Name some jobs you had in your teen years.

My first job was part time in the shoe department at Sears. I had to watch training films on how to properly use the "Brannock Device."

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Last 2 years of high school, I worked in a plastics factory from 4pm to 12am. Came home from school at 3 and just had time to change and get to the factory. :p
On weekends I worked at a Shell service station. pump gas, sweep up, then moved up to tune ups and oil changes, then on to major overhauls (eng. trans. rear-ends)
Before these jobs, I was basically slave labor for my contractor dad. :( Didn't realize it at first, but, the skills I learned working with dad came in mighty handy later in life.Those skills allowed me to do all my own work on any house and not have to pay any contractor. For instance, I was able to build my own house and do it all... Clear the land, pour a footing, frame a house, wire the house, plumb the house, roof the house, and finish trim the inside of the house. :)
Of course, the last job I had in my teens, involved uncle Sam and a trip to south east Asia. :D
 
Babysat, of course.

Clerk in a sleazy loan company.

Switchboard operator (on one of the old-fashioned cord boards)

Cafeteria worker in my dorm (one of the worst jobs I've ever had but there weren't many jobs on campus...the worst part is that I had to wear a dorky yellow uniform with white tennis shoes and white ankle socks AND A HAIRNET! There went any chance of making a good impression on any guy in the dorm I might have had my eye on.....)

Clerk at a big health insurance company

Data entry person at the headquarters of a major college fraternity

A lot of summer temp jobs.

All but one of these were part time/temp/summer jobs while I was in college
 
I was employed as a grapho/typist/addressograph machine operator.

I punched metal plates (graphotype) with the name and address of shareholders, via a very ancient machine. They were then fed into another machine (addressograph), which used another technology to print the envelopes to send out the the dividend cheques to shareholders. Lots of heavy lifting.

I moved from that to National bookkeeping machines. Those with long metal bars that held specific spots where you could add debits or credits to a person's account when you fed in their card.

Still lots of moving, but not so heavy. Kept me very slim at the time.

Moved on from there to be a bookkeeper with law firms. Trust account management. Mostly done by hand in those days. Had to dob in one law practitioner who seemed to move trust funds around rather randomly.

Yep, he was caught taking clients funds and was banned.



Lots
 
Had a paper route for a short period.

Washed dishes in a pizza joint.

Worked at a full service car wash.

Mowed yards and shoveled snow.

When they were biting good I caught and sold fish in the neighborhood.

Peddled a bicycle ice cream cart.

Worked night shift in a vegetable canning factory.

Traveled one summer with a carnival as a laborer.

Worked on dairy farm.

Went to work for Uncle Sam and the U.S. Army at age 17 1/2.
 
jujube said:
Babysat, of course.

Clerk in a sleazy loan company.

Switchboard operator (on one of the old-fashioned cord boards)

Cafeteria worker in my dorm (one of the worst jobs I've ever had but there weren't many jobs on campus...the worst part is that I had to wear a dorky yellow uniform with white tennis shoes and white ankle socks AND A HAIRNET! There went any chance of making a good impression on any guy in the dorm I might have had my eye on.....)

Clerk at a big health insurance company

Data entry person at the headquarters of a major college fraternity

A lot of summer temp jobs.

All but one of these were part time/temp/summer jobs while I was in college
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I think you told a story about the sleazy loan company, can't recall what thread but your dad made you quit ..?

Cafeteria worker - one of my college roommates did that, she hated the HAIRNET. Odd that food service workers no longer have to wear hairnets.
 
Paper Boy
Mowing lawns
putting up hay (on my dad's boss's farm)
Bagging groceries
Working in a hardwood flooring company (summer before college)
Janitorial work and "slinging slop" (in the cafeteria in first year in college)
 
applecruncher;976632[COLOR="#FF0000" said:
[/COLOR]]I think you told a story about the sleazy loan company, can't recall what thread but your dad made you quit ..?

Cafeteria worker - one of my college roommates did that, she hated the HAIRNET. Odd that food service workers no longer have to wear hairnets.
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Yep, it got robbed while I was in the restroom primping and killing time. I came out and the place was full of cops and much excitement. My dad wasn't pleased.
 
Hoeing roses
Bucking hay bales
Setting chokers
Washing dishes in a restaurant
Pumping gas
Small engine repair
Mowing lawns
Other stuff I donā€™t care to remember

Summers, I was busy


School years, I was busy afternoons and nights

No moss
 
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