SRQCrosscheck From United States of America, joined Mar 2005, 211 posts, RR: 1 Reply 1, posted (8 years 1 week 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 1961 times:
TedTAce From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 4, posted (8 years 1 week 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 1943 times:
Working at a silk screen printing shop as a printer's apprentice. I'm so glad I'm LONG gone from that business, but it was something I'll never forget, nor stop appreciating.
September11 From United States of America, joined exactly 9 years ago today! , 3623 posts, RR: 23 Reply 5, posted (8 years 1 week 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 1935 times:
My first job: porter at my local bowling alley .. name of bowling alley: Columbus Square Bowling Palace
AirWillie6475 From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 2448 posts, RR: 1 Reply 7, posted (8 years 1 week 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 1926 times:
I worked at UPS factory handling heavy packages and Inventory Specialist both terrible jobs but UPS payed like 12 bucks/hour. Everybody should respect those UPS and FedEx "rats" behind the scenes because they make everything possible and they have the toughest job.
I am trying to find an airport job during the summer probably handling cargo.
Captaingomes From Canada, joined Feb 2001, 6413 posts, RR: 58 Reply 8, posted (8 years 1 week 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 1929 times:
My first job was at a video store. After that I moved on to an aviation hobby store doing the same thing, dealing with customers, and a few miscellaneous duties. Overall, I think working in retail is a good learning experience for young students, but I don't miss it at all.
"it's kind of like an Airbus, it's an engineering marvel, but there's no sense of passion" -- J. Clarkson re: Coxster
Doing everything: Catering, Conferences, Office Assistant, Room Service, Cashier, Line Cook, Prep Cook, blah blah blah. We were on the Food Network once.
Explanation: we're a Hospital Cafeteria, but one that serves gourmet, healthy (e.g. Buffalo instead of Beef) food at the top of a world-class cancer facility on top of a mountain in SLC.
FlyingNanook From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 830 posts, RR: 13 Reply 12, posted (8 years 1 week 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 1889 times:
I washed beakers for my university's chemistry department. And listened to NPR. The best part was that I had all the keycodes to get in the various labs to put the beakers away. That and the chem department stored pretty strong hydrochloric acid (9M? IIRC) in tupperware. And I got my very own pair of goggles because for some reason I needed goggles to wash beakers. But now I know the difference between an Erlenmeyer flask and a Florence flask.
Andz From South Africa, joined Feb 2004, 8298 posts, RR: 11 Reply 14, posted (8 years 1 week 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 1885 times:
I started work with a construction company in a civil engineering learner programme. My dad is a civil engineer so I have been around construction all my life...despite dad's advice I followed in his footsteps and it lasted 3 weeks!
January 1979 I was 18 years old and the company posted me to a refinery construction site miles from anywhere, living in the single quarters sharing a room with a Polish contractor who knew almost no English and came in blind drunk every night. No thank you!
After Monday and Tuesday even the calendar says WTF...
Alcregular From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 16, posted (8 years 1 week 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 1879 times:
I started working two days after leaving school. I started working for a company called Late Escapes whoo were then bought out by Airtours and then renamed Going Places Direct. I was there for 2 1/2 years (longest i've stayed in a job) then I moved to a rival around the corner from them, Last Stop Holiday Shop, who then was bought out by Thomson Holidays and renamed them Team Lincolm, then I moved to Spain.
NKP S2 From United States of America, joined Dec 1999, 1714 posts, RR: 6 Reply 17, posted (8 years 1 week 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 1875 times:
Mechanic, general "go-pher", and cleanup prep-man at a new car dealership. My father ( co-owner and self-made ) allowed no "boss's son" cache', nor did I seek same. Put in 40+ hours/week for $50.00 hard cash ( in 1978 ). Thought I died and gone to heaven.
Skidmarks From UK - England, joined Dec 2004, 7121 posts, RR: 60 Reply 18, posted (8 years 1 week 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 1871 times:
My first job after leaving school was in the Engineering Time Office at British United Airways, in the VC-10 hangar at Gatwick.
Main duties were writing out the daily time cards and making copious amounts of tea. It was there I leant that a brown stain in the tea mug was cholic and each cup should be scrubbed clean. I stayed about 9 months then moved to Passenger Revenue Accounts.At least i didn't have to make the tea there!!
