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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
Saturday and holiday jobs seem to be almost a thing of the past but I think they really helped to teach workplace skills and give independence.
What was your first job?
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Paper boy , I had three rounds  money for records |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I grew up in a hotel, and my first job (I was 9/10) was stocking the minerals and sorting the empty bottles. Every day after homework and weekends.
I then progressed to pot washer. I'm so glad my parents made us work. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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McDonald's, started there as soon as I turned 16. Could work a few hours after school and weekends. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I was a cleaner in the public schools in NYC. Absolutely disgusting and very hard physically, but the pay was great and the people I worked with were amazing.
I was the only girl on the different crews I worked on and everyone treated me well. I worked summers and holidays for 4 years and I used to have nice abs from the physical labor. I'd do it again tomorrow if I could. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I worked in a taxi rank for £1 per hour (cash in hand) and earned £40 per week. I was probably about 17.
It was an experience!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I worked in a taxi rank for £1 per hour (cash in hand) and earned £40 per week. I was probably about 17.
It was an experience! "
I am supposed to make it clear who is posting (I will never get the hang of this).
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Paper round when I was 13, as soon as I turned 15 I had a part time job in a restaurant, stayed there until I was 18, ended up being the head chef.
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By *eliWoman
over a year ago
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I worked as a paper girl and then as a receptionist. I always felt really proud of myself and like a real adult when I could afford to buy a nice dress from Miss Selfridge! |
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Had a paper round but first actual job job was in Tesco when I was 18 |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Paper round when I was 13, as soon as I turned 15 I had a part time job in a restaurant, stayed there until I was 18, ended up being the head chef.
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Same as above... this is Mr posting. |
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By *lla_maiWoman
over a year ago
staffordshire |
Working for family to set up a business |
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By *ndigo40Woman
over a year ago
secret town |
In an asylum I was only 16
Was only allowed in the mix ward
And now I'm a nurse I do assessments for the mentally ill
( a few on here need assessing)  |
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By *ewrocksWoman
over a year ago
button moon |
aged 9-11 I got a job in a stable yard, shovelled shit and cleaned tack in exchange for riding lessons.
then at 14 I got a weekend/holiday job in a fruit and veg packing factory. |
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
There and to the left a bit |
First job was a paper boy when I was 12..for the princely sum of £3.50 a week.
Then progressed to Saturday jobs in garden centre earning £5.00 a day.
Finally first proper job was a porter in a Department Store in about £36 a week |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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14 on the local market hotdog stall, some week nights and weekends. After school before college I worked at a solicitors, as an office junior. At the interview they asked if I smoked, I said "no" and hid it for over a year. In the pub on my leaving do, I lit up, to some peoples shock...and I proclaimed I'd lied in the interview and didn't want to be sacked.   |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Taught dancing to 4-8 year olds from around 13 |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"Paper boy , I had three rounds money for records "
Three rounds sounds like a lot. Although, papers were lighter back then before the introduction of loads of magazine inserts and additional sections.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Saturday job in Halfords.. |
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Worked mostly in a car park. Which was adult pay, although the weather has a tendency to be less than you'd like.
T'was ok. Got to mess around in the center manager's office at Clark's Village on Sundays.
The manager's voice would come over the walkie-talkie, "Joe, got an important job for you. Over."
Yes?
"Get two cornettos and bring them upstairs."
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By *ynecplCouple
over a year ago
Newcastle upon Tyne |
Same as many here I had a paper round. |
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By *ewrocksWoman
over a year ago
button moon |
"In an asylum I was only 16
Was only allowed in the mix ward
And now I'm a nurse I do assessments for the mentally ill
( a few on here need assessing) "
very professional.
lets hope you base your real word judgements on abit more info.  |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"I grew up in a hotel, and my first job (I was 9/10) was stocking the minerals and sorting the empty bottles. Every day after homework and weekends.
I then progressed to pot washer. I'm so glad my parents made us work. "
Hotel work is hard, from what I observe on the comfy side.
I'm glad my parents made me work too. We didn't have much choice but it was still an invaluable experience.
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"Worked mostly in a car park. Which was adult pay, although the weather has a tendency to be less than you'd like.
T'was ok. Got to mess around in the center manager's office at Clark's Village on Sundays.
The manager's voice would come over the walkie-talkie, "Joe, got an important job for you. Over."
Yes?
"Get two cornettos and bring them upstairs."
