I was a Shampoo Girl at the local salon!
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I worked at Tim Hortons.
Before that I did babysitting.
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I babysat when I was younger, but first job with a W-2 was the local Dairy Queen. It was owned by my friend's parents so I started at 14 and stayed there until I was 19!
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I babysat first, and then my first real job was at a local french bakery. It was family run and the grandma was my boss. She would make me crawl into those big glass refrigerated case to clean! But I got to take home SO many goodies!
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Very first was a paper route when I was about 10. After that, Chick-Fil-A when I was 16.
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I was a lifeguard. DH was the head lifeguard! *swoon*
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@LuLu Mom: @LMOG47: How did you guys work so young? I grew up in MD and you had to be 15 and 9 months to work (legally)
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The library when I was 12. I was technically a volunteer, but they paid me a little money.
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Worked in a dermatologist's office when I was 18.
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I worked as a gift wrapper at a collectible shop every holiday season when I was 14 and 15. It was my grandpas store so I got paid cash. At 16 I got my first real job as a cashier at a grocery store where I met DH!
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I worked at the zoo. I volunteered a few summers in the education and marketing department first, then my first paid job was at the gift shop at the zoo.
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I worked at a golf course.
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@Mamaof2: At least when I was younger, Nebraska law allowed you to work starting at 14 with a limited amount of hours per week and I couldn't work past a certain time. I also wasn't allowed to use the grill.
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I first worked at the snack bar at a local membership pool. I worked there for 12 years doing every job - snack bar, lifeguard, swim teacher, swim team coach, assistant manager, manager. Every summer from Junior High through 6 years of college. I loved it!
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@Mamaof2: it was a paper route in a small town in the Midwest...I'm not sure what the laws were then (was around '91), perhaps it was allowed with parents permission? I delivered in the afternoons & early sat mornings. I really enjoyed it : )
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Lifeguard.
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@Mamaof2: it's different in every state! In my state you can work at any age if it's a family business. And you can work at 14 with limited hours. You can work layer once you're 16.
I was 16 when I got my first job and it was at a pizzeria! It was terrible! But I had done concession stand work before that during baseball season when I was 14, and worked the state fair pronto pup stand when I was 12 with my mom. It wasn't a permanent job though.
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Shit shoveler!
I was a horse nut, so it was totally cool.
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I babysat for kids on our street when I was really young, but started waitressing when I was 16.
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I worked at a Subway/gas station/bait shop when I was 16. Before that I used to work at my dad's company doing whatever was needed -sometimes as a sandblasting assistant or filling in for the secretary.
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I worked at a movie theater during the summers in high school.
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Tutor
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Baby sat my little cousins (2 of them), but if that doesn't count, working at my aunt's restaurant!
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I was a waitress!
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Other than babysitting, Baby Gap!
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I was a cashier at a grocery store too. It was all local high school kids, and we all worked at one of two stores. We called ourselves the grocery store mafia and would dance around like in West Side Story.
We were nerdy band kids and had way too much fun sometimes.
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I cleaned cabins at the local KOA campground when I was 14 then my first non-seasonal job was target, I worked there from 16-19 then moved somewhere that didn't have one.
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I've never actually had a real job with a W-2. I'm actually a bit embarrassed to admit that!
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Lifeguard.
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Started at a local pizza/sandwich shop at 15 and worked there all through high school. By the time I was 18, I had a key to the business, managed and did payroll for the company.
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I was a hostess at a chain restaurant. My best friend and I got the job together when we were 16.
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I worked at a video rental store in high school, and it's crazy to me that my kids will probably not even know what a video store is!
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I bussed tables on the weekends at a breakfast/lunch restaurant when I was 14.
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Besides extensive babysitting my first job was a hostess. It was incredibly boring.
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Another lifeguard!
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Hostess at a restaurant.
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I worked at a pizza place.
Before that I helped roll coin at the bank my mom worked at, but the pizza was the first official job.
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I sold merchandise at an amusement park.
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I was a secretary for my aunt and uncle'a small business. I lived it and I stayed there part time for 6 years!!
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I was a stock girl at Macys!
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