What was your first job?

[oldguy]

Paper route for the OC Register (afternoon edition) in 1971.  Had to go out in the evenings and collect the monthly subscription of $2.75 and was happy to get a 25 cent tip.

[Jason]

12 hours ago, tdawg87 said:

How old is he?

48 but I don’t consider that “old fucker” territory yet

Edited March 1, 2021 by Jason

[Jason]

I’ve only had two jobs my whole life. When I was 15 I got a job with a family business that sold furniture and wood stoves. I had that job until I was 25 

[Adam]

I was the drive thru guy at Wendy’s by Cabrillo park in Santana. Gained 30 pounds in 6 months and blew all my money on a clutch and a couple of U joints

[St1ck]

Lamppost Pizza. I was 16 so I wasn't supposed to be a delivery driver but apparently most the people that were over 18 had jacked up driving records so on my second day they had me start driving. I got lost a lot. Many a cold pies were delivered by the St1ck. 

Prior to that when I was around 12 I would go to real estate companies and offer to put fliers on doors for cash. That was obviously under the table though. 

[RallyMo]

7 minutes ago, st1ckboy said:

Lamppost Pizza. I was 16 so I wasn't supposed to be a delivery driver but apparently most the people that were over 18 had jacked up driving records so on my second day they had me start driving. I got lost a lot. Many a cold pies were delivered by the St1ck. 

Years later, I finally have my likely suspect.

F you, guy.

 

 

[St1ck]

1 minute ago, fishbulb said:

Years later, I finally have my likely suspect.

F you, guy.

 

 

When you don't tip you end up last on the route. 

[RallyMo]

4 minutes ago, st1ckboy said:

I am a chicken yelling at an egg

I see

[RallyMo]

5 minutes ago, st1ckboy said:

When you don't tip you end up last on the route. 

Deliver it warm the first time, asshole.

[St1ck]

2 minutes ago, fishbulb said:

Deliver it warm the first time, asshole.

 

[Adam]

I was also a pizza delivery guy for this shitty chain called the pizza man. It was a great job. Got stoned every shift and made decent cash. Spent all my money on brakes and a couple of u joints.

our delivery zone was the entire city of orange and a neighborhood in Anaheim. Some dude would order 2-3 times a week at the very tip of the zone and pay by check. Never tipped. anyone wanna guess what race he was?

Edited March 1, 2021 by Adam

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

Stocking shoes at K-mart for $5.75 an hour.

[Jason]

42 minutes ago, cals said:

I’d say black but I don’t think they usually have checking accounts.  Asian?

This doesn't count?

[Make Angels Great Again]

Working the rides in the fiesta village at knotts berry farm.

 

It turns out kitty litter is real good at cleaning up puke from the hat dance. That job lasted about 3 or 4 weeks.

[Jason]

13 minutes ago, Catwhoshatinthehat said:

Stocking shoes at K-mart for $5.75 an hour.

[RallyMo]

Oh shit, @Make Angels Great Again is here. Watch out, former pizza delivery personnel.

[St1ck]

20 minutes ago, Catwhoshatinthehat said:

Stocking shoes at K-mart for $5.75 an hour.

I've worked at both K-mart and Walmart. Only needed Target for the trifecta. Hopefully one of these days I can complete that dream. 

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

25 minutes ago, Jason said:

Thankfully women who thought they were a size __ had to try their own shoes on. 

[Taylor]

10 hours ago, Lou said:

How much did he pay you?

I was going to post the same thing, word for word. 

[Taylor]

1 hour ago, Adam said:

I was also a pizza delivery guy for this shitty chain called the pizza man. It was a great job. Got stoned every shift and made decent cash. Spent all my money on brakes and a couple of u joints.

our delivery zone was the entire city of orange and a neighborhood in Anaheim. Some dude would order 2-3 times a week at the very tip of the zone and pay by check. Never tipped. anyone wanna guess what race he was?

YK is white, so my guess is white.

[Jay]

My first real job out of high school was doing mechanical assembly at an electronic instrumentation company. Assembling chassis for rack-mounted units, that sort of thing. I don't remember how much I was paid for that.

That company lost a contract or for other reasons had to reduce its workforce so I was let go from there. They found me a job at the printed circuit board shop so I went there. I worked in the electroplating department for a few months and got to move into the circuit board drilling department.

Circuit board drilling was actually a fairly decent trade and I worked at that for a couple of years before going into the military.

[Lhalo]

2 hours ago, st1ckboy said:

Lamppost Pizza. I was 16 so I wasn't supposed to be a delivery driver but apparently most the people that were over 18 had jacked up driving records so on my second day they had me start driving. I got lost a lot. Many a cold pies were delivered by the St1ck. 

My first job was Pizza Hut. Saw a dude drop a pie face first on the ground. He scooped it up, boxed it and sent it out for delivery.

[Lhalo]

14 minutes ago, Jay said:

My first real job out of high school was doing mechanical assembly at an electronic instrumentation company. Assembling chassis for rack-mounted units, that sort of thing. I don't remember how much I was paid for that.

That company lost a contract or for other reasons had to reduce its workforce so I was let go from there. They found me a job at the printed circuit board shop so I went there. I worked in the electroplating department for a few months and got to move into the circuit board drilling department.

Circuit board drilling was actually a fairly decent trade and I worked at that for a couple of years before going into the military.

I wish I would have started in that industry out of high school.

[St1ck]

11 minutes ago, Lhalo said:

My first job was Pizza Hut. Saw a dude drop a pie face first on the ground. He scooped it up, boxed it and sent it out for delivery.

I dropped a pizza once on delivery. It remained in the box but all the toppings slid to one side. Per usual I was already running late so that's what they got rather than me going back and getting a new one. 

[RallyMo]

2 minutes ago, st1ckboy said:

I dropped a pizza once on delivery. It remained in the box but all the toppings slid to one side. Per usual I was already running late so that's what they got rather than me going back and getting a new one. 

Years later, I finally have my likely suspect.

 

F you, guy.