I remember my first job

@sol_cee (38219)
Philippines
April 25, 2023 5:55pm CST
My nephew broke his new smartphone and his mom (my sister)was furious because it wasn’t even fully paid yet. So my nephew said he is going to work part time to save up some money to have his phone fixed. He is only 13, by the way. His mom cut him a deal. He would help sell her baked goods and he would get a commission which he could save up for his phone repair. But for now, he has to be phone-less. Can you remember your first job?
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@RasmaSandra (80747)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 Apr 23
I didn't work my teen years but I worked when I went to university and I was a counselor at Latvian summer camps in both the US and Canada
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
26 Apr 23
What does a counselor do?
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@RasmaSandra (80747)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
26 Apr 23
@sol_cee take care of and watch over and take care of children who are camping for the summer in cabins at campsites,
@DaddyEvil (137636)
• United States
26 Apr 23
Oh, yes... I got a job working at the school as a janitor for minimum wage when I was 13. I worked two hours a day after school and had to pay one of my brothers to take me home afterward. (I paid him $1 a day for the ride home, which was a big chunk out of my paycheck.) Minimum wage was $2.30 an hour back then.
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@DaddyEvil (137636)
• United States
26 Apr 23
@sol_cee My family was poor. We needed the money.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
26 Apr 23
@DaddyEvil such a responsible teenager you were
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
26 Apr 23
Wow, same age as my nephew. Why did you decide to work then?
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@AmbiePam (93895)
• United States
26 Apr 23
My first official job was working at my college library when I was sixteen. It was a work study program so it helped pay my college tuition.
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@AmbiePam (93895)
• United States
26 Apr 23
@sol_cee That’s very true.
@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
26 Apr 23
That’s nice, plus you have access to all books
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@rakski (126068)
• Philippines
26 Apr 23
Getting white hairs from my grandma???
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@rakski (126068)
• Philippines
26 Apr 23
@sol_cee ahaha never did that. But when I was in high school, I sell coconut macaroons made by my sister
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
26 Apr 23
And plucking armpit hair too! Loll
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
26 Apr 23
@rakski how was the hati-an?
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• Eugene, Oregon
26 Apr 23
I grew up in Texas and my first job was at a supermarket, bagging groceries for 40 cents an hour. At age 15, I was a cashier in that store.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
26 Apr 23
So you were promoted at 15?
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
27 Apr 23
@JamesHxstatic woah! Did you have time to hang out with your friends then?
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• Eugene, Oregon
26 Apr 23
@sol_cee Yes I was. I was in high school and worked from 5 PM to 10 PM three nights a week and 8 or 10 hours on Saturday.
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
26 Apr 23
I ironed for my aunt. If I remember correctly she paid me a dime for each piece ironed.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
26 Apr 23
Ohh, did she have a lot of clothes to iron?
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
26 Apr 23
@RubyHawk was she a model? And I’m curious, what kind of iron did you use?
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
26 Apr 23
@sol_cee Yes, a good many.
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
26 Apr 23
That is very responsible guy to make that promise. It is good that he made an effort to promise to repair his Cellphone and not demand to replace it with a new one.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
26 Apr 23
Lol, he knew his mom can’t afford it anymore as the new smartphone he broke isn’t fully paid yet
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@m_audrey6788 (58472)
• Germany
26 Apr 23
Well...I`m not sure if I can consider a job, selling some homemade sweet candies at school when I was just 10yrs old
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• Germany
27 Apr 23
@sol_cee Yes and the cost of those candies is not too much
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
26 Apr 23
Amazing, did you know how to give change?
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
27 Apr 23
@m_audrey6788 no utang? Lol
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@jeanbug23 (992)
• Philippines
26 Apr 23
My first job back then was at Dunkin Donuts. I was so happy with my salary and it was my first time to have money from my own hard work. It was a summer job, I was in college then. When summer was over, I stopped but it was a very wonderful experience having that first job.
• Philippines
27 Apr 23
@sol_cee That's indeed a big plus then!
@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
27 Apr 23
Plus you have all the donuts to eat?
