What were some of your first jobs?

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by Jen

(Minimum wage is now $8.00 for a raise of only 2 bucks in 14 years ... sucky)

lol this post made me laugh SO hard.

[cheerfulgreek]

I don't even remember what my pay rate was at the pretzel place. I'm sure it sucked though. I made really good money at the zoo. At least for age 16. I made 9.50/hr. During the summer I worked full time, but while I was in school my parents only allowed me to work on the weekends.

ETA: At the time, while I was there, I wanted SO bad to be able to train the dolphins with the dolphin trainers.

[Leslie Anne]

(18) My first job was spraying Ralph Lauren perfume on women in a department store. Mind-numbingly boring.

(18) Waitressing at a Pizza Hut. I didn't mind serving but I hated cleaning the restaurant after closing.

(19) Retail at The Nature Company at Union Station, D.C. I loved working the register when it was super busy.

(19) Made sandwiches at a little bakery near campus. Gave away far too many free subs to the Delta Tau Deltas that came in.

(20) Worked in a huge warehouse filling drugstore orders for make-up, nail polish and pantyhose. It was strangely surreal and became the setting for the first short story I wrote.

(21) Worked at an art gallery in D.C. and eventually became the assistant manager. I started there because I love art but ended up thinking it was just glorified retail.

I wasn't thrilled with any of these jobs but I was in college at the time so I didn't really care that much.