Question Of The Day Sunday 11 August, 2019

Boris Diamond said:

I had responsibilities at home - parents weren't around much - and I went to a camp where we did hard physical labor in the morning and used camp facilities in the afternoon. I also mowed lawns in the neighborhood.

But the first real job I had was at Sears. I worked as a counter person at the parts/repair/catalog center. My boss was a great guy and I learned sooo much! We had to get parts for everything Sears sold. We had hundreds of sheets of microfiche that we would put on a viewer so the customer could show us what part to get/order. Also we took items in for repair and took catalog orders. I was only there for the summer before my first year of college, but I liked the job and it paid more than the average starting employee at Sears was paid. We had to do well on testing to get that job.

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Slightly OT but I am sad about the path Sears is heading down. When I was a kid, all of our clothes came from Sears. The one by me is on the list of stores closing in October. TBH, I'm surprised it's lasted this long.

Now back to your regularly scheduled program

Jem said:

My first job was at a jewelry store. Started that job when I was 15 and kept it until I graduated College and started working in my field.
I had other jobs along the way to fill in the gaps (and my wallet) but that was my first.
I know I scored big time. And I didn't even have to apply for it! My Dad came home one day and said, I got you a job, you start this weekend. I was like..."uh...OK". The owner of the store and my Dad were friends and he approached my Dad when he was shopping. He ask if either myself or my sister needed a job. My sister (who was older) already had one, so my Dad said I did. And voila!, I got a job in a fancy jewelry store!

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That's my dream job!

margecat said:

That's my dream job!

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Mine would be at Chanel or Hermes.

At 15 I started work with my dad as a self employed upholsterer. I never really liked it but still do some upholstery for my friend who makes gym apparatus.

I did some babysitting as well, but my first real job was working at the restaurant my parents owned starting at age 15. It was similar to Dairy Queen in the type of food and ice cream we served. I worked there after school and on the weekends until I went off to college.

my first job was at a G C Murphy store. i worked in the department that offered household supplies and fabrics/yarns and related. i restocked everything and priced each item. i really liked that job. i was meticulous, and thorough in my work. no 'office politics', and when i finished my shift i simply punched out and focused on other things.

micknsnicks2mom said:

my first job was at a G C Murphy store. i worked in the department that offered household supplies and fabrics/yarns and related. i restocked everything and priced each item. i really liked that job. i was meticulous, and thorough in my work. no 'office politics', and when i finished my shift i simply punched out and focused on other things.

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I loved the G. C. Murphy Stores. I wish they were still around.

Like a lot of others I did babysitting when I was 11 or 12. I think I got .50/hr. One summer I took care of some neighbor kids who ranged from a baby to about 9 or so. There were 5 of them. I was there from about 8am til about 5 or 6 when the parents got home, Monday - Friday.. that was one of my summers. I forget how much I made.

My first "real" job was in a factory making bushings for car shocks. There were 2 metal cylinders that you put in a press and then the rubber part in the middle. The rubber part was soaking in thick oil. Then you pushed the handles and BAM! the parts went together, spraying me with oil. It was so loud that you had to shout at someone 6 inches away. I would go home and take 2 baths to get the oil out. I could literally wring oil out of my clothes. It was HORRIBLE.

But I took one of the small defective shocks with me to college and put it on my desk. When I did not feel like studying, I would look at it and tell myself "You have a choice - study or work in a factory."