in H.S. minimum wage was $3.25/hr IIRC, and that's what fast food was paying in my area. I was making $5+/hr doing farmwork - and lunch was part of the deal.

The pay now is good still and most jobs don't give you free lunch . Doesn't include all the free food you can take home also

Koing

 

[iwantanewcomputer]

sonz?