First Job

[Silver_civic]

Hello everyone and nice day outside out here today. Went out to the maple syrup festival in Chippewa (near the Ohio line) at Bradys Run Park/walking/dog trail for the all you can eat pancakes(every kind imaginable too). Anyways, what was the very first job you guys had? My first job was a "honey dipper" or helping out a man that sucked septic tanks, grease traps, sludge pits and so forth out. Let me know what your first good/bad or ugly job was.



adam vasbinder


have a wonderful weekend also!

 

[big_impact]

I packed around a push mower and a string trimmer in the back of my truck thru H.S.
I very much enjoyed "being my own boss" but was in no way resposinable enough, yet I did get by.

 

[JHZR2]

Snow removal and yard cleanup/odd jobs around town. Averaged $20/hr back in the late 1990s!

 

[ryan2022]

My first job was working at a marina/trailer park.

I still keep in touch with my boss, and that was 18 year ago!

I was out in the fresh air every day, and learned alot.

Not a bad memory really.

 

[sasilverbullet]

Paper boy - then Dishwasher - then gas station attendant - then driver for a dealership...and it goes on and on and on...

 

[Spyder7]

My first job was at a camp site/marina, in ON when I was 16, doing mostly landscape labor and grounds keeping. That was 21 years ago. Since I spent the summer at the campground, my expenses were zero.

I worked 7 am - 3pm Mon-Fri, which meant every summer day (and night) was my own, the weekends I mostly fished or boated, and I had a lot of pocket cash to play pool with co-workers and visitors at the little chalet type place at the campground.

Very fond memories, except for a few sunburns (never wearing sunscreen, and being very fair skinned I had a few I can still remember - until my skin finally learned to tan).

-Spyder

 

[Silver_civic]

Thank you for the replies guys. Yeah, my first job really "stunk".



adam v


Mike Rowe of DIRTY JOBS had/has nothing when it comes to a "dirty job" IMHO.

 

[Hollow]

Retail at a t-shirt/skateboard shop at the mall.

 

[Al]

Mowing lawns (naturally). Dishwasher, Quarry Driller/Helper, Filling Compressed gas bottles (when in college). Engineer/Operations/Maintenance/Instructor in Nuke power.

 

[rjundi]

Calculus tutor starting freshman year in college. I got 4.0 in Engineering Calc I & II so they approached me with $10/hr(1990) and a perk of a dorm laundry room right outside the math center. I worked 8hrs per week.

 

[JayhawkRoy]

Mowed lawns, did some handyman/remodel work under supervision, and house painting. Mowing was by the job. All the others paid a whopping $1.40 to $1.60 per hour.

 

[Silver_civic]

I am anxious to hear what Gary Allans first job was.

 

[big_impact]

If this were a voting system for the dirtiest job, no doubt silvercivic, you take the cake, i feel dirty when im driving behind a septic truck, seriously!

 

[Silver_civic]

Thanks for the comment Big_impact! Yeah it was a bad but learning experience and good job overall. I crawled in bilges while in the navy with salt water, used HDEO motor oil and hydraulic oil and such. Not fun.

 

[big_impact]

Last spring I had my septic tank sucked out, the guy (wearing rubber gloves) was eating a sandwich while he pumped, dude, i couldnt eat right for a week!

 

[Shannow]

15, working Thursday nights 5:30-10:30 packing shelves at BiGW.
17, my own boss mowing and gardening (I could drive)

Realised only later how much my parents subsidised my "work".

Shelf packing, I bussed to work, and Dad picked me up with a whopping fresh burger and chips (from a trailer, not a store).

The mowing, I was using Dad's car, Dad's mower...I had to provide fuel and lubricants, and mow parent's place (did since I was 11 anyway).

First real job with my own balance sheet was console attendent at a self serve petrol station...watching through the glass decided me that a mechanic I was not going to be...a year of that steeled me for University.

 

[Rick in PA]

First serious job was as a service station attendant. Did a lot, learned a lot. Pumped a lot of gas (of course), cleaned a lot of windshields, learned a bit about customer service, learned how to sweep a floor, fix a flat, change a thermostat, and repair just about anything on a car (assisting the mechanics), close-out the station at the end of a day, towards the end I even rebuilt and installed the motor in my own car (the owner was pretty easy about working on your own stuff on your own time).

It was a wonderful experience. I'm just sorry the corner service stations are no longer around. The education I received, and I'm sure many other young fellows in simmilar situations received, was priceless.

 

[Papa Bear]

My first "Real" job after high school was working on the Gate Line at Chrysler Canada in Windsor, ON. My job was just up the line from where this pic was taken, I welded the patch plate on the driver's side (that's the plate that the sun-visor screwed into) and welded the top of the B-pillar just before the roof came onto the vehicle.
We called the Gate Line "The Jungle" as it was full of spot welder lines and cables and overhead balancers for the equipment.
It was a dirty, noisy hot place with sparks flying all over when the welders cycled. Most everyday my coveralls caught fire by molten steel landing in the pockets.
Worked there from 1964 to about 1973. In 1964 we built almost every model in that plant on the same line (except 300's and Imperials). I would weld a Valiant 2 dr sedan and the next job was a Fury 4 dr hardtop and the next was a Chrysler convertible etc, never 2 the same in a row. It was quite a job.

 

[HM12460]

Went into the Navy right out of high school. Should of stayed there.

 

[big_impact]

Originally Posted By: HM12460
Went into the Navy right out of high school. Should of stayed there.

Man I had many buddies retired from Navy then went on to other GOVT jobs and retired from both, I wish i were them