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I only secured this job because my parents FORCED me to get one (bastards) and lined me up one at the flower shop (urghh!!) so I had to act. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"In an asylum I was only 16
Was only allowed in the mix ward
And now I'm a nurse I do assessments for the mentally ill
( a few on here need assessing) "
I was a junior leader at 16, and a vile brat in my spare time. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I done some labouring on a weekend and in the holidays, cash in hand. I then went on to do catering work in a local pub/restaurant. I later quit to become an Aviation maintenance engineer. |
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"14 on the local market hotdog stall, some week nights and weekends. After school before college I worked at a solicitors, as an office junior. At the interview they asked if I smoked, I said "no" and hid it for over a year. In the pub on my leaving do, I lit up, to some peoples shock...and I proclaimed I'd lied in the interview and didn't want to be sacked. "
Wow a whole year? That must of been difficult |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"McDonald's, started there as soon as I turned 16. Could work a few hours after school and weekends. "
Did you get all the stars? |
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By *ndigo40Woman
over a year ago
secret town |
"In an asylum I was only 16
Was only allowed in the mix ward
And now I'm a nurse I do assessments for the mentally ill
( a few on here need assessing)
very professional.
lets hope you base your real word judgements on abit more info. "
My real world is separate from my sex life on fab |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"I was a cleaner in the public schools in NYC. Absolutely disgusting and very hard physically, but the pay was great and the people I worked with were amazing.
I was the only girl on the different crews I worked on and everyone treated me well. I worked summers and holidays for 4 years and I used to have nice abs from the physical labor. I'd do it again tomorrow if I could."
You didn't tell me about the abs before. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I worked in a small DIY shop selling wood, nails, paint, paraffin oil, airfix models, plant food, door knobs and all manner of stuff then I was a pump Jockey at a petrol station - the type where you weren't allowed to serve yourself ... enjoyed every minute of it. |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"I worked in a taxi rank for £1 per hour (cash in hand) and earned £40 per week. I was probably about 17.
It was an experience!
I am supposed to make it clear who is posting (I will never get the hang of this).
Seduced "
40 hours is a lot of a first job.
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"Paper round when I was 13, as soon as I turned 15 I had a part time job in a restaurant, stayed there until I was 18, ended up being the head chef.
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Congratulations - such responsibility at such a young age.
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"I worked as a paper girl and then as a receptionist. I always felt really proud of myself and like a real adult when I could afford to buy a nice dress from Miss Selfridge! "
Exactly! I used to buy my own stockings and I remember buying my first glamorous winter coat from the catalogue and giving my mother the money each week.
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I took over my cousin's paper round, then answered phones and gave out information at a motorhome dealership |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"Had a paper round but first actual job job was in Tesco when I was 18 "
The paper round was an actual job.
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"Working for family to set up a business"
A business for you or helping the family with their business?
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I worked in a shoe shop as a Saturday lass when I was 15, then I progressed to a waitress in a restaurant, then on the checkouts at Safeways all before I left school. |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"In an asylum I was only 16
Was only allowed in the mix ward
And now I'm a nurse I do assessments for the mentally ill
( a few on here need assessing) "
Do you think your early experience determined what you would do later?
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"aged 9-11 I got a job in a stable yard, shovelled shit and cleaned tack in exchange for riding lessons.
then at 14 I got a weekend/holiday job in a fruit and veg packing factory."
You've done hard jobs too. Reading these, my first job was very easy by comparison.
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By *lla_maiWoman
over a year ago
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"Working for family to set up a business
A business for you or helping the family with their business?
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It was the start of a new self employed business for her, i typed up a load of paperwork, and organised files. as well as walking round posting flyers for about a week |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"First job was a paper boy when I was 12..for the princely sum of £3.50 a week.
Then progressed to Saturday jobs in garden centre earning £5.00 a day.
Finally first proper job was a porter in a Department Store in about £36 a week"
£5 a day was good. Well done.
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By *ndigo40Woman
over a year ago
secret town |
"In an asylum I was only 16
Was only allowed in the mix ward
And now I'm a nurse I do assessments for the mentally ill
( a few on here need assessing)
Do you think your early experience determined what you would do later?
