I’ve had a lot of jobs in my life, even since I was little. Not that Mom didn’t buy me stuff, but I always had some hobby that needed ca$h so I often had jobs. Beside maybe shoveling show or leaves and stuff like that I’ve started pretty early. I was thinking about this since I saw Miss. Britt do a section like this for her 100 things list so I started thinking about it.
I delivered the shopping news once a week (maybe every other week), a local ad newspaper, it didn’t pay much but it got me some money. I know I was pretty young but I really don’t know.
The little bookstore down the street gave me stuff to do here and there. The wonderful lady who ran it gave me cash or credit for books.
I had some paper routes for the regular newspaper too, The Detroit Free Press, but I hated the mornings. I think I gave it up for a while and then got it back a few years later (the money was pretty good). I quit the second time because the Lions club (or some other organization) did a fundraiser by selling subscriptions and they tripled my route size. I couldn’t get it done in the morning and the manager wouldn’t shrink my route (the assumption was after the 20 week promo ran out, many would drop, but I didn’t have three hours every day before school for the larger route).
I baby sat for my younger cousins pretty regularly in the ninth grade for a while.
I worked at the local bowling alley, Hartfield Lanes, in the evenings just picking up bottles and stuff as the leagues drank their way through their frames.
Eventually, I started working at the snack bar. This was a much better job and George pretty much let us run the place so it was a great job.
These were most of my jobs up to the time that I started getting computer jobs (not that there weren’t some non-computer jobs later on too). So I think I’ll wrap this up for now and make that a second (or third) part, this gets me through age 15…
You are such a hardworking guy, and lucky enough to be given those kind of job.
That’s a good attitude to have, find means to earn money to buy stuff that you want. Mostly, people in my country ASK someone for money for them to buy the things they want. I guess they should follow you … but then again … people here are lazy.
This gives me an idea for lists while I participate in NaBloPoMo for the month of March. Great list!