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[–] ninjajunkie 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

First paid work was paperboy. First real job was cleaning and refilling the different machines in a dry cleaners. I was 16 and the solvent I was pouring into the machines is now a banned carcinogen.

Child labor laws are ruining this country.

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[–] flat_hedgehog ago 

I was a papergirl for a while. I worked as a part-time launderette attendant for a few years before university too.

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[–] Dantalian ago  (edited ago)

I was 18 and I worked at a university. The university was running a summer program for kids, and I got to sort the little toys that were given to the kids as prizes, order random things for the office and watch guns n roses videos all day while mentally masturbating to Izzy Stradlin.

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[–] vandilx ago  (edited ago)

My parents got me started on doing chores for cash when I was a kid. I had to save my cash to buy any toys and video games I wanted outside of those given as holiday/birthday gifts or random gifts. It was a good lesson to learn.

My first paycheck-paying job was when I worked at Toys R Us. I loved Toys R Us. It was summer. It was retail. I left once school resumed in the fall.

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[–] Gigglestick ago 

A greenhouse/nursery. I would take very small plants/roots and put them in pots fill them with dirt and put them in rows of three so we could fertilize them. I would also do small trees (apples, pears, cherries) and remove evergreens from gigantic fields behind their house. I would also work in sales and the like. Perennials, annuals. It was a blast.

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[–] stretched_girl ago 

I was a transcriptionist for an insurance company.

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[–] oedipusaurus_rex 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I started mowing yards when I was 10 or 11. My first 'real' job was at a pizza place, working the flat grill and doing the dishes.

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[–] PM_me_your_mitts ago 

Paperboy... same as you apparently. I was 13 and at the time it wasn't legal for me to have a route so my parents put it in my brother's name.