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Obviously not everyone |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Working on a pig farm with my step dad during the holidays age 12/13. My first 'proper' Saturday job was in a chippie. Both jobs left unpleasant aromas lingering in my hair even after I'd washed it 
Nell |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"14 on the local market hotdog stall, some week nights and weekends. After school before college I worked at a solicitors, as an office junior. At the interview they asked if I smoked, I said "no" and hid it for over a year. In the pub on my leaving do, I lit up, to some peoples shock...and I proclaimed I'd lied in the interview and didn't want to be sacked. "
Nights and weekends must have been hard.
I also worked in a solicitors as an office junior early on. I learned a lot there.
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"Taught dancing to 4-8 year olds from around 13 "
Tap, ballet, something else?
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"Saturday job in Halfords.."
That's a proper Saturday job.
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As a student I had a summer job every year working in a bronze foundry in Birkenhead making propellers for big ships. It taught me far more about life than all the books I had to read. Absolutely loved it and the pay was massive too. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I worked in a taxi rank for £1 per hour (cash in hand) and earned £40 per week. I was probably about 17.
It was an experience!
I am supposed to make it clear who is posting (I will never get the hang of this).
Seduced
40 hours is a lot of a first job.
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But yet not as many as I feel I am doing now.
I worked nights but not for very long...it interfered in my going out phase (before children). |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"Worked mostly in a car park. Which was adult pay, although the weather has a tendency to be less than you'd like.
T'was ok. Got to mess around in the center manager's office at Clark's Village on Sundays.
The manager's voice would come over the walkie-talkie, "Joe, got an important job for you. Over."
Yes?
"Get two cornettos and bring them upstairs."
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You started out incorrigible.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I helped on a milk round before school. I didn't do very well at school but I'm not lactose intolerant every cloud |
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By *.1079Man
over a year ago
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I worked with the donkeys on the beach at 9 for £2.50 a day |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I grew up in a hotel, and my first job (I was 9/10) was stocking the minerals and sorting the empty bottles. Every day after homework and weekends.
I then progressed to pot washer. I'm so glad my parents made us work.
Hotel work is hard, from what I observe on the comfy side.
I'm glad my parents made me work too. We didn't have much choice but it was still an invaluable experience.
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It is very hard work, and pretty thankless. Don't really know how my parents did it and raised a family, but they did.
My daughter is keen to pick up some babysitting work next summer, I'm happy about that. It's a start. |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"Same as many here I had a paper round."
Paper rounds had a waiting list where I grew up. You needed to know the right people to get one of those jobs.
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"I done some labouring on a weekend and in the holidays, cash in hand. I then went on to do catering work in a local pub/restaurant. I later quit to become an Aviation maintenance engineer. "
That sounds like you took control of your work destiny and didn't allow yourself to drift.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Taught dancing to 4-8 year olds from around 13
Tap, ballet, something else?
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Latin American and Ballroom. But the best bit was the party dance we would do as a big group at the end . I still do a mean Superman |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I never had a Saturday job
my first 'proper' job was one I secured before I left school and started 3 weeks after I left..
it was on the beauty counter at boots
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"I worked in a small DIY shop selling wood, nails, paint, paraffin oil, airfix models, plant food, door knobs and all manner of stuff then I was a pump Jockey at a petrol station - the type where you weren't allowed to serve yourself ... enjoyed every minute of it."
We still have one of those funny DIY shops that seem to be the only place to stock that odd screw that no-one has manufactured for 50 years. They're all disappearing.
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Mine was in a kennels and battery when I was still at school.
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"I took over my cousin's paper round, then answered phones and gave out information at a motorhome dealership "
So if anyone wants a motorhome, you're the person to give us advice?
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"Working on a pig farm with my step dad during the holidays age 12/13. My first 'proper' Saturday job was in a chippie. Both jobs left unpleasant aromas lingering in my hair even after I'd washed it
Nell"
Smelly jobs really test your work ethic. My sister was on the cheese counter and she always smelled cheesy until about Tuesday.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I done some labouring on a weekend and in the holidays, cash in hand. I then went on to do catering work in a local pub/restaurant. I later quit to become an Aviation maintenance engineer.
That sounds like you took control of your work destiny and didn't allow yourself to drift.
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I had an idea on what I wanted to do. So I felt I needed to do something to make it happen. I did drift a little whilst waiting for my apprenticeship though. |
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Had a paper round when I was 13. Then when I turned 16 I started working in Morrisons customer cafe. Loved that job.
I developed epilepsy and was moved to shelf stacking because that was safer. I hated that job. |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"As a student I had a summer job every year working in a bronze foundry in Birkenhead making propellers for big ships. It taught me far more about life than all the books I had to read. Absolutely loved it and the pay was massive too. "
Wow! I think you win the prize for the most unusual holiday job.
