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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 06:47 PM Original message |
Did you work in High School? |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. I work, for my parents. |
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rbnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. I was a grocery bagger in HS |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 06:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Wow....you rock! |
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rbnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 09:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
72. Thanks. |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 06:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I was a grocery bagger too, at a military base. |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 05:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
80. sackers of the world unite! |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
5. Hell yeah. I was on the "work release" program for 11th & 12th |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. I did! I worked in a damned Western Sizzlin'. |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 07:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Yes, you should tell me!! |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 05:00 AM Response to Reply #6 |
62. Sugar! |
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achtung_circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
7. Initially a hospital kitchen |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. yep |
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Joey Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
9. Yes - I needed beer money n/t |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
10. fast food |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
11. Yes, Six Flags Customer Service |
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seemunkee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
12. Yes |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
13. Yes, since turning 16 I've always had a job, if not two or even 3 once. |
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Ekirh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
14. I did a short stint at a grocery store |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
15. Not during the school year |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
16. I had to - left home at 16 |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
17. I had a paper route during part of my high |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
18. I babysat a lot. I also had a regular "daycare" job - |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
19. I had to work for my dad every summer as soon as I turned 16. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
20. Box factory. Snack bar. Clothes store. Landscaping. Taking GRE tests for $200 a pop. |
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Divameow77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
22. I worked at |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
23. I got my first job at 13 |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 09:43 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. I hear you stargazer |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
24. Yep. I worked at the concession counter in one of those huge old-fashioned movie theaters. |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
25. I had no choice. |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
26. Yep. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
27. yes, babysitting , fast food and in a glass factory |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
29. Yeah |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
30. heck yes |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
31. From 16 onward, I worked 30 hrs a week |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
32. Northfield Mount Hermon? |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 09:53 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Self-delete. Wrong place. |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 09:55 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. You know it!!! |
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cloudbase (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
33. Sure enough. |
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rustydog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
34. Picked seasonal fruit: apples, cherries, swamped in orchards |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
37. yep. a trophy/awards place. it was a fun place to work. |
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spindrifter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
38. I had a great job! |
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1gobluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
39. Yes. |
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Maestro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
40. I worked through High School and College. |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
41. Worked at a record store at the new local mall (now largely failed) |
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Scooter24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
42. No. My parents forbid me to work throughout school |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
43. Yep, all the way thru. |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 10:30 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. I know that I'm an anomaly, just so y'all know! |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 10:33 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Yes, you are an anomaly, babykins |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 10:35 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Oh, you!! |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 10:35 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Hehe..... |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 11:15 PM Response to Reply #43 |
54. wow |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
48. All the way thru high school |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
49. When I was in High School |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
50. Yes |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
51. Babysitting, house cleaning |
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Downtown Hound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
52. Yes, actually I went to work in junior high for my dad's print shop |
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SarahB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
53. Oh yeah! |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
55. Yep, but it didn't feel like work. |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
56. Summers--I worked in an amusement park |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
57. started babystitting when i was 13 or so |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
58. Yeah, during summer. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
59. during the summer, I worked with an electrician |
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trackfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
60. Nope...nor in college, except for 2 months one summer |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 01:47 AM Response to Original message |
61. Yup... |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 05:09 AM Response to Original message |
63. I had a couple, starting at 15. |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 06:43 AM Response to Original message |
64. Burger King |
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bluecrush (212 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 07:17 AM Response to Original message |
65. I was 16 years old |
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NewWaveChick1981 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
66. I worked during the summers starting when I was 16. |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
67. sure did |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
68. I started working at 14 |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
69. Does Six Flags count as work? |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 08:08 PM Response to Reply #69 |
92. I worked there as well |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
70. Video Store guy, Supermarket Cashier, 7-Eleven guy |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
71. Oh yeah, I worked |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
73. Yes |
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SarahB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 05:28 PM Response to Reply #73 |
81. Caldor's! |
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Dastard Stepchild (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
74. A bagel shop! |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
75. Yes, started work at age 14 and have been at it ever since with only a few breaks. |
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Beer Snob-50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
76. manager of the high schools student store for my senior year |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
77. 20+hrs/wk, 40+ summers |
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ScreamingWhisper (210 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
78. Within 2 days after my 16th Birthday.... |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
79. I had 3 jobs my senior year. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
82. I was the Bean Boy at a Japanese steak house. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
83. hell yeah |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
84. 4-5 hrs a week helping to maintain everyone's QOL seems reasonable to me. |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
85. I bagged groceries until I turned 16 and then I became a cashier. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
86. No, but I did chores around the house!! Does that count? |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
87. Mostly farm jobs- bailing hay, etc. And THEN, |
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ThatsMyBarack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
88. I worked in my school's library my senior year.... |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 07:55 PM Response to Reply #88 |
91. I did help the kindergarten class |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
89. My parents required that we start earning our own money at age 15 |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
90. i did, but not much |
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