Then I joined the RAF and stayed in for 23 yrs, 1 month and 13 days. Ah well, happy days.
Thom@s From Norway, joined Oct 2000, 11949 posts, RR: 50 Reply 21, posted (8 years 1 week 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 1863 times:
Working in a record shop downtown. Small place where I was the only one working in the shop during the day. I got paid to sit and listen to whatever music I chose to put on, all day. Doesn't get much better than that.
Thom@s
"If guns don't kill people, people kill people - does that mean toasters don't toast toast, toast toast toast?"
JGPH1A From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 22, posted (8 years 1 week 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 1861 times:
My first paid job was working at the Coca Cola stand at the Rand Show in Johannesburg, for 2 weeks, at the old showgrounds in Milner Park (before they moved out of town). I earned ZAR400.00 !
My first proper job was as an Accounts Clerk at SAA Cargo (International Recieved) at (then) Jan Smuts Airport. BOOORRRRING !!
ZKSUJ From New Zealand, joined May 2004, 6934 posts, RR: 10 Reply 24, posted (8 years 1 week 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 1849 times:
I was a humble cleaner making a small and honest living
25 Mir: I was an intern in an architect's office making models. I worked on this project: http://www.kpf.com/Projects/Dulles.htm Fun times, but unfortunately
26 Jwenting: Stuffing brochures and other mailings for a small pharmaceutical company during the holidays.
27 CURLYHEADBOY: My very first job, while studying at the university, was a real crappy one: I worked for a company called "Flash Services". My task was basically to s
28 HAWK21M: East West Airlines Joined as an Aircraft Tech,Left as an Shift Manager [AME]. Enjoyed Every bit of it. regds MEL
30 Kieron747: For those Brits here you may remember the department store formerly known as Lewis's (now taken over my Debenhams). I worked there whilst at college i
31 Cornish: Well if we ignore my weekend paper round as a kid and various student jobs, GAP year teachings etc, then my first proper "career job" after my MA was
32 Sabena332: My apprenticeship as an office clerk at a big Finnish mobile phone company was my first job after I finished commercial college. Patrick
33 Logan22L: My first job was in 1980, working as a bagger and cart hound for a local supermarket. My first real job was as an organic chemist in the pharmaceutica
34 JGPH1A: That's how you know you're doing it wrong !
35 Logan22L: LOL, JG. It's the Darwinian approach to chemistry. Logan
36 Kieron747: Absolutely. As a foolish lad new to a synthetic laboratory, I made several key mistakes. I distilled some benzyl chloride into a bottle without addin
37 JGPH1A: Sounds like Saturday evening cocktails, Kirkie-style
38 Logan22L: Kirkie seems more like the isopropanol type. Keep the Kitty Dukakises coming! Logan
39 Brettbrett21: My first job was/is at Staples office supply store, the work is pretty dull but the people are all cool and I work with a couple of my good friends th
41 PacificWestern: I've never had a job let alone a first one. You see, my daddy has just heaps of money. Whenever I ask, and even when I don't, he showers me with cars
42 British767: I am a Sales Assistant for a popular electronic store in the UK. Have been there for 2 years and 1 week (to the day). It has it's good and bad points,
43 PHLBOS: I was a stockboy for a small 5-and-10 chain called New England Stores during the summer and early fall of 1982. I was 16 going on 17 at the time.
44 JGPH1A: Whooosshhhh - that's the sound of a cultural reference cruising over my head at FL350 ! I'll need the explanation for Dummies on that one.
45 ORFflyer: Besides being a paperboy, me and some classmates worked at Kings Dominion during the summer of 76. $2.10/hour in the pizza parlor. (Kings Dominion is
46 Logan22L: Michael Dukakis, the former Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (twice, non-consecutively) also ran for President in 1988. His wife, Kitty,
47 JGPH1A: Side ? Just the one ? Thanks for the explanation, I know who Kitty Dukakis is, just not that she liked a drop of the REALLY hard stuff.