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@Jenaisle (14078)
• Philippines
26 Apr 23
Your nephew is a good kid. He knows how to take responsibility for his actions. I hope he would be able to save enough for his phone's repair. We plucked the white hair of my grandparents in elementary school days to earn. 0.10 centavos for each white hair plucked.
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@Jenaisle (14078)
• Philippines
27 Apr 23
@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
27 Apr 23
He knew his mom can’t afford another one when the first one (or maybe the third) isn’t fully paid yet. Sigh! How about plucking armpit hair?
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@RebeccasFarm (90469)
• Arvada, Colorado
26 Apr 23
Yes it was a donut shop. Overnights..I was only 14 yrs old. Before that babysitting for many kids.
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• Arvada, Colorado
27 Apr 23
@sol_cee Yes too many
@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
26 Apr 23
Did you have free donuts as well?
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@jstory07 (139975)
• Roseburg, Oregon
26 Apr 23
My first job was walking two dogs when the owner was at work.
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@jstory07 (139975)
• Roseburg, Oregon
27 Apr 23
@sol_cee This lady worked and was a neighbor and asked me if I could walk her dogs when I got home from school.
@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
27 Apr 23
What does it take to walk dogs? I mean, how does it work?
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@JudyEv (342104)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Apr 23
I think that is only fair. Kids need to learn the value of money.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
26 Apr 23
Yeah, he has broken a lot of smartphone already. Sigh
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@MrDenata (12262)
• Indonesia
26 Apr 23
Radio Announcer is my first job, S
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
26 Apr 23
Wow you didn’t start at a low level position?
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
27 Apr 23
@MrDenata what kind of radio announcer were you? You must be famous
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@MrDenata (12262)
• Indonesia
27 Apr 23
@sol_cee NOPE
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@May2k8 (18391)
• Indonesia
26 Apr 23
As I remember selling ice cubes and diarrhea medicine.
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@May2k8 (18391)
• Indonesia
27 Apr 23
@sol_cee In the past maybe medicines were made from natural ingredients so they could still be sold at that time, nowadays there are a lot of chemical ingredients everywhere so we have to pay attention to the amount we consume.
@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
26 Apr 23
Diarrhea medicine is interesting. Was it always sold out?
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
28 Apr 23
I had my first job before I was born.. I didn't get paid for it.. So, it's not worth remembering..
@LeaPea2417 (37379)
• Toccoa, Georgia
26 Apr 23
My first job was wrapping gifts at a shopping center department store during a Christmas Season.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
26 Apr 23
That’s my second dream job!
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@LadyDuck (472114)
• Switzerland
26 Apr 23
I did not work when I was a teen. My first job was after I graduated. I started working as a secretary in the school where I graduated. I only stayed there a few months.
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@LadyDuck (472114)
• Switzerland
27 Apr 23
@sol_cee I did not go to school anymore. When I finished and received my diploma, the Principal of the school told me that one secretary was pregnant and asked me if I could work there for a few months. I did.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
27 Apr 23
@LadyDuck ohh that was a great opportunity for you then Anna
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
26 Apr 23
So you could focus at school then
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@moffittjc (121714)
• Gainesville, Florida
28 Apr 23
When I was a child I used to take my dad’s lawn mower out of the garage and walk around our neighborhood knocking on doors to ask people if they would hire me to cut their grass. So I guess technically that was my first job. My first real job working for an employer was when I was 14. I worked at a grocery store I worked at that store until I was 18 and then I left to go away to the university to further my education after graduating from high school.
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@moffittjc (121714)
• Gainesville, Florida
29 Apr 23
@sol_cee I was that kid. I should have been a movie star. Would you be my number one fan if I was a movie star?
@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
28 Apr 23
Oh you were that kid in the movies
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@nela13 (58720)
• Portugal
26 Apr 23
My first job was in a paper factory folding papers during summer school holidays.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
27 Apr 23
@nela13 ehh?
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
26 Apr 23
Paper like newspapers? That’s neat!
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@nela13 (58720)
• Portugal
27 Apr 23
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