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50. Thank you very much for sharing with us. CountAllVotes. It was an honorable job you did. You should have been paid more

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What was the first adult job you had where taxes and SS were taken out? Mine was at my college cafeteria. And your [View all] debm55 21 hrs ago OP

i was a 14 year old paper boy rampartd 21 hrs ago #1

Thank you very much , rampartd, for sharing with us. I remember the days of the days of the paper boy. Didn't know you debm55 21 hrs ago #4

Switchboard operator for the phone company covering summer vacations for full timers. Ritabert 21 hrs ago #2

Thank you very much for sharing with us, Ritabert. That seems like a great job. debm55 21 hrs ago #5

Fast food joint with lots of ice cream served. I was 16. nt Ilsa 21 hrs ago #3

Thank you very much for sharing with us, llsa, for sharing with us. debm55 21 hrs ago #6

Dairy Queen - I was good at making the curl at the top of the cone TexasBushwhacker 12 hrs ago #73

HAHAHHHAHAHAHHA. That is funny. Thank you TexasBushwhacker. debm55 12 hrs ago #74

I shined shoes as soon as I got my working papers at age 14. LuckyCharms 21 hrs ago #7

Thank you very much , LuckyCharms. What a great post. Working in the cafeteria paid me, 1.80 back in 1973. debm55 21 hrs ago #8

Wow! I was highly paid at the univ canteen in 1971 - $1.85 per hour!!! flor-de-jasmim 19 hrs ago #30

Thank you very much, flor-de-jasmim. I don't know know if it was because it was a work study job that I got from the debm55 19 hrs ago #34

Probably. Mine was. flor-de-jasmim 11 hrs ago #83

Farm laborer. Sailingdiver 21 hrs ago #9

Thank you very much, Sailingdive for sharing. It sounds like very hard work. debm55 20 hrs ago #17

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

Thank you very much, Midnight Writer for sharing that with us. debm55 19 hrs ago #35

I was a car hop at the local drive in burger joint. CrispyQ 21 hrs ago #10

Thank you very much for sharing with us. CrispyQ, That's interesting about the tippers. Did you have to turn that in ? debm55 20 hrs ago #19

75 cents an hour Cirsium 21 hrs ago #11

Thank you very much , Circium, for sharing with us. I always felt sorry the Sunday paper boys and their families. They debm55 19 hrs ago #36

It was an evening paper Cirsium 19 hrs ago #42

Thank you very much, Cirsium. That was hard work for a kid. debm55 12 hrs ago #75

Putting up stock at the local grocery store. perfessor 21 hrs ago #12

Thank you very much, perfessor. Yes, our early paychecks were not what we expected. But at that time we had a job. debm55 19 hrs ago #38

cleaning a church in glendora ca . AllaN01Bear 21 hrs ago #13

Thank you very much, Bear for sharing with us. debm55 19 hrs ago #39

Gas Station Attendant unweird 20 hrs ago #14

HAHAHAahhaHH. Thank you for sharing with us, unweird. Did you get tips? debm55 19 hrs ago #40

Now that you mention it, nope. unweird 18 hrs ago #54

Thank you very much.unweird. I always tipped the attendent. debm55 11 hrs ago #76

Selling bicycles at Toys R Us CanonRay 20 hrs ago #15

Thank you very much for sharing, CanonRay. Did you also have to put them together. I liked Toys R US. Sad to see them go debm55 19 hrs ago #47

Koala Muana displacedvermoter 20 hrs ago #16

HAHAHAHHAHAHH. Thank you for sharing, displacedvermoter. I had a couple of jobs when I was way younger that I was glad debm55 19 hrs ago #48

Woolco discount department store. I think I lasted about six weeks before I got fired. MIButterfly 20 hrs ago #18

Thank you so much for your post. MIButterflly. I was glad that I was fired. I didn't have the nerve to quit. The jobs debm55 19 hrs ago #49

Reading to the blind CountAllVotes 20 hrs ago #21

Thank you very much for sharing with us. CountAllVotes. It was an honorable job you did. You should have been paid more debm55 18 hrs ago #50

At 15 I worked at a Bonanza steakhouse MolecularDust 20 hrs ago #22

Thank you very much for sharing with us, MolecularDust. PS. Welcome to DU. debm55 18 hrs ago #51

Thanks for the welcome! MolecularDust 17 hrs ago #62

Local burger joint. After taxes, i made $1.00 Ferrets are Cool 20 hrs ago #23

Thank you very much, Ferrets are Cool. I did that once on summer break. I felt so greasy from standing over the grill. debm55 11 hrs ago #78

Lifeguard, during summers, while I was in high school jgo 20 hrs ago #24

Thank you very much, jgo. Sounds like an interesting job. debm55 11 hrs ago #80

I did janitorial and housekeeping work at a local company. discntnt_irny_srcsm 20 hrs ago #25

HAHAHHAHah. Thank you very much, discntnt_irny_srcsm. You had an interesting uncle. debm55 11 hrs ago #81