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"I helped on a milk round before school. I didn't do very well at school but I'm not lactose intolerant every cloud "
Positivity |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Technically; Electrician's labourer to my Dad and Brother...
Legally; The one I'm in now, plastics manufacturing. |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"I worked with the donkeys on the beach at 9 for £2.50 a day"
Nine? That sounds a bit too young to be in charge of donkey rides.
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Working in a beach kiosk on a small island when I was 14 through the summer holidays. About £20 a week and all the free ice cream I wanted |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"I never had a Saturday job
my first 'proper' job was one I secured before I left school and started 3 weeks after I left..
it was on the beauty counter at boots
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Did you do your make-up at work? |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"Cattery not battery lol"
I'm glad you clarified that as I was wondering what the batteries did at the kennels.
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"Had a paper round when I was 13. Then when I turned 16 I started working in Morrisons customer cafe. Loved that job.
I developed epilepsy and was moved to shelf stacking because that was safer. I hated that job."
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Working on a pig farm with my step dad during the holidays age 12/13. My first 'proper' Saturday job was in a chippie. Both jobs left unpleasant aromas lingering in my hair even after I'd washed it
Nell
Smelly jobs really test your work ethic. My sister was on the cheese counter and she always smelled cheesy until about Tuesday.
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I really didn't mind the pig smell half as much as the fried fish smell. At least I got to play with the weanlings after shovelling copious amounts of poo. They were adorable. But smelly. |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"Technically; Electrician's labourer to my Dad and Brother...
Legally; The one I'm in now, plastics manufacturing. "
Helping the family business and bonding with your father and brother?
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My first job was an apprentice cycle frame builder in a little company called Cougar cycles. |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"Working in a beach kiosk on a small island when I was 14 through the summer holidays. About £20 a week and all the free ice cream I wanted "
Did you get fed up of having ice cream?
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"In an asylum I was only 16
Was only allowed in the mix ward
And now I'm a nurse I do assessments for the mentally ill
( a few on here need assessing) "
Who assesses the assessor? Bring your stethoscope and overcoat, you can assess me |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"My first job was an apprentice cycle frame builder in a little company called Cougar cycles."
Bespoke spokes?
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Car Cleaner at a local garage |
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By *nne CallanWoman
over a year ago
Nothing to see here. Please move along. |
From about the age of 12 I did loads of babysitting. Lived in a block of masonettes and I would look after younger kids in the blocks. All my money went on clothes as me and my mum had very different tastes. She liked the fashionable stuff and I liked hippy type stuff. I used to g round the jumble sales. She stopped buying my clothes at that point.
The first job that the tax man got his grubby paws on I worked making printed circuit boards. |
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"Working in a beach kiosk on a small island when I was 14 through the summer holidays. About £20 a week and all the free ice cream I wanted
Did you get fed up of having ice cream?
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No I alternated flavours |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Grew up on a farm, by the time I was 11 I milked the cows before school, then chopped wood for the fire and the Aga every weekend, had to use an axe and bow saw as I was to young for the chainsaw. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Technically; Electrician's labourer to my Dad and Brother...
Legally; The one I'm in now, plastics manufacturing.
Helping the family business and bonding with your father and brother?
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Ermm, kind of the family business yeah... Not like they did it after hours or pay tax or anything  |
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By *ewrocksWoman
over a year ago
button moon |
"aged 9-11 I got a job in a stable yard, shovelled shit and cleaned tack in exchange for riding lessons.
then at 14 I got a weekend/holiday job in a fruit and veg packing factory.
You've done hard jobs too. Reading these, my first job was very easy by comparison.
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Mum took a lot of convincing to let me work at the stables, kept track of my hours/riding lessons to make sure I wasnt being mugged off. I loved it there, took her out on mothers day for a spin in the carriage, with me driving. |
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My first job was at a wimpy restaurant aged 15.
I stuck it out for about 3 months. The owner employed mostly teenage girls. His brother also worked there and would take every opportunity to corner one of the young waitresses and grope her.
The first time it happened to me I kneed him in the balls, demanded my wages and walked out |
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over a year ago
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"Grew up on a farm, by the time I was 11 I milked the cows before school, then chopped wood for the fire and the Aga every weekend, had to use an axe and bow saw as I was to young for the chainsaw."
