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Posted on 6/5/18 at 6:48 am to
Posted by go ta hell ole miss
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Posted on 6/5/18 at 6:48 am to
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Posted by Tempratt
Member since Oct 2013
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Posted on 6/5/18 at 6:49 am to
My parents owned a gas station. I was around 14. After that I started at a radio station around 16. I've worked all of my life and would feel odd not working even if I didn't have to.
This post was edited on 6/5/18 at 7:01 am
Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
58763 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 6:53 am to
4. Toting rod buckets on the pipeline
Posted by Perrydawg
Middle Ga Area
Member since Jan 2014
5121 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 6:53 am to
14 working at a batting cage and putt putt place one of my friends parents owned. Moved when I was 15 and started working at a pizza place after football and school at 16 once I got my license.
Posted by rowbear1922
Houston, TX
Member since Oct 2008
15776 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 6:55 am to
16. I worked for a local men's clothing store because they were the only store in town (at the time) that sold Lacoste and I wanted a discount...hated that job

ETA: That was first real paycheck. If you count doing yardwork / working with family during summers, I was around 10.
This post was edited on 6/5/18 at 7:00 am
Posted by meeple
Carcassonne
Member since May 2011
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Posted on 6/5/18 at 6:55 am to
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Posted by J Murdah
Member since Jun 2008
40159 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 6:56 am to
16 as soon as I got my license. worked at mr. gatti's on perkins and essen until I graduated HS.
Posted by Tempratt
Member since Oct 2013
15059 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 6:58 am to
quote:

mr. gatti's


Pizza place? I thought those were only in Monroe.
Posted by LanierSpots
Sarasota, Florida
Member since Sep 2010
70667 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 6:59 am to
Did odd jobs as a kid but first real job was washing dishes at Shoney's restaurant at the age of 16


Posted by Rougaroux
Madisonville
Member since Feb 2017
723 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 7:00 am to
Mowing yards with my dad as far back as i can remember. Before I could operate a mower, I was picking weeds and bagging leaves
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
73918 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 7:00 am to
Cutting grass at age 12 around the neighborhood.

At age 15.7 (almost 16) lied about my age and went to work for a division of Halter Marine.

I weren’t skeered.

Worked there summers and over Christmas breaks through High School.
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
98852 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 7:00 am to
They are everywhere


I was 16 and worked at the LSU rice research station in Crowley
Posted by BayouCatFan
Member since Jul 2008
4580 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 7:02 am to
Had a paper route when I was 12. Quit that and started a lawn care service at 13. By 19 I had hired 2 of my buddies and we moved 93 lawns a week.

First official paycheck was when I was 16 and worked at Commonwealth Theatres as a projectionists. Fun job!!!
Posted by Raleigh Tiger
Raleigh, NC
Member since Oct 2003
622 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 7:04 am to
First real job I had was at 15 making $2.50 an hour with some of my buddies. We hung a lot of the light fixtures on the unfinished upper floors of the American Bank building on weekends. Still don't know why they let a bunch of inexperienced kids do that, but we had a blast running all over the building, sneaking into Executive offices.
Posted by CaptN
Prairieville
Member since Jan 2013
384 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 7:42 am to
Chelsea Street Pub in Cortana at 16. Made it about two months before the labor board decision that we were a bar and not a restaurant.
Posted by Yewkindewit
Near Birmingham, Alabama
Member since Apr 2012
21760 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 7:43 am to
12 Newspaper route
13 local burger joint
15 Winn Dixie
Posted by madmaxvol
Infinity + 1 Posts
Member since Oct 2011
22010 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 7:47 am to
14...sold cokes at Neyland Stadium for UT football games.
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
75120 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 7:50 am to
14. started working in my best friend's dad's meat market.

was great when i started high school and always had money in my pocket.

ETA: Crazy to think I was allowed to used a band saw,cleaver and slicer at 14. no way that happens these days.
This post was edited on 6/5/18 at 7:54 am
Posted by ZeekFreak
Member since Jun 2017
616 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 7:52 am to
started cutting rice with a farmer i lived a few houses down at 12 years old
Posted by Das Jackal
Da Bayou
Member since Sep 2011
2653 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 7:53 am to
17 at Winn-Dixie.
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