First Jobs

youthoftomorrow · 04.05.2006, 09:30 PM

i just got my first job. i'm going to be running game booths at a theme park (it's called Silverwood; if you're ever in North Idaho, check it out). does anyone have any interesting/amusing anecdotes about their first jobs?

marleypumpkin · 04.05.2006, 09:34 PM

no anticdote. My first job was construction on an old house in Augusta, GA.
Interesting little fact, the house was a mile away from th Augusta National Golf Course. You know, where they play the Masters golf tournament.

golden child · 04.05.2006, 09:38 PM

im going around getting applications this week. subway, mcdonalds, dairy queen, grocery stores... the usual.

like two years ago i worked at record store, i only got store credit for doing shit around the place. the owner is a cheap ass, its cause he is russian, russians always try and save money. so he didnt pay me, i got store credit that i could only use on used items and not new. he was a cool guy though and it was fun

krastian · 04.05.2006, 09:56 PM

Mowing grass was my first job.

marleypumpkin · 04.05.2006, 10:01 PM

I mow grass everyday. (ha ha)

HaydenAsche · 04.05.2006, 10:10 PM

I mowed lawns.
I was a carpentry assistant.
I worked at Burger King.
I worked at a Pet Shop.
Now I work at Subway.

Subway is by far the best.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 04.05.2006, 10:19 PM

Subway

noumenal · 04.05.2006, 10:44 PM

my first job was in a box/packaging factory/warehouse

Alex's Trip · 04.05.2006, 11:14 PM

I want a job. Sign Waving is pretty much all I can do right now. What else can 15 year olds do?

!@#$%! · 04.05.2006, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by golden child

the owner is a cheap ass, its cause he is russian, russians always try and save money.

HAH HAH CMON...

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on a separate note... because i was under the pernicious influence of the "starving artist" myth, i've had a lot of shitjobs in my day, though they were all been instructive. dishwasher, commercial fisherman, waiter (waiter was the worse), construction worker, store clerk, etc-- i got so many cos never lasted long in any of them-- it was a way to get by while figuring out i hate crippling poverty. or maybe i was just trying to escape my middle-class upbringing

static-harmony · 04.05.2006, 11:24 PM

I worked in a factory making small parts for airplanes, how I long for that job, I don't have to deal with stupid costco customers,but the pay is fine so I can't complain as much.

Alex's Trip · 04.05.2006, 11:32 PM

I hear the costco pay is really good. Much better than any other stores.

static-harmony · 04.05.2006, 11:36 PM

yeah I get payed 10 dollars an hour.

Alex's Trip · 04.05.2006, 11:40 PM

What do you do when you are an intern?

golden child · 04.06.2006, 12:10 AM

what dont you do as an intern

Savage Clone · 04.06.2006, 12:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by golden child

what dont you do as an intern

Get paid.

youthoftomorrow · 04.06.2006, 01:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by static-harmony

yeah I get payed 10 dollars an hour.

shit! i'm getting $6.25 an hour.

Onani Nic · 04.06.2006, 01:35 AM

i worked making coffee which was ok for a while but one of the managers was a bitch who is the only person who has ever hated me for no reason, and it got really busy sometimes.

One customer complained that "its not very appealing being made coffee by someone who looks so scruffy". I quit as I was moving to Western Sydney for University and I got the best job ever in an independent record store. I think I got it cause I was wearing a Funhouse shirt when I asked if any jobs were available.

CHOUT · 04.06.2006, 02:00 AM

I worked at Wendy's as my first job. I toasted buns, then worked salad bar and then up to fries. I worked the drive thru register too. Then I quit. It sucked.

RockerNino · 04.06.2006, 02:07 AM

In N Out was my first job. i just got an offer for my next job...running a college radio station, and its a full time summer job!!