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"Grew up on a farm, by the time I was 11 I milked the cows before school, then chopped wood for the fire and the Aga every weekend, had to use an axe and bow saw as I was to young for the chainsaw. "
your profile is funny as fuck |
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over a year ago
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Paper round and restocking the shelves in the newsagents when I was 11
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"Grew up on a farm, by the time I was 11 I milked the cows before school, then chopped wood for the fire and the Aga every weekend, had to use an axe and bow saw as I was to young for the chainsaw. your profile is funny as fuck"
Thank you, not meeting as me, I don't need to sell myself so am able to play with my profile.  |
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over a year ago
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Another former paperboy here. I'd do my round, meet a mate who did the same area for a different shop, have a crafty cigarette. Go back to my shop and do the round of someone who hadn't turned up. Then in the afternoon I'd do a round or two of delivering the evening papers. Loved that job, the two brothers that ran the shop were in their mid twenties, we had such a laugh. They stocked an impressive collection of girlie mags.
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over a year ago
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Butchers girl |
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over a year ago
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I was babysitting from the age of 12. I also worked an hour each afternoon in a bakery doing cleaning for £2.50 an hour. The place was filthy and put me off to be honest. Sticky walls. Blurgh! |
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over a year ago
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I worked in a local sport shop at weekends and school holidays from just after I turned 16 until just after I turned 18, then did a bit of office temping and then moved onto full time care work once I found out I didn't get into uni the first time round.
I'm working my way round the care circuit now, going to people's home, dementia care home, adults with learning disabilities home, there's not a lot I haven't done in care work now! |
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By *elnkazCouple
over a year ago
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Started off as usual with paper rounds(God I used to hate the Sunday rounds, bag was twice as heavy). First proper job was on a YTS scheme which led to a full apprenticeship as HGV mechanic
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Paper boy at 13! And thinking back, it worked out at about £1 an hour. The robbing bastards! (Didn't complain at the time, mind.) |
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Swimming pool lifeguard. Good fun in many ways |
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over a year ago
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I worked in the corner shop on a Saturday I hated it, smelt funny & the owner was a strange man.
Moved onto a weekend job at the retail park DIY store, that paid pretty well & was quite a good laugh. |
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"Saturday and holiday jobs seem to be almost a thing of the past but I think they really helped to teach workplace skills and give independence.
What was your first job?
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This is true. We have raised a generation of kids who think it's more lucrative to be on benefits or be a reality celeb. Doh! |
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By *oddyWoman
over a year ago
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age 14 saturday girl in woolies then at 15 till 16 fri evening and all day saturdays on the till at ridgeways supermarket |
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"My first job was an apprentice cycle frame builder in a little company called Cougar cycles.
Bespoke spokes?
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We built bikes for the british Olympic track team, everything we did was hand built. |
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Add another paper boy to the list!
I only did Sundays, and delivered really thick heavy papers. Still, £5 for 2 hours work wasn't bad back then. Did that from 13 until I was 18 cos they couldn't get someone to take over from me and it was always "just one more week?" for years!
First PROPER job was at 16 in Comet, in the warehouse shifting tellys and fridges and stuff. It played havoc fitting it in around 6th form, doing morning lessons then running off to work, then on Wednesdays I'd have to be in work in the morning to unload the wagon then run to school just in time for Drama class.
It was a pain working Sundays too cos I'd just finish the papers and barely have time to change before work! |
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"14 on the local market hotdog stall, some week nights and weekends. After school before college I worked at a solicitors, as an office junior. At the interview they asked if I smoked, I said "no" and hid it for over a year. In the pub on my leaving do, I lit up, to some peoples shock...and I proclaimed I'd lied in the interview and didn't want to be sacked.
Wow a whole year? That must of been difficult "
They smoked in offices then and the women would puff away in the ladies toilets, myself I'd wait till after lunch, when I'd spend the afternoons delivering letters and going to court. Then I'd have a cheeky consulate ha... |
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By *U1966Man
over a year ago
Devon |
YTS in Tandy got into into trouble for putting my sales against the assistant manager rather than the manager. He thought having me there meant he didn't have to do any work |
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over a year ago
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I started scaffolding when i was 16 and 43 yrs later im still a scaffolder |
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over a year ago
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"Paper boy , I had three rounds money for records "
Same here morning evening and Sunday round, fuck me then Sunday papers where heavy
Money for games for my amstrad cpc464, i was living the dream lol |
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over a year ago
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Saturday girl in a hairdressers.  |
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By *ndigo40Woman
over a year ago
secret town |
"In an asylum I was only 16
Was only allowed in the mix ward
And now I'm a nurse I do assessments for the mentally ill
( a few on here need assessing) Who assesses the assessor? Bring your stethoscope and overcoat, you can assess me"
Don't have an overcoat or stethoscope I'm not a doctor
You come here I will assess your abs
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over a year ago
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GFW on a small dairy farm when i was 15. |
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over a year ago
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Recovering lost balls on a 9 hole golf course,,,,,
Age 7 |
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By *s_macWoman
over a year ago
Traffic land |
Washer up and waitress at a greasy spoon when I was around 15.