48 TriStarEnvy: Ran a small train in Almedia Mall in Houston, 1977.
49 Gladave: job list: from doing all these jobs within about 4 weeks of each other - door to door farm produce (you may laugh but at £30 a weeks its not bad for
50 Superfly: Don't laugh but my first job was at Taco Bell (1989) and my job was to cut the cheese. Back then, Taco Bells cut the cheese in-house instead of having
52 Superfly: Stop laughing Logan! I bought my first car with that Taco Bell money. A 1974 Ford Pinto for $250. It ran on regular leaded gas and it was only 88-95 c
53 VirginAbby: Selling popcorn at our local cinema
54 VSLover: oh god superfly, how can you say "dont laugh" and "cut the cheese" on the same page?!?! my first job was as a cake decorator...but it was ice cream ca
55 PHLBOS: The main issue with Kitty, I believe, was her addiction to diet pills (amphetamines). 'Fly, That cut the cheese metaphor almost tops your pumping you
56 Superfly: Your never gonna let me forget that one, ay? Gosh I wish I had a printed job description from back then.
57 Logan22L: Could be, could be. At least amphetamines are meant for ingestion. Isopropanol has just gotta burn a bit. Logan
58 PHLBOS: I'm surprised that they didn't advise you to cut down on the refried beans.
59 Superfly: You need to have seniority and lots of clout to make it up to the refried beans in the hierarchy of Taco Bell.
60 PHLBOS: I was referring to eating refried beans during your breaks.
61 Greyhound: Inspecting vehicles and taking payments at our local insurance agency.
63 Logan22L: I might have guessed you were a Mohel. Logan
64 Lemmy: I washed G/A airplanes at Hanscom AFB for a summer. Very cool job, I thought.
65 UALramperORD: First job was Cart Attendant/ Caddy at my local golf course in 1998. Made real good tip money
66 Revelation: My first job: Making popsicles at an ice cream factory. Initially I was the lackey who took the popsicles off the machine and packed them into boxes,
67 Canuckpaxguy: Most people don't believe that I actually worked in a library...but yes, it was my first job and I was told to "shhhh" often by the senior librarians
68 Saxdiva: My first job was in junior high--at a feed and livestock store. I cleaned chicken coops and unloaded feed trucks for $2 an hour. The job kinda sucked,
69 JGPH1A: Weren't those the cars that exploded if you looked at them funny ?
70 Duke: Research Assistant to the Quebec Ministry of the Environment's Complaints Department. A student job in the summer of 2001, after my third year of univ
71 Senorcarnival: I was a server at a Chinese restaurant the summer after I graduated from h.s. in 1999. I miss the tips, but I wouldn't go back if it was the last job
72 Superfly: That is a cool first job. It's hell of a lot better than cutting cheese. No they had to be rear-ended at a moderate to high speed to get the explosio
73 Iakobos: First job (age 14) was selling peaches at a local supermarket. I threw the damaged on the side and selected only the nice ones and the clients were ve
74 Superfly: Iakobos: Wow your job was to pick the best peaches? I voluntarily do that everyday!
75 KyleLosAngeles: My very first job was as a foot and hand model. Seriously!
76 VSLover: because your hands and feet are really really really ridiculously good looking?
77 PHLBOS: To add: the Pintos (and later Mercury Bobcats) that had this problem were the '71-'76 Sedans and Runabouts only. The wagons, which had an extra 10 in
78 Superfly: Oh gosh! "Hey lady want to see my extra 10 inches in the back of my cruising wagon?" When I was a little kid, a guy down the street had a 77-80 model
79 Iakobos: I wished that was it Larry... Sidenote to the night trains....if anyone wants to know what the company chief-cook did regularly (drunk like an Irish
80 SFOMEX: Census worker, when I was in high School. I had to visit every home in four blocks to ask them for all kind of personal information the government wan
81 777ER: Delivering leaflets for a real estate company when I was 8.
82 ZKSUJ: Actually since 777 mentioned it, I was a paper boy as well when I was 8
83 Avek00: My first job was an internship in the US House of Representatives.
84 OYRJA: My first job was as a paper boy. I was a paperboy for 1 year before I got a job as a Buzzboy at KRP Airport.
85 Diamond: They are better to look at than the rest of him, tha's for sure! [Edited 2005-05-12 19:16:57]
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