04.05.2006, 09:30 PM	#1
youthoftomorrow expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Idaho. Posts: 1,418	i just got my first job. i'm going to be running game booths at a theme park (it's called Silverwood; if you're ever in North Idaho, check it out). does anyone have any interesting/amusing anecdotes about their first jobs? __________________ avalanche.
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04.05.2006, 09:34 PM	#2
marleypumpkin invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 3,193	no anticdote. My first job was construction on an old house in Augusta, GA. Interesting little fact, the house was a mile away from th Augusta National Golf Course. You know, where they play the Masters golf tournament. __________________ "It takes 2 fingers to make the peace sign. Just like it takes 2 people to make love. When you go like this , you're jerking off." -George Carlin
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04.05.2006, 09:38 PM	#3
golden child expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,672	im going around getting applications this week. subway, mcdonalds, dairy queen, grocery stores... the usual. like two years ago i worked at record store, i only got store credit for doing shit around the place. the owner is a cheap ass, its cause he is russian, russians always try and save money. so he didnt pay me, i got store credit that i could only use on used items and not new. he was a cool guy though and it was fun __________________ blind
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04.05.2006, 09:56 PM	#4
krastian invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 7,808	Mowing grass was my first job. __________________ Confusion is next and next after that is the Truth.
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04.05.2006, 10:01 PM	#5
marleypumpkin invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 3,193	I mow grass everyday. (ha ha) __________________ "It takes 2 fingers to make the peace sign. Just like it takes 2 people to make love. When you go like this , you're jerking off." -George Carlin
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04.05.2006, 10:10 PM	#6
HaydenAsche invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10,755	I mowed lawns. I was a carpentry assistant. I worked at Burger King. I worked at a Pet Shop. Now I work at Subway. Subway is by far the best. __________________ rip
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04.05.2006, 10:19 PM	#7
SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	Subway
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04.05.2006, 10:44 PM	#8
noumenal expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,855	my first job was in a box/packaging factory/warehouse
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04.05.2006, 11:14 PM	#9
Alex's Trip invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 5,608	I want a job. Sign Waving is pretty much all I can do right now. What else can 15 year olds do? __________________ KALOPSIA
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04.05.2006, 11:24 PM	#11
static-harmony invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: outside L.A Posts: 5,156	I worked in a factory making small parts for airplanes, how I long for that job, I don't have to deal with stupid costco customers,but the pay is fine so I can't complain as much. __________________
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04.05.2006, 11:32 PM	#12
Alex's Trip invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 5,608	I hear the costco pay is really good. Much better than any other stores. __________________ KALOPSIA
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04.05.2006, 11:36 PM	#13
static-harmony invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: outside L.A Posts: 5,156	yeah I get payed 10 dollars an hour. __________________
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04.05.2006, 11:40 PM	#14
Alex's Trip invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 5,608	What do you do when you are an intern? __________________ KALOPSIA
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04.06.2006, 12:10 AM	#15
golden child expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,672	what dont you do as an intern __________________ blind
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04.06.2006, 01:35 AM	#18
Onani Nic the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 930	i worked making coffee which was ok for a while but one of the managers was a bitch who is the only person who has ever hated me for no reason, and it got really busy sometimes. One customer complained that "its not very appealing being made coffee by someone who looks so scruffy". I quit as I was moving to Western Sydney for University and I got the best job ever in an independent record store. I think I got it cause I was wearing a Funhouse shirt when I asked if any jobs were available. __________________ I don't give a fuck thats the problem. I see a motherfuckin cop i don't dodge them.
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04.06.2006, 02:00 AM	#19
CHOUT invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Minneapolis MN Posts: 3,128	I worked at Wendy's as my first job. I toasted buns, then worked salad bar and then up to fries. I worked the drive thru register too. Then I quit. It sucked. __________________ Chout's rare Sonic Youth vids: http://youtube.com/SONICchout
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04.06.2006, 02:07 AM	#20
RockerNino bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 170	In N Out was my first job. i just got an offer for my next job...running a college radio station, and its a full time summer job!!
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