Checker at Pathmark FalloutShelter 20 hrs ago #26

Thank you very much, FallourShelter. I was a failure at our then local Foodland. I was fired as I was nervous and people debm55 11 hrs ago #82

Accounting Clerk; 1964; $1.65/hour; aerospace company. LoisB 19 hrs ago #27

Thank you very much for sharing with us, LoisB. debm55 10 hrs ago #84

I worked at the local trap and skeet club MontanaMama 19 hrs ago #28

Wow. Thant was good money back then. MontanaMama. When I was younger, we used to go skeet shooting. debm55 10 hrs ago #85

On timber crew at US Forest Service. PufPuf23 19 hrs ago #29

Wow, what an interesting early career you had. PufPuf23. Thank you for sharing. debm55 10 hrs ago #87

As soon as I was 16, I worked part-time at Woolworth. Zackzzzz 19 hrs ago #31

Good for you for saying that, Zackzzzz and it is true. debm55 10 hrs ago #89

Inventory specialist at an electronics firm in Lincoln, Nebraska OLDMDDEM 19 hrs ago #32

Thank you very much for sharing with us. OLDMDDEM. It sounds interesting. debm55 10 hrs ago #91

At 15, I got a job at a Haggar pants factory (had to get parental consent) and punched a time clock. walkingman 19 hrs ago #33

Omigosh that looks mind-numbing Nittersing 12 hrs ago #71

It was a good experience for me - I had to show up everyday, how to get along walkingman 12 hrs ago #72

Wow. that looks like it was a very hot job to do, especially in the summer. Thank you for sharing. debm55 10 hrs ago #93

I worked at Hardee's for awhile. TommieMommy 19 hrs ago #37

Thank you for sharing, TommieMommy. debm55 10 hrs ago #94

Car hop at Marty K drive-in. Emile 19 hrs ago #41

Thank you very much, Emile, for sharing with us debm55 9 hrs ago #97

Tour guide and switchboard operator... squiregeek 19 hrs ago #43

Wow. That would be two great jobs. Thank you very much and welcome to DU, my friend. debm55 9 hrs ago #98

High school sophomore when I worked at a local grocery store. sinkingfeeling 19 hrs ago #44

Thank you very much for sharing with us. sinkingfeeling. debm55 9 hrs ago #100

Janitor ProfessorGAC 19 hrs ago #45

Thank you very much ProfessorGAC for sharing with us. debm55 9 hrs ago #101

Air Force Academy av8rdave 19 hrs ago #46

Pittsburgh Hospital on Frankstown Ave. At 16 I worked as a nurses aide full time for $120 a month. appleannie1 18 hrs ago #52

Janitor at a mental hospital while I was in high school HappyH 18 hrs ago #53

At 14 working for the AAA baseball team in Tacoma WA gopiscrap 18 hrs ago #55

Store clerk in a department store. Diamond_Dog 18 hrs ago #56

I was twelve years old and worked at a drive in Hey Joe 18 hrs ago #57

Local deli happybird 18 hrs ago #58

Cafeteria in college oberle 18 hrs ago #59

I was fifteen, working in the meat department of a mom and pop grocery store, rsdsharp 18 hrs ago #60

A bagel bakery... MiHale 17 hrs ago #61

Bussboy at Holiday Inn 1964 16 years old. doc03 17 hrs ago #63

I got lucky. I had a job in a tea house on a lake in a hanging valley above Lake Louise, Banff Alberta. applegrove 17 hrs ago #64

I worked in a liquor store LogDog75 17 hrs ago #65

Thank you very much for sharing with us, LogDog75. Great selections of jobs. debm55 16 hrs ago #66

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

I was a grocery store cashier during my last couple of years in high school. Vinca 16 hrs ago #68

Answering service with 400 clients. Coventina 14 hrs ago #69

Burger Chef when I was in HS MichMan 13 hrs ago #70

Sandwich shop. Raven123 11 hrs ago #77

Dairy Queen Walleye 11 hrs ago #79

Thank you very much for sharing with us , Walleye. debm55 10 hrs ago #86

My first taxed job was a server Niagara 10 hrs ago #88

I was 15 Cadfael 10 hrs ago #90

I am sure you were very good at your job, Cadfael. I remember the keypunch classes my girtfriends took in HS, debm55 9 hrs ago #96

Straight out of high school I was a junior file clerk at Aetna Insurance, downtown Chicago. Talitha 10 hrs ago #92

Thank you very much for sharing with us, Talitha. You must of been very good at your job to rise like that. debm55 10 hrs ago #95

Thanks Deb, it's the work ethic I was raised on. Talitha 9 hrs ago #99

Baskin Robbins 31 Flavors and General Cinemas Chasstev365 9 hrs ago #102

Warehouse worker during summers in High Golden Raisin 9 hrs ago #103

Donut shup Laurelin 8 hrs ago #104

Kinneys Shoes IbogaProject 7 hrs ago #105

early in high school - TBF 7 hrs ago #106