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What
was your first job?Baby-sitting. I was eleven. when I was twelve, I was a
program aid (Girl Scout talk for "junior counselor") at a day camp. When I was
sixteen, I spent the summer as nature counselor for a sleep-in camp.
Jill, 59
Saylorsburg, PA
I was a caddy at a country club golf
course when I was fifteen(15), in between my
sophomore and junior years in high school. . .Then, as now, I found it difficult to
motivate myself to get up to go to work if I wasn't "punching a clock", or
reporting to a supervisor at a specific set scheduled time. . . most of the time I'd
rather sleep, or watch sitcoms and eat potato chips and Chex party mix and Coca-Cola all
night(and day. . .)
mothmc, 35
Los Angeles, LA
Not counting a paper route, my first
job was as a dishwasher in restaurant at a Holiday Inn that averaged less than 15
customers a night. We'd say things like "Any
customers yet?" No. "What time is it?" Febuary. They tore the place down a
couple years ago and replaced it with a Motel 6. But right before they did I had it as a
security assignment. Kind of my own ghost town.
Alias Irrelevante
My first job was moving boxes in a
warehouse.
Ernest, 29
Washington, DC
I was the dockmaster at my parents' marina.
This was my summer job through high school, college and graduate school.
Jane, 60
West Linn, OR
I was a very bad baby-sitter (always seemed
to get locked in closets and out of houses). My first "real" job was as a
dishwasher at a local restaurant. I worked in the evening after school and during the
summer. It was gunky, gross work, but I didn't mind it and I busted my butt for what
seemed like a lot of cash back then.
Felicia, 34
Somerville, MA
My first job was working for my
father in his insurance business. My responsibilities
included answering the phone, taking messages, filing, and other tasks. I was only 16 at
the time so it was a good job. During the summer months there was air-conditioning, I sat
at a desk, and breaks when I wanted to.
Dianne, 51
NY
My dad
owns a painting company and I worked clerical for him off and on until I was 15. At that
point, I spent a week scraping paint off of the floor with a razor blade at the newly
built Orleans Parish Prison. My father wanted me to know what manual labor was. I do now,
and I will never do it again. Try being the only woman within 2 square miles of a prison
full of construction workers. Being the lovely spoiled brat I am, I often heard myself
saying "do you know who my daddy is?" Apparently, they didn't until I told them.
Amy, 23
New Orleans, LA
I worked at a cafeteria type eatery
in an outlet mall. I was fired because I was hitting on a 1-thumbed girl that one of the
managers was also interested in. True story.
Anthony, 25
Baton Rouge, LA
I used to babysit as a teenager. But my
first job with a paycheck was, I made keys at a local Sears hardware store.
Janet, 42
E. Brunswick, NJ
Mowing lawns where my parents worked.
Kevin, 33
Sugar Hill, GA
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