Quite torturous for a painfully shy teenager who blushed easily! |
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over a year ago
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I got my self a milk round when I was 15. |
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over a year ago
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I was on a milk round |
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over a year ago
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I had a paper round witch I love cos I could listen to my Walkman. But hated the houses with dogs.
Then the Xmas before my exams I worked at the Mersey view nightclub n in the mornings the hotel. Soon figured out I liked earning money to ditched my exams n did a yts in a nursing home. Xxx |
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Sorting bottles in family pub x collecting glasses x peeling potatoes for a chip shop x making tea on building site x all sorts of things from 12-18 |
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over a year ago
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Milk round every morning before school lol |
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Worked in Burtons.....loved measuring mens inside legs for suits |
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over a year ago
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"Paper boy , I had three rounds money for records
Same here morning evening and Sunday round, fuck me then Sunday papers where heavy
Money for games for my amstrad cpc464, i was living the dream lol"
I had a commodore 64 lol |
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over a year ago
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"Worked in Burtons.....loved measuring mens inside legs for suits "
I need my inside leg measured |
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By *W ChapMan
over a year ago
Swindon |
As a Saturday lad I cleaned toilets in the Co-op.....and yes they only got cleaned once a week.  |
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By *ikeC81Man
over a year ago
harrow |
Saturday worked with old man who owned a market stall |
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My first job was working in a beach kiosk selling blow up beach balls ect!
Worked weekends and in school holidays
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paper boy and shop lifter.. ciggies.. sweets.. porn mags.. all went into that paper sack along with the delivery round.. |
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My parents used to go clay pigeon shooting every weekend, when I was about 10 I helped in the burger stall just doing teas and coffees. Got paid in soup and a fiver here and there.
When I was 16 I got a job in my local ice rink, worked in the canteen, skate hire and on the ice as a skate marshall. |
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I worked 15 hours a week in an old fashioned sweetshop from the age of 14 - don't think that'd be allowed now, and especially not when I did full time hours in the school holidays but I loved having my own money.
Best thing was the owners were truly lovely people and let me help myself without question to sweets, chocolate, crisps, ice-cream and fizzy drink (in the days when I didn't have to worry about my weight). |
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over a year ago
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Saturday job in a greengrocers when I was 15. Serving all the little old ladies for £1 an hr.
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I left collage and joined the merchant navy, 3 weeks later I was in America |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Pet shop on a Saturday when I was 14. |
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over a year ago
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"Saturday job in a greengrocers when I was 15. Serving all the little old ladies for £1 an hr.
Sarah "
a pound an hour I'll pay you a quid an hour to be my personal shagger |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I was on a milk round "
Winter time was pleasant.
I then got my first proper job in a bakery.
And people ask why I get up rise so early? |
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over a year ago
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Didn't have a Saturday job.
Started working in an Estate agents at the age of 16 and had a baby to look after. |
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over a year ago
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"McDonald's, started there as soon as I turned 16. Could work a few hours after school and weekends. "
same, I grew up in a poor family and my mum couldn't really afford much so I took a job at McDonalds a month after turning 16 to help her |
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At fourteen I was on the night shift at a petrol station.
You don't see petrol pump attendants anymore.
It was good money at the time. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I never had a Saturday job
my first 'proper' job was one I secured before I left school and started 3 weeks after I left..
it was on the beauty counter at boots
Did you do your make-up at work? "
working with trained beauticians, I used to let them do it |
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over a year ago
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Was not allowed to work....study study study...then worked for my father for a bit |
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over a year ago
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Worked in bingo hall.I loved it.we were about same age and got on great.money shit though |
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"Worked in bingo hall.I loved it.we were about same age and got on great.money shit though"
My brother is a bingo caller in Cork.
