My first job with a paycheck was in the young men's department at JC Penney. I was 16 years old and had no idea why they wanted teenage girls selling jeans to men. Yes, I was naive back then! I think I made about $5.75 an hour or something. The most important thing I learned from that job is that it is really easy to impress your manager if you show up early, are working while you are supposed to be working, and are put-together, respectful, and polite to them and to the customers.
I used to get paid $20 an hour to address my dad's office Christmas cards with a typewriter. My first real job was an internship at an interior design studio which I got high school gifted credit for and paid me very well.
My first job consisted of Triple A Minor Baseball, season ticket holders, and loads of fun! I was an Usher(ette) for the what was once the NY Mets (now the Baltimore Orioles) minor league team, the Norfolk Tides. It was a blast to watch a game 4 or 5 nights out of the week and meet so many loyal fans. My first paycheck was less than $100. They paid per game, not by the hour. As far as I can remember, my paycheck went to gas to get to work for the first couple of games. Yuck! It was no fun spending my paycheck to get to wear I was making the paycheck. LOL! This is where I learned to do the extra small things and work whatever extra they would pay me for. I wanted some spending money and that was how I was gonna get it! To this day (16 years later), I'm a huge saver!!
First paying job was a paper route way back when. I was about 12-13 and my first week of collecting money I used my share to go to a small local corner store and buy a bag of penny candy.
My first job was at a little bakery close to home. I worked there for the summer, and then on and off during the school year. I don't remember what I did with my first paycheck, but I do remember learning the value of hard work (scrubbing floors and dishes and industrial equipment) and good customer service (working the cash register and assisting customers with purchases).
After a couple of summers as a camp counselor, my first "real" job was after school at a local bakery when I was 16. Minimum wage was $3.35 an hour then.
This bakery made amazing fresh bagels, so they were crazy busy in the mornings, but after school was kind of dead, so me and my coworkers just ate cookies and did our homework. When we worked weekends, we'd arrive at 6AM as bagels were emerging fresh and hot from the oven. The owner always let us have one before starting work. YUM!
Like many people my first paying job was at McDonald's. I worked there for 5 years while I was in junior high and high school. I became a little teenage workaholic. It was fun and challenging as I rose up to become a manager. Plus all my friends worked there so it was a good time! Glad to have moved on from that though!
My first job was at the lunch counter of the J.J Newberry store in San Mateo, CA. The year was 1968, the summer after I graduated from high school. Before that, I had done babysitting and worked at some temp jobs such as stuffing envelopes and selling fireworks, but Newberry's was my first regular paycheck. I used the money to get the things I needed to go away to college in the fall. My direct boss was the fry cook, a tough single mom, only a couple of years older than I, from whom I learned a lot about hard work and responsibility. She was a terrific mentor. And I remember one regular customer, an old man who came in every day and always bought a cup of coffee for 10 cents and left me a quarter tip--his way of helping out the kid going to college.
I worked at a daycare center when I was 15. It was located up the street from my house and since I couldn't drive yet it was my only option for work other than babysitting. One day I put on a skirt and pretty shirt and hiked up the hill to the center. Lucky for me they hired me. I worked there for almost a year, but then they started giving me less time with the kids and more time cleaning toilets (which I was not hired to do). I think they were trying to take advantage of my young age and knew I would have a hard time refusing the task. Shortly after I got my drivers license I ditched that place for another daycare center that didn't ask me to clean.
My first paying job was the hardest job I've ever had - I worked on a farm. From sun-up to sun-down, and for very little money. I was so tired at the end of every day, all I could do was shower, eat dinner, and sleep. But it was good.
My first job was working in the kitchen preparing food for Chick-fil-a. I probably spent my first check on gas and fast food! The main lesson I learned is to persevere through difficulty at work and always put the customer first.
I started working at McDonald's when I was 14...the summer after 8th grade. I actually started out below minimum wage since they say you are "in training" for the first several weeks. However, I stuck around, working Saturdays only, for 5 years. Believe it or not, that job, along with lots of babysitting and saving almost every penny, paid the majority of my college tuition (plus lots of jobs during college). One of the most fun jobs I ever had.
My first job with a paycheck was in the young men's department at JC Penney. I was 16 years old and had no idea why they wanted teenage girls selling jeans to men. Yes, I was naive back then! I think I made about $5.75 an hour or something. The most important thing I learned from that job is that it is really easy to impress your manager if you show up early, are working while you are supposed to be working, and are put-together, respectful, and polite to them and to the customers.
I worked at a newspaper, stuffing inserts into the Saturday and Sunday papers.
I used to get paid $20 an hour to address my dad's office Christmas cards with a typewriter. My first real job was an internship at an interior design studio which I got high school gifted credit for and paid me very well.
