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MiHale

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61. A bagel bakery...

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 01:45 PM

Mar 24

Worked there off and on through high school. Used to open the shop, get the ovens up to temp, get the cash register balanced for the day, then go to school. Started about 3am. I was the only kid that could get up early and want to work. Ahh the good ol days.

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Fast food joint with lots of ice cream served. I was 16. nt Ilsa Mar 24 #3

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Dairy Queen - I was good at making the curl at the top of the cone TexasBushwhacker Mar 24 #73

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I shined shoes as soon as I got my working papers at age 14. LuckyCharms Mar 24 #7

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Wow! I was highly paid at the univ canteen in 1971 - $1.85 per hour!!! flor-de-jasmim Mar 24 #30

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Probably. Mine was. flor-de-jasmim Mar 24 #83

Farm laborer. Sailingdiver Mar 24 #9

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Same here. I had paper routes from the time I was 8. Local DeKalb farms would not hire unless 14. Midnight Writer Mar 24 #20

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I was a car hop at the local drive in burger joint. CrispyQ Mar 24 #10

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75 cents an hour Cirsium Mar 24 #11

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It was an evening paper Cirsium Mar 24 #42

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Putting up stock at the local grocery store. perfessor Mar 24 #12

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cleaning a church in glendora ca . AllaN01Bear Mar 24 #13

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Gas Station Attendant unweird Mar 24 #14

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Now that you mention it, nope. unweird Mar 24 #54

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Selling bicycles at Toys R Us CanonRay Mar 24 #15

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Koala Muana displacedvermoter Mar 24 #16

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Woolco discount department store. I think I lasted about six weeks before I got fired. MIButterfly Mar 24 #18

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At 15 I worked at a Bonanza steakhouse MolecularDust Mar 24 #22

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Local burger joint. After taxes, i made $1.00 Ferrets are Cool Mar 24 #23

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Lifeguard, during summers, while I was in high school jgo Mar 24 #24

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I did janitorial and housekeeping work at a local company. discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 24 #25

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Checker at Pathmark FalloutShelter Mar 24 #26

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Accounting Clerk; 1964; $1.65/hour; aerospace company. LoisB Mar 24 #27

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I worked at the local trap and skeet club MontanaMama Mar 24 #28

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On timber crew at US Forest Service. PufPuf23 Mar 24 #29

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As soon as I was 16, I worked part-time at Woolworth. Zackzzzz Mar 24 #31

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Inventory specialist at an electronics firm in Lincoln, Nebraska OLDMDDEM Mar 24 #32

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At 15, I got a job at a Haggar pants factory (had to get parental consent) and punched a time clock. walkingman Mar 24 #33

Omigosh that looks mind-numbing Nittersing Mar 24 #71

It was a good experience for me - I had to show up everyday, how to get along walkingman Mar 24 #72

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I worked at Hardee's for awhile. TommieMommy Mar 24 #37

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Car hop at Marty K drive-in. Emile Mar 24 #41

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Tour guide and switchboard operator... squiregeek Mar 24 #43

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High school sophomore when I worked at a local grocery store. sinkingfeeling Mar 24 #44

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Janitor ProfessorGAC Mar 24 #45

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Air Force Academy av8rdave Mar 24 #46

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Pittsburgh Hospital on Frankstown Ave. At 16 I worked as a nurses aide full time for $120 a month. appleannie1 Mar 24 #52

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Janitor at a mental hospital while I was in high school HappyH Mar 24 #53

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Actually pretty easy once I got the routine down. HappyH Mar 25 #135

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At 14 working for the AAA baseball team in Tacoma WA gopiscrap Mar 24 #55

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Store clerk in a department store. Diamond_Dog Mar 24 #56

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I was twelve years old and worked at a drive in Hey Joe Mar 24 #57

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Naa Hey Joe Mar 25 #131

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Local deli happybird Mar 24 #58

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Cafeteria in college oberle Mar 24 #59

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I was fifteen, working in the meat department of a mom and pop grocery store, rsdsharp Mar 24 #60

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A bagel bakery... MiHale Mar 24 #61

Yes, I remember the days when one was full of energy. Long gone. Thank you, MiHale for sharing with us. debm55 Mar 25 #123

Bussboy at Holiday Inn 1964 16 years old. doc03 Mar 24 #63

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I got lucky. I had a job in a tea house on a lake in a hanging valley above Lake Louise, Banff Alberta. applegrove Mar 24 #64

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I worked in a liquor store LogDog75 Mar 24 #65

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My parents made me wait until I was 16 before I got my first *real* job. LudwigPastorius Mar 24 #67

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I was a grocery store cashier during my last couple of years in high school. Vinca Mar 24 #68

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Answering service with 400 clients. Coventina Mar 24 #69

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Burger Chef when I was in HS MichMan Mar 24 #70

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Sandwich shop. Raven123 Mar 24 #77

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Dairy Queen Walleye Mar 24 #79

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My first taxed job was a server Niagara Mar 24 #88

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I was 15 Cadfael Mar 24 #90

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Straight out of high school I was a junior file clerk at Aetna Insurance, downtown Chicago. Talitha Mar 24 #92

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Thanks Deb, it's the work ethic I was raised on. Talitha Mar 24 #99

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Baskin Robbins 31 Flavors and General Cinemas Chasstev365 Mar 24 #102

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Except when the entire Little League team came in Chasstev365 Mar 25 #112

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Warehouse worker during summers in High Golden Raisin Mar 24 #103

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Donut shup Laurelin Mar 24 #104

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Kinneys Shoes IbogaProject Mar 25 #105

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early in high school - TBF Mar 25 #106

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When I was 14 working as stoop labor on a large truck farm for $.35/hr, in Akron, Ohio, cutting lettuce, spinach ... marble falls Mar 25 #127

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