He says the old women are fearsome. |
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over a year ago
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"Worked in bingo hall.I loved it.we were about same age and got on great.money shit though
My brother is a bingo caller in Cork.
He says the old women are fearsome. "
Haha.he's not wrong.I'm nurse in old folks home now |
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over a year ago
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"In an asylum I was only 16
Was only allowed in the mix ward
And now I'm a nurse I do assessments for the mentally ill
( a few on here need assessing) "
I quite enjoy playing the assessment game
I also work in a similar profession now |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I was a domestic visual clarity technician. (Window cleaner) |
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over a year ago
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Grill chef at a restaurant. |
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I started work in the newly opened Newsagents at 14 saturday all day and sunday morning every holiday for 28 shillings (1964.)
I was a hairdresser 5 1/2 days a week @ age 17 left at 23 (1973) on £13 a week to get married. |
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over a year ago
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Busboy in anew upscale restaurant. |
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By *andVBCouple
over a year ago
Wrexham |
18, computer programming in a language I'd never even heard of until the interview. I learnt enough in the 5 day trial period to land the job.
And thus began a professional career of winging-it, bodging and learning on my toes. |
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Worked in a newsagents by day and four nights a week singing in a nightclub
Brilliant young life |
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"Saturday and holiday jobs seem to be almost a thing of the past but I think they really helped to teach workplace skills and give independence.
What was your first job?
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Teaching riding. |
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Worked in maintenance dept of local hospital on weekends after doing work experience at 15. Where my love of nurses started |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I worked at McDonalds for two years and I hated every minute of it.
Not an ideal job for someone with Asperger's |
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over a year ago
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"Saturday and holiday jobs seem to be almost a thing of the past but I think they really helped to teach workplace skills and give independence.
What was your first job?
Teaching riding. "
Why am I not surprised!
Been through a few saddles have we?? |
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over a year ago
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Saturday job was waitressing at a café/ restaurant in Canterbury that my sister and brother had worked at before me.My first full time job was on a Youth Training Scheme at M & S for the grand sum of £25 a week. (C) |
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over a year ago
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"Saturday and holiday jobs seem to be almost a thing of the past but I think they really helped to teach workplace skills and give independence.
What was your first job?
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I had a Saturday job in a garage that turned into a mechanics apprenticeship when i left school xx |
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"Saturday and holiday jobs seem to be almost a thing of the past but I think they really helped to teach workplace skills and give independence.
What was your first job?
Teaching riding.
Why am I not surprised!
Been through a few saddles have we?? "
No, I used to ride bareback when I taught.  |
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over a year ago
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"Saturday and holiday jobs seem to be almost a thing of the past but I think they really helped to teach workplace skills and give independence.
What was your first job?
Teaching riding.
Why am I not surprised!
Been through a few saddles have we??
No, I used to ride bareback when I taught. "
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"Saturday and holiday jobs seem to be almost a thing of the past but I think they really helped to teach workplace skills and give independence.
What was your first job?
Teaching riding.
Why am I not surprised!
Been through a few saddles have we??
No, I used to ride bareback when I taught.
That will explain the thighs haha ....like vices lol "
Oh no, you don't grip - you just hold your frame and balance! |
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over a year ago
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"Saturday and holiday jobs seem to be almost a thing of the past but I think they really helped to teach workplace skills and give independence.
What was your first job?
Teaching riding.
Why am I not surprised!
Been through a few saddles have we??
No, I used to ride bareback when I taught.
That will explain the thighs haha ....like vices lol
Oh no, you don't grip - you just hold your frame and balance! "
Such poise and control! My my you'd be a dab hand at a bucking bronco! |
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"Paper boy , I had three rounds money for records
Three rounds sounds like a lot. Although, papers were lighter back then before the introduction of loads of magazine inserts and additional sections.
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Like many others, I delivered the papers too. I used to look forward to Thursday mornings - although the bag was heavier, I got to read the comics.
After that, I snagged a Saturday / holiday job at a butchers shop in Halifax market. |
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"Saturday and holiday jobs seem to be almost a thing of the past but I think they really helped to teach workplace skills and give independence.
What was your first job?
Teaching riding.
Why am I not surprised!
Been through a few saddles have we??
No, I used to ride bareback when I taught.
That will explain the thighs haha ....like vices lol
Oh no, you don't grip - you just hold your frame and balance!