Babysitting for neighbors' kids. Then, when I turned 16, I got my first "official" job in a candy store.
My first job consisted of Triple A Minor Baseball, season ticket holders, and loads of fun! I was an Usher(ette) for the what was once the NY Mets (now the Baltimore Orioles) minor league team, the Norfolk Tides. It was a blast to watch a game 4 or 5 nights out of the week and meet so many loyal fans. My first paycheck was less than $100. They paid per game, not by the hour. As far as I can remember, my paycheck went to gas to get to work for the first couple of games. Yuck! It was no fun spending my paycheck to get to wear I was making the paycheck. LOL! This is where I learned to do the extra small things and work whatever extra they would pay me for. I wanted some spending money and that was how I was gonna get it! To this day (16 years later), I'm a huge saver!!
My first job was a secretary
First paying job was a paper route way back when. I was about 12-13 and my first week of collecting money I used my share to go to a small local corner store and buy a bag of penny candy.
My first job was at a little bakery close to home. I worked there for the summer, and then on and off during the school year. I don't remember what I did with my first paycheck, but I do remember learning the value of hard work (scrubbing floors and dishes and industrial equipment) and good customer service (working the cash register and assisting customers with purchases).
Working for my dad in construction. I put the money in the bank and saved it. I learned that I don't want to work for my dad :)
I worked at McDonalds! For 4 years! I actually got on all the customers' nerves because I was "too chipper". I worked at 6am.
After a couple of summers as a camp counselor, my first "real" job was after school at a local bakery when I was 16. Minimum wage was $3.35 an hour then.
This bakery made amazing fresh bagels, so they were crazy busy in the mornings, but after school was kind of dead, so me and my coworkers just ate cookies and did our homework. When we worked weekends, we'd arrive at 6AM as bagels were emerging fresh and hot from the oven. The owner always let us have one before starting work. YUM!
Like many people my first paying job was at McDonald's. I worked there for 5 years while I was in junior high and high school. I became a little teenage workaholic. It was fun and challenging as I rose up to become a manager. Plus all my friends worked there so it was a good time! Glad to have moved on from that though!
My first job was at the lunch counter of the J.J Newberry store in San Mateo, CA. The year was 1968, the summer after I graduated from high school. Before that, I had done babysitting and worked at some temp jobs such as stuffing envelopes and selling fireworks, but Newberry's was my first regular paycheck. I used the money to get the things I needed to go away to college in the fall. My direct boss was the fry cook, a tough single mom, only a couple of years older than I, from whom I learned a lot about hard work and responsibility. She was a terrific mentor. And I remember one regular customer, an old man who came in every day and always bought a cup of coffee for 10 cents and left me a quarter tip--his way of helping out the kid going to college.
I was a file clerk at a doctors office after school. I bought lots of candy and toys.
What a great article! Such cute ideas.
I worked at a daycare center when I was 15. It was located up the street from my house and since I couldn't drive yet it was my only option for work other than babysitting. One day I put on a skirt and pretty shirt and hiked up the hill to the center. Lucky for me they hired me. I worked there for almost a year, but then they started giving me less time with the kids and more time cleaning toilets (which I was not hired to do). I think they were trying to take advantage of my young age and knew I would have a hard time refusing the task. Shortly after I got my drivers license I ditched that place for another daycare center that didn't ask me to clean.
My first paying job was the hardest job I've ever had - I worked on a farm. From sun-up to sun-down, and for very little money. I was so tired at the end of every day, all I could do was shower, eat dinner, and sleep. But it was good.
My first paying job was at a fruit market with an ice cream shop attached. It was short-lived and I enjoyed the work, but not the management.
My first job was working in the kitchen preparing food for Chick-fil-a. I probably spent my first check on gas and fast food! The main lesson I learned is to persevere through difficulty at work and always put the customer first.
My first job was babysitting my neighbor's daughter during the summer.
I started working at McDonald's when I was 14...the summer after 8th grade. I actually started out below minimum wage since they say you are "in training" for the first several weeks. However, I stuck around, working Saturdays only, for 5 years. Believe it or not, that job, along with lots of babysitting and saving almost every penny, paid the majority of my college tuition (plus lots of jobs during college). One of the most fun jobs I ever had.
Only when it's convenient and only for certain items - like lettuce and some fruits.
Hey, Pete! Tx for the suggestion. That sounds like a new twist on the old Lipton onion soupburger. Those were delicious, too.
Tx, MZ! And I know your feelings about canned crab . . . I'd use fresh but am unwilling to take out a second mortgage . . .
Hi, Monica! Never been to a Five Guys Burgers - do not have one here. Sounds like I am missing out! :-(