Such poise and control! My my you'd be a dab hand at a bucking bronco! "
I used to be able to sit any buck, but I like an easy ride now!! |
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over a year ago
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"Saturday and holiday jobs seem to be almost a thing of the past but I think they really helped to teach workplace skills and give independence.
What was your first job?
Teaching riding.
Why am I not surprised!
Been through a few saddles have we??
No, I used to ride bareback when I taught.
That will explain the thighs haha ....like vices lol
Oh no, you don't grip - you just hold your frame and balance!
Such poise and control! My my you'd be a dab hand at a bucking bronco!
I used to be able to sit any buck, but I like an easy ride now!!"
More of a cruiser than a speed demon |
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I was a silver service waitress & learnt a lot!!
My eldest is at the age where he needs to start looking for a Saturday job - there doesn't seem to be as much about as 25 years ago!!
JG x |
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My first job was pea picking at the age of 11. Up at 4am in the summer holidays picking peas for about 36p a bag i think. We started early because the peas were covered in dew so a bag weighed more with less peas in lol. I did that every summer until i was 15, then had a weekend job serving petrol at a local garage which i really enjoyed.
Left school at 16 and worked for Virgin Records as a "Goffer" and left them when i was 22 after being trained as a sound engineer.
First jobs for school kids are in my opinion vital. It gives them a worth ethic and gives them a complete handle on the value of money. I think i was lucky to grow up in a time when kids could do the sort of jobs i did. Employment law and health and safety make that almost impossible now days. |
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My first job was in dewhurst the butcher shop. I started a few weeks before my 14th birthday and left aged 17.
Hubby's first job was paperboy |
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By *uxom redCouple
over a year ago
Shrewsbury |
Waiting on in a pub.. I was in charge of deserts.
14 years old every Sunday lunch time |
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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago
West Wales |
Mine was installing air filtration systems for clean rooms. Pretty mundane apart from all the travel to laboratories & factories all over Europe.
Pay was pants & they wouldn't let me go to college to learn more so I left after a couple of years.
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By *arrasicMan
over a year ago
birmingham |
Worked for British telecom emptying the phone boxes for myself at 9 years old |
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over a year ago
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paper round that ended up with a couple of nights after school work in the shop part as well - then a saturday job as well at a duncan & fosters cafe - my mate worked in the cake shop at the front - i must have been loaded as a teen |
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"paper round that ended up with a couple of nights after school work in the shop part as well - then a saturday job as well at a duncan & fosters cafe - my mate worked in the cake shop at the front - i must have been loaded as a teen "
oh and used to babysit a family don the road with 5 kids - gave me good money for that so they did |
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over a year ago
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Moss Bros Suit & Hire when I was 17.
Learnt loads of almost-useless stuff, such as colour contrast vs colour coordination, wool vs poly-wool blends, why a Ted Baker slim fit is really more comparable to a typical tailored fit.... |
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over a year ago
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I worked for the distribution division Kwik Save compiling KPI's on depot performance and issuing league tables.
A mundane graduate job which I lasted 6 months in |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"Worked in maintenance dept of local hospital on weekends after doing work experience at 15. Where my love of nurses started "
Hello you! I haven't noticed you around lately.
Do you still love those nurses? |
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over a year ago
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"Saturday and holiday jobs seem to be almost a thing of the past but I think they really helped to teach workplace skills and give independence.
What was your first job?
This is true. We have raised a generation of kids who think it's more lucrative to be on benefits or be a reality celeb. Doh!"
Fancy a lift to the airport sometime? Message me Mrs Robinson xxx |
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over a year ago
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Paper round here too. Hated it, didn't last long.
Eve. X |
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Paper round. Also hated it. Especially the heavy Thursday afternoon and Sundays. But enjoyed my £13.50 a week. |
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Paper Boy, started off on the afternoon shift after school for the local evening paper. Then moved up to the early morning shift for the dailies and then finished up with the big boys doing the Sunday run. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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A Sunday paper round then progressed to a Saturday job in Tesco and I did baby sitting and helped out in the kitchen of a local hotel doing the dishes. |
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over a year ago
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My first job was working my local council sports centre at 15 looking after kids on the summer playscheme, they let me as my national insurance number had come early and I was turning 16 that summer, I was so happy! Next job was for big brand name hotel in the conference and banqueting department doing events,weddings etc loved it!
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Paper lad aged 9. 10/- a week that was a 7 day week.
Superb fun!! |
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